Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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."WATCHBtANt K*t?b??h.ed April? 1850. J?peIWated Ang. 2, 1881.] "Be Jost and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at. be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's SUMTER. S. 0., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1888. THE TRUE SOUTH SON* Established Jane, 1866 New Series-Tol. Yffi. JSo. l? will no doubt, nrnvftof vainn to the rlefw?- < r.h? h<rht. ?Kit had hia hAnrUtt?K?hi*?f with ??OW. reallv it inizilt be that : it's a kind of bt - Ni r. OSTEEN, ts*ms: Boibrs per anoam?in advaace. -?^afe ra tiri? x ?*ts\ !^n^?a9ertion..................$l 00 si Insertion... 50 three mon th s, or longer wIU laced rates. which subserve private ?WtRfeecharged for a? advertisements, and tributes of respect wiH be ??DEALER IN ?g?nt, SOAPS, PERFUMERY ANO ALL KINDS OF ^Sundries fUfFTRJ * FIRST-CLASS DRUG STORK. SEEDS, &C., ' ??a?so?? Oils, Varnishes, ff?S?, P?TT Y, &c. BIE STUFFS* -!?O " I- - c^Frescn prions carefcttly , and orders answered and dispatch. wm find my stock of complete, warranted geno of tSe best qnality. ^ see jbr yourselves. - * ?OF? LIVER OIL comains seventy .five per Pcrc 053Liter Oil, and one dracbn* j Hvpophosphitesof Lime and Soda, ofte of the most agreeable pr?para? r kind knowo. to the medical facul ty. contains two grains each ites. Trepmr?? onYy by . . W&m? S. SEALY, JPbarmaceolical Cnemist, S?MTER, CS. l?fi? Silver Watches, ^pBocto, Jrsrelry, Spectacles, ?EfclDfiN BRiTANfA SILVERWARE, ?o. ; REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. SPORTtSG MATERIAL, fteSi, Wads and Everything Pertaio tog to Breeeb-Irosding Gans. L. W. FOLSOM, r to F. H. Folsom A Bw, yJS ?MT?B, S. C. Dealer in , JESZESX, - Fine Gold and Silver Watches, Sterling Silver ao<i finest Plated Bridal Presents. Eich Jewelry in Gold aed Plate. Clocks, ' jfaiMiikjj and Eye Glasses, Opera Glasses, AoU Fe?. Machine Needles aad Oil for all Hacfcoes, Fishing Tackle, &c. &c. , The celebrated Royal St. John Sewing Ma rine and finest Razor in America always on :?fc??d.. ,Repairing promptly and neatly exe efcted by skilled workmen. Orders by mail will receive careful atten tion. " Sept. 5 JlfHITE&SOMr Insurance Agents, Offer in First Clabs Companies. ?IBE INSURANCE, TORNADO INSURANCE, ACCIDENT INSURANCE, LIFE INSURANCE, PLATE GLASS INSURANCE, SURETYSHIP ON BONDS. April 6 _ EUBBER STAMPS NAME STAMPS FOR MARKING CL0THIM6 Witk indalKble ink, or for printing visiting #rds, aad STAMPS OP*'AN Y KIND Jbr stamping BUSINESS CARDS, XNVEL OPES or anything else. Specimens of varions miflt on band, wb ich will be shown with pleas ara. Tb? LOWEST PRICES possible, and orders filled promptly. Call on CP. OSTEEN, At tke Watchman and Southron Office j _Sommer, S. C Srtate #f Mrs? Catherine !). He Btwell, D*c>d* WILL APPLY to the Jadge of Probate ^'?T?fer Conoty on the 24th day of r, 1888, for a final Discharge as Of aforesaid Estate. M*SS MCDOWELL, Eiecotor, POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wbolesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and can not be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL RAK ING POWDER CO., 106 Wall-st., N. Y. ? Catarrh Crea? Bal Cleanses the g^fAMB^ Nasal Passages,| Allays Pain *ncj " INFLAMMATION. Heals the Sores. Restores the SENSES OF TASTE! and Smell. r TRY tas HAr-FSVER CA T A E E 31 is a disease of. the mucous membrane, gener ally^ originating in the nasal passages and ??t?Tntain?Dg its stronghold in the head. From this point it sends forth a poisonous virus into the stomach and through the ;diges'.ive orsrans, corrupting the blood and producing other troublesome and, dangerous symptoms. |? A particle is applied into each uostril and is agreeable. Price 50 cents at Dru?rgists ; by mail, registered, 60 cents. ELY BROS., 56 Warren Street, New York. BEST AND CHEAPEST. ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. Estimates furnished by return Sjail. - lXrbe stock, prompt shipments. . Ml & COL, MANUFAOTFJRERS 0# AND WHOLE SALE DEALERS IN ms, sjsb, ein, . MOULDING^ GENSEAL BUILDING- MATERIAL. Office and?5ale6room3, 10 and 12 Hay ne St., CHARLESTON, S. C. Jan 25 o i 0- brown & bra. COLUMBIA, S. C. SASH & BLINDS, LATHS, LIMB, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR. Frescu and American ?Mow Glass, PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES, CARTER WHITE LEAD, The Best in the Market. Special Attention Given to Orders by Mad. C. O. BROWN & PRO., Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct 5-? G. W. DICK, B. D. S. Office over Bogin's New Store, entrance on main street, SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours.?9 to l;30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8 D. B. ANDERSON, Attorney at Law. SUMTER, S. C. Will practice in adjoining counties. Collecting made a specialty. SWIFTS SPECIFIC Is entirely a voe<.-tabl? preparation containing no Mercury, Potash, Arsenic, or other poisonous substances. SWIFT'S SPECIFIC Has cured hundreds of cases cf Epithelioma or Cancer of the Skin.t hocsands <;f cases of Eczema, Blood Humors and Skin Diseases, and hun dreds of thousands of cases of Scrofuia, IMood Poison, and Blood TtiLt. SWIFTS SPECIFIC Hasrelieve4 thousands cf cases of Mercurial Poisoning, Ehcamati?:n, a::J :;affnesi of the Joints. What Physicians sat o? the Swift Srscinc. Wc append the statement <<T a fevr: *'I have used S. S. S. on patients convalescing from fever and from measles with the best results J. N. Cheney, M. D. Ellaville, Ga. BLEXEN, 6a.?WTllii White was afflicted with sc*cfula seven year-. I prescribed S. S. S., and lo-day he is a fat an : robust, boy. ' C. W. Parker, M. D. Bjcs oito, Va., Dec. 15, 1SS3.-1 have taken three bottles of Swift's s.^ciOc, for secondary blood poison. It act s nach better than potash or any other remedy I have ever nsed. B. F. Wxxiteld, K. T>. Book ra Contagious D?ood Poison mailed free. AH drofR?i?ts eel! S. S. S. Tna Swot Stecotc Ca, Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. New York, 75C ?roatfway.._?_.? THE DEATH OF CLEOfATBA. Now to my breast, thoo slimy asp 1 Here warmer lips than thine have kissed, When passion pressed them close, and sighed For so me 'oat pleasure love had missed. Ah 1 kings ive given worlds to lie . Where thon?insensate, clammy, cold? Yet drink'st tby fill ; tbou'rt but a worm, And thou but seemest over bold. Incarnate passion thus to die ?? Love's very self in wanton mood? What wizard h?.d foretold this fate? This fair flesh lowered to vile worm's food ? Dead, Caesar, and dead, Antony ; And cold Octavius rules instead. Dead, beauty's power and beauty's reign, And beauty's self shall soon be dead. Now swift, my snake, make cold my veins, I have betrayed and brought to dust Rome's greatest ; thon shall make me true Oo this death-day?since needs I mast. I, Egypt's queet, do bid myself And my fair body long good-byes, Earth was my all : come such an earth Or none?when Cleopatra dies. ?Marion Manville in Bdford's Magazine for November. A Big Railroad Deal. L Wall Street Sharpers Working to Unite AU the Important Southern Lines Under One Management. Philadelphia Record, Oct. ? deal of gigantic proportions, by which all the railroads in the southern portion of the couotry are to eventually come under the control of a syndicate of Wall street ? harpers, is now under way, and should the pending negotiations reach a successful consummation, which it is thought likely they will, there will be created one of the greatest monopo lies that ever existed, a trust that will rule Southern industries and manufac tures with a rod of iron, and an organ ization so extensive in its ramifications that it will eventually control the whole section of country in which it conducts its operations. This section is South from the Ohio River to the Gulf of Mexico and East from tbe Mississippi River to tbe seaboard. NO INTEREST IN THE WELFARE OF TEE - SOUTH. The little haadful of men who even now are at work with all their shrewd ness and cunning on this scheme are gamblers in railroad stocks and bonds ?men who have no interest whatever in tbe welfare of the country in general, and man who would not scruple to ruin the commercial interests of the entire country if their own private interests could be beoeStted* thereby. In the event of their success they will make their own rate? for the shipping of freight. .They will" control the output of agricultural and manufactured pro ducts by regulating the amount of freight to be carried, and having a com plete monopoly, will qictate practically what shall become of the goods. THE FIRST STEP IN TUE DEAL. The first step toward carrying out the deal was taken a f?w days ago. when the Richmond Terminal Railroad Company bought up the Georgia Cen tral Railroad and all its connections. 'this bargain has already been consum mated, one-half of the ?4,200.000 pur chase money having been paid ?S ATTEMPT TO STEM- THE TIDE. With a view of preventing this deal, or at least of undoing what has been done, tbe Law Counselors," Samuel Dickson and Joseph' I. Doran. repre senting Nicholas Thouron and illiat* Barr, of this city, and other stockhold ers, applied to the Chancery Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville, for an injunc tion against the lease of the East Ten nessee Railway system to tbe Richmond and Danville Railroad Company. The Court directed the bill to be Sled, and has fixed November 16 for argument. The application is made upon tbe ground that the Richmond and Dan ville is a competing line both in Ten nessee and Georgia with the East Ten nessee Road ; that under the laws of those States the leasing of one road by a competing road is forbidden, and a penalty of forfeilure of franchises is in curred. It is believed that the consol idation of these systems would be very disastrous to tie development of the resources of the country about Atlanta, Chattanooga, and Birmingham, by making these pointB solely dependent upon one line of communication with the outside worid. By the block given to the development of the progressive interests at these points it is believed that eventually the 2a6t Tennessee sys tem w'Ottfd greatly suffer. BIDPIXG FOR ALL LINES. It was srated yesterday by gentlemen prominent in railroad matter* that prices had been pisced upon the Norfolk and Western, the Sheuandoah Valley, East Tennessee and Louisville and Nashville systems and also upon the fctearacr lines from Boston, Providence, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore to the South, and for tue Plant system of steamers running from Fi mda to Cuba and other West Ifcdra Islands. Real izing that they will beeom'e inv-lved in the meshes of one gigantic syste<n that will crash them our of existence as soon as it shall be started, some of these concerns, if not. all, are seriously con sidering the advisability of acceptysg the offers made them SEEKING TO CONTROL 7000 MILKS OF KOAD. By the consummation of this impend ing deal one vast monopoly will control about 70^0 miles of tracks, extending through at least seven Southern States. One main line sweeps from Alexandria, Va., through Danville, Va , Charlotte, N. C , and Atlanta, Ga , to the Mis s Sfippi River at Greenville, Miss. From West Point to Danville, Va., runs an important stem From Bristol, Teno., another main line is curried ; South to Mobile. Ala . and West from Cleveland. Teun . to Memphis, and ; Southeast from Cleveland through At- i ! ianta to Bruuswick. on the Atlantic ! j coast. By the recently acquired control j of the Georgia company the Terminal I secures other important lines from j Birmingham and Montgomery, Ala. ; ! Atlanta, Ga. ; Greenville and Spartao i bur^. S. C., to Port Royal and Sa jvaonah. There are also negotiations under j ' way for the purchase of several smaller roads that have their termini at import- 1 ant points in the South. n< d which will j be essential to tbe completion of tbe j i contemplated- monopoly. Going Back on the Primaries 11 Greenville yews. W. S. Miller, of this county, was named as one of the election managers at Batesville district, but declines to serve. He seems to be very desirons to have the public-know tbe fact of bis declioatiou and tbe reasons for it. These reasons, he says, are that he cannot en dorse tbe eight box system, be bas not folly determined to vote for Governor Richardson and be cannot vote for on s of tbe county nominees. Mr. Miller sent formal notice to this effect to the Greenville News, and we see a commu nication of the same kind from him in tbe Enterprise and Mountaineer. We do not know why Mr. Mirier notified os. We did not appoint him, and have no authority to receive his resignation. Nor do wc understand why his sentiments toward the law and the candidates should prevent bis serv ing as a manager of election. Mr. Miller's case may, nowever, be used as an illustration. e A good many men talk just as be does; we see that a committee of dissatisfied.Democrats in Lexington has issued an address urging the people of that county to vote, tbe State and Federal tickets and refrain from voting the county ticket nomina ted by the D?mocratie primary.; < There is no sense in that kind of talk i and action. It is childish pouting and ? sulking, unworthy of men who are J twenty-one years old and have beards. ? Very little boys who are beaten at play ] can be excused for going off to blubber 1 and refusing to help any more but j grown men who intend to go through ( life'man fashion ought to be above such ( folly. They oughi- to understand that 1 they must swallow a good many bitter * doses and have their judgment and 5 feeliogs disregarded by their fellow t men very many times. t No man does the Democratic party a i favor when he votes for its ticket or 1 helps it otherwise. He is acting for bis J own interests as one of that party, and he belongs to it because it is tbe organ- s ization that best meets his ideas of what ' is best for him and bis. or that stands s between bim and harm and loss. j Politics is not play. It is a big \ serious^usiness for men to work in like i men, and as much a part of our regular j duty as buying or selling or sowing or harvesting. Each man of us bas bis t share of the responsibility for the wel- t fare of his fellow citizens and should 1 exert it io an honest and manly way. * The rule of the majority is the es- ^ sence of our government. Tbe major- s ity is the government, and when its e will is known tbe citizen should accept and obey it loyally and cheerfully as bis j obligations and his ioterests require t him to do. We have no hereditary i rulers, and when tbe power of tbe ma- * j or ity is repudiated and each man fol- 1 lows bis own bead regardless of his fel- j lows, it is the anarchy tbe cranks in t Chicago are trying to blow into the ? country with dynamite. ? Above all there comes in our prima- 6 ries tbe point of honor, on which no c man is-too high or too low to. be seusi- t tive.'and the defence of which is as good c a thing as any man can die or suffer for. ^ The man who votes in a primary elec- , tion does it with the understanding that t he will accept and support tbe will of f tbe majority. When he puts in bis bal- | lot be promises to support the nominee as clearly as if he stood up and swore to t do ft on tbe Bible. That understand- s ing is the basis of all primary elections; t for without it they would mean nothing. [ Tbe man who cuts or be.:s a ticket t nominated by a primary io which be ! i bas toted breaks bis promise and violates c bis plighted faith. . j People lose sight of tb^sc things by g ant thanking of them. IXoubtless Mr. \ Miller does not cousider when be thinks I of cutting his ticket how be would re- L gard a man who would be a candidate jj against, bim for an office or who would t support a candidate against him in a g primary and would then refuse to vote for bim in tbe general election. As a question of morals and right, it makes no difference whether there is opposition or not. After a man is t nominated he loses his identity as an t individual and becomes part of tbe ^ ticket which interest and horor require each one of us to support. We do not * vote to help or hurt any one man, but s to make the party win that we believe the good of the country requires to win. ^ And the fact that cutting the man's ? name does not hurt him does not make j s tbe act of cutting hurt us any the less, j 1 When a man breaks his word his soul ? and honor arc stained, whether his t breach of faith injures anybody else or I not. ?I We suppose it will be possible for the 1 election to be held at Batesville and for a solid majority to be rolled up at that j c p'taunch Democratic precinct without j f Mr. Miller's help. We know all the I c cutting and sulking likely to be done ! j in tl'ris neighborhood will not endanger t the success cf any candidate. But we l would like axzh individual Democrat to j t consider ;'::"?re ftrst principles, to ask ' ) hrs own contciencs whether they are j * not ri.?ht and to be guided by them ! j now and always. j i - Mil -<n - j J Tt is only a short time until the State : ; Fair. Secretory Holiowaj i* doing ; * everything to make the present Fair the ; ; best of any for many years. The pros- i < pect* are that it will be a grand success. [ 1 It will be held from the 12 b to IGib ; November inclusive. j , I I The South Carolina Association of ( 1 Medical Survivors of the Army and ! 1 Navy of the Confederate States will I J meet in Columbia, at the Council Fla!1, j >n Thursday of Fair week, at VI m. j l Members of the association and those ' ' intending to become members, are re- i quested to come prepared to ?rive the ! ( Ute and grade of their commission and ; - dr assignment to dury. j < President Henry P. Tal ronge, of the j ( S ?atb Carolina railway company, re- j ' rose* positively to give any information i < regarding tbe reports of a proposed lease j 1 of his line to the Richmond Terminal i -1 system. In other quarters it is said \ \ that tbe Sooth Carolina will be absorb- | j cd by rhe Terminal unless it is found 5 that, on account of the terms demanded ! by the comoany. a new line can be 1 built more advantageously. Hand, in Horry County, and Moselcy. j { in And'Ts'H? are two new post offices in > { So?*th Carolina.? By FEEGU3 W. HUME. chapter l WHAT THE " AEG US" SAID. Ti m HE following report appeared in The Ar gus newspaper o f Saturday, the 28th July, IS?: "Truth is said to be stranger than fic tion, and certainly t h o extraordinary murder which took place in Melbourne m Thursday night, or rather Friday morn ng, goes a long way toward verifying this aying. A crime has been committed by an mknown assassin, within a short distance of ;he principal streets of this great city, and is mrrounded by an impenetrable mystery, [ndeed, from the nature of tho crime itself, he place where it was committed, and the fact ttmt the assassin has escaped without eaving a trace behind him, it. would seem as ;bough the case itself had been taken bodily mt of one of Gaboreau's novels, and that his amous detective Lecoeq only would be able ? unravel it. The facts of the case are limply these: "On ';be 27th day of July, at the hour of ?wenty minutes to 2 o'clock in the morning, i hansom cab drove up to the police station, n Grey street, St. Kilda, and the driver nade the startling statement that his cab ontained the body of a man whom he had eason to "believe had been murdered. "Being taken into the presence of tho in rpector, the cabman, who gave his name as iialcoim Royston, related the following strange story: 14At the hour of 1 o'clock in the mcrn ng, he was driving down Collins street East, vhen as he was passing the Burke and Wills nonument he was hailed by a gentleman tanding at the corner by the Scotch church. 3o immediately drove up, and saw that tho jentlemau who hailed him was supporting ;he deceased, who appeared to be very in oxicatefl Both were in evening dres3, but he deceased had no overcoat on, while the >ther* wore a short covert coat of a light awn color, which was open. As Koyston Irove up, the gentleman In the light coat aid, 'Look hero, cabby, here's some fellow iwfuliy tight, you'd better take him home!' "Royston then asked bim if the drunken nan was his friend, but this tho other denied, aying that he had just picked him up from he foot path, and did not know him fron i-dam. At this moment the deceased urncd bis face up to the light of the amp under which both were standing, ind tbe other seemed to recognize him, or he recoiled a pace, letting the tranken man fall in a heap on the pavement, ind gasping out 'You? he turned on his heel, ind walked rapidly away down Russell treet in the direction of Bourke street. 44 Royston was staring after him, and won lering at his strange conduct, when he was ?called to himself by. tho voice of the de leased, who bad struggled to his feet, and vas holding on to the lamp post, swaying to ind fro. 'I wan7 g'eme,' ho said in a thick roice, 'St. Kilda.' He then tried to get into ha cab, but was too drunk to do so, and inally sat down again on the pavement. Seeing this, Royston got down, and lifting urn up. helped him into the cab with some lonsiderable difficulty. The deceased fell >ack into tho cab, and seemed to drop off t?' leep; so, after closing the door, Royston urncd to remount his driving seat, when he ound tho geutieraan in the light coat whom to bad seen holding up the deceased, close to lis elbow. Royston s.iid, *0h, you've come lack,' and tho .other answered, 'Yes, Pye :hauged ray mind, and will see him home.* i$,h<s said this he opened the door of the cab, tepjiod in besida tbe deceased, and told ?py ton to drive down to-St Ffilda. Royston, rbo was glad that tho friend of tbe deceased aid come to look after him, drove as he had >een directed, but near tho Church of Ei-g and Grammar school, on the St Kilda road, he gentlernsn in the light coat called out to dm to stop. He did so, and the gentleman jot out of the cab, closing the door after him. 4t *fie won't let me take him home,' he said, so 1*11 just walk back to the city, and you an drive him to St. Kalda,' 44 *\V hat street, sirf asked Royston. 44 'Grey street, I fancy,' said the other, 'but ny friend will direct you when yen get to he Junction.' 14 'Ain't be too much on, sir? said Royston, lutiousiy. 44 'Oh, co; I think he il be able to tell you vhere he lives. It's Grey street or Ackland treet, 1 fancy. I don't know which.' "lie tLea opened tbe door of tho cab and coked in. 'Good night, old man,'be said The other apparently did not answer, for the gentleman in the light coat, shrugging his boulders and muttering 'sulky brute,'closed be door again, lie then gave Royston half l sovereign, lit a cigarette, and after mak ng a few remarks about the beauty of tbe light walked or? quickly in tho direction of klelbcurne. Royston drove down to the function, and having stopped there, accord ag to Iiis instructions. he asked his fare s?v irai times where he was to drive him to. Re viving no answer, and thinking that the loceased was too drank to answer, he ;ot down from his s.v.t. opened the loor or the cab, and found the deceased ying back in tbe corner with a handkerchief lctoss his month. ?le put out bis hand with ;he intention of rousing him, thinking that jo had gone to sleep, when on touching him .ho deceased Cell forward, and oa e::::mlua ion, to his horror, be found that he was ;uite dead. Aiar:ocd at what bad taken ilatre. and suspecting the gentleman in the igbt coat, ho Ilrove to the police ?:a:ion ut si. Kht.'a, and Cleve ntade the above report, rac body of tbe deceased was rchen out of ,he e:.:i and brought iii?o tLv station, a doctor >eia^ sttnt Tor at once. U:; bis arrival, how rver. Le found that lifo 'vas quite extinct, lud also discovered that tho baudk?rchior .rhiVrb was tied lightly over the mouth was raturated with chloroform, lie n.-i : no besi ..*:r:.'ii i:> str.tmg that from tue way in which he hand^rrohi ?' was placed, a:?d the ?resehee u? chloroform, a murder had ?ren committed, and from all appearances be dt^easod died easily and without a trngg?e The deceased is n slender man, of ! nod mm height, with a dark complexion, and j is dressed m *vcn:ng dress, wbich wili render j ideo'.dieation dit'hmlt, n> it is n (vx.tume i which has riot any distinctive mark to render j it ^ticeable. There were no papers nor cards found on the deceased from wlucb bis nan:" | ran Id be tliscovered, and the clothing was not j marked in any way. The handkerchief, how J sver, wiiioh was tied across his mouth, was ; ?f *."!iit<' silk, and marked in one t;f tho j corners with the letters 40. W.' in red Hille | The assassin, of course, may have nsed his | jwn handkerchief to- commit the crime, so j that if tbe initials are those- of fc?s ow?j name J they may ultimately lead to his detectiou. There will be an inquest held on the body of mr deceased this morning, when, no doubt, some evidence, may he elicited which may wive the mystery." In Monday morning's issue of The Argus .lie following article appeared with reference ;o the matter: "The following additional evidence has been obtained which mav throw some light y.i tho mysterious murder in a hansom cab, jf which wo gave a full description in Satur day's issue: 4Another hansom cabman cailed ?t^o police ot?eo aud gave a clew whicii I- - ? tives in their search after the murderer. He states that he was driving up the St. Hilda road on Friday morning about half-past I o'clock, when ho was hailed by a gentleman In a light coat, who stfcpped into the cab and told bim to drive to Powlett street, in East Melbourne. He did so, and, after paying him, the gentle man got out at the corner of Wellington parade and Powlett street and walked slowly up Powlett street, while the cab drove back to town. Here all clew ends, but there can bo no doubt in the minds of dur readers as to tbe identity of the man in the light coat who got out of Royston's cab on the St Kilda rood, with the one who entered tbe other cab and alighted therefrom at Powlett street There could have been no struggle, as the cabman Royston would surely have heard the noise had any taken place. The sup position is, therefore, that the deceased was too drunk to make any resistance, and the other, watching his opportunity, placed the handkerchief saturated with chloroform over the mouth of his victim, and after a few in effectual struggles the latter would relapse into a state of stupor from such inhalation. Tbe,raan in the light coat, judging from bis conduct lx?fore getting into tbe cab, appears to have known the deceased, though from tbe circumstances of his walking away on recog nition, and returning again, shows that his attitude toward tho deceased was not alto gether a friendly one. "Here is a great chance for some of our de tectives to render themselves famous, and we feel sure that they will do their utmost to trace the author of this cowardly and daring murder." CHAPTER IL THE EVIDENCE AT THE IXQUEST. At the inquest held on tho body found in tbe hansom cab the following articles taken from the deceased were placed on the table: L Two pounds ten shillings in gold and silver. 2. The white silk handkerchief which was saturated with chloroform, and was found tied across tho mouth of tho deceased, marked with the letters O. W. in red silk. 3. A cigarette eise of Russian leather, half filled with cigarettes. 4. A left hand white glove of kid?rather soiled?with biack seams do*wn the back. Samuel Gorby, of the detective oiUce, was present in order to see if anything might be said by the witnesses likely to point to the cause or to the author of the crime. IPs SA5TUEL GOBBY. ' i The first witness called was Malcolm Roy ston, in whose cab the crime had been com mitted. He told the same story as had al ready appeared in The Argus, and tbe fol lowing facts were elicited by tbe coroner: Q_ Can yon give a description of the gen tleman in tbe light coat who was holding tho deceased when you drove up? A 1 did not observe him very closely, as my attention was taken tip by the deceased; and, besides, the gentleman in the light coat was hi the shadow. Q. Describe him from, what yon saw of him, A. He was fair, I think, because I could see his mustache, rather tall, and in evening dress, with a light coat over it I could not see his face very plainly, as he wore a soft feit hat which was pulled down over his eyes Q. What kind of hat was it he wore?a wide awake? A Yes. Tho brim was turned down, and 1 could only see his month and mustache. Q. What did he say when yon asked him if he knew the deceased? A. He said he didn't; that he had just picked him up. Q. And afterwards ho seemed to recognize bim? . A Yes. When the deceased looked np he said "Youf* and let him fall on tothe ground, then he walked away toward Bourke street Q. Did be look back? A Kot that Isaw. Q. How long were you looking after blrar A About a minute. Q. And when did you see him again? A Atter I put deceased into the cab I turned round and found him at my elbow. Q. And wliatdid boeayl A I said, "Oh! you've come back,", and he said, "Yes, I've changed my mind, and will see him home," and then he got into'tbe cab, and told me to drive to- St Kilda. Q. He spoke then as if be knew the deceased ? A Yes; 1 thought that ho only recognised him when ho looked up, and perhaps, having had a row with him, walked away, but thought he'd come back. Q. Did you see him coming backJ A No; the first 1 saw of bim was at my elbow when 1 turned. Q. And when did he get out? A ?1 Bit as 1 was turning down by tbe grammar school, on the St ivikia road. Q. Did yon hear an}' sounds of fighting or struggling in the cab during the drive? A No; tbe road was rather rough, and the noire of the wheels going over the stones would have prevented mo hearing anything. CJ. When the gentleman i:i tho light coat ( got cut did ho appear disturbedf A No. he was perfectly calm. - Q. How could yon red chat* A tlecautit! the moon had risen and I could 1 seer plainly I Q. Did you see his face then? A No; his hat was pulled down over it I only saw as much as 1 did when be entered tho cab in Collins street Q. Were his ciothcs torn or disarranged in any way? j A No; the only difTcrenco I saw in him i was that his coat was buttoned. Q. And was it open when he got in? A. No. hut i? was when he was holding \i? the deceased. Q. Then tie buttoned it before he came | hack and &.>t i : ; ti ? th*- cab? A Yes, 1 supj>ose so. Q. What did ho say when he g'M out of the ! j cat* on the St. k.M i roadi A Ho said that ti him take b\-:\ homo, nark to Melbnurno. Q. And yen ?sk; d drive the de?i! sod ro> A Yes; sod be sr. id that tho deceased lived either in Grey street or Ack-land street St Ivi'Ma. t.".it that the dervosxl would direct me at the Junction. Q. Didyou rot tftinfc that the deceased was too drunk t/> direct ycu? A. Yes. 1 di I: but his friend said that tho sleep and the shaking of the cub would sober bun a bit by tl?e tinw 1 got to the Junction. Q The gentleman in the light i*?t appar entry did not know wlu*ro the deceased lived* A No, he said it was either iu Acklaud street or Grey street Q. Did you not think that curious? A. No. t thought tie ungfct be a club friend of the deceasot Q. How long did the man m the light cc:?t talk to youf A About five minutes. Q. And during that time you heard oo noise in the cab* A No, 1 thought the deceased had gone to sleep. Q. And after the man in the li,:ht coat said good uight to the deceased what hap pened? A He lit a cigarette, gave me a half sovereign, and walked off towards Mel lxMinie. (j. Did you observe if th^genttemanfr .: erased would not and that he woul.l w n where you were to him?. j 1 j A Oh, yes; because be dusted his boots ; I \ with it The road was very dusty. ' ! Q. Did you notice any striking peculiarity I about him? I A. Well, no; except that no wore a dia- ' mond ring. i Q. What was there peculiar about that? i A. He wore it on the forefinger of tho 1 right band, and I never saw it that way before. j Q. Wben did you notice this? i A. When- be was lighting his cigarette. < Q. How often did you call to tbe deceased when you got to the J unction i I A Three or four times. I then got down, ' and found be was quite dead. < Q. How was he lying.' i A He was doubled up in the far corner of l tbe cab, very much in the same positSctt as I ] left aim wbea 1 put him in. His bead was hanging on one side, and there was a hand- 1 kerchief across his mouth. When I touched < bim he fell into the other corner of the cab, I and then 1 found out be was dead. J imme diately drove to the St Kilda police station and told the police. ? ' At the conclusion of Royston*s evidence, ? during which Gorby had been continually ' taking notes, Ilobert Chinston was called- i He deposed: 1 am a duly qualified medical practitioner, residing in Collins street East 1 made a post ! mortem examination of the body of the do- j ceased on Friday. Q. That, was within a few hours after his death? A Yes; seeing from the position of the ? handkerchief and the presence of chloroform that'he had died through chJoroforra, and i knowing how quickly that poison evaporates, < 1 made the examination at once. , Coroner: Coon,sir. Dr. Chinston: Externally, the body was healthy looking and well nourished. There were no marks of violence. The staining ap parent at the back of the legs and trunk was due to post mortem congestion, Internally, tbe brain was hypermraic, and there was a considerable amount of congestion, especially apparent in the superficial vessels. There was no brain disease. The lungs were healthy, but slightly congested. On opening the thorax there was a faint spirituous odor dis cernible. The stomach contained atout a pint of completely digested food. The heart . was flaccid. The rigbt heart contained a considerable quantity of dark, fluid blood. There was a tendency to fatty degeneration of that organ. 1 am of the opinion that de ceased died from' the inhalation of some such vapor as chloroform or m?thyl?ne. Q. You say there was a tendency to fatty degeneration of the heart Would thai have anything to do with the death of deceased? A Not of itself. But chloroform admin istered while tbe heart was in such a state would have a decided tendency to accelerate the fatal result At the same time, 1 may mention that tbe post mortem signs of poison ing by chloroform are mostly negative. Dr. Chinston was then permitted to retire, and Clement Rankin, another hansom cab man, was called. He deposed: 1 am a cab man, Jiving in Collingwood, and usually drive a hansom cab. I remember Thursday last. I had driven a party down to St. Kilda, and was returning about half-past 1 o'clock. A short distance past the grammar school I was hailed by a gentleman in a light coat; loo was smoking a cigarette, and told me to drive him to Powlett street East Mel * bourn a I did so, and he got out at the cor ner of Wellington parade and Powlett street He ' paid me Laif a sovereign for my fare, and then walked up Powlett street, while 1 drove back to town. Q. What time was it yoa stopped at Pow lett street? A Two o'clock exactly. Q. Eow do you know? - A Because it was a still night, and I heard the f?KtofSco clock strike 2 o'clock. , . Q. Did you noti .scything" peculiar about tho man iu-tha light coat? A No; be looked just the same as any one else. 1 tboagbt he was some swell of the .town out for a lark. His bat was pulled down over his eyes and 1 could not see His face. Q. Did you notice'if he wore a ring?,.. A. Yes, 1 did. When be wag handing jee s the half sovereign 1 .saw. bo had a diamond ring on tbe forefinger of bis right hand... Q. He did not say why he was on the St Kilda road at such an hour? A No; he did not Clement Rankin was ^en ordered to stand : down, and the coroner then summed up an address of half an hour's duration. There was, he pointed out, no doubt that the death of the deceased had resulted not from natural causes, but from the effects of poisoning. ; Only slight evidence had "been obtaicixf up to the present time regarding the circum stances of the case, but the or y porsoo who could be accused of committing the crime was tho unknown man who entered the cab" . with tbo deceased on Friday morning at tbe ?corper of the Scotch churchy near the Surke and Wills monument it had been proved the deceased, when be entered tbo cab, was, to all appearances, in good health, though- in a state, of intoxication, and tbe fact that be was found by the cabman Royston, after the man in tbe light coat bad left the cab, with a handkerchief saturated with chloroform tied over b& mouth, would seem to show that i he had dtvi through tho initiation .of chto * roform, ??hieb had been deliberately admin istered. All the obtainable evidence in the case wu3 circumstantial, but, nevertheless, showed conclusively that a crime had been committed. Therefore, as the circumstances of tbe case pointed to one conclusion, the jury could not do'Otherwise than frame a verdict in accordance with that conclusion. The jury retired at 4 o'clock, and, after an absence of a quarter of an hour, returned with tbe following verdict: "That tbe de ceased, whose- name there was no evidence to show, died on tho 27th day of July. from the effects of poison, namely, chloroform, feloni "ously administered by some person unknown;; and the jury, on tbeir oaths, say that the said unknown person' feroniousl}', willfully and maliciously did murder the said de ceased." ctiaptst: in. 0>T ntrXDI'.ED For:?"rss rcxapz>. V. R. 55o RDi jTv.. ?103 REWARD. "Wlwreas, on Friday, the 2Tth day of July, the body of a man. name unknown, w s fount!: :u a hansom cab. And whereas, at an inquest held at St Kilda, on the 33?b day of July, a verdict of willful murder, against some person unknown, was brought in by the jury. The deceased Is of medium herght, with a dark completion, dark hair, clean shaved, has a mole on the left temple, and was dressed in evening dress. N??r:ee is I hereby grvea that ara ward of ?1C0 wi?Vbe J paid by the g ;voror?eut for such information ad will lead to the conviction of the mur- j derer, who i ; prcsam: i Co ire a man who en tered the ban*ru cab with the deceased at j tbo corner of Collins aud Russell streets, on j tho incrm'Og of the 37th day of July." CITAPTTZR rV. BE*. go:::)Y ::akt::s \ statvt. "Well," said Mr. Gorby, addressing his re Cectiou in the looking glass, 'Tve l?ecn find ing oat tidngs these last twenty years, but tiiis is a puzzler, and no mistake," Mr. Gorby was shaving, and as was his usual custom conversed with Iiis reflection. j i "Hang it," he said, thoughtfully stropping i his razor, "a thing with an end must bave a ; start, and if 1 don't got the start bow am I to ?ot the endr As the mirror did net answer this question, Mr. Gorby lathered his face, and started | shavi::g in a somewhat mechanical fashion, j for hlr. thoughts were with tho case, and ran j on in this mumier: j There are tlirce things to be discovered ? j First, who is tho dead man ? Second, what i was he killed for? And third, who did it? j Once I get hold of tho first the other two j wont bo very hard to find out, for one can tell pretty well from a mau's lifo whether it's to any one's interest that ho should be got off the books. The man that murdered that chap must have had some strong motive, and j I must find out what that motive was. Love ? j No, it wasn't that?men in love don't go to ; such lengths in real life?they do in novels and plays, but Tve never seen it occurring in ; I my experience* Robbery? No, there- vras : plenty of money in his_pc<iet Revenjje ? . M thing that carries on most people farther than they want to go. There was no vio lence used, for bis clothes weren't torn ; so be must have been taken sudden and before be know what the other chap was up ta By the way, I don't think 1 examined his clothe* sufficiently. There might be somet?iingabon5 them to give a clew; at any. rate, it's worth, looking af tor, so F1I start with his clothes." So Mr. Gorby, after ha had finished dress ing and bad his breakfast, walked quickly ter the police station, where he asked for the slothes of the deceased to be shown to him. ? When be received them he went kito a corner; by himself and started to examine themV Fbere was nothing remarkable about the! ?oat, as it was merely a well cut and well made dress coat, so with a grunt of dissaiis-' [action Mr. Gorby threw it on one side* and ; picked up the waistcoat. Here he found something that in?e Mm very ranch, and that was a pocket on tho left hand side of the waistcoat end the inside. ' ' "Now, what tue deuce is this CorV saiuV Mr. Gorby, scratching his head; "it cm**' usual for a dress waistcoat to have a pocket'' on its inside, as I'm aware cf ; and,5* con-; tinned the detective, greatly e-crfced, 'this; ?&t tailors' work; he did it himselff ??dti jolly badly he did, it too. Now he mast have.; taken the trouble to make this pocket him-' * self, so that no one else would kr.ow anything., about it, and it was made to ?oitj something* valuable?so valuable that he had to carry it' with him even when he wore evening ciothes.. ' Ahl here's a tsar on the side nearest tho o?t-i side of the waistcjoat; something has been, pulled out roughly. I begin to see now. The. dead man possessed something which th? other man wanted, and which he knewthe; dead one carried about with him. He sees him drunk, gets into the cab with him and. tries to get what he wants. Tho dead m^m * resists, upon which the other kills him by means of the chloroform which he hod with,' aim, and being afraid that tho cob will stop, and he wiii be found out, snatches what bar wants out of tbe pocket*so quickly that he,, tears tho waistcoat and then * makes onV That's clear enough, but tho question 1st; " Yv"hat was it he-vra^ted* A cote with jewels? *. Noi It could not ha^e been anything so. bulky, or the dead man would never bava*/ carried it about inside bis waistcoat. It was.. something ?at, which could easily lie in tbe ' ? pocket?a paper?some valuable paper which} the assassin wanted, and for which he killed* the other. - "This is aD very well,"-, said Mr. Gorby^ throwing down the waistcoat, and rising,! 41 have found number two before number one The first question is: Who is tbe mur dered man? He's a stranger in Melbourne, that's pretty clear, or else some one would be/ sure to bave recognised him before now by . the description given m the reward. Now, L ^ wonder if be bas any relations here? P?ri-i vate lodgings more like, and a landlady who. doesut read'the papers and doesn't gossip, or she'd have known all about it by this time.. Now, if he did live, os I think, in private ~~ lodgings, and suddenly disappeared, his land lady wouldn't keep quiet. It's a whole week:.. ' since the murder, and as the logger has not* been seen or heard of, the landlady w?l - naturally make inquiries. If, however, as L surmise, the lodger is a stranger, she will aoQ know where to inquire; therefore, under- " these circurnstances, the most natural thing for her to do ttould be to advertise for rrrm;:>* so I'll have a look at the newspapers.n Mr. Gorby got a file of tbe different news papers, and looked carefully in the columns where missing friends and people who wfll' hear something to their advantage are gen- ..' erally advertised for. "He was murdered," said Mr. Gcrby to . himself, "on a Friday morning, between r *? and 2 o'clock, so he might stay away ?? Monday without exciting any suspicion. On Monday, bowe\9r, the landlady would begin, to. feel uneasy, and on Tuesday she would advertise for him. Therefore,* said Mr.. Gorby, running his fat finger down toe " column, ** Wednesday it is." It did not appear in Wednesday's paper., neither did it in Thursday's, but in Frida} ?4 issue, exactly one week after the murder,' ,. Mr. Gorby suddenly came on the following advertisement: "If Mr. Oliver Wfcyte does not return to Possum Villa, Grey strut, St Eilda. before the end of the week, his rooms wHJ be .left ,: agsinl?Rubina fiabieGorLw "Oliver Whyte," .repeated Mr. Gorby" a?owly, "and the initials on the pocket hand kerchief which were proved to have belonged - to the deceased were, lO. W.' So bis name Is Oliver Whyte, is it? Now, I wonder if Rubina HeJbieton knows anything about this, matter. At any rate," said Mr. Gorby, pot? tmg on bis hat, "as I'm fond of sea breezes, - I think Til go down and call at Fossura Villa, ? Grey street, St. Sil da," CHAPTER V. STR3 HABLBTOX CXBOSOJIo LIESSET-S1. Possum Villa was an unpretentious looking place with one bow window and a narrow veranda in front. It was surrounded with? a small garden astd a few sparse fib were In it which were Mrs. Hablcton's delight When not otherwise engaged she tied an old h&ad^ kerchief round her head and went out inter the garden, where she dug and watered her flowers until t-hoy all gave up attempting to grow from sheer desperation at not b^irt^ left alone. She was engaged in. her favorite oc cupation about a week after her lodger had disappeared, a shadow fell across the garden; and on looking up she saw a man leaning; over the fence, looking at her. He was o? burly looking man^ wuh a jovial red face, clean shaved, and sharp, shrewd looking gray eyes which kept twin-ding like . two stars. He won dre?scd in a suit of light* ciothes, and wore a st?f?.y starched white waistcoat, with a massire gold cha ; n stretched across it. Altogether he gavo Mrs. Habietoa tho impression of being a well to do trades man, and she mentally wondered wliat he wanted. "What d'y want P she asked abruptly. "Docs Mr. Cliver Whytc five aert-r asked tho stranger. "He do! an' ho dont," answered -Jrs. Hablo ton, epigrammatiordhy. "I ain't soon fm for over a weck, so I sposo gone on the drink, iilce the rot cf 2em, but pve put sumthru' in tlve paper as 'Il pull him up pretty sharp, cjvI let 'im know t aiut a carpet ro ho trcJ on, an' if you're a friend of "im, yen c:m tell tm from me V? a brute, it;; uomore but vrha? 1 ozpestod of 'im, 'e beia' a male.* :o. an The Granger waited placidly during the ontbnreS, end Mrs. na^letoni, having stopped fer vont of breath, !:o interposed quietly: "Can I speak to you for a few mcmo?tsr ! "An'who's a stnppia? of you?" said Mrs. HaMcton, defiantly. "Well, really." said the other, looking up at the cloudless blue sky, and wiping his face with a gaudy red silk pocket handkerchief, "it is rather hot, you lraow, and" Kris. Habietoa did not give him timo.to> C: aish, but walking to the gate, opened it with; : a jerk. "Us? your lags and walk in," she said, and, the stranger having done so, she led the way into the house, and into a small, neat sitting": room, which seemed to overflow with anti macassars, wool mats and w^x fiowers. There was also a ro# of emn eggs on the morttri i piece, a cutlass on the wall, and^a grimy*, line of hard lciokangHttle books, set malfttff[_ row on a shelf, presumably for or^nH^^??r^?: . thejr looked too unpieasartt to tempt any aa^- ; X cosnxutD Off fo?*..*. .