Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-11


"He saw 1t donef' I gasped. who.
then, 10 the murderer"
what a question! Who the murder.
or? You! You, and no other man"
"You liew l cried. "You lie!'
II speak the truth. and you know 1t.
Samuel Fleetwood's confession Is a false
confession. made not so much to save
you as to save your wife and daughter
from indellbe infamy. told you l had
read the confession which. of course,
you have also done. What do you think
of that part of 1t which speaks of the
cord with which the unfortunate gentle.
man was strangled? DO you know any.
thing Of that cord? Could you produce
1t II you were forced to do so?'
1t did not seem to me that human
being was speaking. The words ! heard
seemed to be uttered by some remorse-
less demon.
80 much for the cord" she said.
There is smother part of the confession
which must have puzzled you--the ring
with its remarkable diamond. What do
you think of the description Samuel
Fleetwood gives In his confession of hav.
ing taken IL of the dead mans fngcrf
What do you think Of the description he
gives? Shall I hazard guess. and de.
clare that you. and no other man. knows
where thnt ring IL at TINS moment Shall
I hazard n guess. and declare that, II you
were at this moment seized and searched,
the ring which proclaims you thief and
murderer would be discovcrcd?'
She paused. obviously with the inten.
ton Of giving me time to reflect. But
all power of logical thought had passed
from me. All couiu s"y WIS
nh"St MILO" n,ore. e ~" WIN
you the copy OF the PrNa'e 'et'e' sou
say you mace!
| nave WIN "he. oro"s"' Ior
you to- read. ana she haideu me the
following document:
FROM samuel fIeetwood. dehd' 10 nieh
ara fardoi'' Esq., IVihg. :,
| Wheh TINS reaches your hahds snal
DC deau' lying III uishonoreu grave. ID!
man snail be condemned ana IN man
| eyes my name VIII oe iniamous' put the
supreme 1 nope ana peneve, VIII ior
give the SIN IL IL my Intention 10 commit
ms contemplated SIN VIII TAKE the 10TH
OF confession, III when ! snail declare
myself to be guilty OF the awfui crime
you committed. Whcn you read these
lines. you alone, OF all men living, Will
know that ! am innocent.
| 1T was an hour past midnight when !
was awakened from my sleep by Mr.
Wilmots voice. ! went into his room
and found him In deep sl,inber talking
to himself. He was talking Of you and
my honored and beloved mistress and
daughter; and l heard enough to suspect
| that, unless you bent yourself to Mr.
Wilmot's commands. 1t was his purpose
to ruin and beggar you. Sad ut heart.
returned to my room. and presently fel
asleep again. ! must have slept about
two hours. when l started up In bed will
an impression that some person beside,
himself was In Mr.. Wilmots apartments
I rose. The door between his room an,
mine was softly opened and you cam,
forth.
II shrank oN OF sight and could no
help seeing that your face was whit
and convulscd. and that your limbs wcr
trembling violently. Stepping very quiet
~. fearful of attracting notice. you lef
my room. Waiting n little while to Civ
you time to get clear away, l once NOR
entered Mr.. Wilmot's apartment, an,
discovered, to my horror, that he Ia,
been murdercd-by you! =
Overwhelmed. l devoted few min
utes to thought. To all outward cvi
dencc ! was the only witness of YOU
awful crime; my evidence. and only mine
could convict you. What frightfut re
payment for nil the angelic Kindness
and my dead wife had received from m
beloved mistress! To condemn the ma
she loved to the scaifold, and make a
her future life and that OF the daughie
| she loved so deeply n life OF ngOniZn