The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-09-13

Strangely enoLgu, this seemed IL
alarm tho girl more than ever. They
did not then have any real suspicion
| that there had bsen rival lovers, &c
they were taken wholly by surprise
.i1han Emma Stephany suddenly roSs
land said, in her mothers presence.
Take me with you. I was moi
home last night. My mother thought
I was, but was out Take me witt
you. I killed James JriZzsll."
SHIELDING THE REAL sLAAER.
The policemen were dumbfounded
The poor mother fell on her dSught'
er's neck, half fainting.
''How did you do itp" demanded
the officer.
II snot him With his own revolver, y
she said. 1T was en- accident. Take
me with you; will explain later"
The officers bad no ALTERNATIVES
They had to carry the girl of to jail.
charged by her Own confession with
having killsd her lover.
But she msds no further e1plans.
zion ezc'ps to deolsrs chat she had
thrown the revolver lover the fence"
She bacame the Sphinx Of the Potts
willie jsil, whose pale face still gives no
answer to those who try to read it.
In jail the girls cunning in her Of.
forts to shield the real murderer-sc.
cording to the accepted polies theory
grew sharper. Knowing thst any let.
ter she wrote would be opened and
read by the authorities, she penned
and addressed to her mother con.
fession that she really had killed Fr.z
zsll. She had used Frizzsll's own re-
volver, which she had hidden in her
room.
Be quick" she wrote; take James
revolver and hide it. Then put In Its
place my fathers revolver. When the
police searcn my room they will find
1t, and this will clear me-"
This Was not very good logic, but 1t
helped confuse the authorities. The
letter was never delivered to the
mo6her. The police searched the
girls room-and found no revolver Of
any description. =
They also searched the Vicinity Of
the murder, where there was a board
fence inclosing a vacant lot. They
searched every inch of ground beyond
the fence, but found no revolver.
At length they learned on good
authority that Frlzzell, most peace
ably inclined young man, had never
carried revolver.
All these circumstances strengthen.
ed the growing theory in the minds OF
police and detectives that the girl was
innocent of all except knowledge of
the crime; that she sd.sorae powerful
motive for shielding the real muir
derer.
But here they lost the trail, which
they not yet bsen able to recover.
They wore unable to find any one who
had seen or hoard Of Enns. Ssephsny
IN company with any man except
James Ff.zZsll.
They had to work upon, only the
framework of q mysterious romancs
dealing with Q strange man, living,
perhaps, in o neighbnring city, who
occasionally met Emma Stcphany
secretly; that it was him she really
loved; that she still "kept company
with James Frizz Ill for the sake Of ap
pearapces and to satisfy her parents,
who wished her to marry him; that on
the night of the tragedy, not expect
ing this myterious lover, she had
walked out With Frizeu; that the
stranger, finding them together, flew
into rage, shot his rival dead and
fad the city.
DOCTOR A FEW DOORS AWAY.
AS 1t was on the eve of Independ.
encs Day, with crackers Of all sizss
exploding in all directions, the report
of tho shot that killed Frizzsll was
not distinguished from numercu:
similar explosions. The shooting oc.
curing In a street little frequsnted.
the body Of the murdered man was
not discovered until the next morn
Dng.
There Is still another reason for dis
belle 7ing E una StapGany's "oonfeH
son-" she declared that she had
shot Fr Tell by accident. II this La
been true, and she loved him, snt
him only, would she not Immediately
have sought isis5snce In ordor ths,
bis life might be saved, If possible.
II lna sane block, o::!7 d ie d0o-s
aVag-.s Emma Sjspaal5 must have
known-live1 the NIT famous sur
eeon In that part of the S5ats. Ii
iva minutes she could have had him
On the spot, for ne Was III home all
the night.
Il, IS the authorities suspect, FRI
z,ll was shot TO d5a5h b3 ais mys5erl
our rival, WHO wi5 tha mao really
loved by tHis str1nge grl. 1t is cat
ural to supposs tbs. Nc irst iupulat
Would be 10 eava Gbe SLAYER. 70 c.l
o doctor, to raise "a al3rm would haze
been fatal to tai9 OBJECT.
Therefore +, zzn.s body was loi
lying In taa5 obs0ura s.raet, and dur
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