The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-09-09


IN e hole knew Of at the foot Of n
NOBODY would look for 1t there, Not
LHehty People In year ever 20 near the
gray Wethep. Then walked down Tho
NH on the other side and got to Crime
pound Where / meant to hide the orher
bag with the box in II.
lei them, If you ever get away from
TINS awful place, that the box iies on
the side nearest Hamil, where three
stones piled one above the other make
q sort OF little cave The stones are In
the corner, and are the first you come to
On your way down. There / put the
| DOH. went on walking all the way
Mltnout stopping-except to sit down a
Dat--to plymouth. There I got a news
paper but l could read nothing Of the
murder. Then l took the train to Fal-
mouth and waited there for three days,
ana bought newspaper every day-one
would surely think that a murder in a
quiet country place would be reported
OUT could not find a single word about
my murder.
| linen was able to take passage on
0oard German ship bound for New
tofR' l got to New York and stayed
mere Till my money was all gone, which
uld not take long. There I made the
acquaintance Of some men, who told me
TO go with them, for they were going
est. They were all, found, men who
nad done something, and the police were
anxious to take them. I never told them
what had done, but they knew 1t was
something, and when they found out that
l knew nothing about robbery and burg
larry and couldn't cheat at gambling and
the like, they set it down that 1t must be
murder. But they cared nothing, and l
went along with them"
your confession, my friend" said the
German, stopping at this point, "of
what followed-the horse stealing adven-
ture, your own escape, and the untimely
end Of your companions; your honesty in
California, and Its interruption; and your
experience Of q Californian prisons
all interesting, but cannot waste paper
upon It. l return, therefore, to the ma,
terial part Of the confession. And with
this l conclude"
Il desire to state that from the first
night that l arrived In New York til
now l have every night been visited by
the ghost Of the man killed. My uncle
stands beside the bed, whether 1t Is II
bed In crowded room, or on tht
ground In the open, or in cabin at sea
or on the deck, he always comes every
night. His face is white, and the wount
in his forehead is bleeding. Come bacI
to England he says, and confess thu
crime
II must go back and give myself VI
to Justice will make no more strug
giles against my fate. But because
am uncertain whether shall live t,
get back, and because I know not hov
to escape from this iBund, I wish t.
have my confession wtrrren and signed
so that If die the truth may be told"
Thus ended the paper.
49," said the big German, "you &C
knowledge this to be your full and tru
confession2"
II do"
"sign it, then" He produced from hi
bag a pencil and gave it to the man, VIII
signed, In a trembling hand, "Davl
Leighan." Under the signature the Gel
man wrote, WITNESSED by me, Baro
= Sergius Won HolsteIn." This done,
e replaced the note book In his wallet.
1.-The reason why wanted you to sig
the paper tonight" he said, sis tina
y there seems as if there might be chanc
!, of your getting away from the island.
o Howl"
q Look out to sea-"
E They were almost at the extreme sout
i point of the island-the maps call
} St. George. In the west the shores G
New Britain could be seen, because tn
sun was just sinking behind them; to tn
south and the east there was open sea.
a II can see nothing"
e Look through my glass, then"
G II can see a ship-a two-masted sal
t. ing ship"
! "She Is in quest Of blackbirds. ST.
e will probably send boat ashore. Fo
tunately for you, the people are all gor
81 off to fight. You will, therefore, if sh
d does send boat here, have a chance {
e getting away. If she sails north, an
( sends boat ashore fifty miles or so fu
o Their up the coast, that boats crew wi
d be speared. Now, my friend, the 81
u is about to set. In ten minutes 1t wi
n be dark, and we have neither candles nj
k matches. Go to your bed and await tt
" further commands of the Herr Ghos
lie your respectable uncle. On the eve
q your departure, if you are to go to-mo
row, he will probably be more perem
tory and more terrifying than usual.
y to bed, David, and await the He
- Ghost"