STORIES BY A DETECTIVE. THE COLBY MURDER. ; CONTINUED. .. , I REPLIED by tolling him that I be lieved in his innocence rather strange for a detective, I admit and that I should at once set about searching for the guilty party. The clothing And knife lookod bad against Earl, but ho stoutly doclared that he had never seen the knife before, and that the suit was an old one which he no longer wore, and had hung up in the closet two months boforo. Taking one of the officers along, I made a midnight visit to the Colby mansion, greatly surprising William the servant at the readiness with which I found my way to the library. Everything was as found when the murder was first known, except that the body had been removed to another room. There were the great blood Btains on the carpet, two chairs lying on the floor, blood on the writing-desk, and other evi dences to show tho thorough work of the murderer. Sending every one away, I took a more careful survey. There were just the number of doors which 1 had counted in my imagination, and there was a door leading out on a veranda. Taking the lamp, I closely scanned the carpet, and from the spot whore the body was found to the end of the veranda I found drops of blood bore and there, to show that the murderer had escaped that way carrying the knife in his hand. This was not the only discovery. Close to where the body had lain I found a bit of a bank note, a corner of a bill with the fig ure "10" on It. " Colby sat iu that chair, at that desk, counting money, and tho murderer tore this corner off when snatching at the pile of notes. Robbery was his incentive in coming to the house, and the resistance of the old man resulted in his death." Thus I soliloquized, and time showed that I was right. Questioning William onoe more, I found that he was positive that Earl passed through the hall on going out, and that no one had seen Kingston about the house or grounds during the eve ning, not even when the village crowd surged that way to view the body. This was all I could do at the house, and I went to the village to workup something further in regard to the stranger. On reaching the hotel, I learned that Kingston was al60 in jail, having just beeu caught in the act of robbing a store. This was another ex citement for the Georgetown people, and fow citizens sought their beds that night. Ascertaining that the proofs against Kings ton were strong enough to convict him, I deferred visiting him for a time. Early in the morning I rode out to see the family which Earl had visited, and was not disappointed to And that, that part of his statement was perfectly true. Taking into account tho hour of his departure from Georgetown, the stay at the house, and tho time necessary to drive home, I saw that the prisoner bad reasonably ac counted for all his time. . Returning to the villago, I paid a visit to Temple's office. Cases of burglary or theft were not numerous in tho village, but yet I had been informed by the doctor that the windows of his office and the doors were fastened whenever he went out to be gone any length of - time. I had examined the clothing, and found the garments, as he had stated, old and worn. I tried the front door, the two front windows, and then went around to the back door and the rear window. The door was all right, locked fast, but I made a discovery at the window. I saw in a raomont that it had been pried up, and there were marks of boot nails on the sill, to show that some one had effected his entrance to the office in this way. Was it Kingston ? I argued that it was. My theory was that be had broken into the office, obtained Earl's clothing, mode his way to' the Colby man sion expecting to murder Colby if not suc cessful in obtaining booty in any other way, and after committing the deed, had returned and deposited the garmonts just where they were discovered by the crowd, as he had planned they should be. Hoping that I might be able to force some sort of confession from the man II paid him visit. He had thrown off his disguise as a gentleman of wealth and edu cation, aud appeared in his true character, that of a villain. I set about my task by informing him who I was, and that I had plenty of proofs to convict blm of the mur der. He only laughed at me, and I saw by his compressed lips and determined air that he had made up his mind that no word of confession should pass his lips. " Drive ahead with your proofs, and see if you can make a case against me I" re torted he, when I had finished. "I was caught in the store, and to save breath to the lawyers, shall admit it when placed on trial ; but as to the murder, you are wast ing your time." Threats, coaxing, kind or hard words had no effect to alter his determination, aud I went away disappointed. I was sure that he was the murderer, for I know some thing of what is passing in a man's mind when I sit and study his face, but I bad mado a poor beginning to prove it. The Circuit Court was in session, and on the third day after his arrest Earl Tomplo was formally arraigned on the charge of murder. The servant William testified as I have stated, and other servants affirmed their belief that the loud angry words used by Mr. Colby just before Earl loft were addressed to him. I only do the goneral publio of Georgetown justice whon I say that there was not a person In the place but had a hope that the prisoner would get clear ; that is, if he was innocent, as all be lioved bo was. The evidence was all cir cumstantial.but some of It Was very strong, as, for instance, the blood-stained suit. And the testimony givon as to Tomplo's confusion when leaving tho house was in tended to injure him. I took the stand as a witness, and my testimony produced something of a sensa tion. I was positivo that the murderor loft the library by the veranda door ; that his real object was robbory ; that any ono could have donned Earl's old suit and re turned it as well as himself ; and that the murder did not occur until at least five minutes after he loft the house. But my testimony was destiued to receive a bad sot-off. Kingston was brought in as a witness, he sworo hard and strong. Tho jury were warned that he was a prisoner himself, and probably a villain, but his testimony, nevertheless, carried considera ble weight. He swore that ho saw Earl running down a back street in groat haste ; that ho spoke to him and received no answer ; that ho had often hoard him threaten Colby's lifo ; that the two had onco planned to rob the house, and ho swore to everything else which was false and calculated to carry the jury against tho prisoner. Not to weary the reader, I will state that tho jury disagreed, and that the prisoner was re manded to jail for another trial. I had seen that Earl could not bo clear ed with all the circumstances showing against him, aud no ono was mora ploased that he was remanded. This would give mo a little more time on tho case, and I folt sure that I should yot unearth tho real murdorer. The noxt day Kingston was tried and convicted of burglary, and the day following was sentenced to state pris on for a term of ton years. On this day I made a visit to Earl's coll and there met Nellie Colby and a lady friend. I had scarcely approached when she held out her hand, her eyes filled with tears, as she said : . " Earl Temple is to be my future hus band. He is as innocent of this murder as you or I. I know it, and I want you to keep working at the case until the assas sin is discovered." Seated in the little cell, we entered into an agreement. The lawyers who had de fended Earl were to cease their efforts for one month, and the case was to be placed directly in my hands. I was staking every thing on the belief that Kingston was the guilty party. If it turned out that he was innocent, a month's time would be wasted, my reputation tarnished, and the real mur derer would never be found. I did not lead Earl or the handsome girl to expect too much, and yet there was something in my parting words which gave them hope that favorable news might be expected before the month was up. Of course I hod consulted my chief, arranged all' details, and made .all preparations at home to carry out the scheme which I had formed. I had made up my mind to follow Kingston to the state prison. There would have to be many sacrifices on my part, but there was a pecuniary inducement not to be overlooked, and my terra within the walls of prison, if bringing me the hoped-for result, would not hurt my reputation in the chiefs office. To insure success, I must go in as a con. vict, work and fare as the rest of tho con victs, and do a deal of planning in a very cautious way. The superintendent of the prison had been consulted by the chief, and so when I called at the stone establish' inent on the tenth day after Kingston had been received, I was cordially greeted and givon some very useful hints as to my fu ture conduct. Only two turnkeys were ad. mitted to the socret, and they were warned that they must In no way betray me. It was agreed that I should be known in the prison as "Albany Jack," the name of a notorious counterfeiter, highway robber and murderer. Every one at all posted in prison matters knows that the convicts confined in such establishments divide themselves off into classes, and that there are such things as high class and low class. The murderers, "sale-crackers" and bolder burglars are the aristocrats, and looked up to accord ingly, and the greater name one has as a villain, the higher Is his standing with the prisoners. So, if it were known among the convicts that the notorious " Albany Jack" bad at last been caged, I should at once become an object of admiration, and could probably count on Kingston as one anxious to make my acquaintance. It may seem strange to some that con victs, closely confined witthln the strong walls of a state prison, know anything about who is to come among them, but it is a faot that they do. The turnkey may " leak" a little, a newspaper may be smug gled, in, contractors may talk in the hear ing of convicts, aud in one way or auothor, the new arrival has gone the rounds even before he has donned his zebra suit. In my case, ono of the turnkeys dropped a hint to one of the cooks, and half nn hour after, at least two hundred of the prison ers know that a rascal with a national rep utation was coming among tin in. After I had passed through the hands of the ' barber and donned tho stripes, I had little fear that Kingston, or any one else among the prisoners, would know mo. In fact I did not know myself. My long locks off, my long whiskers and fine mus tache gone, two false front teeth taken out and left with "tho superintendent Why, one could have almost made me bo lievo that I was John Doe or someone else. ' . ' ji 1 ' ! ' In former years, I had worked at the blacksmith trade, and this fact now stood me a good turn. Kingston had been placed in the blacksmith shop as a striker, and it was arranged that I should have nn anvil, and that he should be turned over to me as my assistant. Prisoners will converse to gether more or less in spite- of all the vigi lance which can bo exorcised by the guards, but of all the departments, the blacksmith shop furnishes tho convicts with the great est facilities for talking without detection. There is always a great noise and the anvil man and his helper can utter their words with their blows and no one five feet away will be tho wiser for it. It was also ar ranged that I should occupy a coll next to Kingston's. This cell was empty, because Its lato inmate had cut a hole through the plank partition by means of a piece of plate glass, aud was caught holding a conversa tion with his neighbor. Tho holu had not been fastened up, and as it was intended to aid me, no repairs were made. Following the established rule of the prison, I spent the afternoon arranging my cell, receiving a visit from the chaplain, " reading up" on the rules and regulations which aro printed ou a card and hung up in each cell. At supper time, I was march ed into tho ball with the others, and saw iu a moment that my arrival was to create somothing of a sensation. I caught the men looking at me whichever way I glanced and received more than a hundred sly winks from those who had heard and read of "Albany Jack." I not only had a seat at tho same table with Kingston, but di rectly beside him as we were both to march with one gang thereafter. The man stared very hard at mo as ho got opportu nity, but the change was too much for him. . Ho would have as quickly believed me Dick Turpin as the detective who spent an hour in . Georgetown jail trying to " pump" him on the Colby murder. Giv ing mo a touch with his foot, as he raised a spoonful of mush to his mouth, the man said : " What for? aud how long?" .. "Second degree, and twenty years," I replied, holding the spoon to my lips as a cover. He referred to my crime and term of imprisonment, and I had answered in a manner calculated to make him think mo an "aristocrat." I wanted to toll him cold-blooded murder, and that my sentence was for life; but this would not do. In every prison where life prisoners are re ceived, the convicted murderer inhabits a dark cell for at least a month, somotimes five or six, before being sent to the shops, and he would have detected the deception. We did not attempt any more conversation at the table, and aftor the meal, were marched off into the halls and locked up for the night. The officer who locked the doors of the tier on which Kingston and myself were lo cated, hod scarcely left us behind when tho murderor put his mouth to the hole and be gan asking me questions. I told him that 1 was too busy to hold any conversation, and that both of us would be punished if overheard, as the chances were that we would bo, and so he bothered me no furth er. I was busy, for I was studying out a plan to trap him. The reader must have concluded that convicts are locking iu dis cretion whon boasting to each other. To explain more clearly, I had not the re motest idea that Kingston would ever men tion the Colby affair to me. If be had been convicted of the murder, then he would have been free to talk and boast over it, perhaps ; but, being sent on another charge aud having a fear that his gravor crime might in some way be fastened upon him, he would carefully guard his conduct if the affair was ever hinted at. I thought and planned for hours, aud then fell asleep, having arrived at no set tled conclusion, except that I would take the case slow, and hopo that somothing favorable would turn up. After breakfast next morning we were marched out, and Kingston was mightily pleased wliou he fonnd that we were to work together. I could see by bis actions that he had taken quite a fancy to me, but I did not mate with him readily. A a banker looks down on a mechanic, or is popularly supposed to so should and so did I appear to regard Kingston. I was desirous of showing him that, while I had been convicted of murder in the second degree, and was consequently a hero, I thought him some barn-robber of no account. In about an hour, while both of us were bonding over the anvil working at a horse-shoe, I found opportunity to say : " Robbed some old woman or stole a horse, I s'pose ? How much d'ye get six months?" His eye flashed with indignation as he glanced up, and for a moment I almost feared that he would strike me with his hammer. When, we got the next shoe on the horn of the anvil, he muttered back : "You oan't put on any airs over mo 1" I could not say whether ho meant that I could not be his superior as to work, or whether he gave a hint that his hands were also stained with blood, thongh convicted of a burglary. I said nothing further, not caring to draw him out too soon, but I made up my mind that I could handle the case successfully if concealing my real in tentions to draw him out. Just before w were to march into sup per, one of the prison officials came along with some visitor, and I was pointed out to thorn as tho most notorious convict in the establishment. Whon thoy had passed along, and we had another shoo up, King ston gave mo a sign with his band and whisporod : " Don't be put out, comrade by what I said. I don't feol in good spirits to-day." I replied that his gruff words were for given, and that I hoped, as wo occupied adjoining cells, and were to work together, that wo should get along harmoniously. Four days had passed, and then, one evening after we had been locked up, I de termined to sound Kingston a little on the Colby matter. The holo in the plank was not biggar than a ponny-picce, and conver sation was carried on by one putting his mouth to the holo and whispering the words into the other's ear. Putting my mouth to the orifice I whispered: " Did you hear what the tall guardsman was telling the foreman this afternoon about the new man who'll be coming along soon?" " No what was it ?" he whispered back, not remembering the conversation alluded to, simply because nothing of the kind took place. " Why, about a young man named Tern pic, who is boing tried for tho murder of t rich man at Georgetown named Norton He'll get it for lifo, without any doubt." "It wasn't Norton, it was Colby," he replied, but in a moment more, seeming to think that he had been imprudent, he ad ded that he had beard that it was Norton, and really knew nothing about the case, I saw that I had caught him, and had paved the way for further conversations, and so refused to say anything further just then. I believed that his crime was haunt ing his mind, and that I had only to revert to tho occurrence once in a while to keep him agitated. ' The third night after we wore at the ori fice again, he asking me if I had hoard any thing more about the Georgetown affair, replied that I had learned through the gos sip of a turnkey, that Temple had been convicted and would arrive at the state prison in about three days. . t " They say that he is not the real crimi nal, after all," I added, hoping to draw him out. But he refused to continue the con versation. I knew that I had shot an ar row which would frighten him and keep him thinking, and this was some satisfac tion. ,; - As no one aside from the superintendent and two sub-oflicials knew my position, I was treated just the same as the others, and some of the officers who had heard of my numerous imaginary murders and dare devil adveutures, were inclined to troat me rather severely. I saw that they watched mo closely, as if anticipating that I would seize and eat some of them, and the lock on my cell, as well as the iron door, was duly inspected each evening to see if I was not planning an escape. ,. Towards the end of the second week, Kingston, after beating around the subject for some time, Inquired if Temple bad ar rived. This was the opportunity which I had been hoping for during the lost three days, and I replied that the man bad ob tained a now trial, and that there wore strong grounds for believing that he would got clear altogether, as it seemed likely that another one did the murder. " Who do they thiuk killed Col Nort the rich man you mentioned, if Temple didn't ?" inquired Kingston, his voice be traying considerable excitement. " Well, as near as I can find out, it was a stranger who had been stopping in the. vil lage for a fow weeks, and who ran away that night and has not since been heard of. But the detectives are on his track, aud he must certainly be overhauled." " Are you sure that there Is no one else suspected ?" Inquired Kingston, anxiously. " There may be," I replied ; " I guess there is another, for I saw a Chicago detec tive pass through the shop this forenoon, and he looked at the men in a way to show that he was searching for some one." This was enough. 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The guardian of a minor child of a soldier who heretofore only received js.ou per mouth pension is now entitled to s 10. per moth. Soldiers who receive Invalid pensions can now have their pensions Increased to any sum or rate between 88. and 18. per month. Soldiers who have lost their discharges can now obtain duplicates. Fathers and mothers who lost sons In the serv lee upon whom they were dependent for support, can also obtain pensions. The undersigned having had over 10 years ex perience In the Claim agency business will attend promptly to claims under the above act. Call on or address LEWIS POTTER, Attorney for Claimants, New Bloomtteld, 7 2Citf. Ferry Co., Fa. Notice lu Bankruptcy. In the I'nlti'd States District Court. For the Kasteru District of Pennsylvania. 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