The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-19
By
George F. Butler, ND.


Grant laborers on the Weathersby place
as were not desired nearer the farm
house. Trees and underbrush crept
closely up to it OF two sides, in front
was a small clearing with a well in it.
and on the remaining side ran the
county road under the fOrbidding shad-
Ows of a forest crowned cliff. The spot
was cherries, sordid, uncanny Its
very countenance suggested vice and
crime.
The two officers descended from the
machine some rods from the building
and crept through the woods toward it,
while Dr.. Furnivall drove into the
clearing. There were shutters on the
windows. the door was closed, and no
signs of life were visible anywhere
about The premises seemed utterly
deserted. But as the doctor raped
loudly on the door a sudden scream of
mortal terror arose within, and In a
long drawn chattering and jabbering
shuddered away into silence. Finding
the door fastened, he ratified the latch
noisily and called out Hello" Again
the anguished cry sounded, but this
time in tones as If the voice were muf-
fled And finally when, putting his
shoulder to it, the doctor burst In he
found a burly form shaking and
screaming on pallet in dark corner,
its head buried in the rags which an
swered for bedding.
As DR.. Furnivall threw open one OF
the shutters, letting in a stream of day
light upon the bed. the occupant start
ed up, disclosing terrified black face.
which quickly took on an expression OF
relief. and he exclaimed:
Fore Gawd, man, Use glad yo'
come; oh, Use glad yo' come. Git meh
out'n we're, were. All cain see hit, an
All doan keer Were yo puts me-" He
crept forward on his hands and knees,
groveIing at DR.. FurnivalPs feet "Ah
done hit, mister, All ain gwine deny
dat, an All sees hit cher sence. Joe
he claim 'twuz de sarven' gal, BIT All
doan know bout dat. All sees hit cher
sence. All done fought ,yo' wuz hit"
sit up here, take this chair. There.
now tell me all about it,
He placed a chair facing the light
that entered the doorway. and motion
ing the policemen, who now stood at
the open window, to remain where they
were, helped the negro to the seat and
babe him proceed with his story.
So thankful was the man, as it ap-
peared, for human company, and relief
from the superstitious fears which were
driving him insane, that he scarcely
needed the assistance which DR.. Furni-
wallis peculiar powers could afford him,
and he readily confessed as follows:
"Ah knowed dat Joe Weathersby in
de city, mister. an he say some sarven'
gal dat ulster wurk en- de fem bly, done
tot heem oil Mis- Snowman allerz keep
fl t'ouson' dollars en- de tin box on de
bureau on de bathroom. He say he
gwine gi' meh half dat money eef All
hep heem git de box. We done bruk
en- de house an gi' de man chic form,
BIT we bungle dat job an de man wake
up an we done nit hCem wild de club.
Den OF Mis- she bergin' t scream, an
All run en- tub her room for tub stop
her noise. Den-Ah-Ah see de ghos'
come a-fittin' right up tub dis niger
an All drop on de bald. for den All
knows de man in de Odder room am
daid an All is a murderer, an All cain
do ancdder ting Joe he come en- an
git de box an we run 70 de woods, bt
dar wan no money in de box, on'y OF
paper. Den All GIBBS I'D. Joe burn de
paper for to git hit out de way, an An
hide ma haid en- de leabes an grass,
but de ghOs' is dar all de tame an neb-
Der leabe meh. Joe he say hit de sar-
ven gal BIT All knows betteTn's dat, All
see hit often sence. All see hit jes' fore
yO' coined, mister, right yere en- dis
place. An done tink yo' wuz hit wen
yo' knock on de do. YO' TEX meh L de
Jail, you tex -meh anyw'er All dOan'
keer, eff on'y yO' TEX meh were dat
cain Conner
"Goshamitey" muttered the Devil
dered chief as ne slipped on the hand
cuffs, painfully relinqUishing the theory
which seemed so simple for the simpler
truth of which he had not dreamed. 'I
never'lI believe northin' agin as long s
7 live Onless I see it or hear it myself.
Things is dretful queer in this world;
that's what they is, dretful queer"
DR.. FUTnivall jOtted down in his note
book the following:
THE TIN BOX CASE.
Observation-Disclosures Classify the
negro's. MentO-Objective: notify psy-
chical research.
Memo-Coincidenc The (probably
vainglorious) lie Of the former servant,
that there was $1,000 in the box leads to
destruction of the will, whereby the
strongest Prescriptions Of guilt are di-
rected toward the innocent; circum-
stantial evidence: classify.