The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-13

heir widower recluse. lives across the street.
His niece, Veronica Moore, in fit Of caprice
opens the house 10 &c citrate her wedding with
Frar els Jeffrey, A supposed guest is found "
in dead iii the tata room before The O. remony
was flushed, When the story opens, the honse
is again empty, and Uncle David notifies the
police that a light is seen this re at night
II A detective goes with Uncle David and az
tera view from the outside concludes that
there is someone in the house. SummonlDe
aid, he enters, white Uncle David retires with
ia his own hone and begins PLAYING the organ.
The detective finds the body Of II woman on the
hoor in front OF a settle which has
played u part in previous tragedies. \ pis-
tcl is attached 10 her wrist by n1bnn.
lIl-in an upstairs room the detective tnds
turnfd matches, candles, y rich wrap lying
with the bridal bouquet and u handkerchief
marked Veronica, with dust upon IT, tn
a mautcl are finger marks In the dust, ana
picture on tha wall has recently been busted
lN--NtrOnica'E talf sister, Cora luttle, Is
strangely affected on the scene of the tragedy.
The dc vi wunau's watch had fallen and stop
pedat 7:l3 Jeffrey comes in with note from
his wife saving she did not love him as she
thought. Miss futile evidently loves him.
N-Uncle David takes the news calmly, He has
candles in the house, although &c is NJ by gas
Nl-Jeffrev had cOurtod pennilesS Miss futile,
then turned to Veronica. VII and VIII The
detective finds some gilt metal filings left be
hind in the house after all "cewS" had been
official y removed. Jeffrey's finger MARKS ave
seen 10 correspond with those found in the
dust in the oms. / and N-Detectiye ems
p'Oys o young woman named Jimmy to inter-
Niow Ietfrey's maid, Loretta. Jeffrey ordered
candles of his grocer before his wife's death.
He admits thai he was in the Moore house the
night before his wife's death, that he was
Jealous aud had words with her Killer tia
sNs That J,tfrey and his wife quHrrled the
day before h, death, Miss rGttc aad Jeffrey
we're OF at tome at the hour OF the tragedy.
M, dead womau's wedding ring law on her
jewel case ut home 1t shower blood marks,
MISS futile wa exc ted over the news ot the
TRAGEDY and Jeffrey was very cUin. MI and
XIII Jeffrey found the note left By his wife IN
q book Miss Tuttle handled both hook aud
note before him md tempered with the drawer
where ms pistol was kept Jciiery admits That
j left tnger marks in the dust Of the Moore
house; also matches, card'Cs, etc NV and
NV-Uncle David saw lights in the Moore
hons the night Of the tragedy, Wedne sday,
and also Tuesday night Que fatman swears
to IN abb for Jeffrey, Miss futile tied the
ribbon on Veronica wrist and was at the door
az the room whom the fatal shot was h,ed She
aud Jeffrey talked together French soon
after XVI and XNll~-Detective finds from
guests that the wedding was delayed; the
bride dressed alone, lett her hoAuet upstairs
and acted queer. boy who brought hurried
verbal message and carried away an answer
was $500 richer soon after the incident aud
Joined the rough riders as a prCtage OF Jeffrey
XVIII and NINA ring had been flied from
the brides finger, leaving awnuud The mes
sage given by the bride 20 the boy was, Take
the gentleman into the library" Nm and XXI
yous to the wedding, hota victims having
previously quarreled with IN lawful owner
Among the heiriooms was hligreA bali con-
taining maqniher which, app led to u certa II
PICTURE IN The chamber, reveals asacro, met he'd
for killing a person seated on the lib rary
settl XNIi-Durng ts>t of the dsath ma
chInrry u pec3 OF Verouica's lace IS found
iugng TO it,
Il have no remembrance Of what
said to her. She tried 10 tell me how
she had been tempted and how she had
not realized her own act till the mo-
ment | bent down to kiss her lips rs
her husband But | did not stop to
listen--I could not | flew Immediately
to Miss futile with the violent demand
rs 10 whether she knew that her sister
WAS alrcldy q wife when she married
me. and when he cried ont, 'Nor ana
showed great dismGy | broke forth
with the dreadful tale and covered in
unmanly anguish ut her feet and went
mad and lost myself for a little while.
Then went back TO my wrctched wife
ana asked her how the awful deed bad
been done. She told me, and again |
did not believe her and began to look
upon it all as some wild dream Of the
distcmpcred fancics of disorlcred
brain. This thought calmcd me, and |
spoke gently to her and even tried to
take her hand. But she herself was
raving now and chung about my knees
murmuring words Of such anguish and
contrition that my worst fears return
ed and. only stopping to take the key
Of the Moore house from my burcau.
left the house and wandered mady-
know not where.
81 did not go back that day ! could
not face her again TIL | knew how
much o. her confession was fancy and
how much was fact | roamcd the
streets. carrying that key from one end
OF the city to the other. and at night
7 used il 10 open the house which she
had declared contained so dreadful
secret
Il had bought candles on my way
there but. forgetting to take them from
the store. mad 10 light with which to
penetrate the horrible place that even
the moon refused to illumine realized !
this wien once IN. but would not 20
back All have told about using
matches 70 light me TO the southwest
chamber i true, also my coming upon
TIE old candclabrum there with a candle /
i'm one of It's sockets. This candle
lit. my sole reason for seeking this
room being my desire TO examine the
anfiquc sketch for the words which she
had sad could he found there.
IL had failed to bring a magnifyins
glass with me, but my eyes are
phcnomenaly sharp. Knowing where
10 look, was able TO pick ont enough
words here and there in the lines COM I
posing the hair TO feel quite sure that
mig wife had neither deceived me nor
been deceived as to certain directions
being embodied there In writing. Shak !
eh In my last lingering hope, but not
yet quite convinced that these words |
pointed TO outrageous crime, | few
next 10 the closet and drew out the
fatal drawer.
you have been there and know what
the place is. bnt 40 one but myself con
ever realize what Il was for ME. stil
loving. still cluging to a wild incense.
qucut belief in my wife. TO grope Ia
that mouth Of hell for the spring she
had chartered about in her sleep, to
find II. PRESS It. and then 10 hear. down