Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-10

The next morning Niius was treat
- TO a sensation. the startling evil
dcnce obtained by the authorities be-
ing supplemented by an exclusive
piece of news published in the Jour
nal. When Wardc sat down to break
fast and picked mp that paper he was
cold with amazement at what he
read. for in large. glaring headlines,
he saw that Herbert Wright, "stung
by n guilty conscience. had cpdeav-
orcd to take his own life" The at
tempt, il seemed. was discovered by
the "alert and tirelcss iailer." who
had promptly sent for a physician,
and the young mans lifc was saved.
Wright had taken morphine. but the
physician. who had arrived prompt
iy, administered an emetic. and SO
checkmated the wouldbe suicide.
Warde was in despair when he read
this. II was the virtual confession
of guilty conscience. and it would
be useless TO continue bis investiga-
lions. AS soon as he had swallowed
his breakfast he jumped on a street
car and went 20 the Jail.
Wright was very glad to see him.
and the iailcr allowed the newspaper
man and the prisoner 10 have an in
teryicw in the rotupda of tho Jail
"You have read the Journa >" said
! Wright, with a smile.
yes, and it knocked me cold"
Bot ] am prepared to astonish
yon."
What do You mean?"
"Wby. that account is a lie from be-
ginning TO end"
"Wcll, am certainly glad to hear
that"
Tho fact is, an attempt was made
here in the Jail last night to poison
me"
ITO poison YOU"
Yves. to poison me. The drug was
put into my food, and Of course | ate
it. noticed peculiar taste. and
! short ~ afterward found myself grow
ing very drowsy. | called for the
iailer at once and told him ! thought
had been drurgcd. Fortunately he
had doctor here in five minutes who
detected the evidences of morphine
'
me. The cructation was preserved
and examined at my request. and the
doctor found that the poison in it
would have rendered me corpse in
less than an hour"
Have you found the man who made
this attempt"
No. and fear il will be impossi-
bic. 1t was agreed by the iailer, the
doctor and myself to say nothing
about II until thorough investiga-
ton could be made. The poison could
not have been put in accidentally by
the cook. FOR no one else in the iail
was effected. The food must have
been poisoned after il was pvt INTO
the bowl-my supper was sort of
cruel--and il must have been done
by the man who handed me my bowl
could not tell who did this, as sew
eral of the prisoners volunteer each
jav to act as walters"
"Of course" said Wardc you could
not have personal enemy among
these men"
"Certainlv not"
scheme was designed out side of the
Jail and that some one of the prison.
FRS VAS bribrd To slip the drug into
your portion of the food"
at looks that way beyond n doubt -
Irving Warde felt that the unseen
antagonist was again al work He
tbiVered when he thought of the re
sources of his adversary. who could
affect the changing of the pistols in
the suburbs south of the city. and
the attempted murder of a prisoner
IN the lail in the northern part of
the town, He realized now that II
VAS no ordinary foe that Young
Wright had 10 fight, Shrewd intclli-
Rence. an abundance 81 money, a COIN
msnd of ready tools, perfect IN
scruPulousness. and murder itself
we're IA u pitte against the man.
The attempt ON Wright's life had
one reassuring quantity. it convinced
Warde that the mind engineering
these operations was not satisfied
with the case already made out
against the young man, otherwise the
law might have been allowed TO take
It's course. There were flaws in the
fvidcnce, fatal weaknesses which
night lead to the discovery of tie real
riminal; aud somehow the life of
Herbert Wright stood in the way Of
the accomplishment of yelled pur-
pose. The same motive which de-
manded the life OF .Iohn I. Wright
now demanded that of his son: and
Warde could not help thinking tina
some tremcud issue was at stake.
or some "a .,,ac..N- programme was
in jeopardy from herurrtS being
alive.
These thoughts were running rapid
" through mis- nina white Wright
continued to discus, the fair of the
night before. ard finally the reporter
asked;
"If You three made up your minds
10 keep this thing secret, how dld II
leak OUT"
THAT ] cannot say. The laller says
the only person who left the jail last
night was the doctor. The doctor
who was here quite early, tells a
rather curious tale. He says that a.
the nearest corner he was saiuted by
rough-looking fellow who wore a
red fanel shirt and whose face was
covered with stubble. is he dead
doctor?' asked this man. Who" said
the doctor. WHY. Wright. | heard n