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At
the
age
of
seventeen
,
however
,
he
had
succeeded
in
interesting
the
publisher
and
editor
of
the
Bridgeburg
Republican
to
the
extent
that
he
was
eventually
installed
as
official
local
news-gatherer
of
the
town
.
Later
he
came
to
be
the
Cataraqui
County
correspondent
of
such
papers
as
the
Albany
Times
--
Union
and
the
Utica
Star
,
ending
eventually
at
the
age
of
nineteen
with
the
privilege
of
studying
law
in
the
office
of
one
ex-Judge
Davis
Richofer
,
of
Bridgeburg
.
And
a
few
years
later
,
after
having
been
admitted
to
the
bar
,
he
had
been
taken
up
by
several
county
politicians
and
merchants
who
saw
to
it
that
he
was
sent
to
the
lower
house
of
the
state
legislature
for
some
six
consecutive
years
,
where
,
by
reason
of
a
modest
and
at
the
same
time
shrewd
and
ambitious
willingness
to
do
as
he
was
instructed
,
he
attained
favor
with
those
at
the
capital
while
at
the
same
time
retaining
the
good
will
of
his
home-town
sponsors
.
Later
,
returning
to
Bridgeburg
and
possessing
some
gifts
of
oratory
,
he
was
given
,
first
,
the
position
of
assistant
district
attorney
for
four
years
,
and
following
that
elected
auditor
,
and
subsequently
district
attorney
for
two
terms
of
four
years
each
.
Having
acquired
so
high
a
position
locally
,
he
was
able
to
marry
the
daughter
of
a
local
druggist
of
some
means
,
and
two
children
had
been
born
to
them
.
In
regard
to
this
particular
case
he
had
already
heard
from
Miss
Saunders
all
she
knew
of
the
drowning
,
and
,
like
the
coroner
,
had
been
immediately
impressed
with
the
fact
that
the
probable
publicity
attendant
on
such
a
case
as
this
appeared
to
be
might
be
just
what
he
needed
to
revive
a
wavering
political
prestige
and
might
perhaps
solve
the
problem
of
his
future
.
At
any
rate
he
was
most
intensely
interested
.
So
that
now
,
upon
sight
of
Heit
,
he
showed
plainly
the
keen
interest
he
felt
in
the
case
.
"
Well
,
Colonel
Heit
?
"
"
Well
,
Orville
,
I
'm
just
back
from
Big
Bittern
.
It
looks
to
me
as
though
I
've
got
a
case
for
you
now
that
's
going
to
take
quite
a
little
of
your
time
.
"
Heit
's
large
eyes
bulged
and
conveyed
hints
of
much
more
than
was
implied
by
his
non-committal
opening
remark
.
"
You
mean
that
drowning
up
there
?
"
returned
the
district
attorney
.
"
Yes
,
sir
.
Just
that
,
"
replied
the
coroner
.
"
You
've
some
reason
for
thinking
there
's
something
wrong
up
there
?
"
"
Well
,
the
truth
is
,
Orville
,
I
think
there
's
hardly
a
doubt
that
this
is
a
case
of
murder
.
"
Heit
's
heavy
eyes
glowed
somberly
.
"
Of
course
,
it
's
best
to
be
on
the
safe
side
,
and
I
'm
only
telling
you
this
in
confidence
,
because
even
yet
I
'm
not
absolutely
positive
that
that
young
man
's
body
may
not
be
in
the
lake
.
But
it
looks
mighty
suspicious
to
me
,
Orville
.
There
's
been
at
least
fifteen
men
up
there
in
row-boats
all
day
yesterday
and
to-day
,
dragging
the
south
part
of
that
lake
.
I
had
a
number
of
the
boys
take
soundings
here
and
there
,
and
the
water
ai
n't
more
than
twenty-five
feet
deep
at
any
point
.
But
so
far
they
have
n't
found
any
trace
of
him
.
They
brought
her
up
about
one
o'clock
yesterday
,
after
they
'd
been
only
dragging
a
few
hours
,
and
a
mighty
pretty
girl
she
is
too
,
Orville
--
quite
young
--
not
more
than
eighteen
or
twenty
,
I
should
say
.
But
there
are
some
very
suspicious
circumstances
about
it
all
that
make
me
think
that
he
ai
n't
in
there
.
In
fact
,
I
never
saw
a
case
that
I
thought
looked
more
like
a
devilish
crime
than
this
.
"
