Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-08-07

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to complete the disguise, the broad
scar that disfigured his face was sc
artistically filled up with some kind
of paste as to be almost invisible.
Upon my word, Mr.. Jenkins" re-
marked Colonel Burr, you are won-
derfully changed for the better.
do not think 1 should have recognized
jyou upon the street, and I am not apt
to forget a face I have once seen"
1T is an art that have been COM
PEELED to practice often enough to
become a proficient; but did not de-
sign to do more tonight than present
such an appearance as would not
frighten your family If I should
chance to meet them. proposed also
to claim your hospitality for the
night, and when I go away in the
morning I did not wish that people
should think you had given shelter
to a beggar."
"Beggar or no beggar," replied Col
onel Burr, "the man who sheltered
me in the time Of my greatest need
shall not go away from my roof while
he wishes to remain, no matter what
people may think upon the subject.
III cannot offer you," he continued,
"such potent liquor as you once gave
me. Here is some Madeira, however,
which good judges have pronounced
excellent. Be good enough to help
yourself as freely and as often as you
desire it, for 1 have some questions
to ask; and as you are probably not
as much accustomed to doing without
sleep as I am, you may need some
stimulant' before 1 get through"
Thank you, colonel. I will do full
justice to the wine, though I cannot
plead any physical necessity for it.
The loss Of sleep is no inconvenience
to man Of my habits"
At the same time he approached
the side-table, and, pouring out full
glass Of the generous liquid, swal-
lowed IL at a draught.
Now, colonel I am ready. Begin
your queStlonS.
Draw your chair nearer to the
fire, and tell me in the first place
who killed Franz Klink!"
Didn't Aleck tell you?"
HE told me who he thought did
it, but 1 want to know who you think
it was and your reasons for that
opinion"
John Roberts is the man. 1t must
1t is impossible that Aleck could have
killed a man for his money. I have
known him from infancy, and 1 know
it; though that will not do him any
good, 1 suppose, on his trial."
Never mind what you think will
or will not do him good. Give me
your reasons, all of your reasons,
and let me judge what will benefit
him, and how it may do So"
"Well, then, to go on. did not
send Roberts for Aleck on that night,
or any other night 1 was in hiding
for a supposed robbery; none had
been committed. I had not been in
Sam Larkin's house for a month. I
had twice made up my mind to bury
my knife between Roberts ribs and
had been persuaded by Aleck into
promise not TO do it. / would not,
| therefore, go near a house where 1
was almost certain to meet Roberts,
for fear Of being tempted to break my
Dol nd 7 old
cronies; they planned the murder,
and, knowing Alexis uneasiness about
me, they easily made up a story that
they knew would draw him from
home Aleck thinks they did not mean
to kill at the beginning, but only to
rob. He is mistaken. The murder
was deliberately planned as we'll as
the robbery; and one of its objects
was to throw suspicion on him, and
have him hung If possible. What
other motives Influenced them l can't
guess, but that was one. They calcu-
lated that Aleck was so we'll known
as a Tory, that a jury would be ready
TO believe anything against him; and
stances would suffice to hang a man
whom they supposed to be entirely
destitute of friends among the Wings"
DO you know anything else going
to establish the guilt of Roberts?"
Before the murder he was hard
pushed for money. Since then, al
though he has not exhibited any
large sum, he has paid his way where
ever he went-a thing he never did
before 1t is said, too, that imme-
diately after the watchmen entered
the house Roberts seized hold Of the
dead body, upon pretense Of placing
it on the bed. Now it is my opinion
that he either knew there were blood
stains upon him, or feared there were,
and he took the corpse in his arms
to have a plausible way of accounting
for them If they should be discovered.
l do not think of anything else in
particular. From my general knowl-
edge of the man I know he Is capa-
BILE of all manner of wickedness. He
has himself made a sworn statement,
| from which II was perfectly eNlueht
that if Durand is not the murderer, he
is That is enough for me, and do not
despair of producing proof, in some
way. that will convince others as well
as myself 1t would help the case
nightly if we could get hold of a
club with which Franz Klink was
; Knocked down; and, as l could not go
about Larkin's house myself, I have
put one on the trail who will find
out all that can be discovered. They
are old birds, however, and will leave
few traces of their handiwork."
Colonel Burr's opinion did not es-
5 sentially differ from that of Jenkins,
although he continued until late
hour of the night to question him
r closely and minutely upon every event
t of his own and Roberts life. 1t
E pleased him TO learn, that although
D Jenkins conduct since the war had
t not been blameless, and his habits
Y were still far from being such as a