The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-05-14

were crossing WlncheSterS field, ma
king a short cut for home and break
last, when one of their number uttered
cry of horror and broke into run.
His companions stared after him, at
first In wonder, but the next moment
they, too, were running in the same
direction, and in few bounds came
upon their fellow Ii borer, who, in a
frenzy of haste md excitement, was
dragging the body of woman from
the waters of the small brook which
flowed there
rs she browne y" whispered one.
Drowned" exc,--.lned another, sig
nificantly, and pointing at the red
stains on the face and clothing.
Don't touch it, Barney" cried an
other. wait for the police. Leave it
exactly as you tom it-man, don't
you know enough frr that"
'Tis Sadie Patrick" breathed the
first who had spoken, gazing with
frightened eyes from the pretty fea-
lures to the gaping wound in the
throat. Put her down. Barney" he
whispered, shrilly You are dabbled
in blood"
but l can't let her stay in the wa
ter Barney demonstrated. He laid
his burden on the shore and stood
looking at it awkwardly, while one of
the men ran swiftly to the police sta
ton and the others crowded around
and 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
the factory and lived among them in
the 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
was that of quiet, well-behaved and
thoroughly respectable girl, a steady
church-goer without either enemies or
men followers-a girls girl, fond of
innocent amusements among her own
sex, bright, good-humored and inoffen-
sive. Vaguely these workmen felt that
such tragedy as this was incongru-
out with her character. They could
not imagine any motive for such
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
the police began their search for the
murderer
That evening refined appearing
woman, dressed in the fashion and
heavily veiled called on Dr. Furnivall.
81 have come to you, DR.. Furnivall,"
she began "in the interest of justice,
You have read in the papers, doubt
less, of the finding of the body of the
domestic, Sadie Patrick, this morn
ing?"
yes" answered the doctor. If his
speech was brief, one who knew him
we'll would have seen that he was i'm
mediately alive with interest This
stranger saw only an impressive face
beneath professional beard, the eyes
concealed by colored spectacles.
well" the lady continued, 81 do
not 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
have read the evening as well as
morning papers
She paused inquiringly. He said
Yes" and she continued:
You have seen, then, that they
have arrested man for the crime.
That man is innocent. | know It, |
swear it now, here, to you. He must
not be convicted. / know that all the
anpearances are against him, that he
is the person who was last to be seen
in her company, that they say she had
Tilted him. that he loved her, and that
he swore falsely, as they afterwards
found. when he said that he went to
bed at seven o'clock that evening. l
say | know all this. But l know
something more, too, and that is that
that"
Her voice trembled, broke, and he
felt that she was eXerting all her VIII
tn 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
she continued: 2
81 can give you only woman's rea'
son-I realize that 1t would not pc
valid in law-but that man is innocent.
The doctors who performed the pu'
topsy declare that the process OF al
Eestion had continued for two or per
hans three hours. and as she ate atesiS
O'Clock the crime 2mnst shaye heen
perpetrated between eight and teni#Io
nv certain knowledge this young Ipan
was vitality occupied during tliose
hours some miles away from tnat
fieldl" S5sEai i1i7sis'zsN 80 +.
His mistake-Xas-=the n-=thal= he
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