The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 28, 1901, Image 6
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THE MYSTERY OF
AGATHA WEBB.
By Anna Katharine Green,
Autlurr of "The Leavcnu'orth CVwe,”
“L'iJ'f MmTu l.atie," "Ilurid
and liinQ" Etc., Etc.
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CII-VPTEK XVII.
MISS PAGE SUSPEC TED.
A half hour later these men were all
closeted with Or. Talbot in tin* Zabel
kitchen. Abel had rejoined them, au.l
Sweetwater was telling his story with
great earnestness and no little show of
privie.
“Gentlemen, when I charge a young
woman of respectable appearance and
connections with so. h a re veiling crime
us murder. 1 uo so with good reason, as
I hope present!;, to make plain to you.
“Gentlemen, on the night and at the
hour Agatha \\ ebb was killed. 1 was
playing with four < ther musicians in
Mr. Sulla ’•hind's hallway. IToui the
place will ie 1 sat 1 could see what
went on in the; parlor and also have a
clear view of the passageway leading
down to the garden door. As the
dancing was going on in the parlor I
naturally 1 olu ;! that way most, and
this is Low 1 came to note the eager
ness with which during the tirst part
of the eVenn:
rederiek Sutherland
and Amabel Page came together in the
quadrilles ami country dances. Some
time.s siie spoke as she passed him and
sometimes he answer-m, hut not al
ways, although he never failed to show
he was phased with her or would have
been if something- perhaps it was his
lack of oeiifidcti'-o in her. sirs—had not
stood in the way of a perfect under
standing. She seemed to notice he
did not always respond and after
awhile showed less inclination to speak
herself, though she did not fail to
watch him and that intently. lint she
didn't watch him any more closely than
1 did her. though I Halo thought at the
time what world come of my espiou- j
age. She wore a white dress and white
shoes and was as coquettish and seduc
tive as the evil out makes them. Sud
denly 1 missed her. She was in the
...iuide of the dance one minute and
entirely odt of it the next.
“Naturally 1 expected that she had
slipped aside with Frederick Suthcr
laud, but uo, he was still in sight, hut
looking so pale and so abstracted I was j
sure the young miss was up to some
so.-t of mischief. But what mischief? 1
Watching and waiting, but uo longer
coutinlng my attention to the parlor. !
I presently espied her stealing along
the passageway. 1 have mentioned
carrying a long cloak which she rolled
up ami hid behind flu* open door. Then
she came back, humming a gay little
song which didn't deceive me for a mo
ment. ‘Good!' thought l. ‘site and
that cloak will soon join company.'
And they did. As we were playing the
Harebell mazurka I again caught sight
of her stealthy white figure in that dis
taut doorway. Seizing the cloak, she
wrapped It round her, and with Just
one furtive look backward, seen, I war
rant, by no one but myself, she van
fshed In the outside darli. ‘Now lo note
who follows her!’ thought I But no
body followed her. This struck me as
strange, and having a natural love for
detective work, in spite of my devo.ion
to the arts, I consulted the clock at
the foot of the stairs, and noting that
it was half past 11. scribbled the hour
on the margin of my music, with the
Intention of seeing how long my lady
would linger outside alone. Gentle
men. it was two hours before I saw her
face again. How site get back into the
house I do not know. It was not by
the garden door, for my eye seldom
left it; yet at or near half past 1 I
heard her voice on the stair above me
nod saw her descend and melt into the
crowd as if she bad not been absent
from it for more than five minutes. A
half hour later I saw her with Fred
erick again. They were dancing, but
not with the same spirit as before, and
even while I watched them they sep
arated. Now where was Miss Page
during those two long hours? I think
I know, and It Is time 1 unburdened
myself to the police.
“But first I must inform you of a
small discovery I made while the
dance was still In progress. Miss Page
iiad come down stairs, as I have said,
from what 1 now know to have been
tier own room. Her dress was, in all
respects, the same as before, with one
^exception—her white slippers has been
exchanged for blue ones. This seemed
to show that they bad been rendered
unserviceable, nr at least unsightly, by
fhe walk she had taken. This In Itself
-was not remarkable, nor would her pe
culiar escapade have made more than
»i tein|KU-ary Impression upon my
Curiosity if she had not afterward
shown an unaccountable and extraor
dinary Interest in the murder which
friad taken place In the town below
during the very hours of her absence
from Mr. Kutberland’s hall. This. In
consideration of her sex and her being
n stranger to the person attacked, was
remarkable, and. though perhaps 1 had
no business to do what 1 did, I no
i’sooner saw the house emptied of
master and servants than I stole
woftly bark, and climbed the stairs to
tier room. Had no good followed this
Intrusion, which. I am quite ready to
acknowledge, was a tritle presump
tuous. I should have held my peace in
regard to it; but as 1 did make a dis
covery there which has, as I believe,
an important hearing on this affair, I
have forced tuyself to mention it. The
lights in the house having been left
burning. I had uo dittlculty In finding
her apartment. 1 knew it by the fol-
derols scattered about. But I did not i
stop to look at them. I was on a
search for her slippers, and presently
I came upon them, thrust behind an
old picture in the dimmest corner of
the room. Taking them down, I ex
amined them closely. They were not
only soiled, gentlemen, but dreadfully
cut and rubbed. In short, they were
ruined; and, thinking that the young
lady herself would be glad to be rid of
them. I quietly put them Into my |
pocket, and carried them to my own
home. Abel has just been for them,
so you can see them for yourselves,
and, if your Judgment coincides with
mine, you will discover something
more on them than mud.”
Dr. Talbot, though he stared a little
at the young man's confessed theft,
took the slippers Abel was holding out
and carefully turned them over. They ,
wore, as Sweetwater had said, griev- J
ously torn and soiled and showed, be
sides several deep earth stains, a mark
or two of a height red color quite tin-,
mistaknble in character.
“Blood.” declared the coroner. “There
Is no doubt about it. Miss Page was
where blood was spillett Inst night.”
"1 have another proof against her,”
Sweetwater went on. In full enjoy
ment of his prominence among these j
men who, up till now, had barely rec
ognized his existence. "When full of
the suspicion that Miss Page had had a
hand in tin* theft, if not the murder of
Mrs. Webb. 1 hastened down to the
scene of the tragedy. I met this young
woman issuing from the front gate, i
Sin* had just been making herself con
splcuous by pointing out a trail of
blood on the grass plot. Dr. Talbot,
who was tlmre. will remember how she j
looked on that occasion, but l doubt
if he noticed how Abel here looked, or
so much as remarked the faded {lower
tin* silly boy had stuck in his button
hole.”
“1 did not.” ejaculated the coroner.
“Yet that flower has a very important
bearing on this case. He had found
It. as he will tell you. on the floor near
Patsy's skirts, and as soon as I saw it
in his coat, I hath* him take it out and
keep it, for. gentlemen, it was a very
uncommon flower, the like of which
can only be found in this town in Mr.
Sutherland's conservatory. I remember
seeing such a one in Miss Page’s hair,
early in the evening. Have you that
flower about you. Abel?"
Abel liad. stnd being tilled with im
portance. too. showed it to the doctor
and to Mr. Fenton. It was withered
and faded in hue. but it was umn'.s-
takably an orchid of the rarest de
scription.
“It was lying nesir Batsy,” explained
Abel. "1 drew Mr. Fenton’s attention
to it at the time, hut he scarcely no
ticed it.”
“I will make up for my Indifference
now," said that gentleman.
“I should have beeu shown that flow
er." put in Knapp.
"So you should.” acknowledged
Sweetwater, "hut when the detective
instinct is aroused it is hard for a
man to be just to his rivals. Besides.
I was otherwise occupied. I had Miss
Page to watch. Happily for me. it
had been decided that she should not
be allowed to leave town till after the
Inquest, and so my task became easy.
This whole day I have spent in sight
of Mr. Sutherland’s house, and at
nightfall I was rewarded by detecting
her end a prolonged walk in the gar
den by a hurried dash Into the woods
opposite. 1 followed her and noted
carefully nil that she did. As she had
just seen Frederick Sutherland and
Miss Holliday disappear up the road
together, she probably felt free to do
as she liked, for she walked very di
rectly to the old tree we have Just
come from and. kneeling down beside
it. pulled from the hole underneath
something which rattled In her hand
with that peculiar sound we associate
with fresh bank notes. I had approach
ed her as near as I dared and was peer
ing around a tree trunk when she
stooped down again and plunged both
hands into the hole. She remained in
this position so long that I did not
know what to make of it But she
rose at last and turned toward home,
laughing to herself in a wicked but
pleased way that did uot tend to make
me think any more of her. The moon
was shining very brightly by this time,
and 1 could readily perceive every de
tail of her person. She held her bands
out before her and shook them more
than once as she trod by me, so I was
su e there was nothing In them, and
this is why I was so confident we
should find the money still In the bole.
“When I saw ber enter the bouse. 1
set out to rind you. but the courthouse
room was empty, and It was a long
time before I learned where to look for
you. But at Inst a fellow at Brighton'*
comer said he saw four men go by on
tbelr way to Zaltel’s cottage, and on
the chance of rinding you among them
I turned down here. The shock you
gave me In announcing that you bad
discovered the murderer of Agatha
Webb knocks) me over for the mo
ment. but now I hope you realize, as I
do. that be could never have had an ac
tive band In ber death notwithstand
ing the fact that one of the stolen bills
has been found to have been In that
wretched man’s possession, for — and
here Is my great point—the proof Is not
wanting that Miss Page visited this
bouse as well ns Mrs. Webb's during
ber famous escapade, or at least stood
under the window Iteneath which I
to have been made by the foot that
wore that slipper.”
The con.in r. with a quick glance
from the slipper in his hand up to
Sweetwater's eager fin e, showed a de
elded disposition to make the experi
ment thus suggested, but Mr. Fenton,
whose mind was full of the Zabel trag
edy, interrupted them with the ques
tinn:
“But how do you explain by this hy
pothesis the fact of Janies Zabel trying
to pass one of tin.* .S-D bills stolen from
Mrs. .Webb’s cupboard? Do you con
sider Miss Page generous enough to
give him that money?”
“You ask me that. Mr. Fenton? Do
you wish to know what I think of the
connection between these two great
tragedies?”
“Yes; you have earned a voice In this
matter. Speak. Sweetwater.”
“Well, then. I think Miss Page lias
made an effort to throw the blame of
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her own misdoing on one or both of
these unfortunate old men. She is suf
ficiently cold blooded and calcinating
to do so. and circumstances certainly
favored her. Shall 1 show how?”
Mr. Fenton consulted Knapp, who
nodded his head. The Boston detect- i
ive was not withounniriosity as to
how Sweetwater would prove his case.
“Old James Zabel had s<*en Ids broth
er sinking rapidly from inanition.
This their eondith n amply shows. He
was weak himself, but John was weak
er. and in a moment of desperation he
rushed out to ask a crumb of bread
from Agatha Webb or possibly—for I
have heard some whispers of an old
custom of theirs -to join Philemon at
his yearly merrymaking and so obtain
in a natural way the bite for himself
and brother he perhaps bad not tin*
courage to ask for outright. But death
had been in the Webb cottage before
him, which awful circumstance, acting
on his already weakened nerves, drove
him half insane from the house and
sent him wandering blindly about the
streets for a good half hour before he
reappeared In Ids own house. How do
I know this? From a very simple fact.
’Abel here has been to Inquire, among
other things, if Mr. Crane remembers
the tune we were playing at the great
house when he came down the main
street from visituig old Widow Wal
ker. Fortunately lie does, for the trip,
trip, trip lu it struck his fancy, and he
has found himself humming it over
more than once since. Well, that waltz
was played by us at a quarter after
midnight, which Axes the time of the
encounter at Mrs. Webb’s gateway-
pretty accurately. But. as you will
soon see. It was 12:50 before James
Zabel knocked at Loton’s door. How
do I know this? By the same method
of reasoning by which 1 determined
the time of Mr. Crane's encounter.
Mrs. Loton was greatly pleased with
the music played that night and had all
her windows open in order to hear it,
and she says we were playing ’Money
Musk’ when that knocking came to
disturb her. Now. gentlemen, we play
ed ’Money Musk’ just before we were
called out to supper, and ns we went to
supper promptly at 1:45 you can see
Just how my calculation was made.
"Thirty-five minutes then passed be
tween the moment James Zaliel was
seen rushing from Mrs. Webb's gate
way and that in which tie-appeared at
Loton’s bakery, demanding a loaf of
I bread and offering in exchange one of
the bills which had l>eon stolen from
the murdered woman's drawer. Thirty*
. five minutes! And he and his brother
were starving. Does it look. then, as
if that money was In his possession
when be left Mrs. Webb’s house?
Would any man who felt the pangs of
hunger as he did or who saw a brother
perishing for food before bis eyes, al
low 35 minutes to elapse before he
made use of the money that rightfully
or wrongfully had come Into bis baud?
No, and so I say that be did not have
I it when Mr. Crane met him. That. In*
■tend of committing crime to obtain It,
be found It Id his own home, lylnj} on
bis own table, when, after his frenzied
absence, be returned to tell bis dread
ful news to the brother he had left be-
j bind him. But bow did It come there?
you ask. Gentlemen, remember tbe
footprints under tbe window. Amabel
Page brought It. Having seen or per
haps met this old man roaming In or
near the Webb cottage during tbe time
sbe was there herself, she conceived
tbe plan of throwing upon blm tbe onus
of tbe crime she had herself commit
ted and with a slyness to be expected
from her stole up to bis borne, made a
j hole in the shade hanglijg over ao open
! window, looked Into the room where
John sat. saw that he was there alone
and asleep, and. creeping In by tbe
front door, laid on tbe table beside blm
tbe $20 bill and the bloody dagger with
which sbe bad Just slain Agatha Webb.
, Then she stole out again and in 20
minutes more was lending the dance
again In Mr. Sutherland's parlor.”
“Well reasoned!" murmured Abel,
Sweetwater, with a quiet smile cal
culated to bide his disappointment
went on as if perfectly satisfied.
"Meanwhile John awakes, secs the
dagger and thinks to end ids misery
with it, but finds himself too feeble.
The cut in his vest, tin* dent in the
floor, prove this, but if you cull for fur
ther proof, a little fact, which some if
not all of you seem to have overlooked,
will amply satisfy you that this one at
least of my conclusions is correct. Open
the Bible, Abel; open it not to shake it
for what will never fall out from be
tween its leaves, but to find in the Bi
ble itself the lines I have declared to
you lie wrote as a dying legacy with
that tightly clutched pencil. Have you
found them?”
"No.” was Abel's perplexed retort.
“I cannot see any sign of writing on
fly leaf or margin.”
"Are those the only blank places in
tin* sacred I took ? Search the leaves
devoted to the family record. Now.
what do you find there?”
Knapp, who was losing some of his
indifference, drew nearer and read for
himself the scrawl which now appear
ed to every eye on the discolored page
which Abel here turned uppermost.
"Almost illegible.” he said. "One can
just make out these words: ’Forgive
me, Jamt's—tried to use dagger—found
lying—but hand wouldn’t—dying with
out—don’t grieve—true men —haven't
disgraced ourselves—God bless’— That
is all.”
"The effort must have overcome him."
resumed Sweetwati r in a voice l : -p
which he can fully excluded all signs
of secret triumph, "and when Jauies
returned, as he did a few minutes lat
er. he was evidently unable to answer
questions even if Janies was in a con
dition to ask them. But the fallen dag
ger told its own story, for James pu-k-
ed it up and put it hack on the table,
and it was at this minute he saw. what
John iiad not. the $2() hill lying there
with its promise of life and comfort.
Hope revives, lie catches up this hill,
(lies down to Loton’s. procures a loaf
of broad and comes frantically back,
gnawing it as he runs, for his own bun
ger is more than he can endure, lie-
entering his brother’s presence, lie
rushes forward with the bread. But
the relief has come too late. John has
died lu Ills absence, and James, dizzy
with the shock, reels back and sue
cumbs to bis own misery. Gentlemen,
have you anything to say in oontradir
tion of these various supposition;-?'
For a moment Dr Talbot. Mr F* n
ton and even Knapp stood silent: then
the latter said, with pardonable dry
ness:
"All this is Ingenious; but, unfortu
nately, it is upset by a little fact which
you yourself have'overlooked. Have
you examined attentively the dagger of
which you have so often spoken, Mr.
Sweetwater?"
"Not sis i would like to. but 1 noticed
it had blood on its edge and was of the
shape and size necessary to inflict Un
wound from which Mrs. Webb died."
"Very good, but there is something
else of interest to be observed on ii
Fetch it. Abel.”
Abel, hurrying from the room, soon
brought back the weapon lu question
Sweetwater, with a vague sense of dis
appointment disturbing him. took n
j eagerly and studied it very closely
; But be only shook Ids head.
‘‘Bring it nearer to the light.” sug
gested Knapp, "and examine the little
scroll near the top of the handle.”
Sweetwater did so and at once chang
ed color. In tin* midst of the scroll
were two very small but yet perfectly
distinct letters. They were "J Z.”
“How did Amabel i’age come by a
dagger marked with the Zabel ini
tials?” questioned Knapp. "Do you
think her foresight went so far as to
provide herself with a dagger ostensi
bly belonging to one of these brothers?
Aud then have you forgotten that when
Mr. Crane met the old man at Mrs
Webb's gateway he saw in his hand
something that glistened? Now, what
was that if not this dagger?”
Sweetwater was more disturbed than
he cared to acknowledge.
"That just shows my lack of experi
ence." he grumbled. "1 thought 1 had
turned this subject so thoroughly over
In my mind that no one could bring an
objection against it."
Knapp shook his head aud smiled.
“Young enthusiasts like yourself are
great at forming theories which wei)
seasoned men like myself must regard
as fantastical. However," he went on.
"there is uo doubt that Miss Page was
a witness to. even if she has not profit
ed by, the murder we have been consid
ering. But with this palpable proof of
tbe Zabels' direct connection with tbe
; affair I would not recommend ber ar-
i rest as yet”
“8be should be under surveillance,
though.” Intimated the coroner.
“Most certainly,” acquiesced Knapp.
As for Sweetwater, be remained si
lent till tbe opportunity came for blm
to whisper apart to Dr. Talbot when
be said:
“For all tbe palpable proof of which
Mr. Knapp speaks—tbe *3. Z.’ on tbe
dagger aud the poaslblllty of this being
tbe object be was seen carrying out of
Pbllemon Webb’s gate—I maintain that
this old man lo bis moribund condition
never struck tbe blow that killed
| Agatha Webb. He hadn’t strength
1 enough even If bis lifelong love for her
bad not been sufficient to prevent him."
Tbe coroner looked thoughtful.
“You are right” said he. “He hadn’t
strength enough. But don’t expend too
much energy in talk. Walt and see
what a few direct questions will elicit
from Miss Page.”
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per he holds In his hand he will ttud it *" *0 oyslor.
This story will be continued In the
Friday edition of r* e Ledger until its
coneluelor^
Have yon n sense of fullness in the
region of jour stomach after etting?
If so von will be benefited by using
Ghsmberlaln’s Stomach snd Liver
Tablets. They also cure belching
and sour stomach. They regulate
♦ h« bowel* too Price 25 cents.
Sold by Cherokee Drug Company.
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
This preparation contains all of the
dlgestants and digests all kinds of
food. It gives instant relief and never
fails to cure. It allows you to eat all
the food you want. The most sensit<ve
stomachs can take it. By its use many
thousands of dyspeptics have been
cured after everything else failed. It
is unequalled for all stomach troubles.
H can’t help
bat 4a you gaa4
Prepared only by E. C. DkW itt & Co., Chicago
Tbell. boule containaSH t
i tinea tbe 90c. aisa.
Assignee’s Sale.
•
Statz or South Caroliha, i
Chebokkb county. (
By virtue of authority contained In a cer
tain real estate mortgage executed by D. F.
Kay to C. M. Amo*, and axslgued to the un
dersigned and recorded In the office of Clerk
of Court of Cherokee county, in Vol. 2, page
as5, I will sell at public auction, to the high
est bidder, before the court house of Chero
kee county. Gaffney, S. C„ during the legal
hours of sale on salesday in October, all the
right, title and Interest of D. F. Kay In all
the real estate of A. D. Kay, deceased, lying
In Cherokee county, near Mauil postoffice,
S. C.« on waters of Suck creek, containing 2s*»
acre*, more or loa»; the said Interest Is-lng
one-flfth of said undivided estate. Consent
of the mortgagor ta*lng obtained In writing
and recorded In office of Clerk of Court of
Cherokee county on the 2Uth day of June,
IkOI, In Vol. 3. page
U. 0. Sahhatt,
Aaslgnee.
Contracting and Building
no new departure with me. hut there
re some readers of The Ledger who do
not know that I am In the business. When
you start to figure on your house give me
a chance. 1 will treat you right and give
you the worth of your money.
1 have on hand more than J | x),n<)0 feet of
dressed stock. Including Moulding, etc.,
and I sell it at rock bottom figures.
My stock of Doors, Sash, Blind*. IhtMM'
Oils, etc., is unsurpassed by ^^0^^*
dealer In Gaffney. When in need^Aan^
thing in my line see me. My goods are
right and my prices are right.
T. I. WALKER.
For the Building Season.
L. BAKER
Mas just received a large stock
of Sash, Doors, Mantelpieces
and all kinds of Trimming,
Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Box
ing, Molding, Brackets, etc. No.
1 Heart Pine Shingles and a
good stock John W. MasurjjAfc.
Sons Guaranteed Paints ami
Varnish, all at the lowest rea
sonable prices. Call and Sflphiin
when you want anything in his
line. No charge for making
estimates
1 - ‘ jj
JR. J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist,
Gaffney, - - - S. C.
office over J. R. Tolleaon’s new store
In office from 1st to 26t.b of each
nonth:
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB,
Dentist,
Office over R. A. loses A Co ‘e Store.
an n«* round at office six davs in tbe week
G. W. SPEER,
A.TTOI* P* E Y-AT-Iv A W«
GAFFNEY, S. C.
jfflee over J. W. Tolleson’s Store.
WALLACE & OTTS,
LAWYERS.
Office upstairs, between R. A. Jones <
Davenport.
Phone 87.
J. E. WEBSTER,
Attorney-A. t>
flee in Court House. (Probate*J^fig* sofloe
Gaffney City, S. C.
Practice* in all the court*. Ooltee-
tons • specialty
JAMES A. WILLIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OA.VIVIMK-V. *». o.
Notary Public In office. Prompt attention
riven ton), business.
Office over R. A. Jones M Oo.'s store.
t). K. Duncan O. P. Sanders. W. 8. Hall, J r
DUICA1, SANDERS i HALL,
Attornsys-at>Law.
office osur J. R ToKeeoe’s A Oe-'s ffw