La Junta tribune., 1907-02-23


small table GU which were the mar
the only light Of the room. There was
great crash AMI then darkness. with
the noise of an indiscriminate strug-
gl-. Fool. his messenger. Frank and
myself were NIL In 4 xrappie. while
Edgeworth. the object Of our efforts.
eiudesi MS In the room. which he knew
better than We did. and escaped BY a
stairway to = loft. from = window Of
which he dropped Into the yard. Hut
why had he nesi?
The ciew that helped ~ was the wet
clothes. for they suggested the canal.
We got Lanterns aud went out through
the yard At the rear Of Edgewoeths
store snd came 10 the canals bssk.
There wss about half sa Inch OF Ice
On the water. bst at ses peiat II was
ward. ~ u ss0e oos had pluagsd IN.
4 sssesesi sttsopts TAes Wy hsA ths
nan coase Ont sssin!
Tbs riadIe wss ~ rcd uatn the
next day. whsa q Thorough examina-
tion of this ss,ot resulted In beingiss
~ from the bottom Of the csasi
metal cigar cutter svch - ooe sees
upon to,saecoaists coustees. 'Rhs cignr
10 Inserted Into = little trap. aad
knife blaSe. sctuated BY . soetng. cute
Cd the end.
To this common coatrivnnce Edge
worth had added n sort Of syringe
which his skill with tools enabled him
to make In n manner that nm tempt
ed To call admirable. This syringe In
jected into the cigar a sufficient guam
tify OF tasteless. deadly poison.
Edeeworth had doubtless kept this ma
chine for many days. waiting for CIf-
ford to come to his store alone. Doubt
less also he bided the time when Ciif-
ford should be lighting one of his own
cigars bought Ia some other place.
The occasion served him well on this
particular evening. clifford had finish
ed one Of his bephew's little cigars and
was about to light the other when he
came abreast OF Edgewor,h's store on
his way to see the milliner. No one
else was present. The fatal contriv-
ance was eieverly put in the right
place. snd the victims death resulted
In the manner described. al
Esther's loud cry reached Elss-
worth's ears. anI he GUESSED its mean
ing. MomentarIly panic stricken. he
ran to throw the cigar cutter into the
canal, but the ice was much thicker
than he supposed. and IL upheld she
fatal evidence for all mems sfxht.
Elgeworth tried 10 crawl out % The
Ice and crashed through. He succesd-
s-i in sink ing the box and reeainisg
the shore. hut he daresi not show bim-
self In his vet clothes. 30 he raa hsae
and changed them and hasar1<xa Q ~
turn.
This We coajerture<i. aDd Esasp-
worfh's coufeusioa csaArmef 10. ne
was captured . week later In . 49,
pitsi In Wilmington. Des. whuse ~
del oe pnewmeaia. r-sulttos pegAaps
from his wefffng In the canal
From Frank CH6oci I sbtatoaa -
remsinsi~r Of the stcry. UsknDWu -
me. he had fallen In love win lalss
Warren AMI secretly married ~.
Then. with some wikl idea - pexuie-
ting her charms and virtues 10 ~
known In Brsnford and thus winniux
his uncie's consent to the marriage. ~
had bought the little miIIise<y sesre
for her. But TncIe Duncan pruw~a q
hard man to win over He xuzn4H .
part Of the secret and wesha - hear
II an slIisp~e with Mn WA d
this state ef Affairs tbe fosaExD 49,
hevers d>riss-1 to co4feD 20 - -
~--k nay advice. aDa nat wns - -
scr ~hy vas sumosns1 - ORuu0uu0
in time 30 hesrc>a sbe euonnoguvon.
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His S>s0 gave FsnaA euuouuo ~
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