The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-04-20

lanSS. With eye9 glazed With horror, sfs
gave one anguislcd glance at llcrton's
prisoner. fnurranriii2:
leonard. Leonard; how could you have
done this She tiien tottered forward and
INi In a dead faint at his feet.
Tie case as it stood for the prosecution
was perfect when Leonard Chadwick was
formally committed Toy trial at the next
asses. Not a single link in the chain of
evidence was missing to brand him as the
author OF the crime.
A witness had sworn on oath that at
ll:J0 to the lninut on the morning of May
10 he mad seen from the road the deceased
and accused together engaged in what
seemed to be a violent alteration just in
side the drive leading to Talbot's farm.
Two other important witnesses deposed
to seeing from the same position at about
l2:15 a PROSTATE body lying across the
drive.
Climbing over the gate. they were
shocked to find ii was Farmer Talbot him
self bleeding profusely from a grnshot
wound in the back. BENDING over and en-
deavoring TO lend him every aid, they dis
tinctly heard him say, This is the work
Of Leonard Chadw.ck!' Before further as
s~istarce could be procured life had be-
come extinct.
The medical evidence went to show thai
the fatal injury had been caused by a
partly spent Niartini-lienry rife bullet,
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w. naanoatfan y~%.b no cfir7o II vas nure-
~ ;..,msf.,4;. NJ. ono Actually saw 1T
= .,ss4s4aa -. - ~ sI{aSfnst go,,h+ -
t.+,1l -, s,,y- on.,s mini tbat Cnadwick
w,as tbe murderer
,rb.,n VOC ~. a,,a,re, fo. t,e motive.
tho etar+,i,o f,orir,insttn. adn,tssion of
rho ,,.i,g SOU tho oolmi5an, facf that
Cb.,Suic,, W. +ha only I.iso of that psr-
t,n,,l., ,,.,A ah1a, "a ia traced il, Ceerrv
into, "
II;s ,,o1o f.oa o,a roc,,l;,- nervo,,s NAM
nor ON his arrival a. the range. all were
ve,I-bcI,ni, tos+ uouv 10 his guilt. and
thc,e 5ol,la ba,6l, NJ, conceived ?. sinpler
go ~ WOE NAV tris na,.ic1,lar one the
onoy,, 80 ,,n5o~t.,san
In enita of All T,oona-d protested he was
.heol,italy in,gooept He nlcadea mot
.,,,iI,,, ;, INA syc,a tbat although ba had
fssf4 I,slNot IL, - .rer,ry of nsssion he had
MOI ,aicea a fit,eer a~a.,i,s; hiu
Wy - 60 -. w. u ~ - ,,,,11 = Win boyror nc one
,,, oaa +ba startiino. array Of convincing
,,oofs ,.ora hrolloht like snectres before
~, .l,a,-aa ,o,sa,f No beliavo her lover
Ma Moo, Iod av.av In, assion and COM
,,,it+ad tho ACT in = moment of madness.
Inv as mo 6ays of inc earlier investiga-
tians ,,,a r,ro1 ,l,ng +hoiy weary length
/ che ,,-atnI,alL tho fr,nn of 11cr. 1nNra1 n. ha
s s,n ,n,;sbt i'm tho COCK calm and fear
49, I'D s,a road tive iiph+ of truth in his
CO. r,lan he s,id ca1,niy.
.I swear befora cod and the whole
r.or,a ~, innocen+i,
mr. do" ha was cor,,,,ittad for +r,a, she
,ef, INC co,1rt house her ewes burning
,yith -, rnna+,,ral hril1iance She was
49, 80 Cd W. 49, no vas ta,soiv accused
80 ~ 1890 ,4a.er,,i,ad ~ move heaven
49, a.,.h i..a,f 10 we've n
Tna fnrt ,bst en- was on,v n frail wo-
,n,n dia not deter her i'm fine least the
asorrei.. ac no di4sc,,1+ +aep bad no ter
- cto nnaor,nal, = ,,,.ya1 r,-
.,ian1 . n,s,a,., INA. n.o,,la have taxed
49, :, - eus ~ no INVEST mad ,,,ost exner-
go ,atao.;,a
~ 40 r.holo DAVIS s,,e wandered nm
Ia ,al,, W. .a,,o r 49,, vi ia r.,ercea
on ne dav of the trasedv axar,ining
e~ar,. i,o,, - mo ,rc,,nd in tho dim hone
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- - .r 49,. ~ No s,,ooass .t,ended
- 49, affan+s
N, 49, ,ao,;,, 81 ,ha+ b;,a ,,., n, ,aea
s,65n,lv occ,,,rss to, her ana her hear,
$500 :. 49, ,,itb a ,,an, fo,,,d Nome no
Say tyas sat,,rdav II was only a tim
eli,n ,mor-s nrance IN a n,illion of Il ever
lnaain, 10 n correct solution hut il he.
: came indeliblv imprinted in her mind and
she would sec it through.
She accordingly made her way to the
place where her fathers body had beer
found, and seating herself on a rustic
bench in . little alcove abutting on the
carriage drive, took up her curious vigil.
Straight In front several fields stretched
for two miles, terminating at the richl,
wooded estate OF Sir Samuel Barnes. Ac
cordi-lg TO the evidence that had beer
forthcoming, Leonard, it was suggested
must have fred the shot from some posi-
ton in these fields and then walked acros
to the left, and SO regaincd the road tina
led directly to the gate where she met hin
on that fatal day. So that actually tn
firing point of the new range was to TIL
extreme left of where she was sitting, an,
the targets far distant to the right.
Straining her ears and laboring unde
rewarded. She distinctly heard the soun,
of distant firing. Shooting had
at Sir Samuel's. IS was customary ever
Saturday at noon.
Alice left her seat and swiftly ran alon
the drive, fully conscious of the fact tina
If her iGea were correct she was running
l,-rt,1.1 ynny -tlln fnJ~af Nnnr o1N1 flNlt,. Oh