Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-01-25
THE LAWYER DETECTIVE.

IL was Wnen L urSC began 10 prac-
tice. was admitted and opened an
Office in the village of G.. l had
but little business, and was sitting in
my Office, trying to keep comfortable,
the clock was already pointing to o10;3O
when the door opened and the. keeper
of the county Jail entered.
we have guest up at our. house
who is quite anxious to see you, and
requested me to bring you up to him
if you have not retired
1t was not far to the jail, and we
soon arrived there. After unlocking
the usual number of iron doors, the
jailor admitted me to the prisoners
cell, and remarked that when l was
ready to 60 home he would come and
let me out. The huge iron door closed
with claIg, the bolt was sprung, and
|. was alone with my would-be-client.
Il AS l had supposed, as soon as the
jailor was out of hearing, the prisoner
came forward He was young, gen.
tlemanly-appearing fellow, apparently
about "a years Of age. Extending his
hand to me, he said: s
i am glad to see you, Mr.. -,
you are indeed kind to come to me at
this untimely hour, but I wanted to
talk to some one, and feel you will
take an interest in my case. I have
been arrested for the murder of Mr..
Richards, the President of the Farm
ers'- Bank of K, and for the robbery
of the bank
Will you not lend me your assist
auce p
I / assured him that / would do all in
my power for him, if he desired to re-
tain me. He suddenly interrupted me
by saying:
1'beg your pardon, sir, I do wish to
retain you to defend me in my trial
and trial must of course take place,
saying which he handed me five double
eagles.
L have heard but few of the circum-
stances of the tragedy, and l fear there
are some things that will appear against
me, but | trust you will bring me out
all right. Do all you can, sir employ
more counsel, if necessary, but clear me
for am innocent.
Tell me what you know of the case,
and the circumstances that you think
appear against you
/ Well. | had a quarrel with Mr..
Richards last evening, but it did not
last long. l will tell you the whole
story, sir. lam clerk in the Farm
.er's Bank of K, of which Mr.. Rich
ards was President Now, Mr.. Rich
ards, you must understand, had a
daughter several years younger than
am, lady with whom have become
intimately acquainted, and for whom
have conceived a strong attachment.
Her father discovered was deeply in
love with Clara Richards. and was
DWARF that she was not wholly indifer-
ent to me. Last Sunday l dined. at
their house BY invitation q Mr.. Rich
ards, and during the evening a told
Clara the state Of my feelings, and was
,overjoyed to learn that she reciprocated
my love. We agreed that / should ask
her fathers consent to our marriage as
soon as I should be able to support o
wife. = as - y6i2 -sl
z i called on Mr.. Richards and boldly
asked his consent to our engagement.
He was very angry, and said I was an
impudent fellow, declared / should
never again speak to Clara, and, in,
short, he insn1ted me, accusing me of
taking advantage OF his kindness to in
gratiate myself into the heart of his
only child. At last. L got angry and
can hardly remember now what / said
II only know | did not threaten him.
At the close of our conversation he left
the room, and went directly to my
room and to bed. In the morning +
went, as usual, to the bank, and as
soon as Mr. Richards came down, he
took me into his private Office and said
to me that most men would discharge
a clerk from their employ under simi-
lar circumstances, but be would keep
me, on condition that would forget
my presumptueus fancy.
Why said he, CLARA has more for
pin money than your salary And
then, after Informing me that would
no longer be received at his house, he
told me to return to my desk Nothing
unusual occurred during the day until
just before we closed, when we received
an unusually large cash, deposit. AS L