Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1932-11-11


your face with the handkerchief W.
put on the light-colnred sloucb bot ~ ~
the ruhhers. You raped at the 49,
Your son opened 1t. You had exnoo.
ed that your wife would be stand;u-
before you. It was her habit IN onos
the door. She was the one Won bos
come to kill. You were facing mot ho.
but your son. You had TO SOC :.
through now. You couldn't turn ha.'1
You entered, limping like Rnmnr
Brown. the boy fleeing before Won
You began to shoot. You woundsS
your wife. You came close to hor
Your weapon was pointed at her face
You did not shoot then. You were
still pulling on the trigger. You did
not know that you had to release the
trigger to cock the weapon. Therefore
your wife escaped. You had to kin
her father to get away.
"Now the rats began to gnaw. They
smelled blood. You fed in the dark.
ness. You put on the broad-brimmed
hat You were seen at different points
on the road hurrying through the
darkness. You tucked the handker
chief and slouched hat into a wall
hole. Opposite Browns cove you met
the crook Algyre. he had helped to
make the plan. He took the revolver
and cartridge from your hands. He
crossed the river and planted them on
Bumpy Brown. He was to get thou
sand dollars for helping you. He got
only half of it because you were afraid
to draw so much money out Of the
bank at that time. l have Algyres
confession in my pocket.
you went on. You hid the broad
brimmed hat in a hollow stump and
covered It with rotten wood. You put
q cap on your head. You reached the
Ashfield bridge about eight-thirty.
You threw the rubbers and overalIs
into the west channel You entered
the open window of Royce's office.
You unlocked the door and called him.
He let you out of the front entrance.
You crossed the east channel on your
way to the hotel. A little beyond the
bridge a man told you of the crime
which had been committed at your
house. You hurried to the stable and
got your horses. You told different
men around you that Bumpy Brown
must have done the shooting-that
you had put him OF your place once
and that he had sworn to get even.
You drove rapidly up the road.
snow, when you got home you did
not drop the reins and run to find
your stricken wife as an honest man
would have done. You went straight
to the stable to see that the colts
we're properly cared for. That one
circumstance was like a milestone tied
to your neck. 1t set a man thinking
in your village. and his thinking has
helped me to surround you with a
chain of evidence tLat no power can
break. When you saw your danger
you tried to kill this boy and destroy
certain links in his possession. You
failed. and your failure pushed you q
mile nearer hell. You were getting
close to the red gates. The deep-laid.
cunning pioS against Bumpy Brown
crumbled.
you lived in a growing, blistering
heat in that house of mourning with
your good wife and son whose faith in
you must have been like a crown Of
thorns. But the worst was to come.
Here was the girl who must have been
nearer to you than all else. Home and
son and wife and honor and good re-
pute were as chaff compared to her.
She was in sore trouble yet you dared
not lift hand to help her. My Cd!
What a thumbsGew that must have
beenw
Doolittle was trembling. His mouth
was open. He covered his face with
his hands. Dumb with remorse and
establishment he was an abject and
wretched figure.
my story Is near its end" the col
onel went on. when the girl was
at Betsy Spenlow's with her child you
went by night to comfort and reassure
her. When you were with her in the
spruce thicket a witness Of mine heard
you say to her that you would kill
anyone who came between you and
her and that you would take her to
Australia"
These lords came in hc""se whis-