Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-02
My ystery of the Bayou Woods
 By WALKER KENNEDY.
Copyright 1908, by A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co,
 SYNOPSIS

>CHApTER I.-Iierbert Wright goes to and tsls him of his discovery M of th'H the mVr- dersd body of his father, John T. Wright, has been estranged, % in the Bayou sat 54t Woods pear the town. The chief questions Her suspect him of S"crH the crime Tn The chief, with reporter, Irving Warde. goes to scene CHAPTER II.-They find body and ex- anime surroundings but faii to discover SHXePp4fERsaa HHXePp4fERsa f.1e. f1..1tea-.warde examines mys- ssrioug footprints in the snow and tells @ Gol Tranklin, an oId +S Saeauai4n3tanneeet of of arrested on suspicion of being implicated In the murder
 liant lawyer, but says he is unable to a0aYH GHA1PsffERRy A1Psff ERRyatsryAt coroner's inquest strong oiEeamstantial evidence against 5ey Wsgh5 g 5 IS tps msqde 9nd the hert's sister, Miriam, who believes him innocent. and tells her he will do all in Franklin says he thinks a strong case has been made against Herbert.
 poison Herbert in jaii. Warde War deducts that he. has shrewd person to contend murder Mae IS fyns the fS deS mans 6hH ehsS so in which he Is evidently succeedinE.
 CHAPTER vII1,-warde is lured to a to murder him, but he is saved by Fen CHAPTER Ix.-when Mrs. Wright lawyer. Mr. Everett. comes to settle up the dead mans estate 1t Is learned that % very wealthy "a man mat at one on T time little property or money can can be , feund, ,9u 9,s ana no charged for his activity in the case, showing unlimited influence behind the ssE cHAPTEK % %x-warde's interest in the case is not altogether for Herbert sake, tss. Sut see 0eeSnIi Miriam, ana ana their aeqEaintance has gradually .ripeped into solnetnlhs ccfHkprER Easn xiea freaasaa rch stranger who gals sails himself him A AMeNEiyale N and a seemingly Mus Warde n obtains ti posse: poasession tes of a valuable paper which contains damaging CHAPTER XIi-Warde takes paper years before between m Wright and Fra! Frapk1 k Franklins possessions. Merivaie is try ot the pfoperty, Pi Franklin kin s; oass p&ia on
 and as the Porn of rsyoveF eF the agreement, thinking 1t to be the original giving Everett $10,o0o for It.
 ER. X1II-Warde tells Miriam her. wealth and wonders if 1t viii change their relations.
 wrsat attraots mueS 'sss aseenPoa Gt ef9S1 Tae circumstantial evidence against Herbert feass shng daFE for s f Tat Hs ds and after severe examination, Lawyer Everett proeaims him the m, m,Hrdeser G of CHATTER xv.-Announcement causes sensation in court room. Other witnesses rayei the mystery of of the he murder, gradu- ally fastening the crime on Col. Franklin. Detective Fenton is called, and the man generally known as Merivale steps for cHAPTER~xyI.-F4e tells how he has .mpsrsonated the capitaiist whom Frank. IF iaSs, lin had been corresponding with, and shows how the removal of Wright would .9net Franklin millions of dollars, ... that have passsd between Sfe Heri&aie s'ss5s sad CHAPTER xvIL.-Other witnesses are of evidence against Franklin and gradu, athe witnesses are heard there is no case left against the latter. He is discharged, later, convicted, and soon after pays the penalty of the crime with his life on the gallows
 AL rnis stage of the proceedings those dispassionate individuals who liked to analyze testimony expressed the opinion that while it had been well established that Franklin was a very handy, all-round scoundrel, it had not been proved that Herbert Wright was innocent of his fathers murder; or rather, there were a num- Der of apparently damning circum- stances connecting Wright with the crime which had not been explained. It was true it had been shown very conclusively that Franklin had con- ceived a gigantic scheme of robbery with incidental murder and other crimes for the purpose of getting his hands on a great fortune His vari- foI ho1 proved, so no attempt had been made to account for the@fact that Herbert Wright had pawned the evidences of his guilt the very day of his fathers murder. How came he by those articles? Unless he could give reasonable explanation of that the case against him was hardly impaired by the fact that Franklin was a vil- lain. .,.,r .- s...tr .....
 Before concluding his evidence with the statement of Herbert Wright Mir. Everett introduced gunsmith who 1 testified that he sold Col. Franklin l such pistol as that which was in ] evidence. He was then asked to com pare the ball taken from Wright's brain and say whether it was the proper size, and he replied in the affirmative.
 The prisoner at the bar now took the stand amid a dead silence. He was pale, but self-possessed. He q spoke clearly and to the point: ...
 Ion the day before my father was killed called upon him for help. My wife and child were in an almost starving condition, and I could not get employment. It was 8 hard wrench to my pride to beg from him, but I did so, and-was roughly re- pulsed. The following day had been to town to make another attempt to get work and had failed. Uncle Dick Norris had always been very friendly to me, so in my extremity I con- cluded to go to him and see if he could not let me have bit of bread and some game, of which he usually had supply in the house. On the