VOL. XVI.

OCEAN CITY, N. J^THUKSDAY. OCTOHEK 22,1898.

NO. 29.

OCEAN CITY'SENTINEL. OCEAN CITY N. J., t .{, EBBISffl, EMir ill Fmintl*.

»»»TA« *A»T«. MABSHAIi’S dining rooms »OK I.ADIEX A A I* AIKITT*. No. 1321 Market Street, PHILADELPHIA. STRICTLY TEMPERANCE.

tinud Itovt IHnnet*, wltll Him Vc*cUl4«i. f.f »•'•uu. Turkey or < •hlckru lunum, V> ceul*. l«dm-' Kuun U|w>Uli» with lnmelikr cumforU. PURE SPRING WATER. Al-l. iniumt. BAKERY, GOl SouthTwenty-«ecomlStreet Ire Crrmui. Ic«i. Kroken FralU and Jelllea. WeddinR* aih! EvboIde KtiU-rt»lii-mriil> ■ 8|«dalty. EvcrylhlijE Ui furui.li (Ik- utile aud net free of ct»»iEr. NOTHING SOLO OR DELIVERED ON SUNDAY.

BKAI. .EBTATK AND IN Ml 1 BAN AltarlA. Hmk. H»n| 6. Sl» now HU. & steeiaian. till Eslils, Imt 111 ColTETWUI

ATTOB*r.V*-aT>I.J

QK. J. S-AVAGGONEK, —Mi;»(ni.KT— Physician and Druggist. I*. 731 Astwi Aime. Dciu Dtj. I. J. tirer. I'iiM^HC.ilererT, V*«frrr».^^rT DK. J. E. PRYOR. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Orean City. V J.

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'J'. C HUTCHINSON. M D. IX oin<RO|>nt liiwt. No. 097 Wenley Avonue. IMdruI Pliy.lri.u. lute of Phil.. DR. N. HOWARD BURT., Holiday Cottage. *c. BN «SLtT AVENUE. OCEAN CUT. I. J. B < T. ABBOT!', M*. I)., I’iiyuiriun and Nnreron. OFFICE - Untr OnUtl ud FJfblh StmL |

M' )RGA N HAND,

ATTORNEY AND

COI XNKI.LOB AT LAW.

DR. CHAS. t. EDWARDS. — HKNTIST. 1535 Chestnut Street. PHILADELPHIA M’CLURE, HERITAGE & CO.,

DRUGGISTS AND CHERWSTS 112 Market Street. PniiadelpW*.

TKKATMK’NT BY INHALATION ! 1529 Arch St, Phila., Pa.

JjAW OFFICES

SenavDCR G. WooDRauu. JONATHAN HAND, Jr., jVttomey-nt-T >aw, Hohrtuw. Mul.r In Ithumry. UnUrr FMiilr. ('APE MAY OODBT HOUSE, N. J. IN OCUN CUT EVERT WEDNESOAT pjARRY S. DOUGLASS, CoiiuueHor-ftt-I^nw,

CAPE HAT COURT HOUSE N. I.

G. A- BOURGEOIS, Counsellor-at-Law, Ihr. in New Jrraer. Itillwlelphta »ud l»lal.w nirtrirt .mi < Irrult i ou.i. ii.Tand ». IlnU (Male .nd law Hu I Id

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

^LBERT A. HOWELL, jVtt<>rne.v-at-l^a>v, |Uul Krtnl*. In.urwiiee Oouverw.rln*. gLGENE C. COLE, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. MASTER IN CHAHCERT, NOTARY PUBLIC,

SEAVILLE, CAPfJpiAT CO

Perb.p. the muraiuR |«»i. r. w .nkl gire hint ml.nit the bill*. He would to iwe lln m ta-fon- nuking anyj. Through the long boure until dawn he tat u,i, iKJ'anriiig to go to b.< and pond- nd upon hi* Mtoation. The Are in the move bunu-d — "

of phjrdeal diwomfia

keen an hi. mental I.inure Nmeten boure had paM.il ninoe he had ta«n food, and hi. expoirnred in that tim had ro rxhanrtiil him that the lad i him weak and wrroua Tle fanr aiam-thing w a. l- land him return

An . uul.i«Ii led wit

G. THOMAS, No. 108 Market St., PHILADELPHIA,

Bj l B. COKHELLT. lOopyrirl.t. U«d. hr the Autiew I [COXTWVtD,] It he could only kBOWwnat na]

r a powible^advantage "1 hardly think you r,

n jam

or, f *He had a little trouble, and la

ay murh eugugi^at laiw-ui " Kilty djil not know what u> do.

I "My ^auiKnlli. r, ” .he aaid, "told 1 me to be unre to give lie letl.T into Mr

- i Willmarth’* own hand." aar.«1aiu tf you ran *n. him."

off*aid the raptnm. irra. iou.lv Meiqiing into tin- parlor imt of .tgliL hut remain-

brought could hi in*St a. John Lat himw lf. would it

r cold ai

ch)U n

le hi.

e like

. lodgei

__ _

KThgi* made a noia

ahrit-k. raueing him to Part and it He felt aa if le- mn«l go m lia prain ixmtinu.d nsnrh lomaT.

At length he le-anl me ne» «uan p the ab-pa and ,«-k.-meli r ' door tlie niomiug pa|. r» f.r who would not wake hr In Leaving hia ib.r oj.ai that

might le- lighlid up. he tipp'd down (lain, almdibaing at each cn-okiug .tip. clutched tie- pap,re and retuned ewifthia room. Hr- had the Hine leading muniing jouraaL. and taking tle-m

together could be jrvtly an mg all the rep iron had

f the hi

it which the

OCEAN CITY. N. J. I>. S. SMITH & OO.. lot amt in iisiHUt ittiTi. lira AatMVT A venae. OCEAN CITY. N. J. r At in 1 Nil BY COKTKAiT OH HAY. Wallace S. Risley, IIKA-L. K8TA r r»o AND INSURANCE AGENT. 41S MAHKET HT„ CAN1WSN. t HooerUikw.

body had been Humbled over by a po 1 in-man. Death ajije-and to have 1*11 canard by a frightful gash on the burl of the man - , lewd, jndured evidentlj by hia falling npiai a jaggid. aliarp rod. but tle-n- waa no n aum to an pore hia fall an awldi ut. A gn at brut on (lie fail- allowed that he had bnn knuckl'd down. Uu doubt fur the purpi Me of robl.TV. Hia valuubli- waldi and a ctmudcrable eum of untom-led in hia pa-ketn, ■imply went to abnw that tin- aeeaeiu. after tearing hia clotheeoj.-n to plntnk i him. liad Lin alai'ueil \<j uonicthiuji and had did. y

All wa with the

“The police have a cb-w to tie- i Bn. and L ln-v.. I ley will he abbnwt him today.” Not hapi.-ning to know tieemptimw. of that en-nutyped phrai.— the pn-liminary to characterixing ile crime "•an luierutable myetery" wlen n-r wa« teit caught in the d time—ChnibT Srwall wa* ' to him waa tie tvalixariim id hia wirwt fiwra The large billa hkd lawn lub—il ami were expert-

b unifunuiil ,riliii-m ng ont the -ugh the t i at the Hide of the di

an. apparently inted panea of

ting on in the Breet. Kitty wa* made f.i l that eta- wa* practically quite one with the frintidly iklirttre. whore official chane-tiTwa. of iimri.-unknown

it tb)- lifi

Hr'

j pay grandfa-

niad lad tiiglil with waiting up until -ting Mr. Willmarth. . and be - * like a diril let loore tliia neruing. eir. " "Oh. tliai'a the way with (ho bug*. They iii-viT can.- bow ntnch tliey ' e other i.ople wait. But 1 tal the}- duii‘1 like it whi u tla ki-pt wailipg_tle im. In*. It w. nthrr to ai- him night. I aupi*

"Oh. jnw

thrr a b«l of uerny. " "S,: Wliut do you rail "a lot? - " "Will. 1 don't rightly know moeh it war Imt bt-anl Ue-m talkmi "•Tieml* Who’ Your gruudfatha and Mr. W.llmarth?" "Oh. no, eir; grandfather and m; fatlu r. air. Mr. Willmarth dklu’

oumr. ”

At tliia Juncture thr rnptalu eti-ppcd out of tie- parlor'again, and wklnwaug her pleaaani ly mid: "Mr. Willmanh ia not mhl yon. Imt you can gi»r me the, le I will take it in.'' She did nut even think of hieit.iting alaiut ornipllunce with an otrirr from tberaptain and promptly handed the letb-r. with whieh le- again nr luaide the parka- dwr be tore it

ISRAEL B. ADAMS A CO. Real Estate f Insaranca .A-O-iHUsTTS, v lwas 2,41 (, Bal EiUU t Uw Bullfllog, ATLANTIC CITY. N.J. < 'oumileaiooera of lived, for PennMoney to loan on Fire! Mortgage. Ldto f..r aale at tfoulh Atlantic City J.M.Ghester&Go., REAL ESTATE ABD insurance Agents. »'

■•reihliuV H"**' 1 fMIbtWx b HEADQUARTERS FOR leal EUM iDSine. CONVEVANCINC. ETC.. AT LAKE BROTHERS W.BRIDGEWJTER SCOReal Estate and Insurance Agents, 734 AMHCKY A V KB UK.

through the crowd ai to prevent le-r L-ing a,* -kcH one In the mob who migbc

-Oivr mr lht IrUrr: an inkling of w ind had Whin she thought she wua left alone, afhr tie- ofliei-r tuneil.hack.

larih. |Oeeumabb

low tie- L lit of lev •

tt by making him her huidaand at afl -ly a day aa propn,-ty would permit? Or might it L- that her ohatinntv father - mud aunie ingmaat. b-gal device ill couatnunirg L r to hi. will? There waaalao jual a pnaaibilily—by no probable, bowel i r. be n-flii-lid— acraddraarquiBtiuouf imb-pi-nd-etav and oonln.l of gtvai wrallh might modify her iika* of the deairability of

At all • vrata. L ii.ni Inded.

thvauddin death of Mr Willmarth waa likely to jirove a rnfler fortunate : f.r Cbiab-i. partirularly if he •Inmid take exactly the right courre <4 ion. That tla- young man wimld do witlamt l.-tter guidanre- than hia own Jolni doubti d. anil L- waa cimrequrntlyinipaiieiil to g»-i Law-and offer anrh omm.1 ami aid aa might appear

to be nquinil.

To the time of hi* naching Tn-nioo. hardly an hour'* ride from N,-w York. of thought in John Latham’a mind cnunvetid with the anhprt of thr Willmarth niurd -r hail Ch-alir S-wall'a tutireaU for it* objectiv» point, but then- he obtaitnil an afternoon papir. in

w hieh he read:

known that Mr. Willmarth are a man nam-d Michael

McCaffrey when be met hi* death. The diacovery id ilna f»i w aa a irtumuh of detective gmiua It puta In the hand* of the polio- the key fur clncidatiou at the my.n ry. The end* id juHicr u impel the euppcwiop at detail* fia the prrwent.

yi-t been ordered *

they can be made at any momem

are hourly expected."

Uoing to ai- Michael McCaffrey! Mr*. Hall had not u.nhil.il to hit name of the manwhoa. deeply wronged her htuhaud, or i-ven given a hint that might miggiot hu idi-ntiflcatii John lauham knew It miw. Uichard Willmarth wa* the maul A^id it wni going to a meeting wiih hi* former lump I Mi. or tool that he had met des Weil, if Una waa not "poetic Juatice’ would he difficult to**}' what might hr. Willmarth Uu-man': Uf «mr*e he The unarm pul nun, ro. .lute a lllahniH and avarice w hich were pqmlarly reo®nind um liia dinninant characteriatk-* would liavc qualified him for auch a drill a* the widow alh-giiL and hia er at wealth and InflnejM-e wore ancl would jualify hir dread id awaluug antagonism id her unmnnul enemy Ul the was snre ..f I hepi iwpon* w ith which to md him. >hd taer. aa an addnl pnad. if one wire needed, the

name id hi. long hidden

crime, Michael McCaffr-v. i-Topped up.

linked with hia in cl

By the time hia train had rearhtd Jeraey City Mr. Latham had clearly planned hi* roarer id pn .vdure. Travel *:.until and weary aa be waa hi- deter going Into action at onre. without waiting even to cunault hi* principal. Mr*. Hall. Hniding hi* valiarw home by exprrua he jumped into toe firat hack that prreentrd Ha lf aa the New York aide uf tin- ferry and lodired himarlf taken with all puiwiblr apenl to the atatiou bouae id the precinct in which Mr. Willmarth had lived. Cheater Bewail'* intemita and hi* relation* the Willmarth family wire, fur the ae being, fiogotliw. The widow Hall'a jovraa took pni-rdeoee id ererythuig e in John'a iwtimatiiB joat then. He wondered if ahe knew that MiT'affrey

light cr wa* likely

Lira informed by the morning paper* that Willmarth wa* dead, and took it fur granted that in hia ing hia long prayed for vtugoanre her hope* at attaining juatici- w guiahed. Pmlahlv .he would ' ' 3. It waa hia imprea-

iot read rvming pm--h-graidi to her? No.

be decided that be would not until he

ijpv, i-oge waa amal attnrti.au w a* m-ver m-m am h intireat iqncuuua than w liau John lathatu Ibiw, L- aakrd i him that night. Hiacuniwity and iIm- f- Minor, uf ! had hven vividly an-oa.il f.r Kitt;

e extrannliiiar} naiditi.a

railing in and aL-ut tL- Will

: Would Inna ii- o-m n, fol■ncliuatiotiA

Unre. anil be mail.

Irani ar going lai

nr-rrnn jatpiT. Kitty, "If thin-', any lud luck, aure tliat'a thr llkelmit piaca- to ~ad ont about it" The firat bold, black hi-adline that Caught hia eye when hr m-rvoualy clutched the paper aatuunded and n-rri- ' d him—"BankM Willmarth Mur-

ed!'*

It flashed upon him inafanfaimaaly that hia un)ai-ky h-ttia. lutving fallen

' and* id the pdiev. would be

oretaiu to prCTikr an inquiry into hia relatiims with tL- man miw dead, and bow far auapiciou miglit attach to him aa a party lamo-runl rti 1 lie tamk.-r'« untimely taking off he did tad dare even to conjecture. Of tiauer that latter fear

little ground, f.r the very fart uf hi* aending the letter wa* in

evideure at the aLaiav-if guilty knuwl- oolirT<ul „ —...■ — edge from hi. mind. >«' he i^d find Ual , ^ ^ ftvnd, retahliahing in that nwonmig. There waa ^ lraat tbe moral Jnaticeiff the widow'a

i, even in an incidental way. ‘Ton never know wbal Ihem di of Layer* will spring oo ye," he,

all thr way, and L r falbvr and grandfather wire, without their bam

ing anything aL.ut it aa yi-t. put under

strict police surveillance at notv, Kitty's app-araan- up Mi the tret plained what had pn-vioualy L

puxalr fur thepjlbv—via. "Whydi.mhl BaokiT Willmarth have ban at ao late

' air in that remote part of lb r la- mil bis fate?" The trpjrtit*.

tion. and offered vario

ur hia pa-pan na

aenaal ionml paper exploit.iL very

cautiouily, but effuiive

cluaive iufurmalliai

'are- ; -I will air; I w-tIL Oh. indeed. I »l<n-: | Will, The lard know* I alwav* mewiit tiartb j to do right by Mr*. IlalL Bie-'aa iLrtut

p Mafia

M> say.

ould be looked

Perfaapa the latte upon aa only a shall.'

ifarture rtrcumatantial rvidenrefia the

tivyrting cf Juatiflabh

him. More vkilent perrernbina of fact had Lin known. He would have taken to flight and disappeared fur another 18

'a- bad dared to make a move, Inatim-tive amae uf The born ranted him ^hat be cimld only hi* case IK flying fo get he would nut he allowed to

McCaffrey gpp-ami aa witnraa. And he also dictated a detailed ronfeaaion of the infamoualy treacherous tranaaction. which Jolm Latham wrote out and had him sign, though be trembled ao that hu signature wa« allow! illegible. Kitty and her father woe aim required to affix their aignaturea to the document a* witnesses. The girl bad Inorned in the public orhoul to write her name fairly well, hut the hopeful candidate for an inspecturahip made aa X between the "Dennis" and ihe "Bum*.” "And now,” aaid John Lalhaxn to hlmaelf aa hi- dmeended the stairs from

K *' 1 Mr. MeCaffrey's a|«rtmenU, "for a call

toi cs. Mm. Hall."

distant church clock aa h

Hour after boor he nat with hi* eJLnrs |

on the Imre table, wlao* he lusl wsit.d | ^ tb , drow ^ dnrer of the back, when and cuna-d the night before, reading, ^ p, oar i« the rest aide and mat rereading the nvyr aorount of the[ ^ M q Ulc kly a. pmuhL." bomfymg Aid whiri. avnned '" f^- i demurmL growling that hia horw* hi. sight, Lkiug fn-quent , |in!d (int _ J^miLe of doable fare from a black Lrth at his elLm to kn-p » j< klv dUpriiod hia rommiavraticn foe hu courage up. mid « "f bu bouts. Lmevcx. and the vehicle art sound of every fiaitfall oo the atalm out- - - - **-

aide for fear it was thr trend uf an officer. At length, worn out and diaxy from the spirits he had drank, he threw himself upmacot in an adjoining naan and al.pt. When John Laihnm entered, they waked him np, and he came forth touxled. grimy, red eyed and trembling. In hia dnm.ruhuif condition the old rogue was an easy levy for the astute young lawyer, whose whole L-art and mental energiea were enllab-d in tinwinning of lie- raar lie had undertaken "for love." Bail a* the situation aimed to Mr. McCaffrey L-f.re. it wa* e now. TL- last oomfnrtiag aaanrtbe black Little had givm him waa to the effect that if forced up in the witi stand lie might be abb- to lie out iff difficulty and continue to hide the real nature of the transaction bet’ IhrX winmartn ana mmscU. Bat i L-yond hop- now. since the farts

e known to this particularly danger- pP“ .

looking reprerentativi- of the proton for whieh he had the liveliest

kaaly, threatening criminal proa rutim for hia oomplicity in thr Hall runspiracy. throwing out dark bints if holding him acruuntable fur the Villxnartli murder, promising to have him "turned itudile out brfore a Jury.” until hia old train fairly whirled with outifnaian and fear. "Oohl" he whined, hia brogue ineresuIng undi-r Ibn inflaenos at Ua mental p-rturbation. "Owld an wak>- a* I am. It'd be the death av me to be bail.-d an badgered by thim Layers, an made to tell about the many year* I've been Lksownat to tL- way Dick Willmarth robbed Abner Hall, an bow I've kep' the paper they draw’d up an traabii wid me. aa bow I ve made Dick rotnc down wid it, an all thaL tfore I might aa well mind for the praatr ai mcc an be

Hu rogtiaibu the atopping if the hack at the Halim

hoaaadre*

■nt police captain reeeivm jar.

Hum courteously and heard with mani-

intervat the frank ■tatrmmt be

> of his reason, for dirtring an immnliate inlcrvicw with Michael McCaf-

r. for whom addroa lie anki-d. I have no reaam to dmht," aaid thf

captain, tvflnlively reviewing the caat after hearing him thrmgh, "that Willmarth would have bom quite capable of

ekiing what you have told me. u " m ' the reputatim at being a hard

able to art the brrt aauer or later of

"If you give up that p ill confeasim to me now. I will en<ge to protect you from paoaecutim in tat affair and defend you if you are of planning the murder, or I

for of e

ratcry in w hieh a ruamid wmtaa and ! iM ^ e si-L, hail diwlmga Joaloua huaband pLpd important j onlikoly that this old JS" ..a. - t .i_ r 1 rascal McCaffrey, who. from what 1 The caat,unary mdea.m by tL- pnlfoe | hjm> ,o have ba to keep cwrert Informal,.« from tim re- j ^ (|f hiUrolla-l.*.pa«w»

eerriT, notary and all are,and revue 18 cr *0 year* ago. aLmld have L-en hu

through which mrkl.d Jurt eu, mgh that (ST^Tt L t^wT a^a^.^fhe wwa true »■>-rve a, « mlotuitial f.«ii- oU triiuv but I may a. well admit wr. datim fm hypdbm-a which wire- j fnmkiy ,bat there ia nothing in aigi,I

ir!^r ^ *• ye* to rosinc-t him irtwatally with

wne of Michael McCaffrey r* i “‘‘ , i th , mnn i„. HL intirt-a iirarly prinL aa ln amyrtylaBa—dtndidnable | yatgMPt|l ,^,1,^. mfely to bb way, link, d With the m.luraal wand, r |bc .reeiv,

ingv.f the lautkiT, and the paja-r crigmaling the "mamed woman and jeol on* husband" ram-r ivruwent ao far j wt

aa to jwirtiio- "an lutirview with Mrs ^ hi* *xp«<aib« Ibat tin- banker wiadd

Tu ,kr come up I hire I bat mgbi with a Lrgr

ame had no ppr , Run tmviry m^hi* •'Mhe* IdmT a It waa aa.an , mtud lr ji ln g jr,« rmfidentLlly that we nut'Upa^a^Usra knuW Mr wahaarth did have in hL

train. Lam-ward baind toward New

(•RAFTER XX

*<f Uu banker. Kiebaid WiUmarih. Tba kill tag of ao nrb and pr.ar.inmi a . itaeu. the apparent Libtnrre if tbr crime, and Use mystery thrown aboat* It ia the •arlier puhlicaitisa at the'

.1 haul fur the thief!" "Ym. Look* *». But it will him murh giaal, I gum* I dn any object!.n t., y,«r talking w Caff rev. unly I mart revioaal tl will nut let anybody el*, too. to find Lim until wo |0< thnnch with

*3 Ib^p^m

to haring tUhir tbonrtgbf area—TO that the clod: Struck agliu belim John nwrbod hia destination.

Slowly the.

reaches an altar built i ramparts at BL Main, a

of rocks.

than, the foot draped with long graaslike seaweed and uu the ruck the Virgin standing

if in grert-

h tiny boys.

with hands o,

Ing. The boat is filled with

drewnd like the

brilliantly on tb. white veiL of the girL m the boon era the slat oat Lea, on the tall erodfix. 1 the upuraed faces of tb tim rocks and the boat, a the white Virgin and the little oi

lately bringing with it aume men from a goeletie wreck'd In a storm off the Newfoundland Banka They had hem picked np half dead floating on spars, and they said that in the storm, them-

down with her crew kneeling on bar deck and singing: "Are. Maria "a! Hail. Bur of the Bm!" The . at her was not known. Only aba

Bible oaih I kin," a

m about it than tb- child unborn." ■WelL we won t di-nss that n,.v rliaps I can do a giaal deal toward d virting snspicinn from you anywaj And I think I could cv,-n keep yini froi culled to the witness aland, or if *ve to appear there, can hanged that you w ill nul Li a*k | — — tell anything more than that you had great uv_ . _ a one basin—, with Mr. WiUmarih. ex- to pay her more than £10. white they pirted to arc him teat night, and be did j bad given a French lady £12 with which not come. But yon n,u*t Unit clear ; to re turn to Faria "Why. I have Spent yourself to me—timigbt." thousands of dollars hren." she aaid. "1 don't went lo give r.plbe papre ” I "while thL lady came to Moofe Oorio If y.« d. n't. I will lave it dragged i with abut a lotus ia tor pocket, and of your p.so.art,*, in rouri, and ho* beeu living upon you evre sinoa I i'll never draw 1 rei.th uut»idenf a want £40 to take me took to New Tctfc. priami again a* Urtg ua you live. Tate .ad 1 will make a row until I get it " your choice. Von can't get away, y.* The Cartno pogde dctsrt a a.-,ms ia cr know, for you are wi chcd every min- all MU the rexana. and the manager «Bby the poise, and tim fired step you ! favored to pm-lfy her with aa offw of ' - plea that thteaui wunld

"Oh. air.

» will be the signal fur \ £io.

I taka

they rewll} watriiin I then,

. . upi* my teesur. at the fort if the Hair* t. lew, I knew tahLs had to be an officer In plain ebabre. and the ' there are other* in the nrigbLatrcsid. I f,r a as I tell yus