CIRCUMSTANTIAL.
The murder of old Mr. Weathercraft
created the umtal nine dnya' sonmition,
i . t m. .i. '
theeommitUlofJame. Thom,n the
deceased's butler, to take his trial for
the crime. The case could not come on
in the ordinary course of events for four
or live months at nearest, so the public,
having taken the learned opinions of the
various newspapers, entered a unani
mous verdict of guilty against the ac
cused and turned its attention to other
matters. The law officers were to be
trusted to do their duty at the appointed
time, and tho papers would, of course,
make things as amusing as possible
when the time came, so James Thomp
son languished in his cell, forgotten,
save by those officially interested in in
troducing him to the awful majesty of
the law.
Vox populi, vox deil Let ns follow
the example of the sovereign people and
leave .old James m ms solitary cell while
we give a short account of Mr. Weather
craft and his melancholy end.
He was a man of 00 or thereabouts, a
retired stockbroker, rich, and of good
standing in the community, living in a
well appointed house, with a large staff
of servants, tnnch given to quiet hos
pitality, and since his retirement paying
more attention to his kitchen and wine
cellar than to the fluctuations of the
market and the gambolling (save the
mark) of bulls and bears. An old house
keeper presided over his establishment,
and next to her in importance came the
butler, almost as old both in age and
time of service, he whom wo have just
left waiting trial for the murder of his
master.
It would have been difficult to point
out any particularity about Mr. Weatli
rcraft. anything to distinguish him from
other hale, genial old bachelors of the
name class. He was commonly supposed
to have no eccentricities, no hobbies and
few strong opinions; in fact, those
who knew him said he was only a crank
-oa one subject
To be called a crank is the penalty
nowadays for holding and airing an
opinion in which at least nine-tenths of
the community do not concur.
Mr. Weathercraft was what may be
called a circumstantial evidence crank.
He held indirect evidence in the deep
rst distrust, and though as firm a be
liever in hanging for murder as any
criminal lawyer on or off the bench, yet
held that no evidence save that of repu
table eyewitnesses should send a man to
the gallows.
On this cheerful topic he was much ,
given to after dinner discourses, nor was , in tlle privacy of their inner office that
his rather hairing style unknown to the j .if llie 0j fallow would only get off
correspondents' columns of the daily pa- tjjat tommy rot abont the siller to the
Irs. He was known to have written a ' jury tney wouu bring him in insane
magazine article on the subject, which, without leaving the box."
however, never saw the light, though it gut jf the lawyer believed or half be
spent a whole year making the rounds j H,eveil ni8 ciient innocent, he found it
of the magazine offices. Such is the difficu'.t to offer even to himself any
blindness of the editorial mind. His ; reason for the half faith that was in
"Letters to the Editor" got him inter- him, and it was with the worst forebod-
newea once or twice wnen newspapers
were very hard np for copy. He en
joyed the process hugely and always
.asked the reporter to "call" again.
When the old man was dead and his
butler arrested, people said it was a clear
case of Nemesis that the evidence against
bis slayer should be so conclusive and at
the same time so purely circumstantial,
and 6ome wag of a reporter was heard to
wonder whether after Thompson's trial,
conviction and execution old Weather
craft's ghost would address ghostly de
uunciation to ghostly newspapers from
mere force of habit or would sulk in a
corner of ghosthtnd and refused to be in-
terviewed. The case indeed seemed clear i
euough. Weathercraft had gone to bed i him np by talking of "stays" and "ap
on the 19th of November well and in j peals." He recommended him to make 1
good spirits. On the following morning
be was found dead, stabbed to the heart.
The weapon which was found buried in
the old man's heart was an old fashioned
silver skewer, part of the family plate,
and had clearly been sharpened for its
deadly purpose. The sharpening seemed
to nave been done with a file or some
such rough implement. There was very
little external hemorrhage, only a few
drops of blood being visible.
The last person who saw the master
alive was the accused himself. Accord
ing to his story, he had gone up to Mr.
Weathercraft's room with the plate
chest, it being the old man's habit to
keep the silver in his own room at night,
though the key was left with the house
keeper after the chest had been locked
up. This had been the custom in the
house for many years. His master was
in bed reading a novel and said "good
night" in his usual way. Mr. Weather
craft never locked his door at night as
the footman was expected to come in at
6 o'clock in the morning, fill the bath
and light the fire.
This was all the accused could or
would say beyond denying all knowledge
of how his master had come to his death.
The footman, on being examined, tes
tified to having found the body. He had
entered as usual at 8 o'clock, scarcely
waiting to knock, aud had made arrange
ments for his master's toilet, thinking
him asleep. Mr. Weathercraft was a
heavy sleeper, but usually awoke when
the bath was being filled. As his master
did not move, the witness went to the
bedside, and to use the poor fellow's own
expression, "As I hope for mercy, sir,
the face was the face of a dead corpse."
This witness further added that the bed
was but little disordered, the lamp was
out, and the novel lay open on its face on
the floor. He did not remove the skewer
or attempt to do so, but ran and told the
couseneeper, wno Bent nun lor tne po
lice. The housekeeper being summoned
identified the skewer as part of the usual
contents of the plate chest, which led to
the recall of the butler, who, being
asked whether he had counted the silver
n the night of the murder, answered in
the affirmative, but, being pressed, ad
mitted that he did not often count the
eilver that was not in everyday use.
Then finally, as if divining at length his
real position, he broke down, calling on
God to strike him dead if he knew any
thing about his old master'i murder,
ana wa 100 hsnk arror iwyntft i was a
jvuiinneut on him for "leaving tho silver
uncounted."
The strongest evidence airniiiat tho ao
cuwhi was found when a search was
mailo in his room. It looked as if old
Thompson must have ben almost mad
,(ft go mut witnwB1M
, against himself. In a tall vae on the
, mantelpiece was found a cheap file,
j which, wheu examined by an expert,
proved to have small particles of silver
still adhering to it. On a Mg in the
chimney was Mr. Weathercraft'a purse,
1 containing f: 15 in notce and some change.
Finally, at the side of the coverlet,
rather more than half way down toward
tho foot of the bed, were discovered
three distinct Mains, which expert evi
dence asserted to be blood stains, aud
seemed to have been left by a human
' risht hand.
I If motive were wanted for the crime,
Mr. Weathercraft'a will seemed to offer
it. The will hud been drawn up for
some months previously aud witnessed
t),i tui liwin c..tv-u . ita ta In tit MikllHtl
consistlng of a ,H uest 0j 10,ooo to the
UmML u goemod iW
that Thompson knew of this bequest
and that he had perpetrated this awful
crime in order to benefit by it the sooner.
It is not surprising in the face of all
the evidence that James Thompson was
fully committed to take his trial for will
ful murder of his deceased tnastci, so
that public opinion almost unanimously
condemned him in advance.
' During the fonr months that elapsed
between the arrest and the trial James
Thompson sat despairing in his cell. He
spoke but little, answering his lawyer
apathetically, throwing no uew light on
the case, but continuing to deny every-
thing. He seemed like one in a hopeless
j maze, who cau't exactly understand how
i he got there and has given up all hopes
j of ever getting out.
As we have said before, the public was
tolerably unanimous in believing him
gnilty, though, strange to say, there was
one notable exception. His lawyer, a
sharp criminal practitiouer, who had
, taken np the case with his eye fixed on
I the 110.000. almost believed him inno
centwe say almost, for Mr. Sharply
made a point of never allowing himself
to quite believe anything of anybody,
j Mr. Sharply, as a rule, almost believed
I his client guilty; in the present instance
j he almost believed him innocent, and
j that was all.
i Indeed there was something pathetic
! in the puzzled expression which never
left the old man's face, aud his occasional
: remark, with a melancholy shake of the
; head, "It was all along of me leaving
tnr siller uncounted." Mr. Sharply, who
i was Draeucai even 111 ms wnier iiiooua.
m...e -.xnressed an oninion to his nartner
mif3 tllilt lie gaW the dav of trial dawn
at last.
The case was called, and Sharply did
his best, but there was indeed very little
to be done. There is an end to all things,
even things legal, an end to challenges,
an end to exceptions asked and taken.
The judge delivered his charge, and the
jury left the box. It is supposed that
they did this as a compliment to Mr.
Sharply, who was always popular with
I juries. At all events they soon filed
1 back again with a verdict of "guilty as
i charged in the indictment." Old Thomp
son was formally condeined to d.-utli.
He was led back to his cell, where his !
lawyer visited Lim and tried to cheer
himself comfortable, explaining that by
the grace of God anil the laws of the
state he had still a couple of years nr so
to live, unless things went very badly.
But the old man Bhook his head and
said "No!" He had been condemned to
death and the sooner he died the better.
He didn't want any more palavering
about it since it was all along of that
"Eiller'1 he had left uncounted. In vain
Sharply pointed out that uncounted sil
er was not a hanging matter. Old
Thompson was firm, and the lawyer de
parted not altogether without hope and
demanded a commission to inquire into j
his client's sanity.
The doctors came in due time and ex
amined the prisoner. Then they talked
it over among themselves and decided
that, though he was certainly a little
odd, he had sense enough to hang satis
factorily and handed in their report in
that sense.
So old Thompson was told that he had
nothing further to hope for in this
world and sat down to wait through the
months which the wisdom rather than
the mercy of the law ordains shall elapse
between a condemned man's sentence
and execution. And here we must leavg
him while we pay a visit at the office of
Mr. Fogey, the late Mr. Weathersraft's
lawyer and confidential man of busi
ness. It was Monday morning, just six
months after Mr. Weathercraft's death.
Mr. Fogey was busy, but when his clerk
entered and handed him a card he
glanced at it and ordered the visitor to
be admitted.
The card bore the name of Mr. C. T.
Lacey, and underneath, "on business
connected with the late George Weath
ercraft's estate." He was just acquaint
ed with Mr. Lacey and knew him to be
a very old friend of his deceased client,
bnt he was at a loss to divine the reason
of his visit. The lawyer rose as his vis
itor entered, and motioning him to a
chair asked how he could serve him, to
which Mr. Lacey replied by producing a
packet from his pocket and laying it
down on the table in front of Mr. Fogey.
Then he sat down ami began;
"Mr. Fogey," he said, "I have come
here today in obedience to a reijiv;nt of
poor, dear Weathercraft. There is a
packet which he gave mo some six
months or more before ho was murder
ed, asking me to give it to you or your
successor exactly six months after his
death. The time is up today, and here
The lawyer took tho packet. It was a
tolerably thick one, inclosed in a long
business envelope. Ho turned it over iu
his baud and theu remarked:
"I am not sure, Sir. Lacey, whether
in view of his strange aud sudden end
yon should not have had this examined
before."
"Probably yon are right from a legal
point of view," replied tho visitor, "hut
I promised, you see, and I didu't sec any
reason iu tho manner of his death for
breaking my promise. If it had been
suicide, now it might have been differ
ent, but as it was I thought 1 had bet
ter wait."
"Well, I suppose you are right from
your point of view," said Mr. Fogey as
he slit the envelope methodically along
tho top edge and opened tho package. It
contained a foolscap paper wrapped
around 10 United States notes, earn for
$1,000. Ho counted tho notes, and lay
ing them down opened the paper and
read without comment, while Mr. Lacey
listened in silent attention:
Id Washington avk.ni's, April SO,
Pkaii Kihikt-I must U'clu ljr aHluKlalng
fur committing tlm letter lu Lx-cy'i churn
rmlior limit lo yours, lutein liv wiucl
more natural. lUit 1 have Uiuuirhl lliaiiua
lawyer you uilclit feel It your duty to makr IU
content known Iwfor tU nilrd Utuo. At
11 events f it would lmv found yourself In a
try-inn anil iltnVult poeltlim. lly obeying tut
you would iiuMibly, iu 1 ycr, tuour cuu.nr.
lly oeonlnis (li Utter before tlm tint you
would defeat nil my plain and ho,o 1 aliall
baud (Ida to 1-aoey m trust for you and Im
you to fon;lv mo.
1 am confident when you rend tlila I shall
bare been dead all mouths, tnunlt'iYil fur so
the law haa doubtless decided by old Jamea,
my butler, Willi a akuwor, earl of Die silver
commuted lo hlsiharuti.
Then will not ham been wanting abundant
evidence IcKuliy conclusive annlnst my mur
derer or even motive for bis deed. 1 may there
fore sunoove thai by the time you read this lis
baa been condemned and sentenced, but not
executed, since the law requires an Interval be
twaen sentence and execution..
The legacy left him In my will, beside sun
plying poaoible motive for bis crime and en
hancing Its hciuousm-sa, has probably fur
libdied him means for rtier defense on Ills
trial. Yet In spite of this ha has been convict
ed and sentenced. Is ll not sor
Aud now to explain everything, to make the
dark clear and the crooked straight.
OntheUth of November last I committed
suicide, having previously arranged that every
thing should point clearly lo the guilt of
James, my butler. I secreted the skewer.
sharpened It with a rile and placed the file (ll
Thompson' room. 1 stained bis coverlet with
blood, my blood, for ll came from a cut on niy
auger. 1 bid my pursa In his chimney, and
finally, OD the night of Nor. 18, 1 committed
suicide by stabbing myself to the heart.
And now for my reasons.
In taking my own bfe 1 hare doubtless com
mitted a crime against the laws of Uod and
the slate, but I believe thai tlx life of one man
Is of little value when weighed against aven a
possible good to the community. If my death
fulfills the object 1 have in view, then uiy life
has been well sacrificed. And even If It fails,
the Intention will absolve me.
Next, 1 bare Inflicted great anguish of mind
on an Innocent and virtuous old man. But
here again the agony, even If ll run lo martyr
dom of one, must be weighed against the bene
fit of the many. Fur Jauies Thompson himself
1 bare endeavored to supply consolation, if not
compensation. In my legac y of f 1U.HU and the
supplementary sum of JIU.U.0 which I Inclose
herewith. May hu understand and forgive me.
Perhaps even now yuu scarcely understand
what 1 ho to have accomplished by my death,
but I will endiaror to explain. You have
heard me speak, you have perhaps read my
written words on the use of circumstantial
eriuence. 1 am convinced that so long as dw)
are dune to death on Indirect evidence so long
muni the constant possibility of Judicial mur
der lie heavy on the conscience of the nation.
By my death and Thumpeon'e conviction I
hope to awaken lha public, conscience to a
sense of its shameful burden. If 1 am success
ful, then all haa been well done.
Here is an inuocent man sentenced lo death
on circumstantial evidence of the clearest de
scription, and but for this letter bis sentence
wauld eventually be executed.
All that 1 hare done to fix my death ujnn
Thompson might have been done by a third
party bad I bevn really aaaaaaluated.
In conclusion I beg that a copy of this letter
be sent lo each of the newspapers, and that the
Inclosure be banded to Jamea Thomiwon with
the assurance of my affection and thanks fur
bis servicua voluntary aud others.
For m) lf I feel that If this case leads to a
revision of the law touching the lntlictlnn of
the death penalty neither my Ufa nor Thomp
son's pence of mind will hare been vainly sac
rificed. YoUT affectionate friend,
UtOUUI WEATUEItt'HAIT.
The two men sat silent for a minute
while the lawyer folded up the paper
and laid it on the little pile of notes.
Then Mr. Lacey spoke:
"I always thought jxxir Weathercraft
was a bit of a crank on circumstantial
evidence, but he must have been tturk,
staring mad. I wonder what old James
will think of it. I wouldn't have gone
through it for millions."
"I doubt if old James would if he had
been given a chance," replied the man of
law; "not but what $JO,000 is a good
round sum for the old fellow to earn in
six mouths, though he might have pre
ferred earning it in some other way."
"Do you think it likely to h:ethe de
sired effect on the minds of our law giv
ers?" atiked the other.
"Kot tho least in the world," replied
Mr. Fogey, "rather the reverse, I Bhould
imagine," he continued, with a half
smile. "People will cay that Weather
craft was as mad as a March liaru and
may even infer that everybody who
shares his views is a little cracked too.
No, no! Poor Weathercraft has thrown
his life away, old Thompson in richer by
$20,000 minus his law expenses and plus
a vast deal of experience, aud the law
will remain jnttt as it was before.
"Now good by. I'm off to uliow the
letter to tho governor. It's a rum caso
anyhow." Philadelphia Prens.
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STU..I0SKPII KKl.l.Olil! leaves
Kelso Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, at 11 A. M. Leaves Port
land, Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 7 A. M.
STR. NORTH WKST--Leaven Port
land Monday, Wednesday and
Friday for Kclsoand Pimt Cow
litz river points, returning tho
following days.
This is the only direct route to
reach all Cowlitz river points.
WM. R. HOLM AN, Agent.
Taylor Street Dock, Portland, Or.
WOOD TURNING
' -A.2STD .
SCROLL SAWING
; boxes or any sizes manufactured
Parties desiring Wood Turning, Pat
terns, Itrackets, or
! Shop Carpenter's Work
r fivmui w sww.
Will be Suited by Calling' on Me,
Doors, Windows and Blinds
TO ORDER.
Q-. U. BESTOW,
fJOpp. thf Conjfrctfi.ti'mril Cliiirr1,
Do Not Climb the Hill !
-STOP AT
George C. Ely's
POSTOFFICE STORE,
IClyville, - Oregon,
Whore you can girt tl'" liinln'nt
cuhIi prico for
Butter, Eggs and Other Farm
Produce.
Full lino fif now joiIri at priors
lower than Oregon City.
p If you lire intcrctitwl in 4.
Advert. wing ;
j yon onglit to lie a mib-
Hcriber ot I'hintkhs' Ink: Q
a journal for ailvt:rtinorn. i
j FrinterH Ink
iri iHHticd weekly and in "jj
filleil with contributioiiH m
nixl helpful HuggeHtioim
I from tho hrightt.'Ht iiiintlr)
P in tho ndvertiHiiin hiiHi- "j
f liens. I
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L i iiuitm iiiiv
f!ostn only two doIlarH a
year. A riample copy will
r be went on receipt of five
l centH.
ADDKKHH
I'HINTKUS' INK,
10 Bpvut St., - flaut Yonk
OKF.0ON CITY IIOHK CO., No J
Itenular ineotlriic third TnemUy of each
month at 7: P M J. I IlKNNKaPre.
II. b. Utua NoK, Hue. U, Nkczukh, V'rm.
L. A. H, OF E. 1). KAK Kit CAMP, 8. OF V.
Meet In K. P. Hall on the Mccond and fourth
Mouilay e ven I oif of each month.
Mb W. F.. JOHNBON.Prea't.
Mlai Norka L'aurr, lec'y.
EAST AND SOUTH
TIIK SllTsTA HOUTK
Of tho
SOUTIIIiKN l'ACIIIC COMPANY.
I''xiithh TiiiliiN leu v roilliinil Piilly.
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DlNINll CAItrl ON Otll'K.N KOIITK
Pullman Buffet Sleepers.
Ah 0
Soeond-Gnss Sloopln Car
Atiaehi'd to all I li r u k It tralni
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At Alhany and i'lirvallla eonni'el with tralm
ul Oreon and I'acirie Itallnmd.
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7 Jf r at I Ar MeMliinvllln l.v l tau
A. M
THROUCH TICKETS
TO Al t. POINT IN 'I'll K
KAHTKItN HI'ATKH. CANADA AND K.t'ltol'K
Can he nhlalnxd at low rut rle front I. II
Mourn, Aitiit, nri'iion ' It y.
K I1. ItotlKltM,
A't ll. K. and A (out .
Through
Tickets
I aw
Salt Lake, Denver
Omaha, Kansas City
Chicago, St. Louis,
AND ALL
Hastcrn Cities.
31 DAYS TO
2 CHICAGO
Htlif(,iiick('t to Chicago
and tho Kust.
Unnri Miickcr to Omaha
riUlilp and Kansas City.
I't'I.I.MAN A TOl'llIST SLKET-
ICIiS, FKKK KKCI.ININC Chair
Ctirt, liiiiin t'ur.
S. II. II. Chirk.
unver w. .Mink,
K. Kllery AntlerMon, )
Oliver W. Mink, Receiver.
For ruti'M iiml Kfiit-rtil informa
tion call on or aihlrcxH,
w. ii. iiiiitiJiruT, ahhi. Ceni.
I'iihh. A nt., 'J.'i l Washington St., cor.
Third, r.irtland, Or.
-TIIK-
Oregon Pacific Railroad
K. W. IIADLKY, Ueceiver.
Direct Line Quick dispatch
Low freight rate hetweell Wil
lamette Valley i 1 1 1 h and San
Franeirieo.
OCKAN STKAMKIt SA I LINOS.
S. S. Willamette Valley
Leaven San FraneiHco Oetoher 17
and '27, and Nov. lo.
Leaven Vaiiiina Octoher I'J and
'J'J, and Nov. o.
Tli ib Conijuiiiy rexervcH tho
rilit to change nailing date with
out notice.
KIVKKKTHA.MHKH.
Steamer "Hoag" leaven I'ortliinil
Wednenday'n and Siiturday'H at 0
A. M.
II. C. DAV, den. Ag't. Salmon
Street Wharf, Tori land,
D. It. VAU01IN, (leu. Ag't. San
Francinco, Cal.
C. C. IKHJIJE, (i. F. A V. A.,
Corvallin, Oregon.
NOBLETT'S STABLES.
Livery, Feed and SaloStahle
ORECONCITY.
LOCATKIJ IIKTWKKN TIIK IIHIDOK AND
IlK.l'OT.
Douhle and Singlo Rign, and sad
dle hornen always on hand at the
lowest prices. A corral 1 connected
with the ham for loose stock.
Information renanlintt any kind or
stock promptly atttindml to by person of
letter.
Horses Bought and Sold.
FRANK NELDON
GUNSMITH AND LOCKSMITH
Full Stock of Guns Ammunition.
Iti'mirn on all kiniifi of n in nil muclilnes
promptly made. Duplicate keyn to
any loek iiimnifarttired. Hliop on
Main Htreet, tiet to
Noblitt't HtaliUi.
KOKHl.KK,
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