The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-01-28


COW Mr.. Holcombe at intervals
going from house to house. finaiiy
10 came back, flushed and excited.
81 found the house." he salo' "iping
,,ossas "She was there, all right,
-. % close as we had thought, but
a . close as she could get"
"And can you trace herr ASKED
1,s face changed and saddened.
.poor child! he said. "Sne Is oeao'
Mrs. Pitman? I'm
mot she-at Sewickley!
mo" he said patiently. "That was
Jennie Brice."
"But-Mr. HOWELL
"Mr. Howell is young ass" ne SAID
18th irritation. "He did not take Jen-
ME Brice out Of the city that morning.
He took Alice Murray In Jennie brices
clothing, and yelled"
Well. that is Ave years ago. Five
t,mes since then the Allegheny river.
from being mild and inoffensive
stream. carrying few boats ana
great deal Of sewage. has become
70 oiny DESTROYER and has filed our
hearts with rear anu o"A ~
mud.
A few days ago. as l said at the be-
ginning, we found Peters body float
inc in the cellar, and as soon as the
yard was dry l buried him. He had
grown fat and lazy. but l shall miss
him.
Yesterday a riverman fell of barge
along the water front and was drown
ed. They dragged the river Tor his
body. but they did not find him. But
thew found something-an onyx CLOCK,
with the tattered remnant Of muslin
FELLOWSHIP wrapped around it. 1t only
hore ont the story as we had known 1t
for five years.
The Murray girl had lived long
enough to make statement to the po-
lice. although Mr. Holcombe only
learned this later. On the statement
being shown to Ladley in the Jail and
his learning of the girls death, he col
lapsed. He confessed before he was
hanged, and his confession. brisdy.
was like this:
He had met the Murray girl In con-
nection with the tipping OF his play,
and had fallen in love with her. He
had never cared for his wife, and
would have been glad to get rid OF her
In any way possible. He had not In
tended to kill her. however. He had
planned to elope with the Murray girl,
and, awaiting an opportunity, had per-
suaded her to leave home and to take
a room near my house.
Here he had visited her daily. while
his wife was at the theater.
They had planned to go to New York
together on Monday. March 5. On
Sunday, the 4th. however. Mr.. Bronson
and Mr.. Howell had made their curl.
Gus proposition. When he accepted,
Philip Ladley maintained that he
meant only to carry out the plan as
suggested. But the temptation was
too strong for him. That night, while
his wife slept, he had strangled her.
believe he was frantic with fear,
after he had done it. Then 1t occurred
to him that IL he made the body un-
recognizable he would be safe enough.
On that quiet Sunday night. when Mr..
Reynolds reported all peaceful In tho
Ladley room he had cut of the poor
wretch's head and had tied it up In a
FELLOWSHIP weighted with my onyx
clock!
1t is a curious fact about the case
that the scar which his wife incurred
to enable her to marry him was the
means Of bis undoing. He insisted,
and believe he was telling the truth,
that he did not know Of the scar
that Is, his wife had never told him of
1t and had been able to conceal it. He
thought she had probably used paraffin
In some way.
In his final statement, written with
great care and no little literary finish.
he told the story In detail: Of arrang-
Ing the clews as Mr.. Howell and Mr..
Bronson had suggested; of going out in
the boat with the body. covered with
fur coat. In the bottom of the skiff;
or throwing 1t into the current above
the Ninth street bridge, and of seeing
the fur coat fall from the boat and car
r1ed beyond his reach; of disposing of
the head near the Seventh street
Drldge; OF going to drug store, as per
the howell instructions and Of coming
nome at 4 o'clock to find me at the
head Of the stairs.
Several points Of confusion remain
ed. One had been caused by Temple
hopes refusal to admit that the dress
and hat that figured in the case were
TO be used by her the next week at the
theater. Mr.. Ladley insisted that this
was the case and that on that Sun
day afternoon his wife had requested
MN to take them to Miss Hope: that
tney mad quarreled as to whether they
should be packed in a box or in the
brown valise. and that he had visited
Ahce Murray instead. 1t was on the
way there that the idea of finally get
tihg rid OF Jennie Brice came to him.
ana way-using the black and white
striped dress Of the dispute.
Another point of confusion had been
tne dismantling Of his room that Non.
oay night. some time between the visit
Vi iempie Hope and the return of Mr..
t1oicombe. This was to obtain the
scrap OF paper containing the list of
Crews as suggested by MI. Howell. a
ciew that might have brought about a
hoax. S"'eu
10 the girl he had told nothing of
lis plan. But he had told her she was
.eave town ON an early train the
next morning, going as his wife: that
ne wished her to wear the black and
"nite dress and hat for reasons that ha