The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-04-30
FOUL CRIME IN
DARK HOLLOW
ALeERNoN ETHERIDGE, PROM.
NENT CITIZEN, WAYLAlD AND
MURDERED DAT LONG BRIDGE.
DIRECT CLUE TO MURDERER
ted Easily Traced to Its Owner
Landlord of Claymore Tavern
in the Tolls-He Denies
His Guilt.

Last evening Shelby's clean record
was blackened by outrageous crime
Some time after uightfall a carter
was driving home by Factory road,
when, Just as he was nearing Long
bridge, he came upon the body of
man lying without movement and
seemingly without life.
"KaowiDg that in all probability an
hour might elapse before assistance
could arrive in the shape OF another
passey-by, he decided to carry his
story straight to Claymore tavern. 1t
was fortunate his horses were headed
that way instead of the other, or he
might have missed seeing the skulk-
aDg figure which slippes down into the
Tavine with a short cough, hurriedly
choked back. lie could not see the
face or identify the figure, but he
knew the cough. He had heard it
hundred times; and, saying to himself,
That's John Scoville,' he whipped his
horse up the hill and took the road to
Claymore.
And he was right. A dozen fell
aows started up at his call. but Sco-
vile was not among them. He had
been out for two hours; which, the
carter having heard, he looked down,
6u. said nothing except Come along
boys! I'll drive you to the turn of
abe bridge
But just as they were starting Sco-
VILE appeared. He was hatess and
iisheveled and reeled heavily with
liquor. He also tried to smile, which
made the carter lean quickly down
and with very little ceremony drag
aim up into the cart. So with Sco-
back to the bridge, the landlord
soushing, the men all grimly silent.
"One flash of the lantern told the
dismal tale. The man was not only
dead, hut murdered. His forehead had
Aeen battered in with knotted stick;
all his pockets hung out empty; and
from the general disorder Of his dress
4; was evident that his watch had
been torn away by a ruthless hand.
But the face they failed to recognize
sill some people, running down from
she upper town. where the alarm had
Sy this .jms 4pread, sent up the shout
OF It's Mr.. Etheridge! Judge Ostran-
der's great friend. Let some one run
and notify the Judge
But the fact was settled long be-
fore the judge came upon the scene,
and another fact, too. In beating the
bushes they had lighted on a heavy
stick. When IL was brought forward
and held under the strong light made
by a circle of lanterns big movement
cook place in the crowd The stick
had been recognized. Indeed, II was
well known TO all Claymore men. They
bad seen il in Scoville's hands a
dozen times. Even lie could not deny
ITS ownership, explaining. I lost it in
these woods this afternoon. hadn't
anything 10 do with this killing
"He had not been accused but he
found it impossible TO escape after
shis, and at the instance OF Coroner
Haines he was carefully looked over
and a small red ribbon found in one
OF his pockets. He was Immediately
put under arrest and taken TO the city
lookup"
A later paragraph:
The detectives were busy this
morning going over the whole ground
IN the vicinity OF the bridge.
They were rewarded by two impor-
tsnt discoveries. The impression OF a
foot in a certain soft place halfway up
the bluff; and a small heap OF fresh
earth near by which, on being dug
into. revealed the watch OF the mur.
sered man. The broken chain lay
With IL.
A"Ths footprint has been measured