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they soon filed back again with a verðat ofí "guilty as charged in. the indictment." Oli The murder of old Mr. Woptheroraft created Thompson was formally sanders to dnath. the usual nice days' senestion, which died swAT Hy was led hsel to his mall where but intgar temporarily at least on the committal of James visited him and tried to cheer him up by talking Thompan, the deceaand'e hatlar, to faks his trial of "stays" and "appeals. He wore asi tom, for the crime. The cass cand not some en in; to make himself comfortable, explaining that by the ordinary course of events for four or fiva thegree of God and the laws of the state ho months at nearrat, so the public, having taken bad still a couple of pesta or sa te let, unless the learned opinions of the various newspapers, things want very badly. entered a snazimous verict of guilty against the soused and turned its aftention to other matter. The law offnara were to be tested to do their duty at the appointed time, and the papers would, of course, maka thingi na ang ing as possible when the time came, so Jamas Thompson langnlahed in his cell. forgotten by those offcially interested in introdñsing to the awful majoute of the law.
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But the old man shook bis hod and est "No! He had been condemned to death and the sooner he died the better; he didn't want any more painrering about it since it was all along of that siller he had left sovrated. In vain Sharply pointed out that uncounted slier vs net n banging matter; old Thompson was firm, and the lar departed not altogether sitlust hope, and demanded a commission to inquiro tato his client's auity.
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A TERBIDLO COUGH." distant. His own pistol was full of cartridges;
"A TENNISLN COTUN."'. it had not ban asad. yet there was a ballet hola in his left brate there any mysterions feelings, but I should like to thank you, Your s *** Daar Alt --I am no hand at expressing my prophecy lurin cards, or was the gambler's foares have done wondees in reliuring my terrible the outgrowth of muperstition, and bis dragh a
cou, Sine Fan | the.operation of Tracheotomy colucidouce? Burryons must deofile for Linwelt. ne slate port of Germing, and us. like him, trinh thud, I tv wall alivol performed at St. Bat people are often considered us good" na dead for a much more intelligible rear Mid moes violent congh; it was so bad. tutes that Bar bolam-wafanptial, no siers and po at 1y bave Willike Gobla, of 104, Albinu Strank, Santha igete lasted me. The muone, which wha VOTF he doctors mame in due time and examined wick, nar-Brighton, was recently placed on that copies and bard, has been aftened, and Ive been the prisoner. Then they talked in over amonget list by his friends. In haft man the danger was able to get rid of it without diffoulty, I am, sir,ny other beal print: themselves and decided that, though he was oor not from powder or sharp steel, but from acme kruly, J. HILL.'' fainty a little odd, te had some enough to hang thing that hurries more folks ont of the world
UTTERLY UNRIVALLED. satisfactory, and hasded in their report in that than they do. Ifia story is this: Tokio al
UTTERLY UNRIVALLED. bis tongue, one day in the spring of 1837, Le
The above speaks for itsiit. From atriot inquiry So old Thompson was told that he bat nothing found it onto Hike a piros of brown leather, it appears that the bataft Eron using Konting farther to hope for in this world, and sat down Of itself this might not have merried Lim, bota spraially envers alle, and was performed by the Cough Lozenges in maderatated. The operation was to wait through the months which tho wisdom other signs and portents wont with it. His ap spcialist, Dr. H. T. Rutin, of St. Bartholomew's to cause grimt pain in this chests sides. Now of the use of these Esse. So sadecasful are good food mover acts that way when a maa la In they tant on affords mediate benefit, altagh prupor condition. Quite the ontrary. Whist
fear the nature of the asse the throat irritation is was the matter?
intolas.
WEIGHT IN GOLD: Writing about it under dia of Nov, 20th,
WEIGHT IN GOLD. It was Monday morning, just six months after 1891, Mr. Goble said: "I couldn't imagies what
paste Supt. 9th, 1991, Mr. it again writes:THE Dr. Waatharorate's death. Mr. Fogey was and come over me. Nothing like it had overal mid lang ende, have been low, bet for your It would have been difloult to point ont any busy, bat when his clerk entered and handed happened to me before. I had clways hoen Longan-they are worth her weight in golt. I will particularity about Mr. Wasthereaft, anything him a card be glasped at it and ordered the strong and bealthy. But now I had a foul byste giny see sui tall anyous what a splendid cough to distinguish him from other halo, genial old visiter to be admitted.
in the month, and wind app-ired to roll all ever reugly they are." bachelors of the game eles. He was commonly The card bore the name of Mr. C. T. Lacey, insible my body. I had a choking sensation in apposed to have no vocentricities, no hobbies, and andornoath on basins connected with the my throat, and sometime my heart wat beat and a few strong opinions; in fact, those who late George Weathervraft'e ostala." Haas so fast and so hard that it frightened me. After know him sald Le was only a crack on one anbjoel.jt neguainted with Mr. Lacey, and knew him a while I got so wosk I had to give up my work. To be called a crank is the penalty nowadays to be a very old feiend of his deceased client, but I was almost for woak to walk; sad when out for holding and siring an opinion in which at he was at a loss to divine the reason of his visit, walking I would got short of broath, Gestually Leszt aine tenths of the community do get angur. The lawyer rose sa bis visitor entered, and, I become weaker and winker, and lost all my Mr. Waathormalt was what may be called a motioning him to a chair, asked how he could Bash. I ocukt just orawl about, and that was
serve him, to which Mr. Lavry replied by pro-all. My rheska were sunken, and I had doing a packet from his pocket and laying it pale, ghastly look that my trials wid I was in down on the table in front of Mr. Fogey. Then decline and would never be betree, he sat down and began i
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Vor pupali, Fox Dei! Let us follow the ample of the Boversigu people and leave old James In his solitary cell while we give a shori. count of Mr. Weatherdraft and bis melancholy He was a man of sixty or thereabouts, a retired stockbroker, rich, and of good, stavdrag ́ in the community, living in a well-appointed house, with a large staff of servanta: much given to quiet hospitality, and in his estiremont pay. ing more attention to is kitchen and wine cellar rather than the manng of the las ordaing aball) patīta Triled, had what little he à est soomed Hoopital, Since the operation the culy one of rewith. RUPPLEMENTS containing all Tole- | articles, packed with frota conuinely mat uut, and į this to the Baotuations of the market sad the gambolling (ave the mark) of balls and bears, An old hanasksoper presided over his establish went, and next to her in importamos came the butler, almost an old both in ng had time of service, he who we have just left waiting trial for the murder of his master.
circumstantial evidence crank.
Heh Id indirect evidence in the derpest dis- trust, and though as firm a believer in banging for murder as eng aiminal lawyer on or off the beach yet bold that no eviderios savo tist of rá Futable sye wituusses should sind a man to the
allows.
On this eberfal topic be was much given to atter-dinner dleongress, nor was his rather halting #tgla unknown to the correspondents' colamus of the daily papers. He was known to hars written a magazine article on the subject, which, wever, never saw the light, though it spent s whole year tusking the rounds of the magas no office. Such is the editorial mind. His "let. ters to the editor" got him interviewed once or twice when newspapers were very hard up for copy. Le onjoyed the proses hugely, and al waya anked the porter to" call again."
elapec between a condemned man's seatones and excution. And here we must leave him while wo pay visit at the fee of Mr. Fogey, the late fr. Weathercraft's lawgar and couidential man of business
Mr. Fogey." he said, "I have came here to day in obediencs to a request of poor done Westhororaft. There is a packet which he gave me se sir wonths or more before he was woordered, asking me to give it to you or your 300essor exactly six months after his death. The time is up to-day, and here I am.
a
"Adooter in Bouthwick said I was suffering from dyspepsia, but after he had treated as for nine months I was worse than rer. At this time, our clergyman, ev. Mr. Heywood, resom- mesded me to the Brighton Hospital, whore I was under treatment for one year, Sovaral of the doctors canadad my long and semad paxaled by my complaint, and changed my The lawyer took the paoket. It was! taler.nedicium so often that I wondered if they would ably thick one, inclosed is a long business ever fad the right, irmady. At the end of the envelops. He termal it over in his hand and then remarked-
"I am not ours, Mr. Laney, whether in view of his etrange and sudden and you should not lave bad this examined before."
year I stopped going to the hospital, and began to take od liver oil, but it did no good, and I I made up my mind that I was indo il doomed to
death and nothing could prevent it.
Still I am alive and well today, and III tell Probably you are right from a legal point of you why in few words. In April, 1859, I met: When the old man was dead, and his butter view," replied bis visitor." But I promise you with friend of mine, Mr. Groves, of Sorthwick, arrested, people said it was a clear case of see, and I didn't see any reason in the manner who told me of his own illness and of the great! Nemesis that the evidence against his slayer of his death for breaking my propies. If it had benefit be and reosived from Mother Seipal's should be so concisive and at the same time eo been suicide, now, it might have been differoat, Curative Syrup. I got a bettle, and by the perly circumstantial, st some wag of a re.but it was I thought I had better wait." time I had Bnieber it my food, agreed with me, porter was bound to wonder whether, fler "Well, I suppose you are right from your and felt a little stranger. For more battles Thompson's trial, conviction, and evention, old point of view," said Mr. Fogey, as ha lit the completed the oute, nad t tave since enjoyed an Westbororaft's ghost would address ghostly velope methodically along the top edge and good boath se I ever did in my lif denutciation to ghostly newspapers fret mere opened the package. It contained a fonisap gardener, and have be in the employ of force of habit, or would sulk in a corner of paper wrapped around tea United States uotes Gogaral Turnbull, The Hermitage, Southwile. ghortland and refuse to ho interviewat. The each for 1,000dols. Ha cunted the notes, and for ten years. I wll gladly answer inqui ins” veau, indeed, seemed clear enough. Weather-laying thom dows, opened the paper sal rend-Signed) WILLIAM GOBLE. crsft had gone to bed on the 19th of November without onment, while Mr. Lacey liatuned in The Southwick doctor's dugnosis was right, well and in good spirits; on the following morn-silent attention
Mr. Goble's disease was indigestion and dyspepsia, ing he was found dead, stabbed to the heart,) 16 Washington-avenue, April 26. 18- The weapon which was found buried in the old
some of the symptoms of which lie names in his "Dear Fogey: I must begin by, apalogising statement, is plain testimony will serre to man's heart was an old-fashioned silver skewer, for committing the letter to Lasa obargo strengthen, if neogumy, the popular poufidence! part of the family plate, and had olearly been talker than to yours as might have seemed more in Mother eigel's Syrup as a cure for this: sharpened for its deadly parpase. The sharpenatural; but I has throght that, as a lawyer, pravailing and purploring malady. The Bonth ing seemed to have been done with a file or some on might feel if your duty to make its contents wick gardanior Inst. two years' timid by nat knes- other rough instrument. There was very little nowe batore the appointed time. At all oventa, ing what to do. Bn his vastly better than ot sxternal hemorrbage, only a few drops of blood yon would have found poneself in a trying and dead man now, and will. we trast live leg th "bring visible.
diffonit position. By obeying me you would give ufbers the bear of his golden. 1701 possibly, as a lawyer, jucar censare; by opening the letter before the time you would defeat all my plans and hopes, so I shall hand this to Laney
iu trust for yon sed beg you to forgive me.
BEKANNTMACHUNG.
Tio last person who was the water allse was the spoused biralf. Acording to his store be bad gone up to Mr. Weathercraft's room with the plate cheat, it boing the old man's habit to keep the silver in his own room at alght, though the key was always left with the bonsakerper have a dead six months, murdar-d-for so the diesseitigen Handolregister, simje andersį after the chest bad he looked up. This hat law, has doubtles droided by old James, my go-tzlich vorgetriebene Verült atliezen. been the mustim in the houss for many years, baller with a skewer, part of the silver conten Jahre 1893 dveh des VUSTASIATIS. His master was in bed reading a novel and said witted to his charge.
CHEN LOTD ind die "Loveṛwo Daily "good night" in hin soal way. Mr. Weather. There will not have been wanting sondant PRESErfolgen. oraft herer looked, bis door at night, as the donor legally conclusive against my sourderer
Swatuw, con 20. Dnober, 1801 footman was expected to come in st sight o'clock or even motive for his deod; I may ther-form.
DER KAISERLICH DEOT-CH. Vice-KONSOL in the morsing. All the bath, and light the Gre.
STREICH. suppose that by the time you read this he has
2677 This was all the acoused could or would say babaan ondemned and sentenced, but not execated, Fond denying all knowledge of how his maator is the law requires an interval between mo had come to his dostb.
*I am confidrat when you read this I shall DIE BEKANNTMACHUNGEN au- den
The footman, on hing examined, egiñad to having found the body. He and water ndo want at sight D'ctook sorcely wailing to knook, and had made arrangements for his master's toilet, thinking him lep. Mr. Watercraft was heavy sleeper, but usually awake when the bath was boing filled. As his mastar did not move the witness wont to the bedside, and to use the fellay's ova caprosian," as I hope for
tenor sed execution.
plying pomaillotine for him inter d
They left him in mag will, besides cup. hancing its heinousuers, has probably farmished aim misas for proper defence so his trial.
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room. I slained his coverlet with blood, my blood.ETLON HAND.BOOK AND
for it are from s out on my foger. I hid my
parse in his chimney and anally, on the highHIS Volume, which forms a valuable Be of November 19, I committed enloide by stabbing myself to the beart.
suicide, havia previously arranged that every air, the fape was the face of a dead corpae* This witnews further sdded that the bed was thing should point olearly to the guilt of James, but little disordered, the lamp was ont and my butler. I secreted the skewer, I sharpened the novel lay open on its fam on the floor. He it with a filo and placed the tile in Thompson's did not remove the skewer or attempt to do so, bat ran and told the banuskeeper, who sent him for the police. The housekeeper being summon
ed, identified the akower as part of the renal contents of the plate chost, which led to the recall of the butler, who, being asked whether And now for my reasons. he bad counted the silver in the right of the
*In taking my own life I have doubtless com- unuzzier, answered in the affirmative, bað being | mitted a crime against the laws of God and the prasad, admitted that he did not often none State, but I believe that the bf of one ma the silver that was not in everyday nen. Thsa, family, as if dinining at length bis real position, he broke dows, calling on God to strike him dead if he knew ar y thing about his old master's urdor, and was led said after mying it was judgment by kim tor-aving the silver un; coulted,"
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The strenge vilenos against the accused way for en 's-arch was made iu bis room. It looked old Thompson man bare been any. For James Thompson himalf I bare simest med lave left so many mate witnesses endeatonrad to supply consolation, if not com. against buns In a tall was on the mantel.pantion, in my legacy of $10,000 and the sup piens was for a cheap site, which, when er plementary sam of $10,000 which I inclos here. amined by an expert, proved to have small with May he understand and forgive me. particles of silver still adhering to it. On a Perhaps even now you scarcely understand lodge in the chimney was Mr. Weatheraratt's what I hope to have accomplished by my death. pars, containing 45 dollars in nates and one but I will sadnavour to explain. You have beard obange. Finally, at the side of the coverlet, we spent, you have, perhaps, read my written rather more than half way down towards the words on the use of troumstantial evidence. I foot of the bad, ware discovered these distiustam soarineed that, es long as men are done fo stains, which expert avidebo asserted to death on indirect evidence, so long must the can, bingdstains, sad seamed to have been left by a
start possibility of judicial marder lis beavy on *bukan right hand,
the armscience of the rating, By my death an If motive were wauted for the crime, Me, Thompson's conviction 1 hope to awaken the Woatbonoruft's will seemed to offer it. The will publio oouscience to a seuse of its shameful bar. had been drawn up for soms woaths presiously dou. If I am successful, then all has been well and witnessed by the two men sorvan & the last one, "Vinimas consisting of a bequest of 10,000 dolu. to
Hore an inascent man sentenced to the iocused himself. It seemed possible that death on oiranmstantial evidence of the Thompson knew of this bɛgasst, and that he had clearest description, and but for this letter his perpetrated him awful crita in order to beneffs by at the sooner.
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It is not surprising, in the face of all evidence, thet James Thompson was fully committed to taka bie trial for wilful wurder of his
master, so that publio opinion almost animously nondemned him is wlance
sentence would eventually be exsented.
All that I have done to fix my death upon Thiampion might. kave been done by a third party had I been really elated.
In conclusion I bag that a copy of this latter
be sent to each of the newspapers, and that the esclosure be handed to James Thompson with the amuruveo of my affection and thanks for his
During the four months that elapsed between the arrest and the teisi James Thompson station voluntary and others
despairing in his call. He spoke but littl For myself, I feel that if the case lande to a answering his lawyer spathetically, throwing no revision of the law tombing the infiction of the now light on the case, but continuing to deny death penalty, neither my lifa sor Thompson's everything He wamed like one fu, a hopelota peace of wind will have been vainly mariñoed. mar, who mo't exoily understand how he got our affectionate friend
tirere and has given up all hopes of ever getting
OWL.
"GEORGE WEATHERCRAFT”
The two mon Bat silent for a minute while
the lawyer folded up the paper and laid it on the little pile of notes. Then Mr. Lacey spoke :
Arro bave said before, the pabijo was toler. ably unanimous in believing him guilty, though, strange to say, there was one notable szeption. • I always thought poor Weathercraft was a Et is lawyer.
sharp criminal practitioner, who bit of a crank on circumstantial evidopos, bat be bad taken up the ca e with his sys fixed on the must have been stark, staring mad. I wonder 10,00) dots almost béliével kit innocent--we i wlist ofd James will think of it? I wouldn't asy almost, for Mr. Bharply made a point of have gone through it for millions." neret allowing himerit to quits believe anything "I doubt it old James would if he had been of anybody. Mr. Sharply, as a rale, almont be given a chance, replied, the man of law; "not lived his client guilty; in the ptrent iuslunce bat what" 0,000doin is a good round write for the balmost believed bim fapcsont, and that was all. id fellow to sam in eis monthis, though he Indeed, there was something patholo in the might have preferred earning it in some other pated crarasion which never left the old way." mau's fees, and; his occasional remark, with a Do you think it likely to have the desirad melancholy shake of the bead: "It was silent on the micds of our law givers naked along of ma leaving as siller unwanted Mr. the other.
Sharply, who was practical even is his softer Not the Isaat in the world," replied Mr. mende, one expressed no opinion to his partner Fogey; rather the revere I shanid imagine," in the privacy of their inner offer that, if the continued with half smile "People wil old fallow would only got off that tommy rot say that Weatherorals was me and ass Merch about the aller to the jury, they would bring hare, and may even infer that everybody, who him in fatane without leaving the box"
Pagi akutan his views is a little tracked too. N
But it the lawyer, believed or half boliovod bie no! Poor Watburoraft has thrown his f olient innocent, be found it diffoult to offer even away, old Thompson is richer by 20,000 miane to himself any reason for the ball-faith that was his law expensm and plûs a tast deal of ez- in bizt, and it was with the worst forebodings parlance, and the law will remain just as it wan that he saw the day of trial down at last.
The case was called and Sharply did is best, bat there was indeed very little to be done, There is an end to all things, even things legal, an end to challenges, an end to exceptions asked and takoa. The judge delivered his obarge nad the jury left the box. It is supposed that they did this as a compliment to Mr. Sharply, who
·was always popular with juries; at all ovesta
before.
to the Governor. It's a rom caso, anyhow.”
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