Charlevoix county herald., 1909-05-29

Atng q short cut for home and break
fxst, when one of their number uttered
a cry OF horror and broke into run.
His companions stared after him, at
ftrst In wonder, but the next moment
tkey. too, were running in the same
direction, and in a few bounds came
upOn their fellow Ii hOrer, who, in a
arenxy of haste ,ud excitement, was
dragging the body of woman from
fJsc waters of the small brook which
flowed there.
as she drownef?" whispered one.
Drowned" exe,-..ned another, sig
rsncantly. and pointing at the red
gkains on the face and clothing.
Don't touch 1t, Barney" cried an
n3hcu- wait for the police. Leave it
sxactly as you iom it-man, don't
B'ou know enough &c that?"
IT'S Sadie Patrick" breathed the
grst who had spoken, gazing with
frightened eyes from the pretty fea-
&xres to the gaping wound in the
snroat- Put her down. Barney" he
whispered, shrilly. you are dabbled
ku blood"
But can't let her stay in the wa
soy." Barney demonstrated. He laid
ess burden on the shore and stood
Asoking at 1t awkwardly, while one Of
She men ran swiftly to the police sta
Eom and the others crowded around
ssd In awed tones discussed the prob
abilities OF the case. The girl had
Been known to them all, in a general
way, for she had formerly worked in
mo factory and lived among them in
0ho boarding house quarter, though
for the past year or two she had
served as a domestic in various rich
Families in the city. Her reputation
WIS that Of a quiet, well-behaved and
thoroughly respectable girl, steady
church-goer, without either enemies or
MEN followers girls girl, fond of
5un0cent amusements among her own
soex, bright, good-humored and inoffen-
Stve- Vaguely these workmen felt that
such tragedy as this was incongru-
cut with her character. They could
not imagine any motive for such a
crime against her, and in their low
toned conversation long periods of
grewsome silence were more frequent
than words.
The medical examiner with the am
bulance and police soon arrived and
Immediately pronounced the girl dead.
The body was taken TO the nearest
undertaking establishment, and then
She police began their search for the
murderer.
That evening a refined appearing
woman, dressed in the fashion and
heavily yelled, called on DIR. Furnivall.
Il have come to you, DIR. Furnivall,"
Bhe began, Tin the interest of justice.
Won have read in the papers, doubt
less. OF the finding of the body of the
domestic, Sadie Patrick, this morn
fpgT'
~Yes," answered the doctor. If his
speech was brief, one who knew him
vel would have seen that he was i'm
rnediately alive with interest. This
stranger saw only an impressive face
feneath a professional beard, the eyes
concealed by colored spectacies.
WELL" the lady continued, 'T do
ssOt wish to give you my name, for rea-
Sons which you will appreciate, am
sure. / cannot be openly connected
with such an awful matter. But if you
morning papers"
She paused inquiringly. He said
Yes" and she continued:
+'You have seen, then, that they
bave arrested man for the crime.
That man is innocent. l know it. |
swear it now, here, TO you. He must
NOT be convicted. know that all the
appearances are against him, that he
rs the person who was last to be seen
zn her company, that they say she had
{ffted him, that he loved her, and that
no swore falsely, as they afterwards
found, when he said that he went to
bed at seven O'Clock that evening.
cay 1 know all this. But l know
something more, too, and that is that
that"
Her voice trembled, broke, and he
Goft that she was exerting all her will
90 refrain from weeping aloud. She
made a movement as If to use her
handkerchief, but the thought of the
veil evidently stayed her hand on its
way TO her eyes, and she sat in silence
a moment with heaving breast. Then
stie continued:
Il can give you only a woman's rea-
zon-I realize that it would not be
valid in law-but that man is innocent.
The doctors who performed the au-
4opsy declare that the process of di-
gcstion had continued for two or per-
haps three hours, and as she ate at six
O'Clock the crime must have been
perpetrated between eight and ten. To
my certain knowledge this young man
was vitality occupied during those
eouTs some miles away from that
Gaidf"
His mistake was, then, that he
<3dn't say so when he was examined,
end prove it, instead of swearing he was
"a home and I'm bed all the evening.
Unfortunately for him he was seen
aligbting from car at some distance