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STORIES BY A DETECTIVE.
THE COLBY MURDER.
CONCLCDBD.
TIIE next day, a visitor, who had the
look and action of a detective, did
actually pass through the shop, and some
thing about Kingston's face made the
stranger pause and take a long look. The
circumstance was not unnoticed by the
murderer, and I could see his face grow
pale under the grim which covered it.
After the visitor had passed along, I found
a chance to whisper :
" That's the same man who came along
yesterday 1 He is looking after the Colby
murderer I"
You might thiuk that a man already in
prison for a long sentence for burglary
would care but little if suspected of a worse
crime, but you would be mistaken. The
difference between a life sontence for mur
der and a sontence for burglary for ten
years is so great, that I did not feci sur
prised when I saw Kingston grow so weak
that he had to loan against the forge for
support. I Baw how tho shot had wound
ed him, and realized more strongly than
ever that I haiHilm fast.
'That evening, I called him to the orifice
again to torture him a little more. IIo de
clared that he was ill, and said that he felt
as if he were going to have some sort of a
fever.
"Pshaw, man 1 you'll be all right in the
morning," I whispered. " If there's any
thing on your mind, spit it out 1 I have
made many a corpse in my time, and if I
can give you any advice, I'll cheerfully do
it."
"Will you?" he whispered back, his
voice trembling with excitement. " If any
one were looking for me, could you fix it
so that I would not be known?"
"I think I could," I replied. "Why,
there was that Chicago detective who was
after me for a double murder, while I was
at Waupon prison. I got a hint about it,
and fixed myself up so that ho passed me
half a dozen times and went off without a
thought that I was the cove he wanted.
Just tell me alt about it, and I'll agree that
your own father won't know you to-morrow
1"
lie hesitated a while, and then replied
that he was only joking, declaring that he
was iunocont of any murder, and that he
did not caro how often the detective came.
I had oither boon too fast, and thus fright
ened him, or his mulish spirit had got the
better of bis scare, and he bad made up his
mind that nothing could be proven against
him.
My month was rapidly wasting away,
and I made up my miud that I must attack
him In a bolder way, gaining my object or
defeating my plans at one venture. I went
to bed one night, determined that I would
push him to tho wall within a day or two
and arranged all the details of the plan.
At midnight, not yet having closed my
eyes to sleep, I got up and began kicking
the door and making a great noise. In
two minutes guards were running about,
convicts shouting and cursing, and directly
a guard came to the door and wanted to
know the cause of the alarm.
"I am sick," I replied, "and I want
some help t ight away. Go and call Dick
for me."
. Dick was the name of one of the turn
key's who was in my secret, and my real
object was to got a word of conversation
with him. The guard complied with the
request, and in a few minutes the turnkey
appeared.. Speaking loudly, I told him
that I had a severe attack of the colic, and
must have some medicine, but in a whis
per, I stated my desire to have a private
word.
The man went off, and soon returned
with a bottle in his hand. Ho entered my
cell, and we conversed about the case in
voices loud enough to be beard by the in
mates of three or four adjacent cells, but
in whispers, we talked to each other of
Kingston. I told Dick that I must have a
chance for a talk with Kingston better
than any which had yet been offered, and
in a few minutes we had arranged a plan
which gave promise of success. I grew
bettor of my " colic" soon after the turn
key hod departed, and slopt the balance of
the night without requiring another visit.
. In the morning, just as we were ready to
march out to breakfast, the turnkey came
along and informed Kingston and myself
that we were to go up into the the uphol
stering room of the furniture department
and work that day at assorting some curled
hair which had been somewhat damaged.
This was the first step in my plan, and I
had no doubt that the balance of it would
be faithfully carried out according to
agreement. After breakfast, we two were
conducted to the room, told what our work
would bo, and then left to pursue it. The
room was about seventy feet long, and the
turnkey hod arranged it' so that Kingston
and I were at the farthest end, at least
fifty feet from any of the other workmen
He went away with a caution, that if we
were caught talking we should get the
dungeon for ten days, and we commenced
our work.
Three feet back of us, and cutting us off
from one of the corners, was a canvas
which a painter bad boon fixing up for an
oil-cloth, t could not see, but 1 was cer
tain in my miud that behind that screen
was a clerk with pen and paper, near
enough to listen, and ready to note every
word of our conversation. He had been
Included In my plan.
Kingston looked really ill. His face was
pale, bis bands trembled, his eyes had a
wild stare, and I could not help but pity
him. I knew that his conscience was
pricking him hard. I did not wish to open
the conversation in a way to frighten him,
and we worked away half an hour before a
word was spoken. Just as I was going to
broach the subject uppermost in my mind,
I looked up and saw at tho far end of the
room . the man who had given . Kingston
such a scare a fow days before. I may
state here that the man was a sub-controo-tor
for prison labor, but he was a new one,
and not then known to any of the convicts.
" Good heavens ! Kingston 1" I whisper
ed, giving him a push with my foot,
" there's that detective again I IIo is after
you for the Colby murder 1"
Tho murderer sprang to bis feet, so great
was his excitement; but he recovered him
self and sat down again, his face as white
as any sheet. He looked at me imploring
ly, and at length inquired :
" What can I do what shall I say t"
"Just wait a moment," I replied.
" Keep your face this way, and don't let
him catch sight of your eyes. He is going
down stairs now, probably to get the su
perintendent to help identify you.
"Now, see here, comrade," I continued,
as I saw by his agitation that the crisis
was at hand, " I know that you are the
man who murdered Richard Colby, and if
you want any of my assistance you can
have it. Just go on and give me the story,
and thou I thiuk 1 have a plan to get you
you out of the scrape. You look like a
fellow with some backbono, and I hope you
won't be a baby about this thing any long
er. Come, now, out with the story, and
then I'll take care of you 1"
The man hesitated a little, but the de
sire to get my advice, and -his fear of ar
rest, worked upon him until ho was forced
to confess. IIo took a seat close beside
me, and In a low tono told me the whole
thing from beginning to end. I heard tho
pen scratching behind the canvas, and he
would have hoard it only for his agitation.
" I didn't go up there that night Intend
ing to commit murder," said Kingston,
after relating the first part of the story
known to the teador, " I wont up there
intending to rob him. I saw him draw ' a
largo sum of money from tho bank that,
day, and I hoped to get possession of it. As
be was an old man, I planned to ask him to
change some largo notes, and then, whon he
should unlock his safe, I calculated to
knock him down, gag him, and be off with
his dollars. The game with tho girl was
all up, and so I did not care how soon the
old man knew me in my real character. I
took Temple's suit along, to be propared
for an emergency. I knew that if tho old
man were to make any fuss about his mon
ey I should got mad and hurt him. Of
course, I had a bad grudge against young
Temple ; and if I hadn't, I would have
sworn the thing on to hira as soon as any
one else.
" In going to the house," resumed King
ston, after a pause, " I was followed by a
strange dog, one which I never saw bofore
nor afterwards. I knew that old Colby
would be in the library from eight to nine,
and, to avoid the servants, I determined to
go in at a door which leads out upon a
veranda. This door stood open, and jnst
as I got near enough to peep in and see
that Temple and the old man were talking,
the cursed dog trotted along tho veranda
pushed the door open, and walked into the
room. Colby got up, seized a chair, and
shouted out to the dog :
" Begone, sir I Go away this moment I"
" The dog backed out, trotted down the
voi and a, and I never saw him again.
Tomplo passed close to me as he came out,
but I was in the daik and escaped discov-i
ery. As soon as he was away, I went in by
the veranda door. The old gent used me
rather stiffly, asking my business, and
stating that he had no time to spare. ' I
felt my blood growing hot, but I told my
errand. He pulled out a roll of bills from
a drawer, gave me the change, and I saw
that the safe was locked, and likely to re
main so Giving (he old man a blow with
one hand, I grabbed for tho notes with the
other, but be was strongor than I thought
for. As I jerked away the notes and cram
med them into my pocket, he roBe up and
sol zed me. I struck him once or twice,
but he held on, and then I got hold of a
bar of iron lying on his desk, some bar
connected with the safe, and whacked him
until he let go. I might have stopped
then, but I didn't. My blood was up, and
I jerked out my knife and gave hira a fow
finishing touches. There was nothing to
be gained by staying, and so I left, going
out by the veranda door. The bar of iron
I carried away, and I lire w it under the
little bridge by the woolen mill."
Kingston continued his account to the
last, telling me all that I told you In the
first of this narrative. He stated that be
only got about a hundred dollars from
Colby, and while counting it over in his
room at the hotel, saw that one of the bills
had a oorner torn off. Being suspicious,
he had hidden the bill behind a bit of loose
wall paper. He bad put tip this job of
burglary several days before, and was going
through the store when caught, it being
his intention to leave Georgetown that
night and let Temple got out of the sciape
the best way he eould.
It was noon before I had the whole con
fession. I had heard the pen constantly
going, and knew that the clurk would have
every word. I could compare my own
knowledge of circumstances with the state
ment of the murderer, and realize that he
had told me nothing but the truth. I was
somewhat excited myself when the whole
story had boen told, but there were reas
ons why I should exult a little.
"And now," said Kingston, when he
had given me the whole, " what would you
advise me to do ?" ,
" Nothing, just now," I replied. "Keep
still to-day, and during the night I'll fix up
matters so that both of us can make our
way out of bore. I have had my plans
working for some time, and I thiuk I can
bribe one of tbe officials to let us out."
Just then came the order to fall in and
march to dinner, and there was no further
opportunity for conversation. As I ex
pected, tbe unseen secretary had informed
tbe superintendent of my success, and
when we were marched out, Kingston went
back to the blacksmith shop, and I to tho
superintendent's room.
The clerk had taken a faithful qopy, and
the superintendent made a written state
ment of what he knew concerning the case.
Armed with these documents, I loft the
prison that evening, and before noon the
noxt day had laid the matter bofore ' the
governor. I looked up two lawyers, they
looked up some one else, and in a couplo of
days Temple was given the freedom of tho
jail and taken as an inmate of the jailor's
family. His detention was now to be a
mere matter of form, for I had shown
every one that he was an innocont man.
The bar of iron was found under the
bridge, and the bill where Kingston had
hidden it. Nothing now rouiaiued but to
bring him from prison and give him a
trial. At the proper time ha was taken to
Georgetown, and given a cell in the jail to
wait his examination, which would come
off in a day or two. Here, in some way,
he learned something concerning the trick
which I had played on him, but the details
given him were not sufficient to convince
him that his fellow-prisoner and the detec
tive were one and the same. I had not
seen him since leaving the prison, aud one
day went into tbe Circuit Court as a wit-1
ness against him. I slipped out my false
teeih as I mounted to the box, and King
ston rocogrtized me in a moment. His
confession was there, the clork was there,
I was In the box, and he saw that the
game was up. He rose up in his scat in
terrupting proceedings, and informed the
court that he desired to change his plea to
" guilty." This stopped further proceed
ings, and he was remanded to' jail for sen
tence next morning. Next morning, tliere
was no prisoner to sentence. During the
night, he had tied his suspeudors together,
arranged a noose, and his body was found
stiff and cold at daybreak.
As for Earl well, you can imagine all
that happened. He was released, there
was a happy marriage, and he is one of the
leading men of Georgetown to-day, living
with his handsome wife at the big mansion.
As for me, I made some money, more repu
tation, aud had the consolation of knowing
that tho innocent did not suffer for the
guilty.
SIT This is the way tbe Chicago milk
man manipulate tbe lacteal fluid before
selling it to their customers as a pure arti
cle, a more profitable way than watering it.
They skim the milk, taking from every
eight gallons from two to four quarts of
cream. They then put about a table
spoonful of brown sugar In liquid form, to
every eight-gallon can of this skimmed
milk, and this restores the rich, creamy
color to such an extent that the most ex
perienced dairy woman would be deceived.
They also add a trifle of salt, which im
proves the taste, aud the fluid is then
ready for sale. All this from the indignant
milkman, who contends that the public
will not pay enough for pure milk, and
goes on to expose the tricks of the trado.
tW The farmer is the only man whose
calling is essential to life ; the only man
for whose Immediate and material ends all
the forces of Nature work without ceasing.
In return, she demands of him the service
of every faculty, as of every muscle. If
he will learn, she teaches him all tho mys
tery and miracle of existence. If he will
not, tho penalty is a vacant mind In a list
less body ; nay more, it is a slate of vassal
age to men' who. have learned to employ,
though to base ends, that capability and
god-like reason which, in him, rust unused.
ty A stranger iu a Detroit street car,
when asked for his tare, pulled off one of
his shoes and drew up a fifty cent note, re
marking that if a little prudence on his
part would prevent it, ho didn't propose
being left penniless lu a strange ' city by
having his pocket picked. 1 '
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1ST" A young man named Rowland Hull,
on a day's shooting with some friends, at
Trenton, N. J., in putting his gun into the
wagon struck the hammer against the soat,
which discharged the contents into his
heart, killing him Instantly.
. . Tho Secret Drawer. : V "
Says the Milwaukee JVwi . "A gen
tleman residing on the South Side, and for
many years a resident of Milwaukee, is in
dally expectation of the arrival of an aunt,
on a short visit, the history of whose latter
years surpasses anything in fiction. She
was born and reaid In New England, and
has lived there all her lifetime, being now
past sixty years of age. She married in
early life to Captain Knight, a seafaring
roan, and bore him sons and daughters,
several of whom are living, married, and
comfortably settled. About sixteen years
ago her husband sailed on his final voyage
to Cuba, and no word from him, his vessel,
or crew, has ever been received since. The
ship undoubtedly foundered and carried
down all on board. Mrs. Knight strug
gled on a few years, reared ber children,
who remained home at the time of her
misfortuno, and, in doing so, exhausted
the last remnant of property loft by her
husband, and finally broke down in health
under the accumulated weight of years,
misfortune, and poverty. Her youngest
son, just married, furnished hor a home
for a short time, and then refused to shel
ter her longer. Her other children each
in turn declined to burden themselves with
mother's support,' or to do anything to
ward procuring her a home. She finally
came on the town as a pauper, and was
knocked off to tho lowest bidder for her
support, and was for several years a poor
old broken-hearted creature, unable to do
more than knit stockings and assist in
tending children. Previous to becoming so
utterly destitute, she bad sold off her furn
iture, piece at a time, ' to keop tbe wolf
from the door,' and among other articles,
sold hor husband'sold secretary to a towns
man and acquaintance. Ho used it a few
years, and then knocked it to pieces as
rubbish. In doing thls,he found in a secret
drawer a paid-up insurance on Captain
Knight's life for ten thousand dollars in
the JEtoa, Life Insurance Company of Ilart
foit, Conn. Boiug an honest man, and
knowing Mrs. Knight's location and des
titution, he hunted her up, took her to
Hartford, and she acl ually procured the
paymont of the entire sum. The officers
of the company informed her that her hus
band paid one hundred dollars as advance
premium just before sailing, and that they
hod long been waiting for the presentation
of the policy for paymont. ' Her graceless
children wore not long in hearing of 'moth
er's good fortune, and have been vioing
with each other ever since in kind atten
tions to the old lady, and pressing her to
come aud live with them, and make their
houses hor home, &o.,' &c. She has senso
enough, however, to take such professions
for what they are worth, and has resolved
to maintain her independence to the end
of her days. The name of Mrs. Knight's
nephew is known to all old settlors in the
English Ward, aud is at the service of any
one who doubts this statement."
The Pin Machine.
This machine is the closet approach that
mechanics have made to tho doxterity of
(ho human hand. It is about the height
and size of a lady's sewing machine, only
much stronger. On the sido at the back
a light bolt descends from a long shaft in
the coiling that drives all the machines,
ranged in rows On the floor. On the left
side of the machine hangs on a peg a reel
of wire that has been straightened by run
ning through a compound system of small
rollers. The wire descends, and the end of
it enters the machine. ; This is tbe food
consumed by this voracious little dwarf.
He pulls it in and bites it off by inches, in
cessantly one hundred and forty bites to
the minute. Just as he seizes each bite a
little hammer with a concave face hits the
end of the wire three times, " upsets'1 it to
a head, while he gripes it to acounter-sunk
hole between his teeih. With an outward
thrust of his tongue he then lays tho pin
sideways iu a little groove across the rim of
a small wheel that slowly revolves. By tbe
external pressure of a stationary hoop,
these pins roll in their places as they are
can-ted under two serios of small files, three
in each. . These files grow finer toward the
end of the series. They lie at a slight in
clination on the pins, aud a sorius of cams,
lovers and springs are made to play like
lightning. Thus the pins are dropped in a
little shower into a box. Twenty-eight
pouuds are a day's work for one of these
jerking little automatons. Tho machines
reject crooked pins, the slightest irregular
ity in any of them being detected.
IW On Monday evening a week, a very
mysterious murder or attempt at. murder
took place at Oil City. William Scott, a
cooper, was returning homo in the evening
with a basket of butter, and had just step
ped within his door when some man sprang
from behind it and putting a revolver near
his head fired three shots, all taking effect
in the head. Mr. Scott, fell and the would
be murderer fled. ' But Scott was not dead,
and on being assisted to his bed, said,
"Botsford did it," meaning a young man
named Botsford Chandler, who had once
boarded at his house. .
tW "Punch" thinks some people are
never coulented. After having all their
limbs broken, their heads smashed, aud
their brains knocked out, they will actual
ly go to law and try to get fuither damages.
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Neio Pension Law,
UNDER an act of Congress approved March 8.
1873, widows of onicers who were killed, or
died of disease contracted In the service, are now
entitled to $i(X per mouth (or each of their chil
dren. The guardian of a minor child of a soldier who
heretofore only received 18.00 per month pension
Is now entitled to $10. per moth.
Holdlers who receive Invalid pensions can now
have their pensions Increased to any sum or rate
between IS. ami 118. per month.
Holdlers who have lost their discharges enn now
obtain duplicates. ,
Fathers and mothers who lost sons In the serv
ice hi Kin whom they were dependent for support,
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J New Bloomtleld,
7 20tf. " '' Perry Co., Pa.
Notice In Jlnnkniptcy.
In the United States' District Court For the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
In the matter of Edwlu Hhunmu, Bankrupt,
To the creditors ot said Bankrupt : '
NOTICE Is herebv given that said Bankrnpt
lias tiled his petition for a discharge and a
eerlltloate thereof from all his debts aud oilier
claims provable under the Hank nipt Act ol
March a, 1M17, and that Iheiilh of September, 187H,
llxed for the final examination beforo ('lias. A.
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hi othi-e III New Hlomnlleld. Perry eo., I'll., at
lu o'clock . m.. and the IMtli day of September.
IHTS, a 10 o'cKwk a. m.. for I he final hearing
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By Ohdkk or SaidCoi'UT.
August 12, 1873.