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ASERIES OF SHORT STORIES
By J. Marsden Sutcliffe,
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THE ROJffiAUGE OF M INSUHMOE OFFICE,
Being Passages in theExfebiexce of Me. AUGUSTUS WILLIAM WEBBEE
Formerly General Manager to the Universal Insurance Company.
J.LL SIGHTS
The Mystery et Clump
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All murders may be traced to one of six
passions: momentary anger, love, jealousy,
hatred, revenge, or greed. If the crime can
not be traced' distinctly and beyond contro
versy to one or the other oi the first five mo
tives, then ascertain the individual who. has
a beneficiary interest in the death of the
victim, and you 'will spot the real criminal
at once."
This is Mr. Doggett's dictum, and is
quoted here not by way of subscribing to its
strict accuracy, but as explaining the prin
ciple which, that astute officer, Mr. Superin
tendent Jorkins, went on, in his endeavors
to bring the murderer of Mr. Kenneth
Frazer to justice.
"When Mrs. Deborah Bint, Mrs. Fraser's
housekeeper, informed the Superintendent
of Police at Eissborough, in answer to his
inquiries, that on the day when, as alleged,
Sir. Fraser met his death, he had gone to
Eissborough and made a will in Cameron's
favor, after twice threatening to disinherit
him, Mr. Jorkins decided that the murderer
of Mr. Fraser could be none other than
this graceless nephew, who had twice had
the misfortune to incur his uncle's dis
pleasure. "Who else was likely to benefit by
the old man's death?
Mr. Jerkins argued, and not altogether
unreasonably, when he discovered Fred in
possession of his uncle's will, that the temp
tation had proved too strong for him. Mo
tive? "There was no need to look far for
motive," Jorkins said to himself with a
chuckle. "Hadn't the young un and the
old 'un had two bitter quarrels? Hadn't
the old 'on disinherited his nephew on both
occasions? "What more likely than that
this young artist-fellow having got the will
in his possession leaving everything to
him, after being twice the victim of his
uncle's vacillation, had suddenly de
termined to put it outof his uncle's power to
change his mind again. He had plenty of
opportunities, on the occasion of that walk
out to Clump Cottage, after which Mr.
Trascr was never seen alive again. The
road out from Eissborough, seldom used
since King Steam had replaced the stage
coaches, was the loneliest in the neighbor
hood, and it offered abundant facilities both
for the perpetration of a wicked deed and
the disposal of the body afterward."
Thus reasoned Mr. Jorkins, and to his
thinking the chain of evidence was complete
enough ior htm to act upon. Previous-to
his visit to Maida Vale, the case had pre
sented itself to his mind as only one of
strong suspicion. .uui wnen ne discovered,
that the will (which in his judgment formed
an important link in the chain of evidence
that he was engaged in weaving), was fonnd
in Fred Cameron's possession, the suspicion
that was working in his mind began to as
sume the form of certainty, that only needed
the dire agitation displayed by Fred, and
which Jorkins set down to fear, to render
complete.
There was one circumstance, however,
that sorely troubled Mr. Jorkins on his re
turn to Eissborough, after lodging Cameron
in jail. Though he had satisfied himself
before taking a journey to town that a mur
der had undoubtedly been committed, the
body of Mr, Fraser had not then been dis
covered. He would not have adventured
on such a journey if he had not felt con
vincedthat the instructions given to his
men must result in the recovery of the body
of the murdered man before he returned.
He had carefully sifted the testimonv of
Deborah Bint, the housekeeper, Mary
Shadwell, the housemaid, and John For
bury, groom and gardener, and had abun
dantly satisfied himself that Mr. Fraser had
notroturned to Clurap.Cottage. He had insti
tuted a strict examination of the premises,
inside and out, without discovering the
slightest sign of his presence, or evidence of
crime. He had witnesses galore to prove that
Mr. Fraser had been seen setting out for his
home in company with his nephew, about 3
o'clock in the afternoon, after which no
trace of Mr. Fraser could be fonnd; nor was
there any evidence of the whereabouts and
occupations of Cameron, until he rushed
breathless into the Phosnix, just in time to
pay for the dinner he had not eaten, and to
jump into the 'bus that was then ready to
start to catch the last train to town, which
left at 8.30.
The station-master and porters were ready
to swear that Mr. Fraser had not been seen
at the station that day, and were prepared
to testify to the excited state which Cameron
was in when he took his ticket and seated
himself in the train. The road from Eiss
borough to Clump Cottage had no tortuous
turnings; and there was no reason why Mr.
Fraser should quit the highway, where, if
any accident had befallen him, he must
long since have been found.
"Where, then, wis Mr. Fraser? Mr. Jor
kins saw no help to the conclusion that at
somepoint on the journey home he had been
beguiled on some lanciful errand to quit the
highway, and there had been done to death
and buried from sight "Where his remains
wpre hidden it would not be long before his
men discovered.
Notwithstanding the confidence in this
reasoning, Mr. Jorkins would have hesitat
ed to take the extreme measure of arresting
Cameron on suspicion of the murder of his
uncle, if he had not felt that his visit to
Maida Vale was a false step, seeing that if
Cameron was guilty of his uncle's murder
and on that point Jorkins had no doubt he
vould take to flight now that he saw sus
picion was directed against him. If inno
cent, he argned, Cameron had no right to
object to suffer inconvenience in order to
aid in the unraveling of a dreadful crime.
But Mr. Jorkins was confident that by the
time he returned to Eissborough the body
would be found, and he determined, as we
have seen, to risk the arrest of Cameron
and the displeasure of his superiors, if he
should prove to be mistaken. Either way,
he considered that he stood to win or lose.
He would lose credit If he suffered the real
criminal to escape by excess of timidity,
whereas, if matters turned out as he antici
pated, he would cover himself with renown,
as a shrewd and active officer to be depend
ed upon in emergencies. On the other hand,
if he were wrong, the worst would be a
"w igginc" from his superiors, and possibly
an action at law for false imprisonment.
Mr. Jorkins certainly considered himself
safe for the "wigging" when he learned,
alter his return, that the body of Mr. Eraser
had not been found. But he was too tena
cious of his onininns llc-htlr to withdraw
from the course on which he'had cmbarked.v
tlnil whan !.! 1 3? .1, T.....I.. T?ll!
...... nuuimg 8uooruinaiexusjt;c.ur jciiis,
J suggested that it might be well to Telease
the prisoner on his own recognizances, and
jhave him watched to see that he did not
7n l. ? tonrn especially as the court met
jet 10 o clock on the following day he curtly
refused.
- J'-V, won't that KlUs- "W sha11 find
Obe body in Eibely.wood. Get grapnels and
PUBLISHED.!
RESERVED.
the men ready, and as soon as the first
streak of daylight is seen then begin to
drag EiselyPoolj and do not cease opera
tions until you bring the body up."
The little courthouse at Eissborough was
thronged next morning long before the
Justices took their seats on the bench.
At last 10 o'clock came, and the business
of the day began. But though pnblic curi
osity was on the tiptoe of expectation to see
the prisoner, who was accused of the mur
der of his uncle, there was no sign of Fred
Cameron. For reasons that will presently
appear, the police had decided to proceed
with the regular business of the court before
entering on the case that was stirring up so
much excitement in the quaint, old-fashioned
town. The crowd, temporarily
talked in the main object of their quest,
amused themselves with feasting their eyes
on the prisoner's wife, who was seated at
the solicitors' table by the side of Mr. Vel-
inm a stout jolly looking man, with bald
head, frosted whiskers framing a rubicund
facc,and a merry twinkle in his eye, who was
looking particularly in his element just
then, as if like an elderly Mark Tapley he
was happiest when circumstances were
grievous.
John Harmer's daughter was looking pale
and distressed, but even the anxiety she
was suffering while a terrible change "hung
over her husband could not quench the
light of beanty that shone in her face.
It was not what you would call a strong
face, if by a strong face you mean the face
of a strong-minded woman with a masculine
understanding and courage reflected in her
countenance. But the delicacy of her
features, the rounded curves of cheek and
chin, and the transparent clearness of her
complexion, with lips like the opening bnd
of a rich red rose, and the soft pleading
look of her brown eyes, like a gazelle's, fur
nished all that was charming and beautiful.
It was not a face that would lead you to ex
pect great or heroic things from its fair
owner. It was the face of a loving woman,
whom nature had made to be passionately
loved, although her beauty had nothing of
the sensual type about it. But those were
mistaken who supposed that Mary Cameron
was lacking in the courage to face the dread
ful ordeal through which she was passing.
Timid and shy though she was, she was
gifted with one of those natures that, trans
formed by the love they bear for the dear
object of their affection, can go through lit
eral fire and water rather than shrink in
loyalty.
At last the preliminary business was got
through, and Fred Cameron was brought
from the cells below and put forward.
The young wife cast upon him a look of
steadfast affection and trust, while Mr.
Vellum gaily nodded and stretched forth
his hand, grasping Fred's in a heartv grip.
Fred looked strangely white and rigid,
though perfectly self-possessed. There was,
however, a stern expression on his hand
some face, and a haughty curl of his lip, as
he stood forth to answer the accusation.
scarcely compatible with guilt. -
Mr. Jorkins", looking hot and flustered,
rose to state the case, and commenced by
saying that he would explain matters suffi
ciently to justify their worships in granting
the remand he intended to apply for.
"Before this case proceeds," rose the dul
cet tones of Mr. Vellum, "I should like to
ask whether the body of Mr. Fraser hasbeen
found?"
"I will state to the bench the whole facts
and produce my witnesses," Jorkins re
plied, with umbrage in his tone.
But this answer did not satisfy Mr. Vel
lum, who proceeded to protest, with a show
of indignation, against his client being
placed in so degrading a situation, when
there was no charge to answer, except a
purely imaginative one, existing only in the
heated fancy of the police, who, having dis
covered that an elderly gentleman had not
reached his home, immediately jumped to
the conclusion that he had been barbarously
murdered, and by his only blood relation
too. '
The wavs of country justices are likeBret
Harte's Heathen Chinee, "peculiar;" and
the chairman having intimated that they
would hear Mr. Jorkins first, motioned to
that officer to proceed.
Mr. Jorkins, collecting his wits, which
had been somewhat disturbed by Mr.
Vellum's interruption, commenced to state
his case, after a somewhat tedious exordium
in deprecation of the "wigging" that he
might get, attributing any little lapse of
which the Bench might think him guilty to
an excess of that zeal that had so frequently
on former occasions received the encomiums
of the bench.
""What stuff is this!" exclaimed Mr.
Vellum. "Decidedly weak, I call it. If
Mr. Jorkins has made a mistake, let him
say so at once and end the matter, without
beating about the bush in this manner."
Jorkins grew purple in the face at the
innuendo that he could be guilty of making
a mistake; but his equanimity was restored
when the chairman blandly remarked.
"We have decided to allow Mr. Jorkins to
state his case, and we beg that he may be
allowed to do so without interruption."
Mr. Jorkins once more began, and in
timated to the justices that he would bring
forward evidence to show, in the first place,
that a murder had undoubtedly been com
mitted. He would convince the court of
that, by testimony that admitted of no rea
sonable doubt whatever; and he thought
that when the bench heard the evidence
they would hold that it was a case of ab
solute certainty. It would, no doubt, be
more satisfactory to the justices, he went on
to say, if the police were in a position to
avow that they had found the body, and
that it bore upon it marks of the crime that
had undoubtedly been committed (there a
scornful laugh burst from the deep chest of
Mr. Vellum); but he had every reason to
hope that before the evidence of the witness
had been taken, the bodv would be recovered.
"Witnesses would then detail to facts, point
ing to the prisoner as the perpetrator of the
orime, and the bench would then be in a
position to decide whether there was suffi
cient reason to justify the further detention
of the prisoner. For his own part, he de
clared in conclusion, he should have no
hesitation in asking for a remand.
Mr. Vellum once more rose In protest, and
this time it was manifest that his indigna
tion was not feigned. He spoke as a man,
and not as a hired advocate. But again
the magistrates, after consulting together,
decided to hear the evidence.
"Witnesses were at once called who swore
that they had seen the prisoner and Mr.
Fraser leave the town together in the
direction of Clump cottage, but as this fact
was admitted by the defence, Mr. Vellum
declined to cross-examine.
Before calling witnesses who will impli
cate the prisoner, I shall now call Mrs.
Bint, the deceased gentleman's house
keeper, and his housemaid, Mary Shad
well, who will prove that Mr. Fraser did
not return home.
Mrs. Deborah Bint deposed to 'this fact,
and swore that from the time Mr. Fraser
left home in the morning of Tuesday she
had not seen him. She explained that she
was under no concern about her.Biaeter's
absence after Forbury's "return, until late
at night. She thought- that he had stayed J
in .ttissbqrongh with Mr. Jfred, and ex
pected that he would return in a fly from
the Phronix after Mr. Fred had left.
."When he did not return nfter the departure
oi me lust train lrom ltistuorougli she be
came anxious, but as it "was then very late,
and Forbury, the groom, who lived some
distance off, nad left for the night, she was
afraid to leave the house the road was so
very lonesome, she added and did not
therefore report the matter to the police
until the next morning.
Mr. Vellum rose to cross-examine this
witness. t
"And so? because your master lost his
way and did not return the same night, you
set about the idea that he had been mur
dered?" Mr. Vellum jocosely remarked.
"So, indeed, I did not. It was Mr. Jor
kins who said that he must have been mur
dered." "But what opinion did you form of the
matter?"
"I didn't form any opinion."
"Oh, come, now; you must have formed
some opinion. How long have you been in
Mr. Eraser's service?"
"Ever since I was a little slip of a girl."
"And you have continued in his service
ever since?"
"Except two years, when I was married.
Then I lost my husband, and went back to
his service."
"So you must have been in Mr. Eraser's
service twenty years or so?''
"More than that. I am 42, and went when
I was about 14."
"Then, alter being in Mr. Eraser's service
some thirty years or so, you must have been
well acquainted with his habits, and compe
tent to form an opinion upon his absence."
"Well. I thought he might have had a fit,
or something."
"You thought he might have had a fit?
Was Mr. Fraser subject to fits?" I
"No, but there was no telling; he was an
old man, and might have a stroke at any
time."
"You did not think he was murdered?"
"I did not," emphatically.
"You swear that Mr. Fraser did not re
turn to Clump Cottage alter leaving with his
nephew in the morning?"
"I do. Where should he be now but at
home, and safe and sound, if he ever re
turned?" The court was at this point thrown into
consternation by a voice crying out from
the densest part of the thickly-packed crowd,
"She's lying. I saw him go into the house
myself."
"Order there!" cried Mr. Jorkins. "Who
is that?"
"It's me," said a voice. "Jemmy
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WalkT,Jhevillage postman. Everybody
knows me." .
"Come forward, Mr. Walker' cried Mr.
Vellum, by this time growing excited at the
turn matters were promising to take. But
Mr. Walker had a difficulty in obeying his
request, so completely wedged in was he in
the crowd of curious sightseers.
But a way was found, and sflon Mr. Wal
ker became visible as he was hoisted shoulder-high
and passed over the heads of the
spectators into the witness-box. He was a
little bandy-legged fellow, whose pedestrian
feats, notwithstanding his infirmity, were
the talk of the neighborhood, and one of the
most noted personages of the little town.
Indeed Jemmy was "quite a character in
his way."
"Now, Walker, listen to me," said the
Chairman, "I think I heard you say that
you saw Mr. Fraser returning to Clump
Cottage?"
"I saw him go into his house."
The reader will remember that the path
leading to the house was visible from the
road.
"You saw him go into the house?"
I saw him turn in at his gate first, before I
had come up to it; and when I got there he
was standing on his doorstep, as if he were
just going in."
"What'time was this?"
"As near 0 o'clock as possible. I am due
in at Eissborough at 7 o'clock, and I was a
little late that night."
"You knew Mr. Fraser well, and there
was no chance of mistake?"
"Knew him well?" Jemmv replied dis
dainlully, "I knew him as well as I know
my own face in the looking-glass."
"And you are sure there is no mistake?"
"Hone whatever." '
"I would like to ask the witness one ques
tion," said Mr. Vellum.
The Bench bowed an assent.
"Was Mr. Cameron with Mr. Fraser?"
"There was nobody with him."
. "He has not been sworn," cried Mr. Jor
jKins cxcit&ulv
"I'don't think that matters at all," the
Chairman replied ironically.
"Not a bit of it," replied Jemmy glee
fully, as he began to realize what a new im
portance his intervention would give him,
and how many pots of beer it would be good
for at the Phcenlx that night. "Swear me
if you like. With book or without boolc, it
will be all thesame."
"It is not in the least necessary," the
Chairman replied. Then, after delivering
a sharp reprimand to Mr. Jorkins "for your
indiscretion and -officiousness, misnamed
zeal," he proceeded to address a few words
of sympathy to Fred Cameron, who was
looking on Jorkins' discomfiture with a
scornful curl of the lip.
"I should be glad of a word of advice,"
said Jorkins, now in a humble tone, and
thoroughly crestfallen. "What am I to do
now?"
The Bench consulted-for a few moments,
and then the Chairman turned and ad
dressed Mr. Jorkins.
"Our strictures are entirely limited to the
unwarrantable step you took in the arrest of
Mr. Cameron. "We agree with vou so far,
that the disappearance of Mr. Eraser raises
the strongest possible suspicion that he has
met foul play. That has been our opinion
all along from the moment we heard your
case. But after the perjured testimony of
the womant Bint, who must have been lying
to conceal a guilty knowledge we entertain
no -doubt whatever. If you like to go
through the formality of applying for a war
rant against her you can have it, unless you
prefer to have her at liberty under police
surveillance."
"I apply for a warrant against Deborah
Bint, John Forbury and Mary Shadwell.
It is more than one pair Of hands that has
been engaged on this job." Jorkins said.
"You can take them," the Chairman re
plied. "Take them downstairs, and don't lose
sight of them," said Jorkins to Ellis.
"My client is of course at liberty," said
Mr. Vellum. And as Fred Cameron, set at
liberty with renewed expressions of sym
pathy from the Bench, was moving toward
Mary, she staggered to meet him, and then
fell a limp figure into his afms.
Mary had fainted.
As soon as the court brbke tip Jorkihs
despatched a posse 'if constables to take
possession of Clump CottAge, wjth instruc
tions to allow no person on the premises un'
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til he arrived. He offered a handsome apol
ogy to Fred Cameron for the precipitancy
ot his action in arresting him, before even
the body of Mr. Kenneth Frazer had been
discovered; but Cameron, who was justly
annoyed, and refused to be propitiated, in
great heat declined any further communica
tion with the too-zealous officer, intimating
tchim at the same time that he intended to
obtain assistance and investigate the affair
for himself.
Fred, who had met Doggett in some of his
Bohemian wanderings and entertained a
high opinion ot his sagacity, telegraphed to
the" Universal imploring" that Doggett
might be sent to him, if at liberty, to assist
in the unraveling of the crime.
The request was granted. Tt so happened
that work in Mr. Doggett's department was
slack, so that he could be easily spared; and
Doggett was nothing loth to pit his wits
against a body of local police,whom he held
in great contempt.
But when Doggett arrived at Eiss
borough, Mr. Jorkins declined to allow him
to assist in the search that was being made
for the missing body of Mr. Fraser. He
graciously allowed to be present as a spec
tator of the examinations of the premises
that was being conducted under his super
intendence; but at the first suggestion that
came from Doggett's lips he sharply told
him that he might use his eyes and ears
as nruch as he pleasetl but he must hold his
tongue. Jorkins would have liked to have
removed Fred Cameron and his agent a
hundred miles from the scene if that had
been possible, but as he could not do that
he laid down his line firmly, that he would
accept no assistance from them, and the
head-constable for the county of B ,
who wa"s aware that Jorkins had lost caste
by the unfortunate arrest of Mr. Cameron,
and was anxious to efface the blot on his
reputation by unraveling the crime single
handed, upheld him in his decision.
Doggett took his rebuff in good part, and
turning to Fred quietly remarked, "When
they have finished we will begin. The ig
norance of these local fellows is nearly equal
to their obstinacy."
The scene round Clump Cottage for manv
days afterward mostly resembled on Irish
eviction. There was a cordon of police
round the fertile meads in the midst of
which the house was situated, deployed in
skirmishing order, while outside this ring
ot police an excited crowd stood looking on.
Not only was "business almost entirely sus-
pended in Eissborough, as tradesmen de
serted their shops to join -theerowd of sight
seers, but the country people flocked in
from miles round, attracted by the novel
spectacle and the sensational rumors td
which every hour gave birth. -Another cor
don of police surrounded the house, which
remained jealously guarded day and night.
Mr. Jorkins having thus disposed of his
forces began a fresh search within the house.
He had been conducted over the house wheu
first Mr. Fraser was reported missing, even
going to the extent of having some heavy
chests unscrewed, only to find that the said
chests were filled with Mr. Fraser's precious
tomes that the book-worm had not had
leisure to unpack. He had conducted his
search so thoroughly within the house, that
he was not very sanguine that any further
efforts in the same directions would be re
warded. But the snubbing he had received
from the bench had not been without effect,
and Mr. Jorkins resolved that he would be
a model of wariness, and leave neither chink
nor crevice unexamined.
It was all in vain. The honse was ex
plored by the men under him, in hi3 own
presence, from room to room, and from ceil
ing to basement. But there was no sign of
Mr. Kenneth Fraser, living or dead. Then
began a more prolonged and tedious search
within the inclosure of the grounds, which
lasted for many days. Wherever there was
an appearance of the ground having been
disturbed, although such appearance
seemed to indicate almost infallibly that
the ground had only been disturb'ed by
Forbury in the pursuit of his occupation as
gardener, men were. employed to digdeep in
the hope that they might find the remains
of the victim buried under, the innocent
looking soil.
But this also failed. Then transverse
trenches were dug, and bored with iron
rods with like results. And as these and
other like efforts proved abortive, men" be
gan to talk of the Mystery of Clump Cot
tage, and the newspapers teemed with para
graphs recounting the daily search and the
barren result.
After every foot of ground of the"kitchen
garden had been examined, there only re
mained the orchard if that can be called
an orchard which consisted of meadow land
that remained in the same condition as
when Mr. Fraser purchased the property
with the addition of some scores of young
fruit troes that had not yet reached the dig
nity of fruit-bearing. The oichard was
mown, but the most careful scrutiny failed
to reveal that a single s6d had been dis
turbed; and at last Mr. Jorkins was fain to
confess that wherever else the body of Mr.
Frazer might be, it was not to bo found at
Clump Cottage, nor anywhere on the
premises.
But Mr. Jorkins, who was sorely non
plussed, would not confess to defeat. The
same maneuvers he had adopted at Clump
Cottage were gone through, in much less
time, at John Forbury's cottage. Elscly
wood wasscarched inch by inch, and- the
pool again dragged. Only when every
place, likely and unlikely, had been ex
amined in the neighborhood, and each alike
had refused to give up the ghastly secret,
Mr. Jorkins announced his intention to
have the Thames droggedj as a-last resort.
When this, too, failed, the police, com
pletely at their wits' end, fell back on the
theory that Mr. Kenneth Fraser must either
have voluntarily absented himself, and was
preserving the secret Of his retirement for
some reason best known to himself, or that
he had been spirited away and was being
forcibly detained.
The latter theory had been first broached
by the local newspaper, which, as the weeks
slipped by, began to write furious articles,
challenging .the justice of the magistrates
in subjecting the three prisoners to per
petual remands when the proof that a crime
had been committed was not even forthcom
ing. "If," said the Eissborough Inde
pendent, "it Is to be accepted as a fact that
Mr. Fraser did actually return home ou
that fateful Tuesday, and that no sign of
his remains can be dtscovored, it is a more
rational supposition to conclude that the
accused have stopped short of murder, and
have craftily contrived to hurry him away
to some secret place of retirement. Prob
ably thsy have accomplices. In that even
their liberation, which is by this .time due
to justice, may be found in the long ru'n to
further the ends of justice, by supplying
the police with some cltle that' may enable
them to, penetrate the secret of Mr. Eraser's
retreat, for that Mr. Fraser is detained
somewhere unlawfully and against his will
we entertain no shadow ot doubt."
The public clamor became so great- that
long before the police had concluded their
investigations the prisoners were released,
with an intimation from theUench that any
attempt on their part to leave the neighbor
hood would be construed as supplying a new
element of suspicion against them that
would justify their rearrest.
At last the astute Mr. Jorkins, com
pletely frustrated in all his attempts, gave
up the task, withdrew his men from Clump
Cottage, and announced that since the po
lice had failed to discover Mr. Fraser dead,
they would now endeavor to unearth his
hiding-place and discover him alive! Act
ing onfthe hint of the Eissborough Inde
pendent, the police ceased to keep a watch
on the movements of the incriminated per
sons, believing that if they were left free to
come and go, means would' be found before
long fo discover where Mr. Fraser was hid
den. The opportunity thus afforded was
seized upon for flight, and the news was not
long in circulating that the birds had gone
and left their nests empty.
When Mr. Jorkins gave up the game,
Fred Cameron sent for Doggett, who had
returned to his post at the Universal, while
the tedious search of the local police was
proceeding.
A council of war was held on the evening
of Doggett's arrival, in a private room at
the Phoenix, consisting of Doggett, Mr. and
Mrs. Cameron and Mr. Veil am. Mrs. Cam
eron and Doggett were the only two mem
bers of the party who maintained an air of
cheerfulness. ,
Doggett was in excellent spirits, only to
be accounted for on the supposition that it
was his opinion that the failure of Mr. Jor
kins was the prophecy of his own success.
Mrs. Cameron was gay and hopeful, perhaps
in order to counteract the gloom and de
spondency of her husband. Fred and Mr.
vellum frankly declared that Doggett was
the leader of a forlorn hope. But Doggett
was irrepressible, offering to "bet his head"
that before to-morrow's sun went down the
mystery at Clump Cottage would be un
raveledand at Clump Cottage, tool he
added.
Later in the evening they jrere joined by
one of the local police whom Fred, by a
judicious use of "backsheesh," had induced
to meet them in camera and detail every
step that the police had taken toward un
raveling the baffling- secret. This man,
Marshall, was one of the most trusted men
under Mr. Jorkins, and had never quitted
his side during the long and wearisome
search. His story was a long one, and when
finished, Mr. Vellum shook his head grave
ly, and Fred became more dejected than
ever.
"I cannot see what more can be done than
has already been done." Mr. Vellum said.
"It looks fishy, I must 6ay," Doggett re
plied; "but for your confident assertion that
you examined all those boxes I should have
thought it likely they might hold the clew."
"But that is impossible," Marshall af
firmed with great emphasis. "We un
screwed them everyone, and they held
nothing but books.""
"How many boxes were there?" Mrs.
Cameron asked.
"Fourteen altogether. No, I am quite
sure," the man on, "that you will oulygive
yourself trouble for nothing, Mr. Doggett,
if you lift those unwieldly chests (for they
are big chests, four feet square, and un
common heavy) thinking to find anything
besides books. There's a rare lot ot them,
but nothing else."
The conference broke up soon after this;
and when the party met at breakfast the
next morning Mrs. Cameron encountered
Doggett with a smiling face.
"I believe that you and I are going to
solve this mystery at last," she said.
"I would sooner have your help than
twenty men," Doggett returned gallantly;
and forthwith he launched forth into an ani
mated account of his experiences of the
keen wit shown by female detectives.
After breakfast the party set out in a
wagonette drawn by a pair of horses. As
they were taking their places, Mrs. Camertm
contrived to whisoer in Doggett's ear.
"Get two or three good screw-drivers if you
can quietly."
Doggett suggested that they might call at
the police station and invite Mr. Jorkins to
be present at the solution of the enigma,
and, Fred making no demur, the suggestion
was adopted. .
Jorkins at first declined to make one of a
party bent on a wild goosea chase, but
allowed himself to be persuaded, after much
argument, if he might bring a witness with
him. He even consented on those terms to
bring the screwdrivers with him that had
been employed in vain on a former occasion.
His condition was complied with, and while
he was accommodated with a seat inside,
Marshall, in plain clothes, mounted the box
and sat by the side of the driver.
'The bright face of Mrs. Cameron, and her
clear steady eyes shining with intelligence,
set Doggett ruminating as they were being
driven along to Clump Cottage.
"What could it mean?" he asked himself.
"That httle woman has some scheme in her
head, I will sweor. Screwdrivers, indeed!
I will take the hint and see where it leads
to."
Accordingly, upon arriving at Clump
Cottage, Doggett was first out of the vehi
cle, and, with on air of determination, he
announced that the first plate he meant to
visit was the room where the unpacked
books of Mr. Fraser were kept.
Jorkins gave a dissatisfied grunt, and
cast a look of unmitigated contempt on the
speaker.
When they reached the room Doggett
turned to Jorkins and inquired, "How
many of these chests are there?" kicking
one of them with his boot.
"Fourteen of them," Jorkins replied.
"We examined them all, and found every
one filled with books."
"When did you do this?" asked Doggett.
"We examined the boxes when we
searched the house the first time," Jorkins
replied. "Not on the second occasion, then?"
"Certainly not 1 What use would that
be? We had ascertained before that they
contained nothing but books."
"The first thing we have to do," said Mrs.
Cameron, putting an end to the discussion,
"will be to see if the number tallies."
"Your have just taken the very words out
of my mouth," Doggett replied.
But the task was not a light one. All
the chests had been made by the same
maker, were stoutly made, a little more than
Jour feet square; and being well filled with
books, required considerable strength "to
move. But Fred( and Mr. Vellum helped
Doggett with a right good will, while Jor
kins add his subordinate, Marshall, con
vinced that they were wasting time and
strength, looked "on. '
The chests were in an unfurnished room
upstairs, and were piled one upon another
in an irregular fashion.
"Why, all the boxes are screwed down
again." Doggett exclaimed. "What on
earth did you do that for?"
"We unscrewed one box nt a time," Jor
kins answered, '-'and as soon as we had ex
amined it we pushed it out into the passage, .
and tbten, as I thought the books might
take harm if I left them exposed to the
dust, I gave instructions to a carpenter to
screw them down again as he received them.
We did that with the whole 14, one- niter
the other; and then, when we had emptied
the room, we put them back again."
It was a long time before tnese heavy
chests were moved so that they could be
counted. The task was completed at .last,
and the reader may be ""left to picture the
astonishment on the blank visage of Mr.
Jorkins--when Doggett satirically requested
him to count FIFTEEN !
Yes; there were 15 chests in all. Oiie
more chest had been added to the number
since the day when Mr. Jorkins had opened
14 boxes of bodks, belonging to Mr. Fraser,
and which he had not lived to unpack,
"I thought so," Mrs. Cameron quietly
remarked, with a. deathlike pallor on her
face. I will go down stairs; 1 cannot stay
to the end of this awful business. "Fred,
you had better come, too!" But Fred was
too excited to listen to his wife's appeal.
After MrsVCameron left the rbom, Ddg-
gett gave Jorkins a sly poke as here
marked: "If you have no objections, "Mr. (Su
perintendent, we will begin with this chest,
which was nearest the wall and the bottom
one of all."
Three men were busy with screwdrivers,
amid a breathless silence on the part of Mr.
Cameron and Mr. Vellum. They had not
quite comphted their task when the cover
began to give, and the terrible odor that
drove all five mem from the room told its
fatal story that the mystery at Clump Cot
tage was solved at last.
Let the curtain fall over that terrible
sight disclosed to view, when later in the
day the light of the setting sun fell on the
ghastly and mutilated remains of Mr.
Fraser.
The following letter, received 12 months
afterward, addressed to Fred Cameron, and
bearing the Liverpool post-mark, though
bearing internal date six months earlier,
tells all that need to be told of this terrible
tragedy. ,
"We write tbis.hot knowing when we cap
entrust it to safe hands who will convey it
across the seas' to an English port. We
take this means of sending the letter, in
order that the secret of our hiding from
justice may not be discovered. Our motive
in writing is to prevent any innocent person
hereafter being accused of our crime. We
murdered Mr. Fraser. When John For
bury returned from Eissborough without
our master, he brought word that Mr.
Fraser had made a new will that morning.
We knew that a new will must be iu your
favor, Mr. Fred, All the, hope we had of
enriching ourselves by the old will, which
had left everything to us, was cut away at a
stroke. We consulted together what to do.
John Forbury said that ho had seen Mr.
Fraser, as he'was coming out ot Mr. Vel
lum's office, pnt what looked like a will in
his pocket. This decided Us. He would
doubtless bring the will with him when he
returned home. We meant to destsoythe
new will and prove the old one, which will
be found in the escritoire.
"He was strangled after dinner, while
sleeping in his chair. It was soon over. We
searched in his pockets, but could not find
any will. Then we knew that we had done
what we had without any good. There were
15 chests upstairs containing books, only 1
of which had been unpacked. The chests
were lined with lead very thick, and were
air-tight. Mr. Fraser would have it so; he
was very particular about dust, and said
where air could not travel dust could not
go. We knew the risk we ran, but the
chest seemed, just as ifmadeforour pur
pose. "The same night John Forbury put the
harness on the horse and got out the cart,
and we took the chest to his cottage. When
the police came there were only 14 chests.
We intended to bury it in John Eorbury's
garden, but the police made suchathorough
search of the house, unscrewing all those
boxes, that John Forbury thought it would
be safest to take the chest back again among
the rest, for the police would never look
there again, but. they might take a fancy to
dig about his garden.
"That is all. It will be useless for you
to try and seek us out. You will never find
us. "We have escaped the justice of man.
We wish we could say that we had escaped
the justice of heaven! If Mr. Fraser had
not raised in us hopes of being rich by
quarreling with you, the deed had never
been done. This is no excuse, or he
would not haunt us as he does. We see
him nights! God forgive us!
"Deborah Bint.
John Fobbuby."
"Mary Shadwell is with us. She is my
natural daughter. Her father, who married
me, had another wife living. When I
knew it, I left him. I was good once.
Mary knew nothing pf.it until it was done,
and she had to help to move the chests
when we brAugbt him back. The worst of
all is, that my own -daughter says she will
never forgive me never! 'My punishment
is greater than I can bear.'
Deborah Bint or Shadwell.' "
So perished Kenneth Fraser, a victim to
his servant's greed.
What part Deborah Bint took in the foul
deed which hurried her master to a horrible
death, whilst sleeping unsuspiciously, can
only be imagined from her confession. It is
difficult to believe that after having eaten
his bread for nearly 30 years she could have
lent herself very easily'to s'o cruel a murder.
But it is noteworthy that the confession
makes both persons equal actors in the dark
tragedy, and that there is no attempt on
the part of one to find exculpation at the
expense of the other.
Fred Cameron was made a rich man by
his snecession to the life-long savings of his
uncle, bnt riches have not enervated him.
nor slackened the enthusiasm with which
he, follows his calling. Of him it may
truly be said he loves Art for its own sake.
It is not often that he or his wife refers to
the sad end of Mr. Fraser. When he speaks
of it he always remarks to his wife, "If that
idiot Jorkins had only possessed your withe
would have piid a visit to the station-master,
as you did before any of us were up that
morning, and ascertained how many chests
were on his way-bill, when, uncle moved to
Clump Cottage."
"Yes, and then you would have been
spared that terrible indignity."
"So I should, but then I should never
have known what a brave little wife I had,
and a clever one to boot. I knew you were
good, dear, but I never suspected your pow
ers as a detective."
Doggett's summing up of the whole mat
ter was very characteristic.
"Ah! the mystery at Clump Cottage, to
be sure! The honors were divided between
me and the lady. A good detective was
lost when Mrs. Cameron took to hanging
over her husband while he paints 'Studies
in green and yaller.' "
The End.
next saturday,
The Way of the World.
JAI GOULD IN DANGER.
A West Vlrclnln Town Pulls Telegraph and
Express Companies.
Pabkeesbtjeo, W. Va., March 8.
Considerable excitement was created by the
arrest of the local agents of the Adams and
United States Express and Western Onion
Telegraph Companies, on warrants sworn
but by the city authorities. The arrests
were made under an ordinance passed May
24, 1888, which authorized the city Of Par
kersburg to collect a license of $500 and a 2
per bent tax on the amount of business done
by the express and telegraph companies of
the city. All of the gentlemen were released
on their own rccoghizance to allow them
time to conltr with their counsel and com
pany officials.
The matter comes up for examination on
next Saturday. The companies will all
contestXhe right of the city to collect such
license and percentage, and the agents "are
talking of suing the city for false arrest and
detention The agents arrested were A. S.
Beckwith, of the Adams Express' Company,
G. W, Cover, of tho United States Express
Company, and Bassell Cook, Superinten
dent of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. pit I MVP descants upon h(s blue-ttoodal
UIL.U It It ancestry and records some
VBeet thouahts upon the artiitte manner in
which pto-slicklng is performed in Chicago,
gee to-morrow's DISPATCH.
Plettrisy paitis, asthmatic, and all
throat affections, are soj)h relieved-by that
certain remedytor coughs and colds, Dr.
Jayne's Expectorant. ,
Geui'it New Xcckwear,
Latest styles ready, at Home & Ward's, 41
Filth ave.
1
Wall Paper.
As this is our first season iu this line, our
stock is entirely new and fresh, and our
prices are below dhytbing you have ever
known. All grades from Co a bolt to finest
gold. Select your paper now.
Arthur, ScHondelmyer & Co.,
1X3 C8 and 70 Ohio si, Allegheny.
BUSINESS IS BETTER
In Many Sections of the Country,
Notwithstanding General
COLLECTIONS ARE STILL SLOW.
Iron SH-jhtly Improved, but Disturbed by
Beading's Failure.
BEADSTEEET'S AND DUN'S EEP0RT3
rSFXCIJkt. TZXXOSAM TO TRZ CISPATCH.l
New Yoek, March 8. Special telegrams
to Bradstreet's, while reporting very gener
ally improving weather, do not record an
increased movement in the volume of busi
ness except at Kansas City, Lonisville, St.
Joseph and Chicago, "where drygoodsand
groceries, and boots, shoes and lumber have
been in better request. The inauguration
ceremonies may have had some little influ
ence in checking trade, as is reported, but
probably less than did the Mardi Graa car
nival at New Orleans. '
The Southern country roads are almost
impassable, particularly in Texas and
Louisiana, and mercantile collections re
main slow and unsatisfactory except at
Chicago. At Boston wool is inclined
toward weakness; at New York fruits and
furniture are in quiteactive sale and West
ern centers report an improving demand for
hardware and Inmber. From most direc
tions word comes that general business is
fair only.
Stock speculation at New York is. nar
rowed by fears of financial complications
arising lrom the copper situation and talk
of further rate troubles. Bear manipulation
has been rife, and prices tend to weakness.
Bonds are strong, ajjd prime investments
scarce. Money at New York is a shade
harder in anticipation of spring demands.
Call loans 2J3 .per cent. Foreign ex
change is slightly" easier on decreased in
quiry. Demand sterling, U 884 89.
THE COTTON STOCKS.
Eeports to. Bradstreet's from 2,774 sorres
pondents.at 2,449 town3 in cotton States
show a total stock held on February 26, 1889,
at 937 enumerated towns ot 162,353 bales of
cotton, against stocks at same towns on Feb
ruary 1, 1883, of 260,980 bales. At 1,512
towns no stocks are reported. At 424 towns
on February 26, 1889, there were 108,000
bales held, against 129,000 bales a year ago.
Eeports of the percentage of the 'crop mar
keted on February 26, 1889, by 1,268 corres
pondents, 47 per cent of the whole number
answering this question, are that no more
cotton remains on plantations, while 712
correspondents, 27 per cent of the whole
number, reports stocks on plantations of 1
to 3 per cent.
Moderate offerings of refined sugar, more
urgent demand, and stimulating reports
from primary sources and from Europe,
advanced prices at. New York and New
Orleans 3-16 cents. Eefined af New
York advanced 1-16J cent, and at San
Francisco of a cent. " The Bay State
(Trust) Behnery is reported as permarfently
closed. Under the new method of con
trolling the sugar trade, the importer of
raw is likely to disappear; the raw market
has already practically passed to foreign
dealers. Cuba really controls the situation
now, with prices one-fourth cent above the
American market Coffee has been in better
demaud at seven-eighths of a cent advance
on more confident speculation in Europe,
unfavorable weather reports and still fur
ther reduced erop estimates from Brazil,
running as low as 3,000,000 bags.
Eeports to Bradstreet's of stocks of wheat
on March 3. at nearly 1,000 points of
accumulation in the United, States and
Canada, east of the Bockv fountains,
aggregate 44,683,718, against 47,414,612
bushels February 1, and 52,740,403 bushels
January 1, 1889.
AOEICULTUEAL LINES.
Wheat flour stocks March 2 were 1,823,362
barrels, against 1,981,731 barrels February
lf and only 1,378,024 barrels March.1, 1888.
The decrease in wheat stocks since January
1, amounting to 8,056,000 bushels, is a trifle
less than the corresponding decline in 1888,
bnt stocks March 2, 1889, were 30 per cent
smaller than one year previous. Wheat
has regained the loss of the early part of the
week. Export of wheat (and flour as
wheat) this week aggregate 905,510 bushels,
against 1,383,594 bushels last week, and
1J603.583 bushels in the like week of 1888.
Drygoods jobbers are active at New York,
owing to good weather and heavy drives in
dress ginghams. Commission men report a
slight improvement in the re-order demand
for seasonable goods. Prices are well held,
the only important weakness noted being
in the direction of low grade ginghams.
Woolen goods show little new life. Buyers
are conservative. The movement of goods
on orders is of fair proportions. Eaw wool
is quiet, with prices rather In buyers' favor,
and small stooks alone hold up quotations.
Cotton is in good demand, with prices un
changed at New York, but higher at Liver
pool and leading Southern markets.
Crude iron has been dull and unsatis
factory East, West and South. Bessemer
iron is 50 cents higher. Bails nominally, $28,
east, with shading probable. Anthracite
coal prices will be marked down 25 or
50 cents per ton next week.
Business failures reported to Bradstreet's
number 221 in the United States this week,
against 243 last week, and 168 this week
last year. Canada had 36 this week, against
67 last week. The total of failures In the
UnitediStates January 1 to date Is 2,948,
against 27485 in 1888.
DUN'S WEEKLY EEVXEW.
E. G-. Dun & Co. 's weekly -review of
trade says: The failure of an important
iron establishment has cheeked, at least for
the moment, a feeling of increasing confi
dence, wnicn seems to nave been due less1 to
any increase in demand than to a decrease
in pressure to sell. At Pittsburg prices
were a little better, and at Philadelphia
and New York more firm without advance.
But the-Eeading failure has so changed the
feeling that buyers are likely to be con
servative. In bar iron and plate there is no improve
ment, and rails are unchanged. Nails are
weak, and the market for structural iron ia
slow. The coal mafket is also so despondent
that a meeting of the, companies is expected
next Tuesday, it is said, to reduce tile
schedule of priees. But actual sales are re
ported about 50 Cents below the schedule
already. The market for bituminous coal
is dull.
The copper syndicate is supposed to have
been much relieved by the consent of the
American mines to reduce their output
from 15 to 25 per cent. In February, how
ever, the syndicate had to take 10,000 Jtons,
while the sales Were only 1,397 tons, and an
outlay of $2,500,000 per month must ulti
mately prove trying- The price of copper
here declined only to 15 cents folf March,
but fluctuations at Boston were severe. In
tin there was not much change. Lead is
inactive at 37 cents.
OIL AN EXCEPTION.
Oil has risen n fraction-, but coffee has
again been advanced nearly la to 19c, and
the market for pork products is stronger,
with mess rjork 50 cents higher at $12 50.
After declining sharplyXto 94e, a fall of
3c, wheat rose to 90c on Thursday, but dc
clihed Uc on .Friday, The declino was due
to further information of the large stocks
remaining, in Dakota alone, according to
the latest figures, about 11,000,000 bushels.
But on Thursday there was a quick ad
vance. Corn and oats have risen c each,
with but moderate transactions.
The price of cotton has been maintained.
Eeports from Cuba helped an advance of
3-104 in raw sugar, but leather is again a
shade weaker tor some grades, and the tone
ot the wool market is depressed by con
servative demands of manufacture and re
ports that the spring clip is likely to show
an increase of 20 per cent. The drygoods
market has been irregular.
Eeports from interior towns generally in
dicate improvement in the volume of busi
ness, and in, the demand for money, which
Is still, however, in ample supply at all
points for legitimate demands. The reports
of slow collections continue. The rate of
foreign exchange remains unaltefed, though
money here has been rather dearer.
STOCKS DULL.-
During the post week the treasury has
taken in only $600,000 more than it has dis
bursed, and the outgo to the interior has
continued, but withdrawals for Europe do
not reappear as yet. The stock market has
been dull, irregular and somewhat. de
pressed, but transactions have been mainly
confined to the traders on the floor, and the
hope of success in organizing the inter
state compact still sustains holders.
The general average of prices for com
modities has declined during the week
about one-third of 1 per cent.
The business failures number 231, as com
pared with a total of 232 lost week, add 270
the week previous. For the corresponding
week of last year the figures were 253.
COMING T0.TBEIE SENSES,
The lake Shore Ines Iron-Clad Rnlea to
GoTorn 'Baggage Smasher Tho Fata
That Awaits SncU Fiends.
The Lake Shore road has issned iron-clad
rules to- govern the conduct of baggage
smashers. The men will be fined for every
piece of baggage broken through rougtt
handling, and they are instructed to ex
ercise core in the performance of their
duties.
If the plan succeeds on the Lake Shore
the chances are that other roads will follow
suit. The idea is indorsed by a number of
local railroad officials interviewed yester
day. Said a Baltimore and Ohio man:
1 lie baggage smasner bos been the subject of
newspaper okes and gibes for years. I really
think that the men have felt complimented
by these right-handed slings, and their zeal in
smashing other people's property has Increased
amazingly. Numerous complaints are con
stantly being made by passengers, and this is
the uniform experience of every man in the
passenger business.
I have watched the evolution of the tmnki
with the greatest Interest. The bent of the
manufacturer has been-to thwart the railroad
fiend at every point. The cheap paper light
weight has been replaced with the big strong
box, covered with iron at every turn like a
manacled prisoner. Stilt the baggage
smasher gets in bis work. The
villain makes no distinction in pieces.
Heavy trunks are thrown down on the plat
forms, piled on grips in profusion, and it has
gotten to be such a common occurrence to see
the contents of a box protruding, that I am
astonished when Xgo into a baggage room, and
don't observe this ordinary spectacle. All hail
to the new rules of the Lake Shore, and I hope
the other lines will take stringent measures
against this foe to the happiness of humanity.
AH APPEAL TO WINDOX
Philadelphia Wool Men Want Some Kevr
i TarilT Rulings.
Philadelphia, March 8. At a meet
ing of the Executive Committee of the
Philadelphia Wool Merchants' Association,
to-day, the tariff on wool and woolen goods
was disenssed and it was unanimously
agreed to send the following letter to Secre
tary of the Treasury Windom:
The Philadelphia Wool Merchants' Associa
tion beg to call your early attention to the
large and increasing importations of goods and
wool under schedule K of the tariff act of 1883,
at such classifications as defeat the in
tentions of the act and they respectfully ask
for your rulings thereon.
First Scoured wool is dutiable at 30 cents
per pound, but is admitted af the duty of
"waste" 10 cents per pound, under the names of
"ring waste, stubbing waste, thread waste,
garnetted waste." etc All these articles are
highly purined scoured wool, are sold in En-
gland, France and elsewhere at thevalue-of
scoured wool and are used here as such. It Is
evident that they are being manufactured
abroad In large quantities for the purpose of
evading the legitimate duty.
Second Wool tops, bv Treasury ruling of
February 17, 1S81, were held to be scoured wool,
in "other than ordinary condition," and hence
they were rated at GO cents datv. This was not
questioned until January 21, 1S37. when the At
torney General sent an opinion tor the Secre
tary of the Treasury which. If carried into
effect, would have reduced the tops to 30 cents.
A late verdict in the United States Court in
New York sustained the rato of 60 cents.
Third The improvements in machinery and
the changes in goods are such that so-called
worsted cloths are not now made out of worsted
or combing wool as described In class 11, but
are made of such clothing wools as are de
scribed in class 1. These goods are not what
was intended by goods "composed wholly or in,
part of worsted," but should be classed as
"manufacture? of wool" as "made wholly or in
part of wool."
We therefore respectfully ask that you make
such rulings as will prevent scoured wool from
being imported under the name of "waste."
that will confirm the 60-cent duty on wool tops
and that will classify so-called worsted cloths """
as woolens. We beg to state that we are ready
to furnish proof and argument on these ques
tions should you wish, to appoint a time for a
hearing.
ASSAULTED Ail EDITOR.
Snm. J. Roberts Dangerously Wounded by
an Opera House Klnnncer.
Lexington, Kt., 'March 8. Sam. J, ,
Eoberts, editor of the Kentucky . Leader,
was assaulted on the street this morning by
Charles Scott, manager of the Opera House,
who approached from behind and struck half
a dozen quick blows before Eoblrts recovered
frdm the first 'Blow. Eoberts has an ngly
gosh on the back of his head, which physi
cians say was made with some metallic in
strument. Scott was subsequently arrested
on two charges, assault and battery and cut
ting with intent to kill.
The assault grew out of criticisms of tha
Opera House management in the Leader.
Mr. Eoberts' wounds have been dressed and
he is at his desk. Mr. Eoberts came to
Lexington from Canton, O., where he was
somewhat known in politics.
ANOTHER HAITIAN KICK.
The Consal Is Protesilnc Against the Send
Ins ol Ammanltlon.
New Toek. March 8. T. Haustedt, tho
Consul General of the Provisional Govern
ment of Hayti, was to-day preparing a pro-
test to be laid before Collector Magone to
morrow requesting the customs authorities
to prevent the departure of the Atlas
steamer Andes for Hityii to-morrow. Ha
alleges that the steamer carries a quantity
of gunpowder and other munitions of war
to Legitime.
Another Complaisant Democrat.
LOUISVILLE, March & United State
Marshal A. J. Gross to-day sent his reslgna-
nMtl flifa nntiltf1i.4iKn nf !m -.......... mt.y
cause assigned is his belief that all Federal1 ;
uuiiiEa ouuuiu ue iuicu irom me party ia -power.
1 ' " i h fc
Tnlk of Combining. J
The. Bee Line has appointed a committee
to confer with the Big Four road about
combining the two lines. It is expected' ""
that theroads will unite, and, as both lines "'
are good ones, such a combination will be' V
powerful.
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MB . PRESIDENT-SSS-SftS4'
letter to President Harrison, containing a larae t
?.?,U'K. "ood advice, given in his dot inim.
itable. humorous style. Bet to-morroufs Dta- '
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