The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-10-13

Georgetown on the evening o. May
II. the day Of the great trl :, iy.
My Wife was III. ana ! had been .aio
town to s's Il physician, and saoild
have gone G..tC.Ir hy.ip; bus I was cu.
r.9us - sec Ia" . ,"c l9.d was
running "tU yC"CmjC? il was Crcr
the banks tAa, night - I wandered
out on tie bridge, and came u9on The
gentleman about whom y0u have been
questioning nc. lie was Standing ell.
al2lc leaning II lie rail Il is"
$ Here tue s.c.kcr drew Up chair,
and. crossing his arms over its back,
bent lis head down over them. II did
not know him. but the way he eyed the
water leaping and boiling In yellow
flood beneath was not the way of Il
curious r,GG Ike myself, but Of one
who was mcG.ia:."g some desperate
decd. He was handsome and well
dressed. but lie looked a miserable
wretch ana was In state Of such
complete self absorption that he did
not notice me. though ! had stopped
not five feet from his side. | expected
to see him throw himself over. but in
stead of that he suddenly raised his
head. and. gazing straight before him,
not at the heavy current, but ut some
vision in his own mind. broke forth in
these words. spoken as I had never
heard words spoken before
Here the speakers suffering got tie
better of him and the district attorney
had time to say:
What were these words? Speak
them slowly; we have all the time
thee IS"
q Instantly the man plucked M heart,
and. eying us all impressively, was
able to say:
They were these: She must die! She
must die No name. but Just the one
phrase twice repeated. She must die.
This startled me. and. hardly knowing
whether to lay hands on him or to turn
about and run. | was moving slowly
away when he drew his arms from
the rail--llie this-and still staring
into space added in the same hard and
determined voice this one word more,
.ToniCht' and. wheeling about. passed
me with one blank and wholly uncon-
scious lock end hc,p0k himself toward
the city. As he went by. his lips open.
ed for the third time. Which means
he cried. between crOCH ana shrek.
n bullet for her and | wish / had
heard the rest, but he WIS out of my
hearing before bis sentence was fin
istCd."
~ hat time was thisE'
AS near half past ; as possible
It was Il when reached home Il few
minutes later"
".kh. he must have gone to the GENE.
terry after this
II am quite sure of it,
WHY didn't you follow the man?"
grumbled Durbln.
ut wasn't my business. He was a
stranger and possibly mad. didn't
know what to do"
What did you do?"
Went home ana kept quiet; my wife
was very i'll that night and | had my
own cause for anxiety"
"You however, read the papers next
morning."
"No, sir nor for many days. Ny
wife grew constantly worse and for a
week | didn't leave her. not knowing
but that every Breath would be her
last | was dad to everything out
side the slclirG%m. and when she grew
better, which was very gradually, we
had 10 take her away, SO that | had
10 opportunity of speaking of this oc-
cCi~ence to any one Till Il week ago,
when some remark published in con-
nection with Mrs. JcGrey's death re-
called that encounter on the bridge.
l told Il neignbor that l believed the
man l had seen there was Mr.. Jeffrey,
and we looked up the papers and ran
over them till we came upon his pic
turc. That settled 1t, and | could nc
longer-being free from home anxieties
now-hold my tongue, and the police
heard
"Tnat will do. Mr.. Gelston," broke in
the major when we want you again
we will let you know. Durbin. see Mr.
GelstOn out"
was left alone with the major and
the district attorney.
The major was the first to speak
Addressing the district attorney, he re
marked: This will strengthen your
case very materially. We have proof
now that Mrs. Jeffrey's death was ac
tually determined upon. II Miss Tut
tie had not shot her, he would.
wonder If il was relief to him on
reaching his door to find that the deed
was done"
l could not suppress my surprise.
"Miss Tuttle"' | repeated. "Is it SC
unmistakably evident that Mr.. Jeffrey
did not get to ne Moore house in time
to do the shooting himself?'
The major gave me quick look.
~ thought you considered Miss Tut
tie the guilty one"
felt that the time had come to show
my colors.
II have changed my mind" said
II can give you no good reason FOL
this; something in the woman herself
l suppose. She does not look nor act
like criminal. While not desirous OF
raising myself in opposition to the
Judgment of those 80 greatly my su
periors in all respects. have had this
feeling, and | am courageous enough
to avow it. And yet, IL Mr.. Jeffrey
could not have left the cemetery gates
and reached the Moore house In timt
to fulfill all the conditions of thi,
tragedy, the case does look blacl
against the woman. She admits t.
having heQn thprq when the nistOl wal