Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-10-18
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considering the short time we have
had Gt was only yesterday that Jones
found his way into this office). we have
unearthed some very interesting facts
ID his regard. His devotion to Mr.
Falrbrother was never any secret, and
we knew as much about that the day
after the murder as we do now. But
the feelings with which he regarded
Mrs. Fairbrother-well, that Is another
thing-and it was not till last night we
heard that the attachment which bound
him to her was Of the sort which takes
no account Of youth or age, fitness or
unntness. He was no Adonis, and old
enough. we are told, to be her father;
but for all that we have found several
persons who can tell strange stories Of
the persistence with which his eager
old eyes would follow her whenever
chance threw them together during the
time she remained under her husbands
roof, and others who relate. with even
more avidity, how, after her removal
to apartments of her own. he used to
spend hours in the adjoining park just
to catch a glimpse of her figure as she
crossed the sidewalk on her way to
and from her carriage. Indeed. his
senseless. almost senile passion for this
magnificent beauty became a byword
In some mouths, and 1t only escaped
being mentioned at the inquest from re-
spect to Mr.. Fairbrother, who had never
recognized this weakness in his steward.
and from its lack of visible connection
with her horrible death and the steal
ing of her great jewel. Nevertheless.
we have witness now-it Is astonish-
ing how many witnesses we can scare
up by a little effort, who never thought
OF coming forward themselves-who
can swear to having seen him one night
shayng his fist at her retreating figure
as she stepped haughtily by him into
her apartment house. This witness Is
Gire that the man he saw thus gesticu-
lating was Sears, and he is sure the
woman was Mrs. Fairbrother. The
only thing he is not sure OF Is how his
own wife will feel when she hears that
he was in that particular neighborhood
on that particular evening, when he
was evidently supposed to be some
where else" And the inspector
laughed.
as the stewards disposition a bad
one" asked, that this display Of
feeling should impress you so much?"
81 don't know what to say about that
yet Opinions differ on this point. His
| friends speak of him as the mildest
kind OF a man, who without native ex-
ecutive skill could not manage the
great household he has in charge. His
enemies-and we have unearthed a few
say, on the contrary, that they have
never had any confidence in his quiet
ways; that these were not in keeping
with the fact of his having been Cal
! iforna miner in the early tfties.
you can see | am putting you very
nearly where we are ourselves. Nor
do | see why | should not add that
this passion of the seemingly subdued
but really hotheaded steward for a
woman. who never showed him any
thing but what he might call an in
sulting Indifference. struck us as q
clew to be worked up. especially after
we received this answer To telegram
We sent late last night to the purs
who is caring for Mr.. Fairbrother II
| New Mexico"
He handed me small yellow slip
and | read:
The steward left Mr. Fairbrother at f
Moro. He has not heard from him since.
ANNETTA LA SIERRA
For ADner FairDrOther,
"At FL Moro" cried. "Why. the
was long enough ago
For him to have reached New ioii
before the murder. Exactly so, if ii
took advantage of every close cOnneC
ton"