1897. 



THE AMERWAN HEK KEEPER. 



123 



i can rev re ( Kci-'be tliatirrl^t of her- 

 ror^\ 1 .1 h 1. ! p( ..t . .1 i-l:iJ;H.( Lia. E^oiue 

 idea cf mx ieeni:t,s VAixy Ic imag.; C(l 

 wheu I saw in an evciiing paper a dis- 

 patch teLiijg of the murder of ltai:dolph 

 Cnttii]g, a vscll known New Yorker, 

 near h:s country place, at Hopeville, N. 

 J. The accciiut in the paper said that 

 detect-ves frcni New York were at work 

 upon the case and that, although they 

 refused to give out any of the facts, they 

 were in pcpsession of a clew which they 

 felt sure v. ould enable them to capture 

 the murcicrer within a few hours. 



I souglit a quiet hotel upon a side 

 street, regictering under an assumed 

 name, and then endeavored to compose 

 myself to await results. I hardly think 

 I slept a %\iiik that night, but tossed fe- 

 verishly upon my bed, wondering wheth- 

 er I had not acted very foolishly in thus 

 running away when I was perfectly in- 

 nocent. Uudoubtedly by so doing I had 

 strengthened the chain of evidence 

 against me, but, under the circum- 

 stances, I did not see what else I could 

 do. There was still a chance for me, I 

 thought. Cutting's groom was, no doubt, 

 a new one, as his face was not familiar 

 to me, and he probably did not knov 

 who I was. No one else in Hopeville 

 knew me. I had not mentioned my in- 

 tention of going down there to any one 

 in New York. My only hope lay in 

 keeping perfectly secluded until the 

 thing had blown over, and this I thought 

 I could do as well in my hotel in Phila- 

 delphia as anywhere else. 



Then when I would arrive at this 

 point in my reasoning the thought of 

 that clew that the detectives were work- 

 ing on would come to me, and I would 

 break into a cold perspiration from nerv- 

 ousness and auxiety. How I ever got 

 through the uight I cannot tell. As soon 

 as I could get into my clothes in the 

 morniug J procured a morning paper. 

 There I It unu u fuller and more thrill- 

 ing account of the murder, most of 

 which I skimmed through hurriedly 

 until I re.^chs d the follo\ving words: 



"Detect! ,(s Warden and Seabury of 

 the PiukorK n tcrce reached Hopeville 

 shortly attcr lcou, having been tele- 

 graphed for by Mr. Cutting's family. 

 They at en -e set to work upon a clew 

 furnished ihem by Davis, the groom, 

 who was with Mr. Cutting when the 



falr.l shot v.-as fired. Davis was sitting 

 with Lis buck tc Mr. Cutting, but hap- 

 peuiug to icck toward the side of the 

 road he saw a man, whoinhe^cjo^riacd 

 as a L. charged servant of his enrpicy- 

 er, level u pistol at Mr. Cutting's head 

 and flic. Mr. Cr.ttmg fell to the ground, 

 and Di.vis jumped to his master's assdst- 

 ance, cniy to find him iiif-tantly kiiied. 

 The horse had taken fright and run 

 away, when Davis, happening to lock 

 up, saw a figure in the roadway. In- 

 stinctively he ran toward him, tut the 

 man duncd behind the hedge and Davis 

 lost si{;ht ot him. He was unable, how- 

 ever, tc identify the murderer fully 

 when he was arrested by the detectives 

 late last nii;ht. The man, whose name 

 is Janjes h mpf^on, was found in an 

 empty h;.y ; ' i d, not two miles frcm the 

 scene ot thi i:iurder. When couficnled 

 with his crime he becanie panic stridden 

 mid made a tull confession. ' ' 



And that was the nearest I ever came 

 o beinp hanr cd. — Alfred Stoddart iu 

 ^hiliu.c.phi.i Times. 



A Bomb Loaded With Men. 



A new bomb has been invented that 

 is an extremely curious affair. 



It is called a pioneer bomb and is 

 made to be fired from a cannon like an 

 ordinary cannon ball. The curious part 

 of it is that instead of carrying lead 

 and explosives it is to have men inside. 



The idea of the invention, explains 

 The GrcLit Round World, is to fire sol- 

 diers into the enemy's camp. The bomb 

 opens the moment it touches the ground, 

 the men spring out and begin to fight 

 the enemies within reach. 



. A shower of these bombs would very 

 seriously inconveuiencie an enemy, it is 

 to be supposed, for they would not 

 quite know what to make of such as- 

 tounding cannon balls. 



The bomb is so arranged that there is 

 no sudden jar or shock to the men in- 

 side. It is covered with a number of 

 rubber tubes filled with air, like the 

 bicycle tires. These rubbers prevent the 

 men from any injury which might be 

 caused by reaching the ground so sud- 

 denly. The bomb bounds along like a 

 rubber ball once or twice, and the sol- 

 diers are said to be quite comfortable 

 inside. — Chicago Record. 



