The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-06-17

her for h.es. favor. Hang it, / { wish
I wasn't her heir! People will sus-
pect me secretly perhaps. i can
prove / wasn't inside the house that
night, but you know how the pa
pers talked. Poor Bitzner, the roof
er, came to me and cried over what
they said about him. Kill Aunt
Jessy! Why, good Lord
You used to call her Aunt Jeze-
sei,' said the widow. Mrs. Null is
her name.
9 Yes, I'm sorry I did, but she
had temper, said Mr.. Jeffries.
I've mind not to take the mon
ey.'
"Then I shan't take you,' said
Mrs. Null. Such an idiot! should
be ashamed Of you
"See here!" Kitty handed me an
address on piece of paper. It
was Mrs. Preston Null, at q certain
number, Chestnut street. cit is
her mother-in-law. Can you send
our Mrs. Null Eliza Mull-a tele-
gram saying, fCone at once to this
address p" she ,,,ed. +
II cam" said I
sDo it," said she. ssNo, don't
ask me. I am helping you. have
my thoughts. Now take me home" !"
I took her home and telegraphed
to brother detecti7e to telegraph
to the widow, and I waited and
watched. I saw her get into car
riage and go away. / followed and
saw her take the train. IF Kitty
wanted her out OF the way she was
safe.
A few hours afterward I received
q note:
Disguise yourself as an old wo-
man and come here at once. Come
in cab. Wear q thick black veil.
Send up word that you are my Aunt
Agnes. Lose no time"
/ lost none. AS L went slowly up
the stairs, with my black veil down,
I could hear my heart beat. Kitty
opened the door, called out, "Why,
aunty, dearp and shut it.
s1 have opened the door between
my: room and Mrs. Mull's," she said.
eI have found something. T can't
appear. in this matter. You must
see for yourself"
She led me into the handsome
room and went to. a wardrobe.
There, from beneath other 1rgss
she drew plainly cut coat, o.. red
ingote, Of thin black cloth, with
many buttons down the front, and
spread it on q chair. About the
height of the knees a piece was torn
away and q button gone. She took
the bit Of cloth from her pocket,
fitted it to the rent and laid the
button on it. 4
sThe piece of cloth found in dead
Mrs. Jeffries' hand came from this
garment, !" was her remark.
g es, said, "she must have dis
guised him in it. But-why'
sc Gooseyp said Kitty. ssMr. JEFF
fries could not get into this. Mrs.
Null wore it herself. Mrs. Null
killed old Mrs. Jeffries. The neph-
ew knows nothing about it-guesses
nothing. This wicked woman want
ed to marry him when he had in
herited the estate. She has done
it. ! watched her through the peep
.h.cls hcllss I had made. + saw her writhe
in agony and, without speaking a
word, wiring her hands and tear her
hair.''
Mrs. Null was arrested at the sta
ton on her return, and. it was all
as Kitty said. She made full CON
fession. She had con oeived the idea
OF numbering the old woman that
her nephew might get the money,
and she had hoped the poor roof
mender would be charged with with the
crime.
She was q fand in female form,
but the thought that T had driven a
woman to the gallows haunted me
and sickened me Of the detective
business, which I left very soon.
Kitty and I are keeping a little
hotel now and prospsring very well.
Had Che Advantage Of Him.
An amusing incident enlivened
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