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THE NEW AGE. PORTLAND. OBEGON.
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CHAPTKIt VIII.
At ten o'clock n cnrrliiKi' drew tip before
the residence of the lute bnnker, anil from
It desretiili-il Sheriff Colli), Deputies Lan
iiIiik mid Kpenrs mill their prisoner.
The coroner nml his jury of six chosc-n
men were already convened In the library,
and to Unit room the olllcers at once re
paired with their prisoner.
A number of persons were already pres
ent In the spacious rooms, among them
beliiR Attorney Dobbs and his son Arthur,
a rlsln youns lawyer of near Hobert's
aire. Dr. Norciun was present, and De
tective 8ellars sut near one of the library
windows, khzIiik apparently out on the
lawn.
The prisoner's sister and n number of
other ladles were on the floor nbove with
the bereaved daughter of the murdered
mnn.
Hlivrirr Cobb stntloned I.nnnlni? at the
front door of the residence, with orders
to admit no one else to the house without
his approval. "Why," he observed, "curi
osity will brine so ninny Unit they will
overrun the house."
Attorney Dobbs had visited Hobort In
Jail and assured him that he had faith In
Ills Innocence. lie also bore a message
from his son to the effect that he would
undertake his defense.
When all was In readiness the sheriff
threw open the door leading to the cham
ber of the murdered man iiud the jury
viewed the remains.
Dr. Norcuin was duly nworn and depos
ed that the banker's death was caused by
the blade of a knife or sharp Instrument,
which had been thrust in his breifst with
Hitch force that the heart was umiucstlou
ulil.v pierced.
"Would his death have necessarily been
Instantaneous?" asked Arthur Dobbs.
"Nearly so," was the reply; "there
might have been a groan, perhaps a cry
of hell), but nothing more."
"There was, for I henrd distinctly the
last words he uttered. They were these:
Help! Murder!' "
The one who made this assertion was
Herman Craven, who had entered the
room unobserved and utoud motionless
near the door.
"You will be examined later, Mr. Cra
ven," suld w coroner. Then turning to
the Jury, he said: "Clentlemeii of the Jury,
are you satisfied as to the cause of
dentil V"
All expressed themselves ns thoroughly
t, and ufter viewing the orlllee left by
the keen blade of the knife, the party re
paired to the library.
"Now, Herman Craven, If you will be
worn, we will hear your testimony."
The coroner administered the oath, nud
s Herman's statement was merely u
repetition of the words he used on the
night of the murder, In the presence of
the sheriff, Dr. Norcuin ami Detective
Hollars, It Is useless to chronicle it fully
here.
"Are you certain, Mr. Craven," asked
Arthur Dobbs, "that the cries you heard
rmauated from the litis of your uncle? '
"Absolutely certain," was the reply. "It
Is Impossible that I could bo mistaken
there. And those two words I supposed
indicated that he hud been seized with a
sudden attack of acute pain from which
lie sometimes suffered. Ills rheumatism
was of the Inllammatory order. When my
cousin nud I entered the room ho was
gasping his last. His murderer stood be
fore us with that bloody sheath knife that
Coroner Field has, clutched In his hand."
"Did you not know before on descend
ed the stairs, Mr. Craveii, that Hobert
Campbell was below V"
"I did not, sir."
"Had not jour uncle Informed you that
lie was expecting him, and with money
with whiih to take up u certain uote?"
"He had not?"
"What do J on know of a bag of coin
that the prisoner has Informed me lie
brought with him to redeem tills note?"
".Nothing, sir; mulling whatever. I
know Unit after the murder lie had pos
session of that note, and that the note
bore the Indorsement, Titld this eight
eenth of August, eighteen hundred and
fifty-seven,' to which my uncle's signature
was iittnched. I know not how he ob
tained It."
"Do you know of any reason why the
prisoner should have bought the life of
your uncle?"
"I know, sir, that he has possession of
that note of ten thousand dollars, and that
there was no bag of coin here when my
cousin and I entered tills room. I know
also that lie sought Miss Deltosette's
hand In marriage. 1 know further that
lie sought it in viilu, for the reason that
my uncle had often stilted to me that his
ardent wish was to see his daughter and
myself united."
Here a sharp, quick cry drew all eyes
In the direction of the door.
Miss 1 initio had entered the room, lean
ing on the arm of (lie prisoner's sister,
nud the cry emauated fiom her white lips.
ltubert Campbell was on the point of
denouncing Herman's statement as false
when he caught a swift, meaning glance
from the cys of the detective, who hud
not left ills sent near the window, and
he said nothing,
"Did you not hoar the door bell sounded
twice during the evening, once not live
minutes before you descended the stairs?"
"Tlie door Wll was not sounded after I
retired, or I should have heard it. I had
not long retired nud am a light sleeper."
"You found the front door locked when
you ran from the library and down the
street, ns you have described, crying 'mur
der?' "
"I did."
"The windows of this room and of your
uncle's chamber, you say, were mined 7"
"They were. My uncle, presumably, had
left them so to admit the hrcvie."
"Might not soiiui other hand have thrust
that blade to yout uncle's heart, and the
prisoner here but huve drawn it forth?"
"Thut is for the jury to determine, I
have no wish that auy other than the mur
derer of my uncle should suffer for his
untimely taking off, Mr. Cellars and my
self made a thorough search of the prvm
lacs, as he will inform you. There waa
literally nothing fouud to tnltulnate any
naaxm SC
one else. I doubt not that If Mini De
Itosette and myself lint, not hustcned
down stairs ltobert Campbell would In a
moment more have lied, probably bearing
his bloody weapon with him. As I have
stated, he would have attacked me. I ac
cused him of committing the crime. Who
else could I have accused? There ho
stood, his countenance the picture of an
enraged fiend, and still bent over my un
cle's body, the dripping blude Just with
drawn from his heurt, blood covering his
hands and clothing. It wus tho life blood
of my deur old uncle. Ueutlemen, 1 know
no more."
"You know you have lied lied like
a "
"I submit, coroner," spoke up the loud
voice of tho detective, "that the prisoner
should not be allowed to denounce n wit
ness in that manner. It Is outrageous.
You should protect your witnesses!"
Hollars had arisen to his feet, and he
strode forwurd as ho uttered the words,
with his eyes fixed on ltobert, who, with
a moan, sank Into a chair.
"I should have admunished him In a
moment more, Mr. Hollars, I assure you.
I am conducting this Investigation. The
prisoner.must not again presume to inter
rupt the proceedings, much less denounce
as false the testimony of a witness. You
seem to bo questioning the witness In the
interest of the prisoner, Mr. Dobbs. Are
there any further questions you desire
to ask?"
"No, no! I think not. I merely consid
ered It my duty to see that Hubert Camp
bell should not be held to court unlcsa
there was probable cause to believe that
ho committed this fearful crime."
"That Is all, Mr. Craven," said the cor
oner. Miss Iluttle was next sworn, but she
was so agitated that hardly could she
speak a word.
ltobert longed to take her In his arms
ami whisper words of consolation In her
ears, but the keen eyes of the detective
were on him and they held him In his
chair.
The testimony of Miss Dellosctte cor
roborated that of Herinuii Craven In so
far as she stilted that she ulso wus arous
ed by what she supposed her father's
erlos, and that Herman knocked on her
door, and that with him she descended the
stairs. Of the fearful scene that met her
eyes when she entered the library she
could hardly speak.
"My poor father was gasping his lost,"
she moaned, "and ltobert stood besldu him
witli a bloody knife In his hand. My
father slid from his chair to the floor. I
believe I knelt beside him. I remember
hearing Herman charge ltobert with hav
ing killed him, nud then 1 fainted. I know
no more."
"Do you know, Miss Dcltosctte, In
wbnt esteem your father held ltobert
Cumpbell?"
"I know," was the reply, "that ho es
teemed him highly, for I have often honrd
him pronounce him a young man of Integ
rity, worth nud a high sense of honor."
"Kxcuhc me, Miss Deltosette," suld the
attorney, "but In what rclutlou did you
Htund to the prisoner?"
"We wcro engaged, and with my fath
er's consent I should have become his
wife."
A murmur of surprise followed these
words.
"Had that snnctlon bct'u obtained?"
asked the coroner.
"I think not, unless ltobert had asked
his consent lust night."
"Had your father ever said aught to
you about a desire on his purt to see you
the wife of Herman Craven?" asked the
attorney,
"Never. hIH Never!"
"I could have Informed the Jury of that
fact," said Herman, "but I did not deem
It material."
"Has your cousin ever asked your hand
In marriage
"Ho never has."
"You looked upon the prisoner as your
future husband?"
"I did, and do now If-lf "
"I understand, Miss Deltosette. Had
your father full confidence in Herman
Craven?"
"Why, his being cashier of his bunk
should answer that question," calmly ob
served the detective.
"My question was directed to Miss De
ltosette," said the attorney.
Hattle was by this time completely
overcome, and it was evident thut she
could stand no further questioning, so
when she replied faintly: "As Mr. Sel
lars has stated, he is cashier of my fath
er's bank," the attorney stated that there
was untiling more,
Next Sheriff Cobb wns examined, and
the reader knows what his testimony must
have been.
Angel, the express agent, tost I tied as to
Hubert's having left tho express ottleo
with the bag of coin the night before,
shortly after ten o'clock.
The detective wns uext examined.
"I can only say," he said, "that in com
pnny witli Mr. Craven I made a thorough
examination of these premises after Sher
iff Cobb had left the house with his pris
oner lust night. We searched all rooms
above, as well ns these below, Mr. Cra
ven's Included, Indeed, every room in the
house nave Miss Deltosette's, which, un
der the circumstances), would have been
useless. We were unable to unearth a bug
of coin. There was certululy uo oue se
creted in the house, nor was there uuy
evidence discovered by me while in "the
house tending to Incrlmluate any other
than the prisoner. If the blow waa strick
en by other than Hobert Campbell, the
criminal tuudc his escape from the house,
I had tho ground examined beneath the
windows by one who has a keen and ex
perienced eye. No one leaped from either
of the windows."
"Calbau, I suppose?" remarked the cor
oner, "Yes," waa tho reply. "Hauuali states
that uo one could have passed out the rear
door without attracting her attention, Mr.
Craven haa testified that bo fouud the
trout door locked. Of course, lomethlng
further may develop before court con
vene. I can state no more"
"Did not the prisoner himself call you
Into this case, Mr. Sellers?"
"Yes. Uncle Duke brought me a note
from him requesting my presence here and
stating that the murder had been commit-
j ted."
I "I believe Ward Taylor, or Lennox, call
ed you Into the Mulberry case, Mr. Sel-
lars' remarked the sheriff.
"True," said Sellers, "he did, and in the
end I fastened the crime on him."
A low wall burst from the lips of the
two girls, who snt side by side near the
door.
The prisoner was next allowed to make
a statement, which did not vary from that
he had made the night before, in tho pres
ence of Sheriff Cobb, the doctor and tho
detective.
"That concludes the testimony ns far as
I know, gentlemen," said the coroner,
"unless you desire to question the ser
vants." "Of what use?" said Scllarsj "their
statements would not be evidence. Here
Is Uncle Duke. He had been In bed two
hours or more nnd knows nothing about
the matter that has uot nlready been told.
Adam sleeps In the barn. Millie wns sleep
ing on the floor above. Hannah did not
even know Hobert Campbell wns in the
house."
"No use questioning them," said one of
the jurors.
"I tnke It," snld the foreman, "that we
have henrd enough to justify our holding
the prisoner to court."
"Well, take the case, gentlemen," said
the coroner.
The six men withdrew to one side, nnd
there wns n whispered consultation of per
haps Ave minutes' duration, nt the end of
which time the foreman announced that
they had arrived at a decision.
"What say you?" nsked the coroner.
"That we huve renson to believe, nnd do
believe, that Alvln Deltosette came to his
death at the hands of Hobert Campbell,
now In custody, and we direct thnt he be
held for trial for said offense at the Sep
tember term of the criminal court, and
without bail."
The banker's daughter had arisen to her
feet. Her face was ghastly white, and
only the casing of the door kept her from
sinking to the floor, for Jennie had left her
side nnd her arms were twined nbout the
form of her brother.
The coroner drew up In legal form the
finding of the Jury of Inquest, each mem
ber of the jury signed the same, and Sher
iff Cobb conveyed back to the county Jail
his primmer, who had Imprinted a kins on
the pale cheek of his sister, nnd raised
the hand of the banker's daughter to his
lips, while he whispered in her ear the one
word "Hope."
(To be continued.)
FACT8 ABOUT -TOWAWAY8.
I'craoiiH 'Who Htcut Tliclr l'liHiiiReOver
tho Atlantic Ocean,
"I nm uot given to losing my tem
per," wild one captain to tho writer,
"but I confess that when on ono voy
nge wo found no fower thnn fourteeu
men had tunnnged to stow themselves
awny below I felt Inclined to give them
nil n ducking, nud wild so." This was
the captain of au Atlantic liner, a man
to whom the stowaway Is a perpetual
nuisance.
Though the strictest watch Is kept
to prevent his getting ou board. It Is
rare for a trip to bo made without ono
or two specimens of the dead-head fra
ternity belug curried, willy ullly, free.1"
Of course, this Is not done entirely
without connivance on tho part of
somebody ou board tho ship. Tho stok
ers nro not Infrequently the guilty par
ties. With their or others' aid tho
stowaway gets down Into tho hold and
flails a dark coruer In which to socrcto
himself until tho vessel Is nt sea. If
then ho Is discovered, nnd set to work,
ho does not mind. It Is not work bo U
afraid of, but tho belug without work,
aud tho broad thnt accompanies it.
When It Is considered whnt an enor
mous thing an Atlantic liner Is, and
how many dark places there nro in her
vast Interior, It Is uot surprising to
hear that scores of men during tho
course of n year get free passages
across tho herring pond In one ship or
another and this though tho steamer
nuver leaves port without a search bo
lug made to see that uo unauthorized
person Is ou board. Many are discov
ered, In bunkers nud other such places,
and, of course, carefully conducted
ashore, but uot u few manage to cludo
detection, nnd, of course, once away
from laud little Is to be feared from
discovery.
There Is a curious notion prevalent
among some sailors. It Is that a stow
away Is a lucky passenger to carry.
Asked once why It was, au old salt an
swered that he never heard of a ship
belug lost thnt had a stowaway on
board. Of course, 'ho bad an Instance
In point to relate. It was to tho effect
that a stowaway was discovered In hid
ing ou an outgoing vessel at the last
moment aud ejected, Slinking his tlst
at tho captain, the would-be voyager
cried: "I'm glad you've turned me out
of your rotten ship; neither she nor
you will live to see Christinas Day,
while I shall." The prophecy proved a
true one. Tho vessel went dowu with
in a week of sailing, aud only tho sec
ond ottlccr nud a few men were saved.
Cassoll's Mugn-lue.
Without O remony.
Moro or less ceremony usually ac
companies tho laying of a corner-stone,
but tho Chicago Trlbuno records au lu
atnnco where ono was laid quite simply.
Two men wore talklug of tho fortuue
of a third. "Yes," said one, "ho made
his llrst lucky strike In eggs. Ho bought
ten tliousaud dozen nt a low figure, put
them In cold storage, and sold them at
a protlt of more than 200 per cent. That
was tho comer-atone of his enormous
fortune."
"Ah," said tho other, "then the hens
laid Ul"
How llo Did It.
"Oh, yes; my husband has beea un
der fire."
"When and where?"
"It was last ulgbt. Burglars broke
Into the bouse uext door, aud tho inau
who lives there exchanged shots with
them. When Jeremiah beard tho rack
et ho hid In his cellar. Wouldn't you
call that being under fire?" Chicago
Dally Now.
SPAIN'S YOUTHFUL KING
STUDIES ARTS OF WAR.
King Alphouso XIII., of Spalu, is be
ing trained In the Bclencc of warfare,
nnd every energy of bis tutors Is beut
on mnking a soldier of the boy inon
nrch. Col. Lnrlgo Is constantly with
liltu, nnd practically all of his waking
KINO AM'HO.NSO.
hours are devoted to military tactics
aud maneuvers.
I'art of the course laid out for the
King Includes a systematic training In
gymnnstics, and It lias already proved
so cfllcaelous that the King, delicate
as a child and young boy, has become
n fairly sturdy youth.
Miss Anna Lylc 1ms Just completed
fifty years of teaching In the Philadel
phia schools, forty-one years of that
period as. principal of a primary school.
Mr. Clnus Spreckles hns given $1'J,000
to tho University of California. Mrs.
Phoebe Hearst has recently Increased
her benefactions, In giving Hearst hall,
to the amount of $45,000.
The experltm t Is being tried In a
largo Now York public school of giving
the boys shower baths lu the basement.
Tho equipment Is such thnt each boy
can have a bath onco In two weeks a
good deal oftener thnn the boys would
bathe otherwise. The baths nro taken
In recess time and the Institution Is snld
to bo popular.
Among all tho noble and magnificent
benefactions credited to American men
of wealth In recent years, wo know of
nono moro wisely nnd worthily be
stowed than that of the late Lewis
Elkln, of Philadelphia, who left tho
bulk of his fortune of ?2.000,000 In trust
to create a fund for the benefit of dis
abled women teachers who havo
tiiught In tho public schools of
that city for twenty-tlvo years, and havo
no means of support. The fund will
provldo tho beneficiaries with an annui
ty of nbout ?400 each. The bequest Is
noteworthy becauso It Is almost with
out precedent.
Cleveland, feels tho burden of tho task
of Introducing free text books Into the
schools, having only $40,000 to expond
and has been trying to discover how
much It cost other cities to IntrMuco
them. The Introduction cost hns boon
fouud to bo varying, but a fairly uni
form average of cost for tho main
tenance of tho system Is SO cents for
each pupil, annually. In Cleveland tho
original expenditure Is estimated nt
$1.81 for each of the 55,000 grammar
pupils If all are given new books nt
tho city's expense The system, how
over, may bo started successfully with
tho $40,000 lu hand If a plan to supple
incut the financial deficiency bo adopt
ed. This plan Is to ask the parents to
donate to tho schools tho text books lu
their possession, nud 'JO.OOO of them
promptly responded lu compliance with
(ho request.
Paid Teachers for Huniliiy Schools.
For the purpose of reaching ultimate
ly an Ideal Sunday school ono In which
every otllcer aud teacher Is au expert
there has been set ou foot lu tho Church
of tho Holy Communion, New York, a
movement which Is designed to work
out this end. It Is proposed to create
an educational endowment fuud of
$100,000, tho Interest of wlflch shall bo
used to pay the educational experts who
shall teach the teachers, to pay tho
heads of departments lu the school, and
to compensate, so far as possible, all
teachers who will accept remuueratlon,
provided that they can detuonstrnto
their fitness, "based upon preparation,
conforming to established standard of
requirement. Saturday Evening Post.
No I.lin t to Statesmanship.
Tho real statesman no longer repre
sents a district or a State. Ho must
look even beyond his owu shores. In
tho sciences and In the professions this
broadening has no limitations. Every
where, In all departments of effort,
there Is a freer and a greater opportu
nity, and tho flual verdict Is not based
ou what a mau knows or what he has
studied, not on what he has hoarded
olther In mind or lu treasury, but on
what he does that contributes to the
good of mankind and which exercises
an Influence lu tho" upward advance
ment of thov human race. Saturday
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