The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-05-16

all IulS cTuIuDleu DelOTe Tue HliSteFiN
handling of the matter of the motive
for the crime. By Cruikshank's s death
Dresser would possess the girl he
loved and a fortune If Cruikshank
lived Dresser would lose the fortune
Nevertheless it was generally ad
mitted that the conviction Of Adrian
Dresser was due to the ability of the
prosecutor who tossed fact and fiction
up before the jury so rapidly that they
could not distinguish between them
However this may be. he was con
victed
One day a few weeks after the con
clusion Of his trial Dresser received -
call from lis counsel
II have good news for. you" said the
attorney.
Has your petition for new trial
been granted?"
Better than that"
Dresser was then told that the real
murderer of Cruikshark had agreed tn
make confession provided the maj. /
could be kept from the public ana =
| light sentence imposed. The natI
had been arranged. the confessed mar
derer had gone before the court rri
vately, had been sentenced and sea!
to state prison for ten years. DrcS
| ser could not understand how this
could be done in private. but his caun
sci finally convinced him that the state
had found way by which it had been
accomplished.
AS soon us the prisoner was frett
he sought the girl he loved, confiden'
that his vindication would restore til"
status that had existed between then,
before his conviction. What was his
distress to learn that she had gon"
away. leaving word that her actic
was to escape. SO far as possible. ti!'
horrors under which she had suffert!
She had left no address. stating III:
she did not wish to be followed by an.
communications In short. she was in
tending to bury her identity in for
eign land.
Meanwhile the key to this compiler
ton of untruths, for thus far there had
been nothing true developed. remained
in hiding Had it been endowed with
mind doubtless it would have long AZ"
come out from little corner where
it was ensconced and shoW<ih:ii
though very insignificant in itself j.
was really of far more importance 4! II
the brilliant Juggling of the state pros
ecutor or the diagrams Of counsel f"'
the defense But ii was waiting iu
something-a northeast wind with I
downward slant. one of those wind
that may be supposed to blow no"di
any good But at last it came anH
from corner of a chimney diSl"d=r''
a bit of paper and sent it whirlins nv"'
the floor 1t had been blown u in;
that chimney by north wind on ~
day Cruikshank died and in the vrr
room in which he was supposed! I'
: have been murdered A maid came
5 into the room and. seeing the la!:er III
the floor, picked it up TO throw il ini'
, wastebasket: but. seeing writing "'
it, she had the curiosity to read il
MY goodness gracious" sh" py
claimed and rushed out of the ron:i
! with her find. which she showed sac
cessively to every one in the hou>"
= = 1t was a communication written ar'
signed by Roger Cruikshank s'atl's
: that he was about to take his own life
He gave no reason for the deed
When this paper was shown Dresse
it seemed TO him that be had falleI
into a maelstrom Of puzzles. He hat
J. been legally convicted of Cruiksiank'
:. murder, another person had confesS,'
u the crime. and here was indiSl,utahl
! proof that Cruikshank had killed him
c self
y Hurrying to his counsel, he Shove
y him the new bit of evidence prpvin
IS conclusively that the person who ha
5 confessed the crime had done so false
II ly AS soon as the lawyer read tn
z missive sudden food Of JOY swel
J. over him.
g This enables me-" he said. Ito max
a confession told you that the rol
f. viction Of the person who is serving
g term in prison in your stead was ol
ii tanned without publicity. This woul
Il. have been impossible. 1t has <impl
y been unknown to you. and you migl
le at any time have learned it II you hi
r. taken the pains. This is all have
Dr. tell you at present As soon as tn
e. falsely confessed murderer is release
you shall know the rest"
a. One morning Dresser received wOr
I'd that If he would call at his attorney
n office he would meet the person WI
rt had confessed to Cruikshank's murdc
IN He FASTENED there and saw. with
o. happy smile on her face. his believe
K Florence. The two ran to each other
y. embrace
he Where have you been:" askt
lly Adrian
m in prison"
ID ''In prison.
ic- Yes. | had as much motive 4
DIS killing that fend as you. But" 81
added. pointing to the lawyer. had
TX not helped me to perpetrate the dece
We ton it would not have succeeded
nd manufactured at my request sutficie
de supporting evidence to convict me.
to Too much crowded at once up
on Adrian's brain to enable him to gra
Id this assumption Of his sufferings. h
in when he did he did not know wheth
he to fall at the feet Of the girl who h
or taken his place and worship b
ry- whether TO be angry with her for hs
not ing done so or whether to take her
'as his arms and losa her infinitely.
1as decided upon the latter.
the Adrian Dresser and his wife ia
by banging framed in their house the n
bot Cruikshank wrote before destroy
,ild himself Dresser in showing 1t says
aif "Refore The conternptible SCOT GOV