Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1910-03-17
THE CULPR|T2
o. SALLY MENDUM.

. wright, 1910. bN American t'r~rs Arso
Ciation.l
All Petersville Was ringing with III.
murder Of Tin Mraghcr. an old nat.
who lived alone IN his cottage GU tue
outskirts of the town Miller. the head
OF n detective firm IN the city. twenty
miles distant. wa> called Zoe 10y tue
town authorities lie Went NJ. look ,s,l
the matter over. csnc 4" an agreement
z with the mayor and promised to put
some one on the csse immediately. lie
WAS taking his supper Ia private
ruoiu ia restaurant when the door
uIr'ued and a nau ~ rat her se,$ly APP
Iparance entered.
Mr. Miller believe. said the new
conner
4 sm. What can | dn Tor you;''
4 WAS ia the defective business once
and l'm trying To- get into IL again. Id
Ike To- take hold OF This Moagher case a"
I'm going 4" send msu up to at.
tend e. H.
The se,-dy indi, idual pulled q letter
from his pocket and handed 1t Ia the
detective {" read II was certificate
from detective uru Hast Joel ZiIB-
meruau had worked for IL aud don.
good service
Millcr's h...re.n vrh TIE mayor had
been largely ,Vutiugcut upon tracking
aud capturing the murderer. not very
profitable Way I" du business IL O.
CURED To- him hat 70 hr could get
this person cheap hr would let him
work for awhiIe-at least h'ug enough
10 make some development lic~tdcs.
the man told him that he suspected n
certain person and would lOok Tor 4
ciew "a that direction. lie felt So cou
fident IN the matter that he offered 10
work without pay unless h" made a
Valua BILE discovery. hut stipulated that
h. should have the field 10 himself
No other detective should bc put on
the ease Gu these terms Mr.. Miller
Engaged him and went back to the
city tu attend to other matters that
PROMISED more certain results.
joe Avery. n nephew OF the murder
oil man. lived In PcterSvillc. q much re-.
spected young man. with very nice
wiz anu ANO WIZ IA'fNs
One day while walking ou th" street
hr picked UP ten dollar Till lie was
In hard luck NJ the time aud very
much delighted ut his ind The bill
was partly spent for meat ~ - butcher
shop The Saire afternoon Avery was
arrested for the murder ~ his uncle
on Information furnished 10y thinner
man The detective produced a list of
bills. giving their numbers. that he
said he had found IN au unused chin
ney IN the murdered mans house. The
list was supposed To refer 10 $1,000
that the old man kept there The the
DRY was that the money had been TAX
tingly left the list.
Everybody Ia the town WAS surprised
az Avery's arrest. and no one at first
believed him guilty II WAS moi sup
posed that his uncle had any money,
aud IL he had the murderer was the
only one who could have known "f IL.
There was u strong ease Of circum-
stancial evidence against Avery. hut II
was weakened 10y Zimmerman himself.
who under cross examination contra
dicted himself as Ia how. where anO
when he had found the list. Experts
disagreed whether IL was 81 was not
IN the handwriting of N"agher. BY
throwing doubt upon this evidence The
prisoners attorney saved his client
from verdict Of guilty The Jury dis
agreed but In order To avoid the ex-
pcnse of anol her trial brought In u YER
diet OF not guilty.
Avery had M doubt that he had
been made the victim OF plot and ~
soon a. he gained his liberty set about
n bit OF detective work Ia discover the
author The first fact he noticed was
that with his acqulial the case was
dropped. The authorities believed that
the murderer had been discovered. but
that his acqdittal was 4 case "f mot
proved rather il,in mot guilty" The
detective VII, worked mp the ease
against him had droa,td the matter
aud WAS new working for the Miller
defective agency that had employed
him. JUDGED. every one seemed salts
fed io lpi the matter rest except the
MAN who had narrowly escaped the
.all"wS aud was Ia consequence living
under the hau at being murderer.
4 leSc were The reasons that Induced
Avery To- take NJ the ease "n his own
sccount
Avery made up his mind that his
uncle had been hoarier. Indeed. he
remembered certain incidents to in
hkTle that such Was the case. Some
on. had discovered that the old man
had money in his posseSsion and had
robbed and murdered him TO get pos