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The Huron Signal, 1883-09-21, Page 6THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY SEPT. xl, 18.so. LUREDTO HT3 DOOM. 1137 street, Manchester, and read (.d amazement and horror. "G.•,d hest- 1 as follows the words found among the Iona S How 1 When f Where T' I paper ashes 1 enclave in brackets : "How 1—by hanging ; when '1—six nY MN KNULl411 DETEtTtvt. It was s very singular, mysterious and complicated case. In a hare room "f au UId house in the vicinity of Leudon Bridge Railway Sta- tion a plan was found deed, hanging by a small curd fastened to a hook driven into the wall, his fent resting on the tloor. He was discovered some days after his detth, and by reason of the strnn, shell sent forth from his decomposing body. He was a stranger, whom no one knew, and why he should have c ane to that place to commit suicide was a mystery. Ho was well dressed, had a ;;old watch in his pocket, to which was attached a heavy gold chain ; ho had a diamond stud in his ah:rt-tront, and a cluster ring of diamonds on one finger ; he had also a pocked -hook on his person containing over two hundred pounds in bank notes. It was therefore evident that he had not committed suicide on account of poverty, nor been murdered for his money. "Was it suicide or was it murder t" There was no scrap of paper en his per- son to tell who the stranger was, nor his motive for the murderous deod,if he had done it. The room, which was an upper story of an old building, the lower portion of which was occupied by a commission agent, contained no Article ..f furni• ture. It had been rented about ten days previous to a venerable -looking roan, who walked a tittle table and wore gog- gles, who said he wanted it for an office for the sale of a patent that would sawn becon e very popular with sea -going peo- ple. When questioned about the patent, he said he would not then • explain it, but would have some things on hand for exhibit:ole in the course of ten days• or two weeks. The dead than wase not the one who had taken the room, huweter, and how and when he had get access to the apart- ment no one knew, There was en uld•fashiened fire -place in the room, and some paper ashes in this attracted the attention of s detective, who happened to be no other than my humble self. In turning over these as'hes,1 disc.... r- el tso or three little bits of pal • r nut entirely consumed and they has, these words on them, ,thoueh now kir. '.lis - tint o,.bablu : found her and licked private route moot you station Now, after reading these disjoined sentences 1 began to study and ponder '• . 11. Might thin not be a iortiou of a mes- sage sent to the : • •' mall, to lare him to the city for the propose of putting hint ut of the way. But for what motive ! soh, that it:deed`I -could net know — that was something to be found o.ut after serious iuvestigatie: i caseo11 - '1,461 be made. 1 1 ex.emine 1 the r. 1 let -evens .. ell as 1 could, - t' r • e 1 the ceiiclu+tom +let'. what I had ' n'- = a pert •.1 a tole which hail been sent by s„m:- bealy int a distance, aria that either send- er ..r receiver intended to destroy it. New, if the deceased 'had received it, it must have been Sent to him by seatehedy, And that se:nobody intendelOto meet hilt at the railway stati$ i. Well, then, where w.:s that semehody, and why had ho :allowed his e• ...:pnnl- ent too tisit that out•of-the-way ri"em :dune and commit suicide. without ever going near him afterward 1 And why should the 1. • • elle to retch a place to kill himself 1 And could he have found the room without aghi:le. and get nceess to it un- known rknown to any one, if he were not the man who rented it in the first pl 1 I have [ found her and lucked J her up in a [prig ate event.] Cotne in and use a parent's suthotity. Take the last day train, and I will [meet you] at Lon- don Bridge [Station U] Judging from this, it was a case of a runaway daughter, whom "G. ' had fol- lowed enamoured in Loudouand whom the anxious father had a on to see and probably take back with hint. As the dead wan appeared to be nut far from five -and -thirty years of age, it was natural to suppose that nu daughter of hie could he beyond her teens. A school girl, perhaps, whe had play- ed truant and run away. But, then, if she had been caught and locked up, it WAS 'not reasonable to sup- pose it had been in that bare room in a 'mercantile building that contained no other lodgers. And then agen,if the father had conte on and found her, and of "G." who had sent the nlesaage 1 and why had the father re.uained behind to hang him- self Or has the girl, assisted by "G." mur- dered her father ! ' In any event,the affair was one of great mystery, and on privately reporting my discoveries to n y chief, 1 received the welcome order t, work it out to the end. To du this properly I immediately went to Manchester. The address to nue to a large, ele gent mansion in the suburbs, which lel me to be4eve the owner was a person of means. I diol net rine, enter and state my business, but visite 1 the neareat apothe- cary, as the man meat likely t.. know the general fasts about his neighbors. "Wou'd you be kind enough to answer a stranger in the city a few questions ?" 1 said to the dispenser of in_dicines. "Proceed," he reilied,lookin,gcurious- ly at Int.. •'Do you knuw'a gentleman by the name of Horace Grander 7" 1 do." •' N lust is his businese ? "He is a broker." "Is he reputed wealthy ! ' "He is. "Has he a family./ • •"A wile an I daughter." "Aleut what age w ,cid you judge hien to b • "About thirty•tive. "And his daughter'' '•.\bout ttlirteen." "Is Miss Granger nos at home '" "I think net. I think she ii away at a beatdiug school. .'Pardon nte, sir, if I seem t.. , inlluisi- tive," said I e "hut I have a rcaeon be- yond mere curiosity for all the ,p.iesti, is I ask, stud settle, if not just at this mo- ment, you shall know all. Could yew tell un• if he la on good terms with his wife ," "Ila he said, with a start, "Ii this sone scandal for a law court to which I may be called a8 a witness .o" "No, sir. On my honor, ne use of your Ante shall be made in connection with any "ifermetion you may give drys ao ; where 1—Isoudou,' I answered catogo4cally. "Yo take away toy breath !" he al- most gasped. "What isur lions I queried. "Oeorve ham.'' "Ah. yes—the 'O. r. 1 thought. "You knew Mr. liranger went to Lon- don nearly s week ago, to find hisdaugh- ter 1" 1 proceeded. I saw the man turu pale and shudder, as he answered, in a niunibliui , confused way: "I believe—he did—go—somewhere." "But his daughter was not in London you know 1" • T said this at a venture, for I fancied I had divI.•ad the plot. ")Why, how do you know that 1—that is—I mean —" "Never mind," I iuterrupted. "His daughter was not there but you were." "Man !" and his eyes fairly glar- ed. "You had been there before,iu the dis- guise of an oldman," Iwent on; "you had engaged a room in a commercial house to exhibit a patent ; you went on again,and telegraphed to your employer that his daughter was found and lucked up, and to come on, on the last train, and you would meet him at London Bridge Sta- tion. You did meet him; it was in the night; you took him to the room you had previously engaged; you fell upon him; you garroted Lim; you hung him up to the wall; you burned the telegram, and then you hastened back here to play the role of innocence !" I went through with my accusationseo rapidly, eking the villian no time fur consideration or even interruption --I piled one fact upon another so quickly and surely, that I seethed to the guilty wretch to be an eye -witness relating what 1 had seen ; and I. brought the whole damning scene so vividly to his ! mind's eye that, with a face distorted with horror and covered with the sweat of mortal agony, he staggered hack, sank down, and half groaned and half shriek- ed out: "Good heavens, have mercy !" Well, I•had my clue; but before I could make touch use of it the murder- ous scoundrel blew out his own brains. It turned out, in settling the estates of the murdered t.reker, that his mur- derer had been he cuutideuti.tl man of business and trusted friend; that the latter had systematically robbed his em- ployer of many theustlld of pounds, and tint he had cone .cted the hellish plot of murder which I lis a thus revealed. •Of course the affair made quite a sen sation in certain circles at the time, but was kept as much as possible front the public at large, and was 8 )11 hushed up and forgotten by every belly not in any manner interested beydnd the mere curi- osity- and scandal of the hour. What part the wife had in the wicked pl,t I do trot know, I, of course, wort the did' temishid ap- proval of soy chief for the part 1 )tad taken in '.Le dark affair, and that l r..ved of tench importance to nue ••1 the future of my profession. Thy well knoen drug brut of Orinand h walah, Pete/bora. write that Dr. [owlet's Extract ..f Wild Strawberry is no el their "standard summer medicines Id has a good sale" An watailiug remedy fur all forma of Bowel Cut - pla,nt. 2 LADY BsauTlrltaa —Ladies, you can- not crake fair skin, nosy cheeks, and t, suit the most fastidious and th most ecouuntio buyer sparkling eyes with all the aswetica of Francs, or beautifiers of the world, while m y in pour health, and nothing will sieve you such rich blood,guod heakeh,strewgth and beauty as Hop Bitters. A trial is Is now oumpleee, and I take pleaanre in informing my customers that at no pre- certarn proof.. vious time have I had such a me." _ "Well, then," he answered. wit) a Mrs. Partington deal:u•ed the Neural- pcculitr senile, ''It is tomored—mind gia t.. he wer,'e been the el•1 1:leumet- yun, f only say it is rumored- -tl•.•t he is tem but. 1 sev,.r i,:.1 .•ishore In:ty 1e, hued uok 1,1, .1 Ibttors n•il. , t et•tr it. jealous of a cel-ain gentleman of when) It also makes pure blood. re.u! (tie ! the he has no reason to be, and that he has Liver, Le'. d.eys acedPowe.' :u1 1 .•rt;li• all confidence in one who may yet turn catine scrofulous limner fee n t .y -t •,n. tut to he a trea_aarous villian.' 25,0'. J 'bottles s,.1,1 111 Ille 1.,..t tluee This ---' eciont--- ---- - --.. - tuontlia. S r 1110. "May I venture tie' as!: the mete, • of the second pa_ .y 1" • "W011, sir As you are a ettanger to me," replied the druggist, "i wtll not, mention any name ; but if you should ever happen to have bus' teat with the head clerk of Horace Ganger, it is my ..pinion that yuu_ICIhe )sijii shut:- dred miles of the party." „Thank you," said I, fel pretty sure of my course.. After some further questions i left the apothecary, and repaired to the Ili et Horace (:ranger, the street and number of which i had ascertained. • 0Mrsew I:vrlteiI 'rh•ol.and: .U1 ..ver the land are eeine teiteee,tacy' over Dr. Kim_'s New De: -.very fere ()on - gumption: 'Their 'uule•.:e l t •r recovery by the tint oiy use e1 this .great life See- ing remedy-, ca'ise•ie thein to g.. itearly wild in uta praise It is t;mn•anteed to positively cure severe couxt,las. vetch, as•' • ime, hay fever, bronchitis, hoarseness, loss ..1 voice, or any affection of the eere„lt ;red ltmgs. Trial ;.ottles free 1st .Tenter \1'ils,:n's ilrn; More. Large size R 1.01 (2:1 BOOTS AND SHOES At She Olteat Established Shoe Store in Town, In Endless Variety, SPRING STOCK Some idea "f the vastness of the North-west Territory of Canada may be formed from the fact that of the two Registration districts lute which Alber to has been divided, one contains 37, 0011 squrre miles, and the other 65,000, squab)miles. And Alberta is only nue cfour provisional Territorial districts in the Northwest. John R. Vert, Hamilton, says : "Mc- Gregor's Spetay Cure for Dyspepsia and Indigestion is cheap at fifty times the price leaked for it. I ant a commercial man, and travel continually, and would 0.. more think of leaving home without a bottle of McGreeurs Speedy Cure in my valise than I would of leaving my team at home and going un foot." Fres trial bottles at G. Rhyne. drug store. Regu- lar size 50 cts. and $1. a kraal's Fluid Ug slag. Cures Toothache and Neuralgia quick es Hash, re'ieves any pain instantly, the cheapest and quickest application known. Why suffer with Toothache, Neuralgia, Headache, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Scia- tica, Sore Throat' or Acute Pains of any kind when you can go to Geo. Rhyne' drug store and get a perfect and instan- taneous euro for 25 cents. Ask fur K ram's Fluid Lightning. b ever Give fp. If you are suffering with low and de- pressed -spirits, las cf appetite, general debility, disordered blood, weak consti- tution, headache, or any disease of a bil- ious nature, by all means procure a bot- tle•of Electric Bitters. You will he sur- prised to see the rapid improvement that will follow ; you will be inspired with uew life; strength and activity will return ; pain and misery- will cease, and hence- forth you will rejoice in the praise of Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by J, \Gilson, [l;) • Perfect, Positive and Pleamanent are the cures effected by Dr. Van Buren's Kidney Cure. Relief in all eases of Kid- ney Disease is obtained aLera few doses. See that your Druggist gives you Dr Van Buren's Kidney Cure. Sold bp J. Wilson Guderich %lit ':Why shout 1 aman tree... Moos is wane within Sit ke his grendsire cut in alab utter lj Or let his ;lair grow Lusty, scant and thin. When ••CINOALa.tl.ENrwER willmake But then it was ce..a:n that he a • I found a tall, dark, tnuscul•t• 4.rwr the faster. For salt by J. \\'il- 011 lin not that man widest he %%a+ disguised I ter -looking clerk, about thirty years of One of tor host citizens wnuid say to when he hire 1 It ; anal why had he gone t, ell the trouble 111.111y 1.• hang him - Reif, when he mold have dome it quite as effectually t ten th 1 hitter places , No ; look on it —teat. h as 1 ought --1 t.,uld not bring myself io believe that the age, standi ng at a desk behind the the public that he has tried Hall's Ca - c :alter. tart!' Cure, and it is all that is claimed "1s Me. Granger in '" I askedfor it. Price i5 cents per bottle. Sold "tic'" was the curt reply. icy Geo. Mynas, a ole agent ter Gede• "Will he be in soon I" rich. 3m : "h .h t know." Are you troubled with Salt Rheum, rope-er { Rough Skin, Pimples or Canker Sores ; It: eonrrdrs '. • oo.• Das saes Bhewss tared. kraa's-nuld Llgh ala. Is the only instantaneous relief for Neu- ralgia, Headache, Toothache, etc. Rub- bing a few drops briskly is all that is needed. No taking nauseous 'me divines for weeks, but one minute's appl cation rem oyes all pain and will prove the great value of Kraut's Fluid Lithtuine. `25 cents per bottle at George Rhynes• drug store. b S.=M,p Seward For any Testio:on i;.ls te.:cion mewl McGregor's Speedy Care f.•r Dyspepsia,: Indigestion, Cestiveuess, fleeei..che,e tc.. that are not temm�e ; nine et which are from persons in the Mates or thous:u'ds of miles away. but from persons on met around Hautiit,'n, Ont.. We live trial bottles free of coet, so that you cannot he deceived by purchasing a worthless ar- ticle, but knots its talue before beytne. Trial bottles and testimonials given free it G. Rhynes' drug store. a Physician's are often startled b• e( - ivarkable discoveries. The fact that Dr. King's New Discovery ter Consumption and all Throat and T•amg.iisratea is daily c'iriu_ eetients th.lt Vary I. the et :en op t:, die. is st+r;lit.g them ; t.:.': •• tl'.rir 50gso of duty, ..ul e,.:cou" nee the merits of this sender(,1 diseeven r. re - its. lin,. bells . f our 1•eat I'hpsi- ciaus using it m their practic-i. Trial it titles free a: .i. Wilson's I)ru' Stora. Regular size :el (4) e 61ar111aslemerever,. Large & Varied Stock As at present. I have raised the Standard of Quality and Lowered the Price unti it is a positive fact that no such value in foot wear can be got elsewhere. CUSTOM WORK of every grade still receives my prompt and careful attention, and will be made up, in the moat approved styles by first-class workmen, and of the very beat material obtainable. _ D0 VCT NI NG Extensive Premises and Splendid New Stock. Q .wt). .r 9 CABINET - MAKER AND UNDERTAKER Hamilton Street, GcdeIncb. A gond assortment of Kitchen, Bed -room, l ln!ng itoom andll'arlor Furniture, such as Ta blue. Chalet balr, cane sad wood seated). cupboards, Bed -steads, 3iattreseee. Wast. -stands Lounges, Sofas,. What -.`...•s, Louking Glasses. N. IL—A complete ass*.te,cnt of Coffins and Shrouds always on hand also Hearses for hire at reasonable rate . PRINCIPAL -+LINE And s0 polo's In Lr•., X•bresks. M 1 .curt. l: a s- ess, New His ion, Arlrona, Mo,. WIG sad Tv I lie solid:Tear. yen Ck5T sad PEST 11ne 10 et. Joseph, :sue. Topeka. Dent. son, nansa, Sal. ti sums 4011 c 0A. O h4 henna hem iee seprrk.r f .r titters Lee, MiteespoIt. me atrial nwiled r the Greet a Car • Line "Has he been in to -day 10 ',ranger Itangine t ' litre room ltd "Can't soy." 1 if se, go at once to Geo. Rhyne*.Drag T:. ,. !!hip,.d f. put the rope around I ' era etc' . "Was he in yes!er lay I st••re Anil get a 1ackaree •f Mctiregor & f e • • • i told the cer•pner m: he.ef : hat '•t'en't say." Park. • Carbolic Gyrate Price 25 cents. lIt was net er known to fol. whether 1 e eo'ncidtl with ale or not, it et% ell he ever in i -t see...I Haye.etdle, tlhie, Felt. 11, 1880+• certain his o.. did r •• for they The delete k• ..1 and 1 ",kat at Its. fur R1 ant eery glad to lay 1 here tried H brought in a v.. ' : of suicide. the Area time, '•' a quick, a•' • ' ' .-0 bitten, and never took anyth' ig i it 'I ne body was placed in the n ott s , way. I did me so much req. 1 on1• teak two for re• e;;nition, and i re.l'icste 1 that it ' • \Ghat do pas u1e•mn 1" be r ee t.b Atli.* and 1 would not take t' 100 for the shoal,' ' .t the, • ''r • - "1e, "Hashee.me beck it i•`. t;, deeight.,r''E'""1 they del me. 1 re .anmrnd them t • rot patients, and get the he,. results for I hal a ' - to s.'c what 1 could do 1 gneetioned, in turn. t from their use. in work'ntt up thecae.. He again started, carie Foraartl, and I C. R. Maas u, M.D.. i Martel nut with the hits of paper 1 al -rely at+rutinized my pen •n : tint, it i hail tee -tired to see if 1 r•• ' 1 end at any fancied, with a guilty conscience. krone. Mail Lteba/Nns tee -tired reed+ no advertisint when once inern- teleiral.h oPic' any u.• recently tent off, motet') . • • the words 1 heed trenscrihe 1 m their erns -ntire order. 1 was Iron foe tenets ie getting potaes- en of whit I believe1 to be the orig' :n0 metlsa {c. It w•ar statelier to I•• ee 11 ranger. R'he are you N oat Ju gnu w deiced. Every Mottle gold sells hundr 1s 1. 1 POTtr^. here 1 And why these impel ',tent •10' • of others by dnir • sit and more than re. w 1T • rr t' t,s_ .fe;►. i L r , Ili Dons ?•' he den- •'i le I, ' t e, fiei.e way. I presents 1 for ?tier .alt's, Toothache, "1)..n't you knew that Hot. .0 tirang. Headache, eto. It remo -es any pain J. Sive/eon, er is dual 1" mid I, fix n, a link B; ee I instantly 'nick as flash. Try it and you Canadian P,ss. Ag t, will as it ', well named Fluid Lightning. Ton no, Ort the fellow that made h n genii• I Geta l5 cent I title at G. Rhymes drug Deo. B. Jeax, OY, "Deal "' he eselaimod in well • - nor store h Ticket Agent, flodeieh a KANLAS Tarwia •7 Ttrkvts Ifs n,.. Crirhrurd L " fat the 1 S. sad -' Cass*: e CITY . ads i � T7 M lad you MIS ane i ra•Htae e htsry, Nosed N e deo /�► resspwt •. / of Picture Framing a specialty.—A call solicited. 1751 MAN WHO 1S UNACQUAINTED WITH THS CEOCRAPNY OP THIS COUNTRY, WIL SSS SY axAMfNIN0 THIS MAP, THAT THS CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC WY l 3eing the Creat Central Line, affords to t•avW',re, by resson Of Its unriraled geo- graphical position, the shortest and best rauts betw,ren the East, Northeast an Southeast, and the West, Northwest and Southwest. It Is literally and strictly true, that its O,nnecttOns aro ale of the principal anal of road between the Atlantic and the Pa^ffc. By Its main line and branches '- manias Chicano, .trust, Peoria, Ottawa, Fa Salle, Ceneseo, Moline and Rock tsland, I-1 Dana, : ; Davenport, Muscatine, Waahinet On, Keokuk, Knoxville, Osk.aoosa, Fairnoll, Des Moines. West Liberty, Iowa City, Atlantic, Avoca, Audubon, Harlan, C.th ,. Censer and Counoll Bluffs, in Iowa ; Gallatin, Trenton, Cameron and Kansas C.t.', in Missouri, and Leaven- worth and Atchison in Kansas, and the hundreds of c;nss, •adage• and town lntermoOlate. The ' "CREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE," As It 18 familiarly called, offers to travelers all the auvers age. and comforts incident to a smooth track, rale bridges, Union Depo-a at all connecting points, Fast Express Trains, composed of COMMODIOUS. WELL VENTILATED, WILL HEATED. FINELY UPHOLSTERED and ELEGANT DA', COACHES ; a line of the MOST MAGNIFICENT HORTON RECLIMNO CHAIR C� 1S ever built ; CULLMAN'* latest designed sed handsomest PALACE S! CUING CAPS, and t ININC CARS that are acknowledged by press and people to be the FINEST RUN UPON ANY ROAD IN THE COUNTRY, and In which superior meals are served to travelers at the low rate of SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS EACH. THREE TRAINS each way between CHICACO and tt.e MISSOURI RIVER. TWO TRAINS each way between CHICACO and MINNEAPOLIS ant! ST. PAUL, art the f7.mous ALBERT LEA ROUTE. A New and Direct Line, via Seneca and Kankakee, has recently been opened, between Newport News, Richmond, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and La Fayette, end Council Shifts. St. Paul, Minneapolis and intermedivo points. All Through Passengers carried on Fast Express Trains. For more detailed information, see Maps and Folders, which maybe obtained, as well as Tickets, at all principal Ticket Offices in the United States and Canada, or d R. R. CABI5E, E. ST. JOHN, Vice es'-Prt Cen'l Manager, Cen•l T'k't A. Passer Asst CHICACO. ,41 t5e 4et,r t, JOHNSTON'S'` SARSAPARIL I. r V. roe— t,7u coma % r4...-.. Aad for Parity/mg as Inc..... it lap )far+ .n we fur wyrart re, teclM M t •.. antta. BL ] '1 T:. 1 d , .y -]alt ..-1 / %. red a Ltetersee. Iter ora' ease er )SWI iaSt.e' 1 I.. dit a •ghee , rllltsa lee 1 r• IF at 5558 lasEtt11 ..5. .t lona,aortae Ilse-. Ir ft! 0l.atf.� the �' h n .511 at one dollarre a ttsttA i . a heves ea far t. wee mew* estate n M-: i . mime the ssnMelas fret their deer. : • .e•1d IS ele 4.Osr. sad we writ 0... '; t" MIS. tr. MOM! Seo . Vizeb eeirs, Ameelastss se rr For sale by • .1AS WTL1101t, CARTER'S____ I !VERTTLE PILLS. Ctvk 1T'rsdnehs and relieve all the tm nh'.;, i^et• rrnt to a bilk's' state of the iyMosil, snrh se reel.. Nausea, IkowsUx.a, Distress ah.•r .w: inS, Tam in the Side. Le. While thele WOK remelt• ebk success has bee bona lu tiring SICK =eel's rsiuulpaUsa, ern 5.4 pyre -lanes esyet Ceeta.LKte Lives 111.err, clean, OLINa,i�eiea t'{e itemh, lhte *5. ve sad rgalele the bowels. Teen It they only carte HEAD Ache they wield beausnetprfesese to Moor who PONT fr..a this distressing eoapeet; twit fnrtn. aandy theft goodsese dors stet rad lee, and those who outs ley theta will tad (hese little pins , sla- sh", Is ne 'nay ways thievery win ane M will is to do without them. Plat after all ekk head "NW OIMP is Mebane( sok *Iwo we MIM. O11~cuts k sift; ellen n •.-_ Pao are vwlal) sal i1RkW aiaMt�gettiese. ISRER p limo 5! of* /suet ave tnc51. Sold or seat by mai(. CARTERYED11CIN1: CO.. New York Ott.