The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-09-12
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you. I kiil:d James J: III ii
SHIELDING THE REAL sLAAER

SHIELDING THE REAL SLAAER
The policemen were dumofounde!
The poor mother fell on her dsugh
sr's neck, half fatnti0g
How did you do it?" denaEde
he officer.
II shot him with bis own revolver,
she said. 1t was aD &C '!dsnt. TAX
Dos with yor; I Rlll explain later"
The Cfi3e-s had no alternative
They had to carry the girl If to 1ai
charged by hsr own confession wit
having killed her lover.
But sac n de- 10 further explans
stoa escept tc 6eclere chat she ha
Shrown the revolver ''cvsr the feuce.
She became the Spbis < ct toe Potts
vile jail, whose pale face still gives d
AIS ser to those who try to read it.
In jail the girls cunning in her OF
'orts to shield the real mu-dersr-ac
ccrdipg to the accaptsd po les theory :
grew sharper. z 1oWing that any let
ter she wrote would be opened ant
esd by the authorities, she penre'
and addressed to Re. mother ceD
:ession that she really ':a1 killed F 3
zeil. She had use2 F:'zzell's own te
volver, which she haa hidden in be-
room
Be quick" she vr2tv; ''taks James
revolver aud hide Is. Ten put in II!
place my fathers rev >ivsr. Wen Sht
police search my room 5he7 will fEi
it, and this will c'esr NE"
This was not v:ry good logic, but II
helped confuse the authorities. The
letter was never delivered to th;
| mother. The police searched the
girls roou-and found no revolver o,
any description.
Taey also searched the vicinity o1
she murder, whsrs there was a board
fence inclosi2g a vacant lot. TheJ
searched every inca of ground beyond
The ferce, but found no revolver.
At length they learned on goot
authority that Fr :zzsll. most peace
sbly inclined youlg man, had never
carried revolver.
All these circumstances strengthen
ed the growing theory in the minds c'
oolice and detectives that the girl was
innocent Of all except knowledge o,
ahe crime; that she had. some powerful
motive for shielding the real muir
derer.
But here they lost the trail, which
they not yet bsen able to recover
They were uns bic to dud any one wht
nad seen OF heard Of e -nma SsephanJ
in company with any man e1cepI
James F! II il.
They had to work upon only th;
| framework Of q mysterious romance
dealing with a strange man, living
pe.hsps, in neigbhoring city, wht
occasionally met Emma Stephan;
secretl.; ahat il was him she really
loved; mat she still kept company
with James Frizz Il for the sake Of ap
pearaoces and to satisfy her parents
who wished her to marry him; that OF
she night OF the tragedy, not expect
ing this mytericus lover, she hsc
walked out vita Fr;Zell; that tht
stranger, 6ndirg them together, few
into q rage, shot his rival dead anc
| dsd the clty.
A DOCTOR A FEW DOORS AWAY.
AS it vas on the eve Of Independ
ence D.y, with crackers Of all stzss
exploding in al directions, the report
of the shot that killed Fr zzsll wa&
act distinguished from numert u
similar explosions. The shooting %
curing In street little freQusated
the body Of the murdered man va
not discovered until tine nex5 mcrn
ng.
There !s still another reason fjr dis
oelie ling E NINA Stephauy's comics
lion" She declared that she hst
shot Fr ELL by accident. II this ha'
oeen true, and she loved him, an'
him only, wou d she not innetiasei.
have sought assistance In ordsr tina
his lite might be saved, If possible.
In the same block, only feT door
awsy-as Emma S5ephaay must hag'
known-lived the most famous sur
qeon in that part Of the State. i
Ave minutes she could have had hin
IN toe spot, for he was at home al
the night.
II, az the authorities suspect, Fr 3
z IL was shot to death by his mysterl
OUT rival, who was the man reall
loved by this strange girl, it Is ma,
ursl to suppose that her 1rst inpuls
1oulo be to save the slayer. To c.
q doctor, to raise an alarm would hav
been fatal to this Object.
Therefore Fl zslis body was le1
lying in that obsoure strset: aad du1
Ing the half de1 j hours taab Intel
yensd bsfore its discovery tie nu,
lerer vas able to eff &c hinSeh. S
the police argue.
In the gray sadn g Of toe mornin
che girl could not rssist the impuls
80 common to these WHO hsye guilt
knowledge of such cIice to creep nsc
TO the scene Of 1t; and tnefe she s.ov
ed, bending over the dead body, he
free ,ale and drawn, her ey5s ssarin:
almost the only weakness IL ber sho
: line OF conduct, when she sobaad 0;
huskily: Il do not kno~ ttts Ean."
Ever stree her aIrest E lu1a step
any's manner has been Spai"x -IS
except for her confession that sao Y;
the murderess. Egsn that c2r f,ssiol
admitting that it is falce, ADDS I
nblauce to the Egyptian emblem
mystery, for 1t is Jhe most bs H ;ng ci
cunstance with which the deGectiV
aave to deal.
Il wondar if they will hang me
I che asks Of herself.
If I do not shield him, be will q
j. marry me-" she is reported to ha
said.
Will she go to The gallo"S Iatn
than involve the man she loves:
-,ho hoo o+,11;a6 her ventures