The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-17
continued from Last Sundays News.)
CHAPTER XIV.
nnEAn AND BURIED.

..A.e Won sure?" asked the president.
.vas They had been at their old
,,,i,,ass. Ashley and his friends, and
- started a deposit bank. 1t was
Goodwill. a smart little village of
-,osbroom growth. They forged the
s,rtar. for aught I know. But, any
,,.,y the bank burst up in a few
us. for the three, Ashley, Scoville
"a brown, presumably gave the lit
tovn the slip and took the de-
I ne With them. The others got into
p15i,e as they always manage to do;
~ Ashley got nabbed.
..,s near as 1 can learn, the very
Adv hamilton disappeared.
Ga; 9 long ago as that?"
Yes: you see, the excitement
though intense in GOODWILL was nusn-
,7n n11rposely to aid the arrest.
"a ~ uas the work of the local au-
lLLl'rr nc it as still as posi-
TbAn after he was arrested Ash
PIC vas found to be insane and sent
icy asvlum in Nebraska, from Whlch
- iscaned, and was drowned. But !
iian't learn this to be a ract untH
- lately. 1 thought at one tl1ne
nat this Ashley was certainly ham
iton." -. him in the Mace
- hamilton disappeared?
"..TIri+bin a few miles of Portland, and
49, ts near enough. l learned ABOUT
nc I Nfabra ska affair six weeks ago. L
t .nes sick, and I sent word to Swan.
We oame to Grovedale, believe.
YES" a,5x,.
"That was his own notion: ! didn. !
send him. Swan is bright fellow' out
oCAiNN off tangent
'hSr he might as well keep still: Got
49, notion about workman up mere.
so We. pyjnus Edes. Mrs. Fry (he
ho.rds AFT her house, told me she SEM
hin, a letter she found in Edes pocket
Did you see II? lie o,,ora,,.
" nothing of Importance" -,
WAS her name or ADDRESS given
mo address, l believe, but name
,;re pose or wholesome flower name
M So1't recollect it. Swan seemed to be
rSz1ied because he said Edes denied
having ever been married.
.0es. but as 1 told Swan. it was OF
M earthly consequence to us, for my
man was dead and buried, and so ended
the Ashley matter"
.'You said he proved to De insane
when taken?"
ives. 7 investigated that part of the
AFFAIR thoroughly, and / went to the
iail where he was first taken and sa"
The entry, and description of The
prisoner. 1 also saw the entry at the
How did they tally with the appear
ance of Ashley"
"WeIl that's the strangest part
about it" and Bruce hesitated mo.
ment.
tIIovv so2"
AT the Jail he was entered as light
haired. and at the asylum as dark"
"But DISCUSSES of that sort would bt
nothing, I suppose, for man like Ash
ley would it?"
'Why. yes. Just consider a moment
If it had been the other way, entered
the first time dark and next light, II
would imply simply colored hair, o.
course and it would come out the nat
ural color. But to turn from light Il
dark without the aid of dye, that is i'm
possible, for, of course. there could have
been none in his CELL"
Then what do you Think"
81 think there must have been mis-
take. l think he must have had darl
brown hair when he was arrested. bu
by mistake he was entered as light
haired"
ANY visitors to see the prisoner
asked the president, much interested
'if so, a preparation might have beer
brought to him."
Il asked the jailer that same ques
ton. He had no visitors The man!
wife came to see him. The prisonel
was thoroughly searched after sht
went away, but she brought nothing
with her"
Was the Taller present during thu
interview"
Nearly all the time. He left then
together for a few minutes. The jaile
said the woman acted strangely wheI
she saw him. She gave Shrek of as
constituent, 1t seemed to the jailer
rs there anything strange abou
him?' the TALLER asked her.
No." she said in a moment but 1
crezes me to see him here and thel
she began to talk excitedly to tn
prisoner"
Il suppose he was greatly agitated ?
No, he wasn't. He was apathetic
not to say stupid, through the who'll
interview; and, strangest of all, de
clared she was not his wife. She seem
ed deeply affected by this, and whel
she was going away, the jailer aske'
ner what it meant, and she said, oh
don't know, I don't know. He is IN,