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Show i j & AUTHOR'S NOTE. J , 8 Tha matrrul facta In thli , V alory of tinmr at jnli at fvldrnca ji jS ara dr.in from an actual re I q conled c.laa, oely auth charge 0 of na.ne and local color beinr I A made aa to remove them from o j Q tha tHaaif cat.on of legal re- ) j : S porta to that of fiction. AH the O j Q eaaenllal pninla of avldtnct, X ! X however, are retained. O ' booeo9socotoooc3(Qsoyv I I aaaaaaaaa in,. nietnlie. of the Cull A Skin cl.ili .I ii,.e.l Into their ncrimtomcl ,'nc. J.i.lce ll.t It filtered 1 yrii eiilHhed llielll. ntlil dlllllle, j SfwV1 h' arluir Ilia while hair ! Ur J andwli'te mutt.in i hop hU ; lr "' """'rl itlIHt- ..... KhIll..h .,.h , htm miwIttiiKly to ni-Hiiiiio tlm peraon al ii.ieiirniic.i of a wearer of the wig and erinttie of Him kHtonlati dnya lii'lei. tteiinell Introduced film na Jitdite Tanner and naxureil the rlith that hla Kie-al waa primed with many a rciuiiiNc. nre of Ma long enn'or nnd would tin. Ilv finnl-h the alory of the "Veiling. Afler the plpea or H'khI M loWNhlp had he. n Inn tied for il apace liidisi. Tanner nr nml begun hla TV of I 1 1 1 1 1 II i M ' 1 1 t evi l, lice "I ofli n worder." he k.iI.I. "If theie la a niul ,., .. ,,r un, cui'ilili iiil.le j vpetleiiM. who Ii.ih not rnrrleil mine one cm., ua u I on hW lulliil mid connclence for Viilia litter tile Venllct i.r Him Inn In In nnd tin ml. i , le.l ii way In .-.. nil. .ii II la a wine iuovl.1 f Hie law llillt Inakea III" tun Hie Jn,'... 1 1 of the law nml the evhlflii... an. I Hie )l.;;e hill Hie I ineiM'iiu llooiicii which the law tench-a Hi,. ia, ,) r:ll,u..l eon iron., il,,, c.n.lilhm of mill. I of Hi, n. I.. nlv li.ll.li Imli-ea. before whom. I when Ihev I, a, I united III a rolivlclloli of uulll, ei.i Hie Jury waa power lea. II wiih from their aihllmr) and iiiiri iiKoiiulile rulnicH. now linpplly ii,,l held Wl'hlll Hie Hiwer of , lo jii.tc.o. Hint nii.nl of our teconla of i..ln, nrrled llllci. till vat reunited "Within niy own fviM.rlencn there baa rouin nnn raan which I hellevo la it a atranan aa liny of record and which for yeuia, a a I looked back iion It. caused nm in ilpuht the ai 1,1 II I y of man ever Infnlllhly to paaa Judgmenl nK,n a fellow creaturn. The partlea now are all dead and 1 tell It for tho flrat limn. Hut to tho atuiy. f i laaai WVOw. aaar- am taa Mfrlllt In' whi, li I bavn held court fur more yenia than I earn In think of (hern wna at olio time a hotel kept hy a fi'ry reanerlAhln man nnined lona-Ihun lona-Ihun Miller. It wna tho fimirlts alote plng plnco for roiumnrcliil Iravellera and thua tun moat prominent and heal paving hotel In Iho city. "title evening a Jewelry anlcaiimn by the un of Hubert Conway nrrlved at Hie hotel JilMt bcfulo Klliar. lie liiatruclcd Miller lo a 1 hla grlpa up In Ma room nnd remarked In Urn hearing hear-ing of aevernl at llin deak Hint ho illil not enm to Imvn llieui left In Hie cell-ernl cell-ernl Iuii;kih; riMnn as ho waa currying a Ur in, ue im.K, n f ,UM ,,. than tiau.il. II,. nlao uaked that the door he raii-fully locked and tlm key tirouc,ht to liliu. Supper in or. ho fell In with, a auleaniaii for n ehon hoiiait nnd one for a clothing Mini anil Hiey repaired In thn bar where they pluycd cilrda ami drunk until II oclock. when Kiev all letlred It hlipia ncl lh.lt Hie hotel wna well llllcl nnd Hie clolhltig mull Pi:, I the ah loan bud l n forced to take a iloiil.li. room together. Thla room directly ncioaa the hull from Hie one occupied by the jewelry mtleHiiiau "About two o'clock III tho mott.liiii the to ro.uuniali.H were uwakcn. il by un, una which aeemeil to come fnnil the loom of their c. n, , .ml, ni of the veiling ueioaa the ball. "They n.oxe nnd without atop,ng to rtiea linn I., I out In what the In. u- hie wa You can llmi'iine their horror hor-ror to llnd C..nwa, the jew, .In man. ileail, Hie b. , I, I,,,,, aoiiked. niul aland-In,: aland-In,: over liliu, a dai'i lantern In one baud and n l.!o,l knife lu the oilier, .lona'hau Miller, the lnilloi,. wh,i trembled violently and mspcl Inc., h.-ienlly when they huiat luio the chamber of death. ' I t"' I' d lilack eno.l -ll ngitliisl liliu Theie una not a sun ! picton lu tl Iml of nntonc lu the I cm that ,.. l, t Hi, .:! i;,., gillllv Yel lli II UI nil bet ,1 J tlce tot a i n 'Unman heaillK he Ulost I K'niilly ii,.,.,:.i, I liis liiiioc-n, .. ami t.,11 " .ton ui i,h I-.,, I it u,,i ,,. i Into III,, not. ability hv the s,,- f ilainniu -. u.m.iM'.-., ,lusi i j ,i;,i b..v i. -. a .:,i,ii.:,. : ,i. I "llo - .1.1 In- had fifil t,.l, , , room unci, in lila u.lom. alt. ! ting up nti! I a H-.ili. due al half past to r. I,, his . i .thing when he. too, h, aid bi.mi.1 cu.iliu from the n.-i,:!,. i '"""I "f I'oiiway'a room. .k i, , two s.il. sin, n. he had li it 1 1 f , ,1 to n. Veatlrfate, ami lis u Heupiui of de-fenae de-fenae lie llll.l taken Hi,, knif.l. lie aii.ii plckisl up the iliuk Innteru which he nlwuya used In mnklui; hla hint l ,iuii,ln of tho hotel nnd which was Htlll II Killed "When he reached the Jeweler'a door be nm surprised lo Mini u ai,n. 'tig op, ii The Krontia had cased. , , I I ." 'V"!."1; 1 I J ' 'aa laaaaa. am, jaj anrg If I ami be en, ie.. end goluK up lo Hi be,. Ila. led 1,1- ll-ht upon the t)l'vj aiiecliicie of the murdered InelV j h, It. So gnat waa hla horror mi aiirprlao that ho dropped Hie ka ' upon Hie lil.K.ily ahm.ia, and had ai) I Just picked It up a .tain when Iho he IriivelltiK men entered. 1 "Ilia trembling and fear at tltti arrival he attributed to tha natm borror of Iho all nation and Iho ror of the Instant thought that gt I might point to him. "Willi aucb a degroo of ilnrcifc wua lila alory told, ami ao llriu vael tlm laudlorila limaring before the ill llmlwwrr waairt that h elHtaa.MHt rnarT ayuipatlilxera who believed hli atom ,tnd liaikeil iijain hlin aa tho uofortu-l nnin victim of a moat iciillar rum-' hlmtllon of rlrruinaliuicca. "Hut theau circumstance were too patent to bo Ignored and Miller wu bound over lo await tho net Ion of tlm grand Jury, Indicted and la ilia? roitrao of Hmo brought tu trial be-foro be-foro mo. "In Hut II mo Intervening l..-t ,, hla arrest and hla trial tho laii,ll,ir,l atilliido wua a mixture of terror and biuvailo which did not tend tu It. crciiso Iho belief of Hie genet ul pub lie lu hla Innocence. I mtself. at, lliough 1 have illwtita eiidetivore-l u) enter a trhyl free from piejiuiire, bad I bin-n a venireman, ahoiild bnvt been forced to admit that 1 had formed tin opinion concerning tha guilt or Innocence of the iiccua, d. "The atnle iiatuiully tested uki llin testimony of the two salcsniei who awom to the etetita ,,f the fuial I'venliig mid In fiiierlng the room lust In time to find the laud!, u, I h,n,. lug ou r the body. They tv l, linn In Iho i-oiicliinloii that hla terror ill on hi mug tl w.ia tin- I.- .,,, ,a discovered K ill 1 1 I u.liult ih.it il fen. hint s c, iins, -1 ahonhl not I.,,.,. ,. lowed lil l mil, hi of Hi, it- ti'stiinent to go lo llin Jury, bin no .i.-i i.B wua mad., in It "Alan further ll.llil.Kilii; i-M.I.-tenj against him v,,,s pi,,il,i,-,-, t,, led tl ill he bad n short tltti,. I, ,.',,, b.u o liable through u,l,u in- i unto lor n huge mini of , ,inj Hi.it hla own. il,l, ,.r 11,,- I ; thtetllened lu case be Was b,,i lii lulHe the iiinoiiul. This , ,lisi III flllUlsh II powerful lllollte I,, , cri That lie had alwats l,., ill good reputuiloii, that hl i i (,,r II, un sty was am li Unit he in; I,- .. Illy huve I, U,, the mho or tu m. . ). I required on n hum. ami Ins o.tn of lining to Conviav'a I u un I n-. . lug Ho- IhnIv er.. nil It, ai tl,,- ,,. ir. luiitile I. null, ml I. ,i, to ,,, iown del, Use "Till II' could I file I ,. , .... I ' i.itii'litsb.ii i,a lo ul ,i ih. t,. , ,. . . ' Hi.. J 1 1 v w,,ii be, !!,,, :h 1 .,, , . , 1 that I gave iti.-tn the law ,.;. ,. ll.llll.v. Miller t,..,'. his .., j ivs, , ..iti.-n mid when I .i-k.-I 1 . ! he 1,.,,1 a-.il,;-. to ,.. I,.. , , ' u.ldi. ' .1 Hie c u.it m I, '; .. "Y,i., l, t, of. It cu,,s i,, I man ,,m .- to ,11c I ,r Hie - is. , i dear wile who 1 lo . . I III "II h ibis I. li ll.'.. oid, -.,) - , j lone , h- -i a t ii i,.v s,.t a ,1 end from tin- .,1... I, t - .... ' I hate no fault to eu. w ith t!., v t the Jui in-.1 Ibis .mil t hate t .,,,. ,,r I 111, 'I r linn, bill toil ute in I1, i j lenlble lie ,lil(e Y.ul hate conn, i ' au 111 n.'.-.-n l ui. ill I am net -n'.. ! or the .1. nil, ol Id, 1,,-it Coiiwat I .,. nothing what, n r to do nub death. Some d.it the trail II will come t out, but I r.uir H will I.,. ,li; ilU,.r , I huve done with this w,ul, I have ,ii,i more to nut. but that 1 utu Itino , Cent, and thla I will dn-luro to tho i nil 1 "How many men when facing death ua the Kiiltowa liiivo aald tho aiituo. 1 I wonder how many men have aalil It truly. It la true, ua I'ope aata, Hint liopo eprlllKa I ternal In Hie hie man brenat, but 1 often wonder If wo do not make a gtlevoua error In not giving greater iredeno to the dying 'nl.-tnent of a condemned mail. "Jountlinn Miller paid Hie penally of tho ib-nth of Itoliert Conwuy wl-h tho aauii atolcnl reslgnntlou which bad iiimked thn i-tut of iiinuy n Hum In tho aiituo i-nlreiully. Willi hla d- utli Iho rune aeetued lit an end and It pnaaeil fiotn my niliul along with many other ensca which Imve nrlaen III a bing and busy rnreer. 1 probnhly never ngiiln wnulil have recalled It except Inclileiilnlly hud It not been for a atrange occurreuce "I waa Juat retlrliK for tho night one) ovi-nlng nboiit two yeura after tho execuilon of Miller when I wua atnrtlrd hy thn aoiiuil of ii horao dualling duall-ing mildly up lu n. v gate. Them wna a loud rapping on tho door anil upon opening It Hie panting lioraemun cried: '"llllrk Kverell'a Juat been allot down In Kili-y'a aalo, n He n dying and waiila tn aen you right iiniiy. Ha) a he a got an Important confession j lu make.' t "I tun i led out. and mounting tho I meaaenger'a homo, apui red full apeeil ! for Klley'a plnco, w hich wna u illsrep-' illsrep-' utublo roudhousn about u mile .11 w-1 w-1 Hint. On Iho way 1 tiled to recall who lluck Kverelt might b,-. and at luat remeuihrri-,1 liliu ua the porter In Miller a hole! at the time of tho Conway murder. When I uirlved nt the plain he wua almost gone but with tho a hi or a HtllT drink of whisky be revived anlllclcnily to makii the I following ifessloii: "'I'm ll goner, ju-.-... hut h.-foro l cnali In 1'te got to g, t so thin., off j m.v mind. It a Cotiwat I to s,-, n him ; ,,iy nud night. M', :!. Ju.l ll .---,. : ho la now poleMir; h!- b.uit linger ,u me! Take l:!ni a tat I or ti.,,1 a salli- take llllil nvt.tv.' lie v i ; , , la terror und tlm Ir.-.li ui ,,:i I, :- pal' I lit It was h!.,,ly i ihou-.-hi l. tt a going beloie hla weighty aecret waa told. " I'otlic. Itu, k. Iiiivh It nut und you 11 go cimci .' 1 .. iid aa 1 h, M Ins heud " Yea. Jinl .e. I've got to tell It; he whlapeie.l 'It wua mo that killed Con-way. Con-way. Miller never done It. Tho thing took bold on me w hen 1 took hla silpa upsiaira ami he said they waa nil of Jewelry. 1 Hllpped In and Hull,', I 111 ii in lie alept and got what there was In hla pockcta. I wua Juat -urnln' In the grlpa when 1 luuird 'tin lutidliird romlu' down the hull. 1 .slipped out and got past linn, and J, .r I never could lllnlcrnlulld why ho ,11, lilt H.e me Winn Hiey put It on him I hadn't III" " "' "' l"'"1 up. Mr Hod. I've got Mllb r on my soul, too' There Hi.-y both maud. Take em nwnt.' und he went In'" uuliitellig nnliiga which llnally ..tilled In tin- uasp of death. "You ran Imagine my a'alo of mln, I upon In iirltig thla terrible rnn-feaalon. rnn-feaalon. Wiih not Mlller'a death my r.oiil ns well? Waa I not cnuulty culpuble for not having a keener Insight Into chuiucter that I might biiv" rend hla Innocence In hla atendfiist altitude? My '"" night aa I walked Iho floor of my Ife clintnber I turned theae iiuestlona over liu my niliul. never llmllug un un-awer un-awer that wua a.illsf.iclory to my roiiacleiice. I aerloualy cotialdr'red ro-signing ro-signing fioiii Hie bench. My faith In nuin'a Justlco iii received a crushing crush-ing blow. Kur live yeura I carried tint weight of n il accusing guilt, und only the Htiuputhy of my friemlH nud the lotalit mid trual of my townsmen aiiHtuim-d me. Due night 1 wua aeutcil In Hie atudy of Itev Charleri INilndi-xter, tho rector rec-tor of the KplHcopulliin church. Holme Ho-lme a cheery ginte lire we tulked Intn Hie night ami to him I unburdened my aoul. " My heateiia. Judge' hu an III tn me, luting hla bund on tut' ahouldnr. W hy haven't you told me all thla before? be-fore? 1 might huve auvcil you thcae yeura of troubling. Never before huve I disclosed Hint which haa heen Itn purled tn me In the confcssloiial. but In thla ciiao I bellow my duly lo Iho dead la outw-elghted by my duty lu Hie living. When oll S.-llleuced Jonathan Miller you cniidcuutcd a guilty man. You reinenih- r that I nt I tended 1 1 1 in ns a Minimal iulvi-r In hla last hours. To un- ulone he lot, I the tin,, atoiy of that fatal night, lie win giility of t'outtai a ileutli tiliboiigb lila Inn, I ,11,1 u,,t strike the I. low. lie Went to Coiiwat a iimui Willi the Intent to murder him und rob him nl Ins weaitli. It win for that Ml pur. pi'He that In- look the kulle ami lun i I, tu. When I f rcni'hcl the room lie found tl ,- ,1 ", ,1 already done, ami Cfoll UH tin- I VO IlllVellllg llieli c j lete I tho r.Miiu he una inc'litutitiij ' upon hotv be might a, .cure the con tents ol the sail -hela und hide them, j Let o,ii mln.l rest, Juuge; hla bun, I iw.-is an gulpy us the baud that struck the blow ! "Tlnia waa Hie weight of yeaia lift. . ed from my mind, and thli, gciillo- men. la my atoiy." Amid the congrululatlona and ll, auks of thn mrmm-ra of the Call J Skin club Judge tlrower from e Ii hair unnoiinced that Judge Sturgla had a alory for the next mooting, ii'op) right. lt. by V. a. Chupinun ) |