The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-11-17

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Thank you. SIR said the delighted
young reporter. making himself small
and inconsiderable in a corner whence
he could hear and see everything.
You mus, excuse me-" said the ed
itor, for having brought you down
4 here so summarily at this hour of the
night, but affairs of great moment
You want to know about Gormly ?"
I'VE do"
We'll, what is it?"
Read this said the editor
Colonel Bill fished a pair of spec
tacles out of his side pocket and de-
liberately perched them astride of his
nose. He read the letter through very
slowly. The night editor was in a
fever of Impotence. Even the imper-
turbable editor-in-chie: was consider
ably more agitated than usual
81 s'pose I'm partl. responsible for
it," said old Hamilton; for was
down at the city hall the other night
when they had that big meeting, and
happened to mention that Gormly
reminded me OF young Teller l used
to know out st the camp named For
6yce, George Fordyce, to a fellow
there He was slick, smooth and
i agreeable enough and we had couple
of drinks together and let out more'n
I'd ought to- Since then, however.
| I've been dom little quiet investi-
gatin' on my own hook, and I've here
in this tin box, which | brought down
! with me and which | keep locked all
the time, some documents you might
like to see"
The night editor groaned over the
long windedness of the frontiersman.
What's the matter. sonny?" asked
Colonel Bill solicitously. Amt sick,
are your"
NO no. was the answer.
But go on, please, Colonel Hamil.
ton." said the editor; land will you be
as explicit as possible We are hold
ing up the paper in the hope that you
may be able to throw some light on
this matter. and time is of the great
est importance"
q see," was the reply. We'll, then
all that's written in that papers true
enough but he amt told all the
truth"
Would you mind telling us what
has been suppressed or left out?"
"The mans wife was run away with
as Gormly, or Fordyce as l knowed
him, says on that night he indicates
] haf he Sc lnf
dyin on the cabin floor
Yes"
Mex mornin', some of us. suspi
cionin' that there might've been some
trouble. after the storm died out, go'
up crowd and went over to the
mans shack We found him there
"Dead?" asked the editor.
Not yet, but mighty nigh gone"
Colonel Bill drew from his pocket 6
key and unlocked the tin box. From
a worn envelope he drew forth a worr
piece of paper, on which was writer
in pencil that was very much faded
but still sufficiently legible, brte
message. Colonel Bill unfolded the
paper. yellow with age. and handed Il
to the editor, who seized it, turned tt
the light, and read:
81 killed him, but it was in self de
fense-Fordyce.
That's the first bit of evidence.
he said
The editor nodded. THAT settles
it."
NO, 1t don't" was the reply. Fol
when we got there, as said, he warm
dead, and we managed to revive him
with a good drink of liquor. which
Pete Breeden-that was his name
always would respond to-" he inter
polated. And he managed to say q
few words"
What were they?"
He said that his wife shot him and
run off with Fordyce."
Anything more?"
Then he died"
F; 81 see," said the editor. "Gormly
took the blame upon himself TO shield
the woman"
1T will be Colon9l Hamilton's un
supported statement against this writ
ten confession, though interposed the
night editor
''Well, as it happens was the re
ply, "the statement amt unsupport
ed"
what more?" asked the editor.
j This"
Colonel Bill from the same tin box
fished out another object wrapped in
piece of paper. He unrolled the
paper and exhibited flattened leader
bullet.
"This come from thirty-two cali
Der revolver. Doc Johnson, who was
the only medical shark we had In
them days, he performed an autopsy
or somethin' like that. on the body Of
Breeder, and he got this from it. Nc
man in the territory ever carried 4
thirty-two Forty-ive's the usual
weapon for gent out there, and this
come from the woman's gun. I'd often
seen her use 1t, and she could shoot
most as straight as man could, that
woman"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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