Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-05-04

which he had discharged this ma
he went down the shaft very earl
before any other person had Dc
scended except Albert Rauen. Tn
duties Of the required him &
be the first in the mine he was tn
"fOOt-tender,' which is the nam
applied TO the person who runs tn
cars on and off the carriage at tn
bottom Of the shaft.
When William REDMOND
reached the foot" he found al
bert Rauen at his post, and direct
ed him to go to the mule stable
which was in distant part of thu
mine, and ascertain that all was
right there. Albert Rauen obeyed
and when he left him, William
Redmond was seated upon a pow
der key, writing in his time book
by the aid of a mine lamp.
Rauen had been absent from
the foot" but a few moments,
when man stepped out from
behind a pillar where he had
concealed himself. AT the sound
of others footsteps Redmond
looked up quickly, and to
his surnrise saw Saul Kayth.
The lamplight fell full upon his
face, and Redmond saw that the
man looked sullen and fierce. The
thought came to his mind:
Glow came this man herey |
was told by the engineer that no
man except Rauen was in the
mine"
MIR. Redmond" said Saul
Kayth, "will you let me have my
old place backY"
mo" answered the mine boss,
firmly, Il will not. You can't have
work in this mine again. How
came you herew
Il don't know that that is any
of your affair."" answered the man.
"Very well. l see you are in
clined to be insOlent. Leave the
mine at once. You can pull the
bell-rope, then jump upon the
carriage, and you will be raised by
means of the engine to the surface
of the earth. Never come here
again"
"You are boss here, and / sup
pose | must do as you say" replied
Kayth, meekly, "but by and by |
shouldn't wonder if there'd be Il
change"
With this remark Kayth stepped
back pace or two, and then, with
movement as sudden and unex
pected as the act could be execut
ed, he bounded upon the surprised
mine boss, and dealt him three
terrible blows upon the head with
heavy piece of iron coupling.
William Redmond sank back upon
the earth dead, for his skull had
been fractured in three distinct
places
The assassin gazed for a mo
ment upon his victim, and then, as
he heard the returning steps of All.
bert Rauen, a devilish thought oc-
Cured to his mind he wOuldfasten
the crime upon that innocent man.
He hated Rauen, and his malice
would in this way be gratifed, and
at the same time his own connec-
ton with the crime would be con
cealed.
He took Rauen's coat from a
bench upon which its owner had
carelessly thrown it, and deliber-
ately dabbled it in the crimson
life-tide that flowed from the ter
ribIe wounds in the head of the
dead man; then he FASTENED away
When Rauen arrived at the
"foot," with his lamp on his head
he almost fell over the body OF
Redmond, and when he saw that he
was dead, evidently murdered, Il
terrible excitement took posses
sion of his mind, and he hardly re
allied what he did.
Trembling, he drew the body OF
the dead man upon the carriage
and then he pulled the bell-rope
and gave the engineer at the
mouth Of the mine the signal to
hoist. He was himself about ia
step upon the carriage, when he
bethOught him of his coat and
sprang to get it, for the carriage
had already begun to ascend, when
his hand came in contact with
something wet and sticky upon
| the garment. and raising his hand