"Who killed her?" was the question put to the girl servant by the coroner when he entered the room where the unfortunate Mrs. Louise Sullivan lay on the floor. In front of her mistress the girl answered with great conviction: "Nobody did; the footman and myself were in the adjoining room when we heard the noise of the fall; we ran into this room and found the lady lying as she is now." All the words of this woman were superfluous, for on a sheet of paper was related the whole truth. On that piece of paper, in fact, Mrs. Sullivan had written the following: "I kill myself with my own hands and by my own will." It was strange, though, that the lettering should have been so ill drawn and irregular! However, in the face of .such clear proof the jury withdrew, bowing to fatality. Well, then, nobody has killed her! Mrs. Sullivan has died of her own free will. Mankind will ignore forever the circumstances surrounding such a dreadful deed. To-day only a man knows the truth and remembers now and then his guilt. He is so self-concerned, however, that he will never betray himself. In view of such cases we must believe that some mysterious forces are existing, concealed without analysis: and when they are used to the detriment of our fellow creatures may give birth to the most fatal ends. Man may accumulate as much of his law as he likes, but the criminal who wants to succeed and knows how, will escape the law. Meanwhile his perfidies will keep forever unpunished.
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