Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 15, 1903, Page 18

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VAN SANT'S School. 71T N. Y. Life. e FREE & WICKERSHAM, 5@ So. mlr. 3 Bg]’!.'.-ui:}!flv. court reporter 'rll:‘b.lL i TR TSl ] TLeavenworth BALY & BON. Tel. 2841 506 Leavenw NEB. wuhwmmo - ROTTERLA. CHAPTER XXXI Contains the Plain Truth, A sudden fdea occurred to me, and 1 acted ‘Instantly upon its impulse. There was a second entrance through the morn- ing room, and I dashed round to the other door, which fortunately ylelded. The sight that met my gaze was abso- lutely staggering. I stood upon the thresh- old aghast. Sir Bernard, his dark eyes starting from his ashen face, stood, hold- ing a woman within his grasp, pinning her to the wall, and struggling to cover her mouth with his hands and prevent her cries from being overheard. | The woman was none other than Ethel- wynn. At my unexpected entry he released his hold, shrinking back with a wild, flerce look in his face, such as I had never before seen. | “Ralph!” cried my love, rushing forward and clinging to my neck. “Ralph! For God's sake save me from that flend! Save me!" 1 put my arms around her to protect her, at the same instant shouting to Jevo who entered as much astonished as myself. My love had evidently come to town and kept an appointment with the old man. The situation was startling, and required explanation. “Tell me, Ethelwynn,” I said, in a hard, stern volce. “What does all this mean She drew herself up and tried to face me firmly, but was unable. I had burst in upon her unexpectedly, and she seemed to fear how much of the conversation I had overheard. Notlcing her silence, my friend Jevons addressed her, sayin /“Miss Mivart, you are aware of all the clrcumstances of the tragedy at Kew. | Please explain them. Only by frank ad- | mission can you clear yourself, remember. To prevaricate further is quite useles She glanced at the cringing old fellow standing on the further side of the room, the man who had raised his hand against her. Then, with a sudden resolution, she spoke, sayin It is true that I am aware of many facts which have been until today kept secret. But now that I know the horrible truth they shall remain longer. I have been the victim of a long and dastardly persecution, but I now hope to clear my honor before you, Ralph, and before my Creator.” Then she paused, taking breath and drawing herself up straight, with an air of determined resolu- tion. “First let us go back to the days soon after Mary's marriage. I think it was about a year after the wedding when I suddenly noticed a change in her. Her intellect seemed somehow weakéned. Hitherto she had possessed a strong, well- defined character, but this suddenly de- veloped into a weak, almost childish bal- ance of the brain. Instead of possessing & will of her own, she was no longer the mistress of her actions, but as easily led as an infant. Only to myself and to my mother was this change apparent. To all friends and acquaintances she was just the same. About that time she consulted this man here—Sir Bernard Eyton, her hus- band's friend—regarding some other ail- ment, and he no doubt at once detected that her intellect had given way. Although devoted to her husband, nevertheless the influence of any friend of the moment was frresistible, and for that reason she drifted into the pleasure-seeking set in town.” “But ‘the tragedy? Jevons exclaimed. “Tell us of that. My own inquiries show that you are aware of all. Mrs. Courtenay murdered her husband, I know. “Mary—the assassin!” I gasped. it is too true. Now that my poor sister is dead, concealment is no longer necessary,” my love responded with a deep sigh. “Mary killed her husband. She returned home, entered the hous cretly, and, ascending to his room, sfruck him to the heart.’ . “But the wound—how was it infilcted?” 1 demanded, eagerly. “With that pair of long, sharp-pointed scissors which used to be on poor Henry" writing table. You remember them. They were about elght inches long, with fvory handles and a red moroceo oase. The wound puzzled you, but to me it meems plain that, after striking the blow, in an endeavor to extricate the weapon she opened -it and closed it again, thereby inflicting thoee terrible injuries that were s0 minutely described at the inquest. Well, on that night I heard a sound, and fearing that the invalid wanted something crept from my room. As 1 gained the door I met Mary upon the threshold. She stood facing me with a weird fixed look, and in her hand was the weapon with which she had killed her husband. That awful mo- ment is fixed indelibly upon my memory. 1 shall carry its recollection to the grave. 1 dashed quickly Into the room, and to my horror saw what had occurred. Then my thoughts were for Mary—to conceal her guilt. Whiepering to her to obey me I led her downstalrs, through the back premises and so out Into the street. A cab was passing, and I put her into it, telling the man to drive to the Henniker's, with whom she had been spending the evening. Then, cleaning the scissors of blood by thrust- ing them several times into the mold of a garden I was passing, I crossed the road and tossed them over the high wall into the thick undergrowth which flanks the gardens. At that spot I felt certain that they would never be discovered. As quickly as possible 1 re-entered the house, secured the door by which I had made my exit, and returned again to my room with the awtul knowledge of my sister’s crime upon my consclence. ‘What hour was tha When 1 retired again to bed my watch showed that it was barely half past 1. | At 2 o'clock Short, awakened by his alarm clock, made the discovery and aroused the house. What followed you know well enough. I nmeed mot describe it. You can imagine what I felt and how gullty wi | my conscience with the awful knowledge i of it all. |~ “The umstances were certainly most puszling,” I remarked. “It almost appears though matters werp cleverly arranged in order to baffle detection.” “To a certain exteot they undoubtedly were. 1 knew that the Hemnlkers would to them. I did all in my power to with- draw suspicion from my sister, at the risk of it falling upon myself. You suspected letter you discovered.” | “But Mary's homicidal tendency seems to have been carefully concealed,” I said “I pecollect having detccted in‘her s strange vaguevess of manper, but it mever oc- etrred to me that she wes but half-witted. In the days immedistely preceding the tragedy 1 certainly saw but little of her. She was out nearly every evening” ~She was not responsible for her actions Bernard interrupted. ! discovered it over “And you profited by your discovery!” my leve cried, turning upon him fercely. mysteries no say nothing of poor Mary's erratic return' me, Ralph. And only naturally—after that! sometimes for several weeks together,” Bir| ments when you | “The crime was committed at your insti- gation!" she declared “At my Instigation dry laugh that T hypnotized her, or some buncombe of that sort.” “I'm no bellever in They were exploded long ago,” she an swered. “But what I do believe-—nay, what 1s positively proven from my poor sister's own 1ips by a statement made before wit- nes —is that you were the instigator ot the crime, ¥ou met her by appolntment that night at Kew Bridge. You opened the door of the house for her, and you compelled her to go in and commit the deed., Although demented, she recollected it all in her saner moments. You told her terrible storfes of old Mr. Courtenay, for whom you had feigned such friendship, and for weeks you ugged her to kill him se- cretly until, in the frenzy of insanity to which you had brought her, she carried out your design with all that careful in. genuity that is so often characteristic of ‘madnes “You lie, woman!" the old man snapped. “I had nothing whatever to do with the he echoed, with a hynotie theories, fair! I was at home at Hove on that night. “No! mo! you were not,” interrupted Jevons. Your memory requires re- freshing. Reflect a moment, and you'll find that you arrived at Brighton Station at 7 o'clock next morning from Victoria. You spent the night in London, and, further, you were recognized by a police Inspector walking along Chiswick road early as half-past 3. I have not been fdle, Sir Ber- nard, and have spent a good deal of time at Howe of late. “What do you allege then?' he cried in flerce anger, a dark, evil expression on his pale, drawn face. "I suppose you'll de- ‘e that I 'm a murderer next!™ allege that at your instigation a seri- ous and desperate attempt was made a short time ago upon the life of my friend Boyd, by rufans who were well pald by you. ‘Another 1ie!” he blurted forth defiantly. “What?" 1 cried. “Is that the truth, Ambler? Was I entrapped at the instiga- tion of this man?" “Yes. He had reasons for getting rid of you—as you will discern later.” “I tell you it' n untruth!’’ shouted the old man in a frenzy of rage. “Deny it, If you will,” answered my friend, with a nonchalant air. “It, how- ever, may be interesting to you to know that the man ‘Lanky Lane,’ one of the des- perate gang whom you bribed to call up Boyd on the night in question, is what i known at Scotland Yard as a policeman’ ‘nose,’ or informer, and that he made a plain’ statement of the whole affair pefore he fell & victim to your carefully-laid plan by which his lips were sealed.” In an instant I recollected that the cos- termonger of the London road was one of the rufans. The old man’s lips sompressed. He saw that he was cornered.. The revelation that to his clever cunning was due the meny remarkable features of the mystery heid me utterly bewildered. At first it seemed impossible, but as the dlscussion grew mdre heated, and the facts poured forth from the mouth of the woman I loved and from the man who was my best friend, 1 became convinced that at last the whole of the mysterious affair would be elucidated. 3 One point, however, still ‘puzzled me, namely, the inexplicable scene I had wit- nessed on the bank of the Nene. 1 referred to it, whereupon Ambler Jevons drew from his breast pocket two photo- graphs, and holding them before the eyes of the trembling old man, sai “You recognize these? For a long time past I've been making inquiries into your keen interest in amateur theatricals. My information led me to Curtls’, the wig- makers, and they furnished me with the picture showing you made up as Henry Courtenay. It seems that under the name of Slade you furnished them With a por- trait of the dead man and ordered the disguise to be copled exactly—a fact to which a dozen witnesses are prepared to swear. This caused me to wonder what game you were playing, and after watching I found that on certain nights you wore the disguise—a most complete nnd excel- lent one—and with it imposed upon the unfortunate widow of weak intellect. You posed her husband, and she believed you to be him, So completely was the woman in your thrall that you actually led her to belleve that Courtenay was not dead after all. You had a deeper game to play. It was a clever and daring plece of im- posture. Representing yourself as her hus- band who for financial reasons had been compelled to disappear and was be- lieved to be dead, you had formed a plan whereby to obtain the widow's for- tune as soon as the executors had given her complete mastery of it. You had a ranged it all with her. She was to pose as a widow, mourn your los and then sell the Devonshire estate and hand you the money, believing you to be her hus. band and rightly entitled to it. The ter- rible crime which the unfortunate woman bad committed at your instigation had turned her brain, as you anticipated, and she, docile and half-witted, was entirely beneath your fnfluence until—" and he paused. |7 “Until what?" I asked, utterly astounded at this remarkable explanation of what I had considered to be an absolutely inex- plicable phenomenon. e He spoke again quite calmly, tugging at | his little pointed mpustachs “Until this man to his dismay found that poor Mrs. Courtenay's intellect was re- gaining its strength. They met beside the river, and her brain, suddenly regaining its balance, she discovered the Ingenious fraud he was imposing upon her.” Turn- ing to Sir Bernard he said: “She tore off your disguise and declared that she would {go to the police and tell the truth of the whole circumstances—how that you had in- duced her to go to the house In Kew and Kkill her husband. You saw that your game was up If she were not silenced, therefore without further ado you sent the poor woman to her last*account.” “You lle!" Eyton cried, his drawn face blanched to the lips. “She fell jn—acel- | dentally.” ] She d!d not. You threw her o, de- clared Ambler Jevons, firmly. “I followed you there. I was a witness of the scene between you, and, although too far off'to | save poor Mre. Courtenay, I was witness {of vour crime “You!" he gasped, glaring at my compan- fon In fear, as though be foresaw horror of his punishment. “Yes!" responded Jevcns, in a dry, mat- ter-of-fact voice, his sleepy eyes brighten- ing for & moment. “Since the day of the tragedy at Kew until this afternoon I have { never relinquirhed the inquiry. The Seven | Becrets 1 took cne by ome, and gradually penetrated them, at the same time keeping slways mear you and watching your move- lsast expected it. But enough—I never reveal my methods. Suf- | fice to say that in this I bave succeeded by sheer patience and application. Every word of my silegation I am prepared to 4 “I suppose you will eay next | substantiate Batley." looked | there In due course at the Ol Then, after a second's pause, he straight at the culprit standing crushed and dumb before him, and declared, “Sir Bernard Eyton, you are a muraerer! With my love's hand held 14 mine | stood epoechless at the staggering revelations. 1| {eav Bthelwynn watched the contortions of the old doctor's face with secret satis- faction, for he bad cver been her ememy, | just as he had been mine. He had ut tered those libellious hints regarding Wer | with & view to parting us, 80 as to give him greater freedom to work his will with poor Mary. Then when he had feared that through my love 1 hal obtained knowledge the Brighton traln had also been a caller the ate at his house in connection With terapt planned to be made upon “You—you intend to arrest m he gasped at with some difficulty, his brow like ivory bemeath tight-drawn skin. A change had come over him, and he was standing with his back to a bookcase, swaying unsteadily as though he must fall “1 certainly do,” was Ambler Jevons' prompt response. “‘You have been the means of committing a double murder for the purposes of gain—because you knew that your friend, Courtenay, had lett a will In your favor in the event of his wife's decease. That will has already been proved; but perhape it may interest you to know that the latest and therefore the valld will is in my own possession, I having found it during a search of the dead man's effects In company with my friend, Boyd. It s dated only nine months ago, and leaves the fortune to the widow, and in the event of her death to her sister, Ethel- wynn. ““To me!" cricd my love In surpri “Yes, Miss Ethelwyfin. Everything ls fett to you unreservedly,” he explained. ‘Then, turning again to the clever impostor before him, he added: ‘“‘You will therefore recognize that all your plotting, so well matured and so carefully planned that your demoniacal ingenulty almost surpasses the comprehension of man, has been in vain. By the neglect of one small detail, namely, to sufficiently disguise your identity when dealing with Curtis, 1 have been enabled, after a Jong and tedlous seargh, to fix the man who on several occasions was made up to present in the night the appearance of Courtenay. The work has taken me many tedious weeks. I visited every wigmaker and half the hairdressers in London un- successfully, until by mere chance the ruf- flan whom you employed to entrap my triend Boyd gave me a clue to the fact that Curtis made wigs as well as theatrical costumes. The inquiry has been a long and hazardous onme,” he went on. “But from the very first, I was determined to get at the bottom of the mystery, cost me what it might, and I have fortunately suc- ceeded.” Then, turning again to the cring- ing wretch upon whom the terrible denun- clation had come a thunderbolt, he added: *The forgiveness of man, Sir Ber- nard Eyton, you will never obtain. It hi been ever a law that the murderer shall die—and you will be'no exception.” The effect of those words upon the guilty man was almost electrical. He drew him- self up stify, his keen, wild eyes starting from his blanched face as he glared at his accuser. His lips moved. No sound, how- ever, came from them. The muscles of his Jaws seemed to suddenly become paralyzed, for he was unable to close his mouth. He stood for a moment, an awful spectacle, the brand of Cain upon him. A strange, gurgling sound escaped him, as though he were trying to articulate but was unable; then he made wild pigns with both his Hands, clutched suddenly at the alr and fell forward in a fit. I went to him, loosened his collar, and applied restoral but in ten minufes I saw that he was beyond human aid. What T had at first belleved to be a fit was a sudden cessation of thé functions of the heart—caused by wild excitement, and the knowledge that punishment was upon hirm. Within ten minutes of that final accusa- tion the old man lay back upon the carpet lifeless, struck dead by natural causes at the moment that his crimes had, become revealed. Thus were the seven secrets explained, and thus was the Central Criminal court and the public spared what would have been ‘one of the most sensational trials of modern times. The papers on Monday reported deepest regret” the sudden death “with from heart disease of him whom they termed “one of the greatest and most skiliful Just three years have pa memorable evening. You, my reader, are probably curfous to know whether I have succeeded in obtaln- ing the quiet country practice that was my ideal. Well, yes, I have. And what is more, I have obtained in Ethelwynn a wite who I8 devoted to me and beloved by all the countryside—a wife who fis the very pertection of all that is noble and good in woman. The Courtenay estate is ours, but I am not an idle man. Somehow I cannot be. My practice? Where is it? Well, it is in Leicestershire. 1 dare not be more explicit, for Ethelwynn has urged me to conceal our {dentity, in order that we may rot be remarked as a couple whose woolng ‘was 80 strangely romantic. Ambler Jevens stil carries on his tea- blending business in the city, the most con- firmed of bachelors, and the sbrewdest of all criminal investigators. Even though we have been so intimate for years, and he often visits me at—I was nearly, by a slip, writing the name of the Lelcestershire village—he has never explained to me his methods, and seldom, If ever, speaks of those wonderful successes by which Scot- land Yard is so frequently glad to profit. Only & few days ago, while we were sit- of his dastardly oftense he ‘had made an attempt upon my life by means of hired ruMans. The woman who had been in his drawing room at Hove on the occasion | of my visit was Mary. as I afterward found out, and the attractive yousg person in CONDITION OF OMAHA'S TRADE Shortage of Freight Oars Oaunsing Some Uneasiness Ameng Jobters. PRICES FIRM, WITH UPWARD TENDENCY Future Business AU le ered ry Favor Expect to Break All Previous Records, The only disturbing eleme: situation In this locality seems to be the shortage of cars, which makes it impos- si0ie 1or tarmers to move thelr grain and her farm products, The effect of that, of course, 8 te make money scarce in the country, reduce the volume of business (o some exte 1d retard collections. Th situation, ever, Is not looked upon at all eerfous, for the fact is pointed o that farmers have the produce to sell and Just as soon a8 the shortage of cars |s relfeved the money will begin flowing Into the hands of farmers and from there to the retaller and back to the jobber and manutacturer. The outlook for future busi ness as a result is very encouraging and in the trade every one seems to feel nfident that spring trade is going to break all previous records. The main dificulty seems to be to get the goods with which to All orders, owing to the greatly oversold condition of the markets and also because of the con gested condition of the rafiroads, which make shipments from the east very siow n _arriving, The markets as a whole are in very much the same condition they were a week ago. There have been some fuctuations prices back and forth, but as a gener: thing values are being well maintained. with the tendency upward rather than downward. Owink to the big consumption of all staple lines that is expected for the next several months, those best posted predict very strong markets for some (ime to come. , Sugar and Coffee a I le Migher. In the line of groceries prices are very firm, with the consumptive demand excep. tionally heavy for this season of the year, and several lines are quoted higher ‘than hey were a week ugo. The market on refineds sugar has not changed so ar as quotations go, but raws have been marked up one-sixteentn of A cent, with every in- dication for still higher' prices in the future. Another advance In raws woud o e an advance in refined grades, and, as e London market is quoted strong, higher prices on refined are looked for at mast any ume. Hesides that the apring ana 13 now at hand, which Wil increase consump- tion ‘I'he coffee market s also in a v strong position, with prices advan Both Arbuckies and Lyons have a prices on roasted coffee one-half cent per pound, owing to a corresponding advancs in green coffee. It Is reported that recelps in Brazil have fallen off very materinlly and that the world's visible supply of affee was reduced half a million d Ing (he month of January. Fhose sho o in a position to know look for still nigher pices in the future. The tea market has ikewise taken an upward jump teas are quoted all the way per pound higher than they ago. It seems that there i no tea in the country except last year's crop, as every- body, from the importer to the retaller, figured on cleaning up their stocks Jan ary 1, at which time the government t wis reduced As a result stocks of teas are lighter than they have been before in a pood many years. The cheesc market is In a very strong position, with advances ) eported on ¢ricks mburger and Swiss. Ociober-made Youn Americas are exceeding scare and hard (o obtaln at any figure Beans are a little easler again and prices :l;:;!@ b@T%c per bushel lower than a week In the line of canned goods there is not much new to be said except that the mar- ket on future corn is in a very strong posi- tion. It is claimed that seed corn is very scarce and for that reason the new crop will be materfally reduced. During the week under review the market has ad- vanced 214@tc per dozen. The rice market is stiil In a very strong position and prices have advanced ke, The high grades are becoming more scarce every week, 8o that the outlook for continued strong prices is very favorable. House Trade Active, House trade with Omaha dry bers was more active last week any time o far this season. no former time has February house tra been as heavy as during last week. chants arrived from all directions, and as they are figuring on & good brisk demand for spging lines their orders were naturally unusually large. According to advices re- celved, this week will be fully as lively as last week, so that jobbers expect to do a rushing business. Omaha wholesalers are doing consider- able complaining about the dificulty they are having in getting popular lines of goods from the manufacturers, owing to the fact that most lines are largely oversold. This applles not only to patterned fabrics bu also to plain goods. Brown cotions of cer- tain grades are also in short supply, and it Is sald that sales for export during the last thirty days have exceeded 100,000 bales of sheetings. The result has been an ad- vance In both brown and bleached goods and still higher prices are looked for. In addition to the export business the home | demand has been very iarge up to the resent time, 5o that jobbers say that sarly uyers will make no mistake in supplying themselves with what they will need to carry them through the spring. The ac- tivity etxends to ail departments. inelud- ing dress goods, wash goods, white good laces, embroideries, hoslery and underwear. Owing to the general healthy condition of business throughout the country conserva- tive jobbers feel themselves justified in predicting a continuance of a liberal de- mand for some time to come. Hardware a Little Quiet. The hardware market was not very brisk last week. but stlil the volume of business ‘was about as lirge as could be expected at this season of the vear. Jobbers are rather of the opinfon that the shortage of cars mentioned above is Baving a bad effect upon the hardware trade, as farm- ers use the big bulk of the hardware, and they are not uo!nf very much buying just at this time. This situation, howevery is thought to be only temporary and in a very short time spring business will doubtless show & blg improvement, Bo tar as the general market situation is concerned, thers is nothing of much in- terest to report, as all lines are in prac- tically the same position they were a week ago, and so far as known no Important changes will take place in the near fut The feeling seems to be good and firm ali along the line. Good Dem tor Spring Rubbers, The soft weather of the early part of last week created a very lively demand for rubber boots and sandals. The snow went off so quickly that it was almost im- possible for people to g0 out of doors with- out rubbers, so that retailers did a rush- g business Jobbers felt the effect to some extent, but most merchants had so much stock on hand that they did not have to order a new supply. ting on the lawn behind my quaint, old- tashioned house awaiting dinner, I chanced to remark upon the happiness which his in- genuity and perseverance had brought me; whereupon he replied, turning to me with a slight, reflective smile: “Ah, yes! Ralph, old tellow. I ga that problem In despair fully a dozen time and it was only because I knew that the tuture happiness of you both depended upon its satisfactory solution that I began atresh and sirove on, detormined not to be beaten. I watched carefully, not only Byton, but Ethelwynn and yourself. I was often near you when you least suspected my presence. But that erafty old scoundrel was possessed of the ingepuity of satan himself, combined with all the shrewd qualities that go to make a goed detective; hence in every movement, every wile and every action he was careful to cover himself, o that he could establish an alibl on every point For that reason the work wi extremely difficult. He was a veritable artist in crime. Yes,” he declared, “of the many in quiries T've teken up, the most curious and most complicated of them all was that of The Seven Secrols.” (The End.) n Cattle Admitted. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Feb. 14.—The gov- ernor has {ssued an order raising the pro- hibition against the importation of Cana dian cattle. The order against the impor- tation of United States cattle is still en- forced. The frult companies are having difculty in providing steamships with car- The situation has not changed report in regard to future busi chants are beginning to place ti nce_last . Mer- r orders to quite an extent, but there is atill more tendency for them to hold their orders back. That ts the case evgry year, how- ever, and it is doubtful If if (s much more pronounced this season than in former years. doing a very beginning to or spring nes, 8o ting them on time. In a very short time jobbers look for quite an increase in sales. Fruits and Produce. There was & g0od, brisk demand last week for fruits and vegetables. Apples in particular sold freely. Jobbers report their 8tocks quite liberal and in a position to fill all orders promptly. Prices have not chi d materially during the week Qranges were also in better demand ‘than they have been for some little time past Green stuff I coming on the market more treely and the demand for it is increasing at arapid rate. The prices at which the different lines are selling will be found in another column. ‘The receipts of eggs were very liberal all last week and as a result prices took quite a drop. Poultry, on tho other hand. wee 1o ught recelpt and as the demand was quite iiberal prices ruled strong. The batter market wa eavily stocked, whic rg prices to weaken a trifie. " opuy Weekly Bank Statement, EW YORK. Feb. 14.—The st averages of clearing house banks of thi city for the week (five busines