Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-10-11

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therly air which under the crcum-
stances was more discOuraging than
consolatory. I'VE have simply heard
of q new witness, or. rather fact
has come to light which has turned our
inquiries into a new direction"
"And-and-you cannot tell me what
this fact is?' l faltered as he showed
no intention of adding anything to this
very unsatisfactory explanation.
Il should not, but you were willing
to do so much for US must set aside
my principles little and do some
thing for you. After ALL it Is only
forestalling the reporters by a day.
Miss Van Arsdale, this is the story;
Yesterday morning a man was shown
into this room and said that he had
Information to give which might pos
sibly prove to have some bearing on
the Fairbrother case. | had seen the
man before and recognized him at the
first glance as one of the witnesses
who made the inquest unnecessarily
tedious. DO You remember Jones, the
facts to give and yet who used up the
whole afternoon in trying to state
| those facts"
81 do, indeed" l answered.
"Well, he was the man, and | own
| that | was none too delighted to see
| him. But he was more ut his ease with
| me than | expected, and | soon learned
what he had to tell. 1t was this: One
of his men had suddenly left him, one
of his very best men-one of those who
had been with him in the capacity of
waiter at the Ramsdel ball 1t was
not uncommon for his men to leave
| him. but they usually gave notice. This
man gave no notice. He simply did
| not show up at the usual hour. This
was week or two ago Jones, hav-
ing liking for the man, who was an
| excellent waiter, sent a messenger to
his lodging house to see If he were i'll.
But he had left his lodgings with as
little ceremony as he had left the ca
terer.
This under ordinary circumstances
would have ended the business; but,
there being some great function in
prospect, Jones did not feel like losing
so good a man without making an eff
fort to recover him. SO he looked up
his references in the hope Of obtaining
some clew to his present whereabouts
HE kept all such matters in spe-
cial book and expected to have nc
trouble in finding the mans name
James Wellgood, or that OF his former
employer, but when be came to con
suit this book he was astonished to md
that nothing was recorded against this
mans name but the date of his FIRST
employment-March 10.
Had he hired him without recon-
Inendation? He would not be likely to
yet the page was clear of all reference
only the name and the date. But the
date. You have already noted its sig
nificnnce, and later he did too. The
day of the Ramsdell BALI The day Of
the great murder! AS he recalled thu
incidents of that day he understood
why the record of Wellgood's nam'
was unaccompnnied by the usual refer
ence 1t had been difficult day al
round. The function was an importan
besides, an unusual shortage In HI
number of assistants. Two men hat
that very morning been laid up witt
sickness, and when this able looking
self confident Wellgood presented him
self for immediate employment he too
him out of hand with the mereSt glanc
, at what looked like very satisfactor
, | reference.
, Later. he had intended to look u
> this reference which he had been care
. full to preserve by sticking it. alon
I with other papers. on his spike file
q But In the distractions following tn
untoward events of the evening h
had neglected to do so. feeling pei
7 fectly satisfied with the mans wor
. and general behavior. Now 1t was
v different thing. The man had lei
r him summarily, and he felt impelled
hunt up the person who had recon
>. mended him and see whether this wa
y the first time that Wellgood had repai
II good treatment with bad. Runnin
@ through the papers with which his IL
r. was now full he found that the on
he sought was not there. This rouse