Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-05-26
THE MISSING WITNESS.


sufficiently obvious, propose TO give amy
date IN connection with the incidents
am a..9ut TO relate Nor 10 ! bind nay
self 10 the assertion that the places
shall mention are the real cnes, J wII
even confess that. in the case OF the town
upon which this statement pivots. the
uaue has 30 existence. 50 far as ! am
aware. except IN my imagination. The
main facts. and those alone, may be
taken as correct. have my motives in
making them public: which motives will
perhaps form subject Tor speculation
/ am afraid that they will have 70 com
time to do So.
was travelling hv tie night express
from London to Liverpool. where ! pro-
posed 10 embark the next day upon
steamer bound for Valparaiso. Ny COM
partment had no other occupant, anu
WAS glad IL was 50; for / was restless
and uneasy, moving from seat TO seat
and neering c0ntinually-fGr no reason
that I knew of--out Of the carriage WIN
dow into the darkness IN such "a state
Of mind indeed. was ! that the con-
straint engendered hy the presence 81
fellow Traveller would have been We'll
nigh unhearable.
We had been ON the way Il little more
than an hour and were passing "a way
SIDE station. when there was - crash
upoE the window Ut my carnage; the
glass was shivered 80 atoms. and some
thing fell upon the floor OF the compJrt-
ment. Ms nerves We're strung mt so h!Gh
o tension that J believe | shouted aloud.
For "a moment thOuEht that J had been
.ltot at. and sat rigid. lest by moving |
sbould realize a hurt. Presently, Fecov-
erine somewhat. / looked upon the floor
aud saw that the object which had been
thrown there was IA small note weighted
with stone. With feeung between
curiosity and apprehension. 1 picked IL
up. The Endorsement IN scholarly
nand. did little to allay he first OF these:
"I'or the perusai OF the person or per
sons into whose carriage this note may
be thrown
| opened it. and the contents were of
such an astonishing character that ! do
not think il is likely that ! shall eyer
forget them. At present at any rate
can give them verbatim
There is a prisoner lying in The jail mt
Nation sentenced 10 he. hanged tom0r-
row morning ut = o'clock lie has al
ways protested his innocence and said
that there was a man who could prove it.
Though nothing was left undone 10 dis
cover that man. lie was not found. | am
he Through illness and other causes /
have only at this moment learned the cir
eumstanceS--Jo0 late 10 telegraph. too
late 20 communicate with the authorities
at Nation in any way save this. beyond
the shadow Of a doubt / can prove that
the accused was many miles from the
scene OF the murder ne the time Ii took
place. You who read this-as you value
The life Of Il fellow man-leave the train
Lat Nation, 20 To the governor of the
prison. show him this note. and say that
! am coming in the morning hy the
earliest train. DO not fail. Il is n mat
ter of life and death.
James CaStlcranny'
/ laid down this extraordinary docu-
meut and took up the evening paper.
had read what was said about the Mall
ton ease before. but ! read it again now
with an added interest After recaptu-
lating the chief features of the muir
der and announcing the execution on
the morrow, he report went on as fol-
lows
1T will he remembered that the pris-
oneF has an along yehemently protested
his innocence and maintained thar there
/ exists a man. could he be found. who
Is able 10 clear him. lie states that NJ
ne time OF the murder he was Il spec
tator so football match at tlaylcu,
where he fell into conversation with the
man next To him. which eliminated in
a somewhat heated argument on the sub
! Ject of professionalism. The prisoner
/ solicitors have. of course. used their best
J eRdeavors to lind this person, but with.
! gHt success, and he is 10y most people ra-
eat'Ied as a myth. The accused himself
however, Toes not WAIVER from his orig
/ mai declaration, and it is stated that he
soil Clitlgs 90 the hope that the missing
/ witness viii appear IN time 10 save him
SO u came about that held this mans
/ Q d f..t
/ the note INTO a corner of lhe carriagc
/ ana did o strange thing. laughed. Per
/ bdrS 81 was the strain upon my nerves
/ peFhaps-who knows I state the fact:
After a time, when | became NOR,
I used 60 the situation, / BEGAN ia reflect
| was asked to leave the train at Nation
arouse the sleeping governor of the prls
oa WIth au extraordinary story. ana
/ thereby tu "a certainty miss my luaT IL
lIKerpual. Ii was mere than ! sya.
prepared % undertake Above all things
il was Imperative chat should &c ui
board thc s,eamer which started in al,
morajuG for Valparaiso
Heside~ there WAS another raasu.
which made the performances oH my rar
~ the request contained liz the. urt,. .
thne Hot tn he Thought uG Wrhagt
count q WAS tine eaSitS5 plan tp tel
things take their course Cua4l ,p..
so0ahlN he expected 90 Put myself art ~.
account 81 "a communication ,y.,I.#
reached ne ips So eccentric = ,rfg1.f..r
ami sac authenticity of which tst ..
nu~Stute means Ht -auGlu- Jr t..-,-.y.I
me TO '1lE6. would leave tllue~ rs
they were
IN this frame vt und r,,.s .l..,i ,.-.
ti the tram bad drawn up al Nation
/ suppose. however (. Iett Hse u.. ..-r.
HetslN '@tp} tor u & sudden tmn}a,-, j
Threw upsH tne window aaH 5E..f u
porter. ''" "
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