The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 07, 1891, Image 1

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WATCHMAN, KetnfcHebed April. ISM. 'Be Just and Fear not-Let aU the End? thou Alma't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's THK TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone, 1260 Ceasolidaied Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. G., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1891. New Series-Yoi. Xl. No. 10. -Ll-LJ ar N. ?. OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. Two Dollar? per annora-ia advauoe. aoreanaa Meara. Qa* Samara, toit tnsectian.-.?.?..fil 00 foeat gmectioo......... SO for three moat*?, or lois ger will s at red need rates. mmamieat?nor which subserve private _> w?l be charged for as advertisernsnte. Oefteaaha aad tribute? of respect wiH be DRUG STOKE m SUMTER. Jg Sn Kef Mei, Sei -afc m & ?ULAI? A co, Reg to announce to the citiseos of Sumter, City ead Caoety, that they hare opened A Complete Stock of Mdfcfateg, Toilet ari fWj ?sOdes, "med ether goods, ?ch ?a ara usually fouai ia a Drugstore, including SEGA KS AND TOBACCO, GAR ~ DSN SEEDS, Exe. fi| erial attention ia invited to a fine Hoe of PERFUMERY, mnbreciugnome inc imported Extracte. ^ Garerai attention giren to the com pound? ing of prescriptions, and calla promptly at? tended to at all boors. Aa Blectrie Bell will ha foaad at the door foe night use. COM3 AND SSS US. W. H. GILL?LAND & COn MONAGHAN 8LOCK, HAIN STREET, SU MTSR- S. C. ?ehranrylO. Wi HAVB Cotton, Sogar Sacks, aid Jute Bagging Tor ?ySGQ bolea cotton. SOT? money by foejiog from na io lota of five bales and op. SKATER COTTON MILLS, D. JAS. WINN, 8SJSJ.-J?~8 Presideo'?. MACHINE SHOP? Ail kinds of MACHINE WOBK REPAIRS eaa be bodia Sumter, at abort notice, and in tie nerf bast das* ** work, at the shop re* cently opened bj jndersigned on Liberty Street, oear tat 4 N.Depot. Bdflfff Fftfr^rttf. and ffirc and Gin Work & Spodaity? Prompt attention given to work ia the country, and first does workmen sent to at? tend to same. Call nt the shop or address th rough Sumter Pott office Aag 13 EDGAR SKINNER. NOTICE. Appfioitfrm to Ghartor Railway Co. "I^TOTICK ts hereby gi*m nat the nuder? n signad wat eppjy ta the General Aesem bTyof thia State, at rta next session for a charter of a Railway Company, to rao from a point on the Savannah Bi ver, opposite or near the CHy of Angosta, ia the State of Georgia, taronga tho County of Aiken S. C., Tr? the city of Aiken, "brong h Orangeborg amt gamier Coparles to tho city of Sumter, la tm* State. Said Railway to be known ?a The Aagcsta, Aiken and Sainter Railway Company. G. W. CRO?T, P. B. Haaaaaios, B?. F. Tourna, J. G. BAYVHSM, ?. B. WOODWARD. Aog* _-_ NO 1ICE. JV PURSUANCE OP TSB LAWS OF I thia Soue notice ia hereby given that tho fiaaoavBie Railroad Company wiH apply to Cha Legtokture of tb? State at its next ses moo for aathority to extend its Railroad in a genet*! North or North-westerly direction as sar at the Vorth Corolin* State line, and also to-astead said Railroad (rom Atkins in a Snath or,. 8oath. easterly direction as far as .ame point on tba North Saetera, or the Cen? . tra! Resta?ad of Sooth Carolina. T. L. BRIDGE RS, President B.R R. Co. " August 18, 109!. nggjg-v L B. JOHNSTON, SUMTER, & C -TBS IfcMmfeal Carpesier^ Cwmtfsetor AJTD BUILDER, WOULD RESPECTFULLY inform the at?eos of Sam 1er and surround i og coen try that he is prepared to fur a isb plans, and estimates on brick and wooden buildings All work entrusted to him will be done first class. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Aug 1? _o_ HOLMAN k LEM ASTER. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. 8UMYER, 8. C. ?TILL MACS BIDS ON ANT WORK Tl *n City or Coon ty, and will do all work with despatch and in best of work Calls by mail or otherwise responded to promptly- Can be found at present at build? ings on Westend of Calhoun Street. E. H. HOLMAN, Nor. 26-T G. F. LeMASTER. ^eapnaw s??c Ifta? feetn?-?*? ****** ^nSJ WW w?rk for ni. hr krna? !'???. Antin, SAI BmTrtM. *T? J?H>. n.,?n, Tolvin. Ohjo. Jfl ??*~- c*t. Otkm ?rrdoini ?.wrll. Z*7 ?^mHramL^^? ?on? ot?r$*ee.w* I VWHHmtk. T(W rmn Jr> tke work nod Br? ffilElKiaN, wk<m?rro? m. Even b? fXl% H ?rlnn'n arc r*?ilr ?nitor f">- ** W ?TL W F*5nm^ *10?d*r.AU?jr?. ??.ikwmteir ?kv Jmm ^^^^'Z^rT^SZ GLENN SPRINGS MINERAL WATER A Safe, Pleatao and Effective Remedy for al diseases of the IT ACTS ON T?R BOWELS, CLEANSES TSE SYSTEM, AND REGULATES THE LIVER, Aed is a specific for mort FEMALE DISORDERS. SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Proprietors, Glean Sf dags, 8. C. For sale by all leading Druggists. THE SUMTER INSTITUTE. FOUNDED 1867. - - CHARTERED 1888. The Twenty-Fourth Col?eg-iat Teer of this school for young ladt? begins THURSDAY, SEP TIMBER 10th, 1891, and closes JUNE 13th, 1892. For terms, Ac, Apply for circular. Mis. L. A. BROWNS, Mist B. E. COOPER, Joly I_Pri nopals. H COW For young Jadieai situated io the city of Speitsoburg,&. C., 1,000 feet above see lere), climate Sradog, water pure end healthful. -The finest and best Coll?ge building: io the Sooth. Heated bj stenn, lighted by gos. Erecr room esudsomely famished ?ad car? peted. Bath rooms with bot and cold water. Hosie room* large. Elegant art studio and !Serge gymn&sinm. Every modem eon? veuiehce and improben?sat. EIGHTEEN REGULAR TEACHERS IN FACULTY. Besides lecturers from tome of our best Universities. The teachers are specialists and selected from six different States ?nd 'selected nece?se of ability and experience. Fail Academic, Collegiate ead Post Graduate Department. Special Schools of Music, Art, Expression, Physical Cuitare and Medicine. Full classes to Teleg:apby, Steeography, Book Keeping and Type Writing. 176 students have matriculated during the present year, and there bate been 120 Music pupils. The College has been crowded be? yond its capacity. A number of applicants could not.be Accommodated . The Board of . Director? are now building an extension of 50 rooms, to be completed by Sept 1st, 1891. There are for another year (already recd red) applications from 10 different States. ?BOARD OF DIRECTORS. D E. Converse, President; W. 8. Han? niog, Secretary and Treasurer; Hon. D. R. Duncan, Dr. C. E. ' Fleming, Joseph Walker, J. H. Montgomery, Hon. J. B. Cleveland, N. F. Walker, W. E. Burnett. BOARD OF VISITORS, i GOT. J. P. Richardson, Hon. J. L. Otr, Hoo.'A. T. Smythe, Chief Justice W. D. Simpson, Hon. E. B. Marrey, Ex-Gor. J. C. Sheppard, Hon. J. J. HemphiU, Attorney General J Rv Eerie, Jodge W. H. Wallace, Hen. A. C. Haskell, Hon. C. S. McCall, Hon. ?. J. C. Hatsoo, Mayor of 8partanbarg ex officio, Hon. George D. Tillman. Converse by its Constitution is religions bateen denominational. Baptist, Methodist, Spifccpaliaa, Lutheran and Presbyterian Che renes are all represented in the Board of Directors, and at least three members of each of these Ch arches are among tbe Officers and Teachers of toe College. The work is toorongo and graded, the curriculum is fall, the standard ts high. For Catalogue apply to REY. B. F. WILSON, A. E., PBES T Sept. 9. S partan burg, S. C. FORMAN ??8VERS1T?J GREENVILLE, S. C. C. MANLY, D.D.- - - President. npHE NEXT SESSION WILL BEGIN X oor the 30th of SEPTEMBER, 1891. The collegiate department includes tbejegu lar college curriculum. There is also ? Pre? paratory Department thoroughly organised Several professors have been added to the faculty. For farther information, apply to the President or te Aug. 26-5_Poor. H. T. COOK. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. COLUMBIA, 8. C. OPENS SEPTEMBER 29th. Entrance examinations begin September 24tb. Classical, Literary, Scientific, and Law Courses. Thirteen Professors. For further information, address the Presi? dent. . JAMBS WOODROW WESLEYAN WV STAUS-TON, VMtOttMA. ^ Dosas ffs?t. 17.18SL OM.etttossost thorough ead *ttr?ctiT? Bchoo?a tc y ?MM? OSOOei In UM Benth. Cbasaawattvo cooma in Marie Twenty-fire teachers and oflcers. StoMtioa. be?gttfnt.Climate uosor* patted. Pupfis from twenty Stetes. Terms low. Ofwtal SaetacesseesSs to person* st a 4iei*>ace. Xor thm low terme %ud xree>t eorantage? of thie cele* bratet Tircini* eeboel. write for a TT.JU~ "TAX NOTICE. THE TREASURER OF SUMTER Coun? ty gives notice that bis books will be open from the Fifteenth day of OCTOBER, 1891, to the Fifteenth day of DECEMBER, 1891, for the collection of taxes for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1890, in Sumter County. The following are the rates percentum of J the levy : 1. For State purposes-four and three fourth mills on every dollar of the vain? of j alt taxable property. 2. For County purposes three mills OD every dollar of the value of all taxable pro? perty. 3. For the support of publie schools-two mills on every dollar of such value. 4. One do!Har on each taxable poll, (to wit, between the ages of 21 and 60 years.) 5. Mayesville, two mills extra levy for school purposes in the towo of Mayesville. 6. Swimming Pens, two mills extra levy for school purposes in the township. 7. Bishop Tille, foar mills extra levy for School purposes in School Dist. No. 20. 8. Mechanicsville, two mills extra levy for school purposes in the township. 9. Providence, two mills extra levy for school purposes in the township. D. E. KEELS, County Treasurer. Sept. 8._ TAX NOTICE. THE TREASURER OF SUMTER COUN ty hereby gives notice that his books will be open at bis office in she City of Sum? ter from the 16th day of OCTOBER to the 15th day of DECEMBER, 1891, except oin tbe following -lamed days, when be will attend at the places named, either f in person or by deputy, for tba collection of Taxes for the fiscal year 1890 and 1891 : On Thursday, Oct. 15, at Shiloh, Oo Friday, Oct. 16, at Lynchburg, from 8 o'clock a. OB., until 1 o'clock p. ra , and at Magnolia from 2 o'clock un? til 6 o'clock p. m. On Saturday, Oct. 17, ot Bishop fille. On Monday, Oct. 19, at State borg. On Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Rem bert's Store, Rafting Creek. On Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Spring Hill. On Thursday, Oct. 22, at Kingroao'e Store, Providence. On Friday. Oct. 23, at Wedgefield. On Monday, Oct. 26, at Tindall Store, C. S. & N. Railroad. On Tuesday, Oct. 27, &t Bossard Postoffice Oo Wednesday, Oct. 28, at Mann ville. Oo Thursday. Oet. 29, at Reid's Store, Mt. Clio. On Friday, Oet. 30. at Mayesville. On Saturday, Oct. 31, at G ordo o's Mill. Oo Monday, Nor. 2, ot Bi ?bop ville. D. E. KEELS, County Treasurer. Sept 8. ADVICE TO WOHER If you would protect yourself from Painful, Profuse, Scanty, Suppressed or Irregular Men? struation you must use BRADFI ELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR CAKTEKSVTIXS, April 28,1880. Th ii will certify that two members of my immediate family, after having suffered for jeers from ?rjenstrnol Irregularity, being treated without benefit by physicians, were at length completely cared by one bottle of Bradfield'* Female Regulator. Ita effect is truly wonderful. J. W. SXEAVaB. Book to ? WOMAN " mailed FREE, Which contains - Tamable Information ca all female diseases. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA. CA. SALS BT AJJs VRUQOI3TZ. For Infw-ta and Children. Castoria promotes Digestion, and overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, ard Feverishness. Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep yttrtnml. Castoria. contains no Morphine or other narcotic properly. "Castoria is so well adapted to children that I recommend it ss superior to any prescription known to me." H. A. ARCHER, M. ?>., Ill South Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y. **I ns? Castoria in my practice, and find it ?pedaby adapted to affections of children." A tax. ROBERTSON, M. D., 1057 2d Ave., New York. "From personal knowledge and observation lean sar that Castoria is an excellent medicine for children, acting aa a laxative and relieving the pent np bowel? and general system very moen. Many mothers have told me of its ex eaUeat effect upon their children." Da. 6. C OSGOOD, Lowell, Mass. ba Csarracn COKPAXY, 77 Murray Street, N. Y. Are You Interested? Are you suffering with any of the following symptoms: Loss of, or irregular app?tit*, loss of flesh, a feeling of fulness or weight in the stomach, acidity, flatulence, a dull pain with a sensation of heaviness io the head, giddiness, constipation, derangement of kid? neys, heart trouble, nervousness, sleepless? ness, etc. Dr. Holt's Dyspeptic Elixir will cure you. W. A. Wright, the Comptroller General of Georgia, says, three bottles cared him after having tried almost everything else. Judge R. F, Islar, Macon, Ga., says, Holt's Elixir accomplished what all other rem?di?e failed to do, a perfect cure. J. E. Paullin, Ft. Gaines, Ga., writes : "I have no hesitancy in recommending ir. as it cured me of dyspepsia. For any further information inquire of your druggist. For sale by all druggists. H. A. HOYT, Successor to C. I. HOYT A BRO. Gold and Silver Watches. FINE DIAMONDS. Oleoks, Jewelry, Speet&oloi, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, Ao. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb 1_ THE SWORDS NATIONAL BANK, OF SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DEP08I . TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$75,000 00 Surplus Fund. 10,000 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAYINGS DEPARTMENT/. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at tbe rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on first days of January, April, July and October. R. M. WALLACE, Vice President. L. S. CARSOR, Aug. 7 Cashier._ fl BM OF int, SUMTER, S C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business. Also hss A Savings Bank Department Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at tbe rate of 4 per cent per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, A. WHITS, JR., President. Cashier. Aug 21. DR. E. ALVA DENTIST. Office OVER BROWNS A PURDY'S STORE. Entrance on Main Street, Between Browns A Purdy and Durant A Son. OFFICE HOURS : 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. Sumter, S. C , April 29._ G. W. DICE, D. B. S. Office over Bogie's New Store, INTRAHCB OH MAIN STREBT SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours.-9 to 1;30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8 Dr. T. W. BOOKHART DENTAL SURGEON. Office over Bultman A Bro.'s Shoe Store. ENTRANCE ON MAIN STREET. SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours-9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. April 17-o Bradycrotine Only a Headache Cure rcONTIXCED.l (SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.) CHAPTER I.-The coachman of the aristo? cratic Melvilles is murdered io hts room ander mysterious circumstances. CHAPTER 2.-Mrs. Melville, the bead of the family, discovers a clew indicating that the murder was committed by some one of ber household. The police bave another theory. CHAPTER 3 --?Private Detective Gates, whom Mrs. Melville engages in ber sole inter? est, begins to unearth family secrets. CHAPTER 4.-Occurrences in the Melville household point to the housekeep er, Mrs. Mary Winters, as having guilty knowledge of the crime. CHAPTER 5-The conduct of the housekeeper before end after the murder indicates some strange connection between ber and the mar dered coachman. She also professes to have a claim on Mrs. Melville's son Richard, a man of thirty, about to wed in his own sphere. CHAPTER 6.-Detective Gates sends an as? sistant to an obscure Maine village to pry into the past of Mrs. Winters, who bad once been known as Mrs. Caroline Green. CHAPTER 7.-Caroline Green left Maine dur? ing the war to join a brother in New York city. About that time ber husband, Maurice Green, a union soldier, WHS reported dead in Virginia and alive in New York. CHAPTER 8.-The dead coachman wss the brother of Caroline Green, or Mary Winters. The mystery about ber missing husband was unexplained np to the time of the murder. CHAPTER 9.-Relates how Manrice Green met his death by an explosion in a Union hos? pital in Virginia in 1863. CHAPTER 10.- Relates bow Lieutenant Richard Melville, of New Vork, was woncded by the explosion that killed Green and bis memory completely destroyed. CHAPTER ll.-Detective Gates learns thnt Caroline Green, ali ns MrP. Winters, claims Robert Melville as ber husband. CHAPTER 12.-A physiiitn engaged by Mrs. Melville examines Mrs. Caroline Gre-n, and his report consigns ber to a private insaoe asylum. Mrs. Melville's sympathies are with the unfortunate woman, and she defrays her asylum expenses. CHAPTER 13.-Richard Melville bas a long private interview with Mrs. Green at the asy? lum. CHAPTER XIV. ?.LBO CONTRIBUTED BY THE MATRON OF THE INSANE ASYLUM. ?fe walked briskly up the street to thegate. The more I thought of the .scene I had witnessed on the lawn, awl of the words I had heard Mrs. Caroline Green address to Richard Melville, the, less I Hktd the idea of my patient walking on the lawn alone after nightfall. I didn't like Richard Melville's defiant attitude. I couldn't bear to think of the pitiful changes I had observed in Mrs. Caroline Green's demeanor. It was plain to my mind that some kind of secret understanding existed between the two. I could not see why a person in Mr. Richard Melvillearxx?tioo should find it necessary to have a private understanding with a patient in an in? sane asylum. The most sensible view to take of the matter was that Mr. Melville was only humoring the insane fancy of the wom? an in whom his mother took so great an interest This is tho view! finally forced myself to tike. But even taking this view of it, and knowing what I did of Mrs. Green's hal? lucination, it seemed to me to be my plain duty, in tho interest of my patient, to prevent a second secret meeting. To my mind tho cae meeting I had witnessed should not have boen permit? ted, even in the presence of Mrs. Clark Melville. I resolved to place the whole matter before Mrs. Melville at the first opportunity. Mind you, it did not occur to me that there was any wrong motive for the ap? pointment at the gate. It does not mat? ter what my opinion is now. It is suffi? cient if I state now that I was then only apprehensive of the effect on my pa? tients health of continued companion? ship with Richard Melville. The result of my deliberation on the subject was a resolve that if my patient did meet Richard Melville at the iron gate in the night time I ?honld not be very far away. My instructions were to allow her all the freedom from restraint possible under the rules of the asylum. I resolved to follow these instructions to the letter, and at the lame time to make sure tVat the privilege was not abused. Mrs. Green did not ask permission to visit the lawn in the evening until the third day after the appointment had been made. I granted the request as soon as made, and arranged to carry out my programme of surveillance. My patient made lier appearance on tho lawn at eight o'clock. From my window I could watch her every move* ment without being seen. She walked about tho place in the usual way for nearly an hour, stopping now at the fountain and now at the gate, before her manner betrayed the slightest impa? tience. Then her pauses at the gate be? came longer and more frequent. Then it occurred to me that from the position I occupied it would be impos? sible for me to see and identify her vis? itor. The thought c?eme to me that the appointment might not have been made for the man who made it I had thought of nothing all day but the proposed meeting, and I was not willing that it should take place without my knowing more of it than I could learn from the window of my room. People who read this may set this down as a bit ol femi? nine curiosity. Call it matronly pru? dence, and you will have' it right As I left my room, dressed for the street, an attendant stopped me with this statement and this question: "Mr. Richard Melville came to the street door in person a short time ago and asked to have Mrs. Green notified that his engagement for the evening must be postponed. Shall I notify Mrs. Green/" The statement surprised me. The ques? tion set me to thinking. I ordered the attendant to notify Mrs. Green, and re turned instantly to my room. I soon saw the attendant spe.vk to the woman waiting on the lawn and re-enter tho howe. Mrs. Oreen did not re turu to her room. She stood by the fountain fully five minutes, as if in thought, and then went to tbe street gate and re? mained there, in two minutes* thne I Blood at the corner of the building peer? ing down the side street toward the lawn. The street is a quiet one at all times. That night there appeared to be less life trpon it than usual. A few people were passing np and down, but 1 saw no one either at the gate or loitering in its vi? cinity. I was not satisfied 1 had heard the hour of nine named. I decided to keep the place in sight until that time. I did not believe in the good faith of the mes? sage left for Mrs. Green. Now you know why I waited. To remain where I was was to attract attention if any visitor cane frets the south. I ?russed tho street and strolled atong Maa jsay<trj**nt opposite<b? wylma. No one stood ai the gata as I passel rt. Nothing sfjsfppy waa observable. At the next corner, as I turned west to cross the street to the asylum sMe, I was nearly run down by a pair of spir? ited horses attached to a close carriage which was being driven south at a most reckless speed. The wheels of the carriage brushed my skirts as it swept by, and I stopped for a moment to watch its progress down thc street. As I did so it reached anoint nearly opposite the lawn gate, and the horses were pulled down to a slow walk, which was maintained through the rest of the block. At the corner the vehicle came to a halt and a man sprang out. 1 noticed that he was too heavily wrapped for the temperature of the night. If I had re? mained at my first point of observation I should have met him face to face as he reached the pavement. He welted briskly up tho street to the gate, shook it with what seemed to me to be a very muscular hand and passed on. Then I made a miserable mistake. In? stead of retracing my steps and watch? ing him unseen, I walked faster so that I might meet him. Hy excuse is that 1 desired to be sure as to the identity of the man. If it turned out to be Mr. Richard Melville his mission there would be beyond a doubt, although I did not like the idea of his being there in spite of the message he had left. If it turned out to be an unknown man hie strange conduct would serve to put rae on my guard. Private asylums some? times have strange experiences. I have had patients in my charge before now in whose liberty meddlesome people evinced a most troublesome interest But that is neither here nor there. When I passed the man I could not be certain whether or not it was Richard Melville, But of one thing I am posi? tive. My patient was nowhere in sight as I passed the lawn gate. This circum? stance quieted my fears to some extent Whoever the stranger was, he became suspicious on account of my being there. Perhaps he saw that I was watching him. Perhaps he recognised me as be? longing to the asylum. I did not see a signal given, but one certainly was given, for just then the person in charge of the carriage struck the horses sharply with the whip. In a moment the equipage was out of sight I reached my room in no pleasant frame of mind, you may be sure. If tho man I had seen was Richard Merrilie I had nothing to fear but my patient's peace of mind. If it was not Richard Melville, I reasoned, I had some un? known conspiracy to contend with. 1 believed, however, that on account of the evident detection of the scheme to summon some one to the gate by the signal given no further mischief would be attempted that night. Shortly after reaching my room an at? tendant came to make her final report for the night At the door she turned back, and I saw by her manner that she had something on her mind. I told ber to speak, and she came to the point at once. **I have just como from the lawn gate," she began. "I don't like the way people have been hanging about there today. Once I suspected a trampish looking fel? low of tampering with the lock and ordered him away. I have had my eye on the placo all the evening, but nothing unusual has occurred. Mrs. Green was on the lawn until a short time ago, but she went to her room at once when 1 mentioned'the matter to her. The gate and the door are secured as usual? and 1 think we are safe for the night, but it may be a? well to be on our guard.* The information given by the attend? ant increased my alarm, but I dismissed her without mentioning what I had seen and went to bed. Late in the night I was summoned to the reception room. There I met a re? porter for one of the morning newspa? pers. The information he gave me was startling in the extreme. Mrs. Caroline Green had escaped from the asylum, and was then in the custody of the police at a down, town station house. CHAPTER XV. EXTRACT FROM A MORNTSO NEWSPAPER. Thc officer received n savage Wow on the head from the handle of the revoltier. A comparatively trifling accident on East Twenty-third street at an early hour this morning resulted in the un? earthing of a most mysterious affair. Because of some small repairs not quite completed, tho south side of the street was at the time closed at a point a short distance from the ferry. When those employed on tbe repairs left work for the night the usual barricade was erected on both sides of the dangerous spot and the foreman in charge gave or? ders for the regulation warning signals to be displayed. Through tho careless? ness of some of the workmen this order was not obeyed. The street at this point is well lighted, and in tbe common course of events nothing would havo come of the omis? sion. What happened was entirely ont of the common course of events. During the evening hundreds of r?bl? eles passed the unguarded danger hole in safety, but these were driven with ordin?r}* caution, At one o'clock this mon?ng a pair of spirited horses, driven 1 with anything but ordinary cautk dashed fall against the west barrica and were thrown headlong to thc pa1 ment All reports agree that the hon were being driven at an immoder; speed at the time of the accident Patrolman Mau. ice P. Gill, whose tention had previously been attracted the vehicle by the unusual speed which it was being driven, was first arrive on the scene. Ile found the e? riage overturned and the horses, st on the ground, struggling and kicki viciously. Two men, both unknown the officer, were doing their best to rig the carriage. The officer's first care w to call the attention of the men to t horses. "If the horses regain their feet wh th? carriage is in this shape," ho sai "aad there is no one at their heads th will make a pretty mess of it " With these words he turned to t vehicle. By this tizueeeveral people lu gathered about the place, at least to ot them befog offlcera. They quiet tim hxxaoa^arjd^ assisted ?hem to t& feet Then they tugged at the overturn carriage until it was firm on its fo wheels again, and the mischief eau? by the carelessness of the driver had all appearances been corrected. A casu examination of the horses, the cania: and abe harness showed that no darna whatever had been occasioned by the a cident In an instant the mau in charge of ti rig was in his seat in front and the rm who seemed to have been the passeng stood with his hand on the carriage do ready to resume his ride. In anoth moment the carriage would have be* on its way to the ferry. Prompted by some unaccountable ii pulse which he does not attempt to e plain, the officer checked the man 1 placing a hand on his arm. "Before you drive away," he sai "look to your companion; he may ha' been injured." "You are mistaken, " was the curt r ply. "I have no companion. Drive o: coachman." The officer was not satisfied. He si; naled to an officer to look to the horse heads, and still stood with bis hand c the man's ann. "I forbid your driving away until have seen the interior of the carriage he said. "Please stand aside." The obstinate man at the carriage dex hesitated. He opened his lips as thong about to remonstrate or make a derna Then something occurred that mad such a proceeding unnecessary. A frightened sob came from behin the closed doors of the carriage, and th voice was - unmistakably that of woman. The muscular figure of the man sti barred the entrance to the carriage b way of the door where he stood, but th opposite door was unguarded. In response to a motion from th officer a patrolman opened this door ac? stepped inside. The next moment h reappeared in the street bearing in hi anns the form of a fainting woman. Reports differ as to exactly wha occurred next According to the officer* statement, he merely notified the mai that explanations were in order, an< that they must be made before th captain at the station house, thu practically taking him into custody According to statements made by other* the officer seized the man in a rude am violent manner, at the same time inform ing him that he was under arrest Whichever account is the true or* seems to be immaterial, except as affect ing tho conduct of the officer, for whai followed was not warranted by either ol the alleged occurrences. According tc all preueat the man at the carriage dooi drew a revolver and fired two shots at the officer ia rapid sncceeeion. Fortunately both of the shots missed their mark, but before anything could be done to ward* off the attack the office: received a savage blow on the head from the handle of the revolver. As he fell stunned to the pavement the man who had dealt tho How entered the carnage, and the horses, smarting under stinging blows from the whip, dashed the patrol? man aside and sprang away m the direc? tion of the ferry. As yet no dew to the identity of the equipage or the persons connected with it has been obtained by the police. The woman taken from the carriage was at once conveyed to the nearest sta? tion house. Only for tho statement of ber companion that the carriage had no occupant other than himself utt tho time of the accident and bot for the brutal attempt on the officer's Ufo, the woman would bava been allowed ta have fol? lowed her own incitations about ac? companying the officers. Ai it waa ehe was practically in custody when she left the carriage. At the station house she talked freely about only a portion of the occurrences of the night She gave the name of Caroline Grreen, and stated that she had been abducted from a private asylum, where sh J was receiving treatment for disease of the brain. She refused to re? veal the names of the persons concerned in the outrage. She even declined to state in what manner she had been de? coyed from the asylum. In a private interview with a reporter, however, Captain John B. Johnson, in charge of the station house at the time, made some statements which may throw some light on the mj-stery. "Mrs. Caroline Green," he said, "is the person believed by the police to be guilty of the murder of Mrs. Clark Mel? ville's coachman. Mrs. Melville's pro? tection alone accounts for her absence from tho Tombs tonight You must take what she says with a great deal of allowance. My own opinion is that sb' was not abducted at alL 1 believe that at the time of the.accident she was flee? ing from the asylum to escape the watch* ful ?ye of the department Now that she h here 1 shall seo that she remains in custody until the matter is fully in? vestigated."* Mrs. Clark Melville wai seen at her homo at au early hour this morning. She seemed greatly distressed at what had taken place, but refused to talk. The reporter left her walking up art J down her splendid reception room in an agony of grief. "Aro you certain the officers are not being deceived?" sho asked, as the re? porter turned away. "It can't be true! I am sure it can't be true J Go to the asylum and SCO if Mrs. Green is not there, safe and well. I won't believe it until f know that she is not there!'* At the asylum the reporter was the first one to convey the news of the ab? duction. The matron appeared in the parlor when summoned to meet the re? porter in a condition bordering on frenzy. Accompanied by th*? reporter she visite! the rooms assigne ? to Mr* Green, and found that the bed had not been occupied during the night According to the theory of the matron Mrs, Green rn some way secured a key to a door opening upon a small lawn lo? cated between her rooms and tho street wall, and passed oat of the building in that way. Thc street gate was fourni unlocked. The matron tried1 ta appear frank in her statements, bot it was evident to the reporter that sha Was trying to conceal something, She stated, however, that previous to retiring for the night she was informed by an attendant that sus? picious persons had boen hanging about the street gate all day. She gave no ex? cuse for not investigating the report at once, and seemed to treat tho matter very lightly. Tha attendant, when close? ly questioned, declared that it would Ira impossible for her to identify any of the persons she had seen about tho gate der? ing the day. CHAPTER XVL CGNTBIBCTED DY THE CAPTAIN OP POLICE. " When I open my Jim your peace of mind wlU be at an caa." I have been requested by Mr. Charles Gates to write down whatever I can recollect of the interviews that took place in my office on the morning after Mrs. Caroline Green was taken into cus? tody on Twenty-third street by Officer GilL Mrs. Green was sitting, silent and in tears, in ray private office when Officer Gates entered. "Well," he sahl, advancing to her side, "you havo at last succeeded in doing what the police power of the state failed to do. You havo placed yourself be? yond the pale o? Mrs. Clark Melville's protection." "Oh, sir," she said, standing before him wringing her hands, "I ask nothing but to be allowed five minutes' conversa? tion with Mrs. M elv?lle. Has any one here seen her since last night? What does she say of me? Will no one go for herr Mr. Gates beckoned me into the outer office and asked: "Have you any objectons to her see? ing Mrs. Melville?" I hesitated. I had my own ideas con? cerning the two murders that had taken place on Mrs. Clark Melville's premises. I did not approve of the course Mrs. Clark Melville had taken with regard to Mrs. Green. "Hold on," said Ofi&cer Gates, inter? rupting a train of thought that would certainly have led to a refusal; "I be? lieve I know what you are thinking of. You think that an interview between Mrs. Green and Mrs. Clark Melville is more than likely to result in the con? tinued interference of Mrs. Clark Mel? ville in behalf of the prisoner. Let me tell you how to place yourself in a posi? tion to counteract such interference. You shall hear every word that passes I between the two ladies. Then, if Mrs. Melville has any motive whatever other I than her natural kindness of heart in again throwing her powerful influence I between the prisoner and the law, you I shall know what it ia," With this understanding I consented that the prisoner should see Mrs. Mel? ville if she called. Mr. Crates must have gone directly to Mrs. Melville's boose, for in half an hour her carriage was standing in front of the station, and she was facing Mrs. Green I in the private office. It is not necessary that I should de? scribe thc spot from which I beard the conversation that followed. It is enough to s.-iy tbaz I could not have heard it plainer had I ocenpied a scat in the room. All police stations havo, I believe, secret and convenient rooms for tho use of offi? cers in cases of emergency, Mrs. Melville's first words were words of sympathy, "I am sorry to eeo you here," she said. Mrs. Green's only answer was a burst of tears. ?.Teil me," said Mrs. Melville kindly, "why you left tho asylum. Did you leave it voluntarily, my poof chfldr*' "Yes.* "At midmgfct, and, with a person who a few me?ijetr*3 later and in your very presence made an attempt to kill aa of? ficer of the peace?" "Yes, oh, yes! Have pity on mel Have pity on yourself V* - "I don't like the looks of it.* went on the kind voice. "The public officers have time and again objected to my in? terference in your behalf. How do I koo* that the public officers are not re? sponsible for yoni leaving the Asylum and for your being ia custody now? How do I know that thc* attempt on tho ' officer's life was not a subierf rige?' ''Kindest of women an J host of friends, 1 if yon only knew!" ! "My poor child, what is to prevent my i knowing'/ In all the years yo:* lived in ? my house you never deceived me. Aro yon going to begin now?" , "I can't speak the words. When ? , open my lips your peace of mind will l>e at an end. Striae me dead before 1 make your life as unhappy as my own ?" "I don't understand you, my poor i child, Speak outr < For a moment there was silence in tho ! room; then I heard the prisoner's voice, speaking slowly and between sobs; "Try, oh, try to understand! Recall to mind the anxiety yon felt and tried in vain to hide the day Richard and i loi' 1 tered on tho little lawn at tho asylum. 1 Go back to the talk of tho servants in ( your house. Think how unlike your son Richard bas been for days and days, and < then hare pity and do not ask me who 1 accompanied1 me from the asylum l;rt ' night? Have pity aud do not ask me , in whoso house and under what circum? stances I found the man who wed me years ago in Maine," A sharp ring of the bell on my office table was tho only reply. Officer Gates ( and I entered the room by different doors i at the same instant. "Gentlemen," Mrs. Melville said kindly, but with a hard look on ber , mot?ier?y face, "the insane fancy of this i poor creature has wrecked, for the time ; being, the happiest homo in New York, i You, Mr. Gates, heard me say at the J coroner's office that I was aiding ber in every way in my power in her search for her faithless husband. i>he now claims to have found that husband in ' my son. ii he admits that it waa he who ' accompanied her from the asylum last j night. Yon may well imagino to what pitch of desperation she drove him be? fore he consente 1 to snch a step. It is ^jossibie that she promised to molest him no more if she gained her li berty through fais e?forts. (?od bows taut wotud bo motive ?uor h for each an adventure Ui a man Uk chard Melville. You may well imagine, too. want tis? ?ho would have m ule of the liberty which i regret she did not gain, for with lier dight the my>tery of the maniera m my noose would have been solve.!.* "Have pity! H ive pity!" "I do pity yo?, poor creature, and from the lx>ttoui of my heart. Dou't think that becnase I find it necessary for these gentlemen to know tho truth that I encourage them to consider you other than an insane person-insane on the subject of ray son. riot white I feel for ami pity you, my mother's heart as? serts itself. Since the day your brother was found dead, murdered, in his room, my sou has been a changed man." "Your sou'* "Listen!" said Mrs. Melville imperi? ously. " V~here my sou had kind word* before, he has angry ones now. Where he was aft geotieaess before, he ia alt pmsionrjow. lis ad&essasno ooo coo* teously but me. I know what ho Sears. He feaas that whee you are putoa tre? for the murder committed ia my boroo, all New York will know of your insane claims on him. He fears that he will be? come the laughing stock of the club ami of the parlor. No wonder be was des? perate enough toafetempt getting you ont of the city and out of the reach of the law." "Take me away, officers!" cried the prisoner, rocking to and fro in the chair, with her face covered by her hands, "Take me away! I can't sit here and listen to her and not speak.'" "Yes, take * her away," added Mrs. Melville; "I leave her in the hands of the law. I find it impossible for rae to do moro for her under the circum? stances." "May I see Mrs. Melville in private before she goejT asked the unfortunate woman. I hesitated, bat Mrs. Melville answered for rae. "I do not desire a private interview,** she said. "I have no time to waste. I a3k your as. istancc,goutli?meu, in recov? ering my son. His last act in ray house was the act of a madman, in coarse aud brutal language ho drove his l>c trothed wife-a young and beautiful giri-from his presence4? declaring^. -u? tho marriage should never take place. His next act: seems to have beoa the abduction of thia insane person from toe asylum. I desire* your assistance tn finding him. With the dread of the unjust notoriety this woman'6 tongue ?nay give him, now that she is under arrest, goadiug him on,, there is no knowing what he may do." And so, with ker mother's love and family pride outweighing ali other con? siderations, Mrs. Clark Melville passed! out of the office, leaving Mrs. Green to? her fate, [TO BE C0RTI5U3? ] Lope at the Head of tba Gang? General Sam Houston, the most original genius Texas ever produced, and, in the opinion of Senator Coke of that State, one of the greatest men he ever kuew? compared the ioMosyn craces of tho multitude in political matters to the stampede of a herd of cattle on the plains somewhat iii this wise : People are like cattle. A herd composed of thousands will - graze on the plain? of Texas for months peacefully and quietly, and then wit hont a moment's warning,, will throw up their heads, gaze wildly for a moment, then start off on the maddest, most inexplicable stampede, pell-mell, helter-skelter, trampling down the weak, running over thc slow mover, bellowing continuously with rage, fury, or dismay. The stampede will last for hours until they have ron ten, fifteen, and sometime* twenty miles, when, as soddenly as tUt-y started, they will stop and qui? etly go to gazing again. All tbvue hrrds have a leader, usually an old bull covered with the scars of many a battle in which he had won and by which he maintained his leadership? 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