The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-01-07
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! looked again at my clerk.

ASK him." he whispered, eff he is as
sure of it as he is that the writing in the
will is Mr.. Shelmire's"
made our counsel ask the question,
and the lip of the witness curled under
his mustache Certainly he was, he re-
piled; there could be no doubt of either
| looked again at Will.
Let him CO." he whispered, land go
through the same with Passmore."
did so, and Passmore clinched the
evidence of Bledsoe. He said that the
writing in the order that l produced
was Mr.. Shelmire's beyond ques
ton. He would know that writing
anywhere. And Mr.. Shelmire often
wrote such orders and sent them by him.
Had he ever taken any to Mr.. Gregg?
Yes, very often. Might he have taken
this? Very easily; in fact, he remem-
bered this particular order.
Mr.. Passmore went down with an air
of easy insolence; and VIII, his eyes
beaming with delight, leaned over and
whispered again in my ear. He did not
utter more than four words, but they
operated upon me almost like the shock
of an electric battery, and the weight
that had been lying at my heart for six
weeks was rolled away. In one instant
our victory was insured.
| whispered to our counsel, and he
called the name of William Wavman.
Disposing of the preliminary questions
as to who he was, his occupation, etc.
our counsel asked: WAS this paper in
your possession before | exhibited it
here, just now?"
1t was"
do you know who wrote that order?"
a do"
"Tell us about it"
Il wrote it myself last night, for the
purpose of drawing these two gentlemen
into the trap they have so cleverly
walked into And [ believe that if you'll
look close you'll find my imitation of
poor old Jacob Shelmire's writing great
deal better than theirs"
This was virtually an end OF the case
The jury began to cast indignant looks
at Mr.. Bledsoe and his companion, both
of whom turned white and red and looked
very uncomfortable The Judge simply
told the jury that it remained for them
10 say, from the evidence, whether Jacob
Shelmire had executed the will in dis
pute; and without leaving their seats,
they found that he had not,
One of the most remarkable things
connected with the trial was the sudden
disappearance of Bledsoe and Passmore
Within fifteen minutes after the verdict
had a warrant for their arrest on a
charge of perjury and forgery in the
hands OF the police, but they never found
them. They had fed secretly and pre-
cipitately, and we never heard of them
again. ! can only say that l have full
faith in the truth of the words: :" The
way of the transgressor is hard"
Some days after the trial | said to my
clerk; Well, win, my client Virginia
Garvin, will not be of age for some
months yet and it is necessary to have
an administrator and guardian appoint
ed. Do you know whom she would pre-
fert'
al have no doubt, sir" VIII solemnly
replied, "that she would prefer me.
And as am to become her husband in
two weeks you will concede the propri-
ETY. of the suggestion"
l did mores l shook the splendid fellow
by the hand and wished him whole
century of happiness. And | was not
above acknowledging to him then and
there that his adroitness had saved Nir-
ginia's case, and that there was pecul-
lar fitness in her choosing him for her
life guardian