Year: 1864

there was nothing at all in bis face that
! would lead me TO suspect that he could
be guilty of robbing his uncle. He was
exceedingly well dressed, in fact | might
say he was over-dressed, and judged
him to be bit of fop. They were con-
versing on the subject of the robbery
when entered, and the young man ex-
pressed himself concerned at the loss his
uncle had sustained.


After conversng little time he took
his leave, and / was left alone with Mr.
Morton. He Immediately asked me
what conclusion had come to with re-
spect to the robbery.


Before answer your inquiry said J.,
will ycu be good enough to answer me a
few questions ?


Certainly he returned.


How many keys of :hs safe do you
possess?'


Only one


Had you ii in your possession on the
night in question: 2


Certainly. always pat it into the
drawer Of the bureau in my room. did
so on that occasion, and | found it there
in the morning.


4 think understood you to say thai
no one lives with you but your wife and
TWO servants?


Yes. Bu! my wife is absent--she is
visiting Baltimore he returned. She
has been there for the last three weeks


Then on the night of the robbery
there was no one in the house bu! your
self, and two servant girls p


Exactly


Now want you particularly to carry
your mind back to that night. Did any
sound disturb you? !?


We'll, now you call my mind to the
fact, | remember about three o'clock in
the morning fancied | heard step in
my room. listened altentively, and not
hearing it again l felt convinced l was
mistaken, and fell asleep


and in the morning you found the key
in the same place that you had left it the
night before ?


y did


4 see your front door closes with a
night latch, how many keys have you to
that ?


Two. have one, my wife the other


That is the only fastening you have
to the door, believe? 2


The only one. 1t is a patent night
latch, and perfectly secure


Before l proceed any further should
ike to see your two servants. Be good
enough to call them in


The old gentleman did so, and in
minute or two they were in my presence.
| addressed various questions to them,
but all could gain was the fact that at
about four o'clock in the morning the cook
thought she heard step on the stairs. |
dismissed them.





Mr.. Morton, said I, when we we're
again alone, there was young man here
Just now. May ask his name ?


His name is Edward Legrand; he is
a nephew of mine


What is bis occupation p


He is a clerk in wholesale store
down town.


What salary does he receive !?


Eight hundred dollars year. But
l can't see what all these questions have
to do with the robbery


You will see by>and-by; you must
allow me to conduct this investigation in
my own way


Certainly. j did not mean to give any
offence by the observation | made


Il understand that. I6cr nephew,
believe, is on terms of intimacy with your
neighborI, .he Carpenters, who live next
door?


Yes, be is paying ais addresses to the
eldest Miss Carpenter


On the night of the robbery be slept
in their house.


Very likely ; he frequently stays there
all night


Isuppose you have implicit confidence
in your nephew?


The most implicit in the world. /
would trust him with untold gold. You
surely do not suspect him?'


The salary he receives, you say, is
eight hundred dollars year? ?


Yes, and on that he supports a Wild
owed mother and sister,


SIS it not strange that with such mod
crate remuneration he should wear such
an expensive diamond ringY


Diamond riugP said Mr.. Morton, in
a tone of surprise 'he wears no diamond