The Cairo bulletin., 1904-05-05

His niece, Veronica Moore in a fit of caprice
opens the house to celebrate her wedding with
Francis jeffrey. supposed guest is found W
ing dead in the fata room before the ceremony
was finished. When the story opens, the house
isagain empty, and Uncle David notifies the
police that q light is seen there at night
III detective goes with Uncle David and af-
teri view from the outside concludes that
there is someone in the house. Summonine
aid, he enters, Will, Uncle David retires with
in his own home and begins playing the organ
The detective finds the Dody of a woman on the
tofr in front of II settle which has
played a part In prev GUS tragedies. PTS
Tel is attsc ned TO her wrist by q ribbon
Hin an upstairs room the detective finds
turned matcrei candles, rich wrap lying
with the bridal bouquet and a Handkerchief
marked Veronica with dust upon il, On
II man ell are finger marks in the dust, and q
picture ON the wall has recently be en- busted
lN-Neronica's half sister Cora futile, is
strangely affected on the scene of the tragedy
The dead woman's watch had fallen and stop
pedat 7:l3, Jeffrey comes in with a 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 1t is lit by gas
VG-Jcffrey had courted peDniess Miss futile
then turned to Veronica. VII and VIII-The
ieteclive finds some gilt metal filings left be-
hind in the house after all 'clews" had been
Officially removed. Jeftrey's finger marks ATE
seen to correspond with those found ia the
dust in the oms TX and X-Detectve em-
poYs young woman named jimmy to inter-
view Jetfrey's maid, Loretta Jeffrey ordered
candles OF his grocer before his wife's death.
lie admits that he WIS in the Moore house the
night before his wife's DEATH that he was
Jealous aud had words with her XI-iorttta
SAWS that Jeffrey and his wife quarreled the
day before h, death Miss ruttle and Jeffrey
were ct at nome at the hour of the tragedy.
The dead woman's wedding ring lay on her
jewel case at home, II showed blood marks.
Miss Futile was exc ted over the news Of the
tragedy and Jeffrey was very calnt. MI and
Kill Jeffrey found the note left by his wife in
"A book. Mi ~ futile handled both book and
note before him aud tampercj with the drawer
where his pistol was kept, Jeffery admits that
h left finger marks in the dust of the Moore
house; also matches, candles, etc NV and
XN--Uncla David saw lights in the Moore
hous the night of the tragedy, Wednesday,
AMI also Tuesday night. One Tatlman swearS
to WI alihi for Jeffrey Miss futile tied the
ribbon on Nerunica's wrist and was al the door
If the room when the fatal shot was fired, She
and Jeffrey talked together French soon
after. XVI and XVll-Dctcoive finds from
guests that the wedding was delayed; the
bride dressed alone, left her boqu up stairs
and acted queer. hoy W. Dft ugat buried
rhal message and carr ed away an answer
WAS $500 richor soon aIter the Incnent and
lon31 the rough riders as a protage OF jeffrey.
CHAPTER XVII.
w MUST admit that 1t was not en-
tirely owing to dismterestcd mo-
tives that now took the secret
stand did in Miss Tuttle's favor
| chung TO my convictions with an al
most insensate persistence. inWardly de
claring her the victim of circumstances
and hoping against hope that some
clew would offer itself by means Of
which might yet prove Ter SO.
Had Mr.. Jctfrcy's alibi been less com
pletc lie could not have stood up
against the suspicious which now ran
riot. But there was no possibility Of
shifting the actual crime back to him
after the testimony of so frank aud
Trustworthy man as Tailman If the
stopping Of Mrs, 1clrrcy's watch fixed
the moment Of her death as accurate
~ rs was supposed and never heard
the least doubt thrown out in this re-
gard-hc could not by any means Of
transit then known in Washington have
reached Wavcrley avenue in time to
fire that shot. The gates of the Gene
terry were closed at shutdown. Sun
down took place that night Mt one min
ute past I, and the distance into town
Is considerable, His allbi could not be
galnsaid. SO his name failed to be
publicly preached in connection with
the shooting. though his influence over
Miss futile could not be forgotten.
suggesting to some that she had acted
us his hand in the deed which robbed
him Of an undesirable wife But this
| would not believe. preferred to ac-
cept the statement that she had stop
ped short of the library door in htT
suspicious visit there and that the rib
bon tying, which went for so muck,
had been done at home.
Finding myself, with every new con
sideration of the tantalzing subject.
deeper and deeper in the quagmirc Of
doubt and uncertainty | sought en-.
lghtenment by making a mcmoran
dun of the special points which must
have Influenced the jury in their YER
dict, as Witness
First.--The relief shown by Mr. JEFF
frey at finding an apparent communi-
cation from his wife limiting at suicide
Sceond.-The possibility. disclosed by
the similarity between the sisters
handwriting, Of this same commmica-
ton being a forgery substituted for
the one really written by Mrs. Jeffrey.
fr,1 FINN f1nt +f.tt.s 30.
Mr.. Jcffrey's handling of the book in
which this communication was said TO
have been hidden. il had been seen in
Miss Tuttle's hands.
Fourth-That Immediately after this
she had passed TO the drawer where
Mr. Jeffreys pistol was kept.
Fifth.-That while this pistol had not
been observed In her hand, there WAS
as yet no evidence 70 prove that 1t had
been previously taken from the draw
er, save such as was afforded by her
own acknowledgment that she had
tied some unknown object, presumably
the pistol. to her sisters wrist before
that sister left the house
Sixth.-That if this was so. the pis-
tol and the ribbon connecting it with
Mrs. Jeffrey's wrist had been handled
again before the former was discharg-
ed. and by fingers which had FIRST
touched dust, of which there was
plenty i'm the old library.
Seventh That Miss futile had adj
mitted, though not till after much pre-
varication and apparent subterfuge,