The midland journal., 1915-02-12
FOUL CRIME IN
DARK HOLLOW
AtGERNoN ETHERlDGE, PRoMI-
NENT CITIZEN, WAYLAlD AND
MURDERED AT LONG BRIDGE.
DIRECT CLUE TO MURDERER
STICK With Which Crime Was Commit
ted Easily Traced to It's Owner
Landlord of claymore Tavern
ia the ToiIs--He Denies
Hie Guilt.

Last evening Shelby's clean record
was blackened by outrageous crime.
Some time after nightfall 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.
Knowing that In all probability an
hour might elapse before assistance
c0aid arrive In the shape OF another
passer-by. he decided to carry his
story straight to Claymore tavern. It
was fortunate his horses were headed
that way instead of the other, or he
might have missed seeing the skulk.
ing figure which slipped down into the
ravine with short cough, hurriedly
chOked back. He could not see the
faOe or identify the figure, but he
knew the cough. He had heard it a
hundred times; and, saying to himself,
That's John Scoville,' he whipped his
horse up the hill and took the road to
Gaymore.
@And he was right. A dozen fell
lows started up at his call, but SEQ
vile was not among them. He had
beem out for two hours; which, the
carter having heard, he looked down,
bat said nothing except Come along,
bgyss I'll drive you to the turn OF
me bridge
bat just as they were starting SEQ
vile appeared. He was hatless and
dfsheveied and reeled heavily with
RQuOr. He also tried to smile, which
made the carter lean quickly down
and with very little ceremony drag
him up into the cart So with SEQ
vflle amongst them they rode quickly
back to the bridge. the landlord
coughing, the men all grimly silent.
"One flash of the lantern told the
dismal tale. The man was not only
dead. but murdered. His forehead had
been battered in with knotted stick:
all his pockets hung out empty; and
from the general disorder of his dress
t was evident that his watch had
been torn away by ruthless hand.
But the face they failed to recognize
I'LL some people. running down from
TIE upper town, where the alarm had
bw this time spread, sent up the shout
Of It's Mr.. Etheridge! Judge Ostran.
deris great friend. Let some one run
and notify the judge
But the fact was settled long be-
tore the Judge came upon the scene.
and another fact, too. In beating the
bushes they had lighted on a heavy
stick When it was brought forward
and heid under the strong light made
hy a circle Of lanterns big movement
took place in the crowd. The stick
had been recognized. Indeed, it was
weA known to all Claymore men. They
had seen it in Scoville's hands a
dozen times. Even he could not deny
III ownership. explaining, I lost 1t in
these woods this afternoon. l hadn't
anything to do with this killing
He had not been accused; but he
fONnd it impossible to escape after
This. and at the instance of Coroner
Halnes he was carefully looked over
and small red ribbon found In one
OF his pockets. He was Immediately
put under arrest and taken to the city
iockup.~
A later paragraph:
~The detectives were busy this
morning. going over the whole ground
N the vicinity of the bridge.
'@They we're rewarded by two impor-
tank discoveries. The impression Of
foot in a certain soft place halfway up
the bluff; and a small heap of fresh
earth near by which, on Deing dug
into, revealed the watch Of the muir
dered man. The broken chain lay
with IL % 'a ~
THE footprint has been measured.