The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-09-19

some years nso taeys x=ns an Amerd7
can IN the French foreign legion Ne
one flnev how he came. 70 enlist II that
corps any more than how many other
men Of dIGerent nationAlltless some Of
them OF noble and one of royal birth.
came, to do the same. He called him
self John Seymour but no one sup
posed that to lie his real name, and It
was not. He had e1tcred the legion
for the same reason others lae entered
Il; That Is. he wasa fugitive from jus
tice.
At the first hi.lt Stsyrnou entered. I'D
the ranks OF the FOREIGN legion. be tried
so hard 10 get himself killed that he
g-ns protected for bravery. He mus;
have tried very hard, for there NVcre
many Others with shadOyy pasta b..
hind them WHO were competing VIII
him In the same object. Be tbs as It
may. Seymour was made captain.
a few weeks before the Americans
admission to this corps Of death see&-
ers Samuel Barrett, banker OF New
York, suspecting that all was not right
In one of the Departments OF his bank,
went one night to his counting room 10
for himself Barrett had
no children except an adopted daugh-
ter. His wife had a son by a former
husband of whom he was very fond.
plan was to bring up this boy.
Everett Wbfttemore, to succeed to the
business ana that he should marry
Irene, the adopted daughter. There
was no difficulty in either part OF this
plan. for NvhIttemore was fine young
fellow with superior business talents.
and TIE tive young people were in love
with each other.
When Barrett entered the bank he
found his stepson there at work. Tax
ing pile OF papers, Barrett went into
his private office and shut the door be-
hind him. Half an hour later the
man heard sound in Bar
-ett's office. He listened, but 1t was
not repeated Whittemore went on
with his work and when 1t WAS TN
shed concluded to ask his stepfather
Z he would not go home. Opening the
ioor, he found Barrett lying on the
door with 81 cloven skull. He was
lead.
Whittemore was hurrying to call as
;Istance when 1t occurred to him that
lie would be accused OF the murder.
% the conclusion that nothing could
save him from conviction of having
murdered his stepfather. Should he
ace the danger or flee? He chose the
after course. Making his way across
he Hudson river, he found steamer
IN the other bank waiting for the tide
o serve. Ten days later Whittemore
In the French foreign legion
lnder the name of John Seymour.
When the murder was discovered IL
vas found that Whlttemore was miss
ug. There was no use to look for the |
murderer except in him. He had taken |
money, hut none belonging to the |
,ank Indeed, the whole AFFAIR was
MYSTERY, for what motive could there /
re for him to murder the man who |
vas preparing him for his own place /
nd whose adopted daughter he was
to marry? However, flight
vas confession, and Everett White
oore was execrated as the murderer
( his benefactor.
Not long after WhIttemore's disap-
earance u letter bearing foreign
ost mark came for Irene Barrett. She
ook It to her room, read and destroyed
: Barrett's partner, Enoch Crowen.
ras in charge of the bank, and Irene
D prepare herself to be able to man
ge her own interest in the bank and
esIred a position there. Crowell de-
lurred. but the girl was persistent,
nd he consented.
Irene worked in subordinate places,
ut principally studying the principles
n which the books were kept. Nearly
yo years after her fathers death she
surreptitiously TO go to the
lnk nights for the purpose of continu-
u the work while doing which her
lther had. been murdered. In peck
! in her dress made for the purpose
le carried a loaded revolver of large
Iiber One night she went to the
nnll with skeleton keys and into what
nd been her fathers office. but now
by Crowell. She entered by
le door leading from the bank. There
as another door leading to the rear
, the bank. She had opened Croweiis
,sls and grasped bundle OF papers
hen this rear door opened. and there
God Croweu Seeing the papers be-
re the girl he raised an aX and was
lout to bring 1t down ON her head
hen she shot him.
up a telephone trnnsmittcr
Ie summoned the police, who found
rowell dying from a bullet In his
~. a5a.' -. heart. Before his death
confessed that he was involved,
AT he had killed Ills partner in the
me way lie had Intended to Kill Irene
prevent his Affairs from being
Town and to get control in order the Z
tier to conceal them,
ttt /