The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-18
THE
BrangWyn Mystery
CHAPTER xxvlll.-(continucd.)

shall call hef5ra ,.o,, tb,.a witnesses
VINO viii swear, ~ tho ba-,drriinr in
which if pnoa~s shall ca1l the
first COMMISSIONS If nolica Who Win
tell Won thar tbs nrisonar handed mis-
document TO him only rs q nroof Of his
own innocence Of m. crime vim
which it was the Intention Of M, no.
lice 10 charse him and NOT j., f,,dI.
ment Of thar dntv as a citizen which
made II Incumbent unon him NOT IN
conceal that crime me moro asnscial /.
ly considering lis magnitude shall
draw your attention Ia tho date Of the
document. which proves fhat the nrjs.
ouer has been in ncsssssioo of fhis
guilty knowledge Tor a wear
Alexis BransYyn's confession hand.
ed in by the frsf commissioners of mo-
lice wee h~i,f anf IA th, noin+.
During nv residence In Paris in The
wear - made the acou8intanca NJ
= sirl. whose name in is nor necessary
70 mention. with whom lived al.
flowed her to confuse NV identify Win
! thst OF NV cousin AIoysiis She nd.
dressed NE by his name. and. althoush
i I GtI not -aN71g.afa III SNNagT +. fEGf !
i never otherwise deceived or n,isIad her
in Yespect to il When the girl in
sisted on cur marr]ae. forsook her
an8 returned 10 London where lived
in ny uncle house Her father wrote
to nv uncle. ~denouncins NV cousin nv
mama Nv cousin. Alov.ius when the
accusation Was brought against him
-. - -,
; handed 10 he raced by his accpsar
Before this could be ACCOMPLISHED
was myself brought inro his presence
recognized. and denounced. had no
| defense Nv uncle threatened 10 dis
| Inherit me was d~esneratelv en-.
barrsssed Al The time had many Ii.
! abilities could NOT meet. and saw
nothing but disgrace and ruin before
me.
In his first anger against my cousin
nv uncle had written IN his solicitor
q letter in which he i~nstructaa him 70
prepare a new will for his SIGNATURE
| CONSTITUTING mo his sole heir Ha an.
nounced to me his intention Of reyers.
ing that will = leaving eyervthing 10
Aloysius. There was a violent scene
between us. and we were alone in the
house. went ont intending N MIR.
chase a sufficient onan+itv of ch,oro.
form 10 mt an end IN my existence
When I returned found thar nv uncle
had fallen in q swoon unon the floor
I saturated = handkerchief wi-b cb1or.
oform and nlaced If over his mourn
and nostrils. and renewed II from time
to time. and the idea for tho d~isnosa
of the BODY occurred 10 me
"The frame OF The statne after ward
known as Boadicea was but newly
built up In the rough that dav
buried the body within it and
| worked all night all day and all next
| might and part of next dav in the hone
that il would apnear too far advanced
to be looked upon as a Mace of CON
cealment. When the house in which
my uncle had resided was abont to he
| broken mn 7 boupht tho housa in AGAR
Row in which NV uncle,s body was dis.
| covered. purchased the statue at the
sale through an ordinary agent and
entrusted it's remoyal to an old ser.
want named Ado]phe Grimaua who is
now Matchmaking me-(SionedA Alex-
is Brangwvn"
Three witnesses-one the editor of
an art journal 10 which Aleyis Rrang.
WIN had been a freouent contributor
and two professional xnerts-swor
nositiyelv to the fact that the entire
document was in his handwriting
Counsel for the prisoner did not dis.
mute the fact. 1t was trne that the
document was written in tho nrison.
er's presence was in mart dictated nv
him. and was in his possession from
the time of it's completion.
THAT. NV lord. and gentlemen of
the Jury. is the case of the crown.
said the attorney general.
81 shall call but one witness" said
the equally eminent couns who an
peared in the ~prisoner'c behalf I'VE
admit the fact charged against lis. and
We can only trust ia the hone which is
strong within us that it win be recog.
nized that the prisoners nosition was
absolutely forced upon him. I will
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