Williams news., 1915-05-27
FOUL CRIME IN
 DARK HOLLOW
ALGERNoN ETHERIDGE, PRoMI- NEWT CITIZEN, WAYLAiD AND
 MURDERED AT LONG BRIDGE.
DIRECT CLUE TO MURDERER
Stick With Which Crime Was Commit ted Easily Traced to Its Owner Landlord of CIaymore Tavern in the ToiIs-He Denies
 His 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 a | man lying without movement and l, seemingly without life.
 Knowing that in all probability an hour might elapse before assistance could 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 face 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 Claymore.
 And he was right. A dozen fel- lows 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, but said nothing except Come along, boys! I'll drive you to the turn of the bridge
 "But just as they were starting Sco- vile appeared. He was hatless and disheveled and reeled heavily with liquor. 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 Sco- vile 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 a knotted stick; i; all his pockets hung out empty; and from the general disorder of his dress it was evident that his watch had been torn away by ruthless hand But the face they failed to recognize till some people, running down from the upper town, where the alarm had by this time spread, sent up the shout of It's Mr. Etheridge! Judge Ostran der's great friend. Let some one ru1 and notify the judge
 But the fact was settled long be fore the judge came upon the scene and another fact, too. In beating tn bushes they had lighted on heav stick. When it was brought forwar and held under the strong light mad by a circle of lanterns big movemen took place in the crowd. The stic had been recognized. Indeed, it wa well known to all Claymore men. The had seen it in Scoville's hands dozen times. Even he could not den its ownership, explaining, I lost it these woods this afternoon. I hadn anything to do with this killing
 He had not been accused; but found it impossible to escape aftt this, and at the instance of Coron' Haines he was carefully looked ov' and a small red ribbon found in oI of his pockets. He was immediate nut under arrest and taken to the ci lookup"
 A later paragraph:
 "The detectives were busy tn morning, going over the whole groul in the vicinity of the bridge.
 They were rewarded by two imp' tant discoveries. The impression of
 foot in a certain soft place halfway
 the bluff; and small heap of fire
 earth near by which, on being d
 into, revealed the watch of the m
 dered man. The broken chain
 with it.
 The footprint has been measvr