Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-28

covered you made terrible accuse.
ton against him. When Mr. King
sley's secretary telephoned the news
to you at Holyoka, out of consideration
Cor your feelings. he Yefrained from
telling YOU the name Of the man who
was suspected. You asked him. He
did not reply. Then your cry through
the telephone throws light on the
situations compromising light. IT II
Teddy! Teddy! The wretchl' you
called out. Therefore by inference, 1t
was formal accusation. II It was not
more"
"More' What do you mean by
more9"
1T was obviously an avowal Of con.
spiracy that escaped you unawares.s
INF. Teck, you are on the wrong
track
Listen q moment and see II the
court Will get on the wrong track re.
piled the advocate "The court will
ask you what your son and his wife
were doing at HolyokA where they
stayed two days before the crime.
What will you reply
THAT he and hin vito came tomske
demand on my purse. and ! gave
them q point-blank refusal
"Exactlyi That Ia your first System
OF defense That will augment the
charges which weigh on the accused.
Besides, on this subject, tho court II
informed by the sfIidavlt Of your son,
and his wife which II exactly alfkeA u
knows that the accused and his VIE
came to New York to make the same
appeal to Mr.. Kingsley. and sit ID TO be
presumed the victim likewise refused
them. BY these premises the motive
Of the crime appears perfectly cleaN
Your adopted son killed your partner
80 that his wife would benefit by his:
will. which had been made In her
favor
"PureN a hypothesis 7 replied
Hypothesis, 90 be Il but = likely
hypothesis Just % likely az that
which will spread around you BY
your unguarded speech to John Eeuuws
over the telephone you 1Teunedfah1y
accused your adopted SONG BY yurr
haste to book your passage the night
before the crime on board tho Dom
ckerland you inculpate yourself Still
more irremediahly"
"But did I not return at oncewhen
John Fellows tod me?~ cried
"That may be 80, but you can't get
away from the fact that your hightwAs
all arranged and that you had sent
your luggage ON board the German
steamer and that you were COINS. 70
take the train at O'Clock. This 10 a
tickffsh businessman shall want q
very largo sum to bring you out of
this ugly scrape. It needs q very
large sum, mdeedr'
did not reply. for Just at 'that mo.
ment thoughtful 1ailsr came into my
cell and, with all the respect due 10 q
millionaire prisoner. placed some Nhis-
ky, seltzer and cigars on the table be
fore us.
.
The weeks passed. The inquest as
sumed considerable proportions. Infor-
nation regarding the past lif1 Of tho
man was impersonatfng, on Teddy's
past and on his wife's past accumu.
lated. The affair was the talk OF tho
country. At Holyoka. where I was
we'll known: at Boston, where Charles
Douglass had been known-everywhere
the murder OF the paper king stirred
up the nveliest interest. MY lawyer
informed me that they were betting
IL to on my head.
The inquiry continued.
One morning Mr.. Teck came to the
prison before the hour OF his usual
visit. For the first time I saw this
cool, collected man look worried. He
threw his brief case down on tbs table
with an air OF discouragement.
1T will require even . greater sum
OF money than1 nameot to ssE you or
De said. "and II the charges continue
to accumulate against you MI your
enormous fortune will hardly sundoe."
what Is there new?" I asked.
calmly.
News comes from the old world.
Madame's past 10 known"
"Puh!" said. struggling my sh0uld.
ers, although felt vaguely anxious
ut is known that she was going 70
marry DR.. Kingsley, the VICTIMS son,
but the marriage was stopped.
"Mr. Khgslsy stopped 4, : I said.
mo, It was you. It Ia said that you
had your banns published to marry
her in Neuilly."
What, then7"
well, they know your adopted sons
past"
"All the past?'' asked slowly.
4 A terrible fear clutched at my heart
WHO told them? Teddy himseh?"
| mot he. He hasn't opened hi
mouth. He is feigning madness nov
the same as he did when you f0un(
him in the asylum. where he va!
known simply as ="
you know"
"The police know all, and itscrushes
you. For 20 years You were supposed
to be dead. It is like the story OF Rip
Van Wrinkle for all Of sudden you
come back to exact-to exact-thsre
IL not another word-the fuldliment
LOT the old contract which bound you
to Mr.. Kingsley, making you his equal
partner. But your ambition did not
stop there. You conceived the dea
Of drawing from the victim the rest OF
his tremendous fortune by tho most
daring plan. the most unheard-of plot.
The police have heard that you found
two willing creatures IN France who
became the passive executors OF your
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