Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-10
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PART THE SECOND.

TUE CABLE MESSAGE FROM AMERIcA.
At 10 o'clock on the night following
this exciting day Mr.. Bainbridgc, Q. c.,
and his friend DR.. Dsincourt were chat
ting together In the dining room OF the
lawyers house. They had mse BY ~.
ro,ntment and were now eonvefsihe over
the strange incidcnts Of the LAYTON ~.
Its termination" said DR.. Daincourt,
sis in harmony with the whole OF tho
proceedings. / am afraid, when Layton
Is put again upon his trial, that there VIII
be no further disagreement on the part OF
the Jury, and that his conviction u Ger
tain"
with the evidence as IL stands at
present. said Mr.. Bainbridgc, thought-
fully, "you are right In your conclusfon.
But there h here Q mystery to BE- broughs
to light which, discovered, may lead TO
different result. Almost unfathomable
as this mystery now appears TO Dc, ia
unravelment may, after all, depend upon
q very slender thread. Fortunately,
Layton's second trial cannot take place
for o month. Before the month expires !
hope to be able to lay my hand upon
evidence which will prove him innocent OF
the charge"
"To Judge from his attitude," said
DR.. Daincourt, che IL Indifferent as to the
result"
"You are mistaken" said tho lawyer;
at is only that hc will not owe his release
to certain means which believe It to
be in his power to disclose. Has IL not
occurred to you that he has been anxious
all through to keep something In the
backgrounds
"Yes," replied DR.. Daincourt, "that
has been my impression; but It might
~ Oh yI1n
Ak his guilt. Isit your intention TO follow
up the case'' sSa
saTo the last link in the chain" tS;.S
''The chain, If there be one, Is safely
hidden, and cannot for tho life OF me
see single link"
Mr.. cambridge, leaning back in his
chair, did not reply for few moments,
and then he said: /.
II have two links to commence with.
One of these is shadowy; the other is GER
tain and tangible" And then, with tho
air of man whose thoughts were en-
gagged upon an important subject, he ex-
claimed, ''If l could only discover Its
meaning'''
..The meaning Of what'" -
The lawyer took pack Of cards from q
drawer and selected card, which no
handed to DR.. Daincouft.
'sThe nine Of hearts, F" said the doctor.
''The card" said the lawyer, ''that was
found in the pocket Of Layton's ulster"
as this your tangible links" asked DIR.
Daincourt, turning the card over In his
hand.
''It is my tangible link" replied tho
lawyer.
Dr. Daincourt shrugged his shoulders.
"You are adding mystery to mystery
~ think not, said the lawyer. You
were not in the court when the nine Of
hearts was produced"
"No"
'"That and the latch key of Layton's
street door were the only articles found in
the pockets Of the ulster. When the evil
cence relating to these articles was being
given, closely observed Layton's face. l
knew, but he did not, that these two arti-
cles were all that were discovered In tho
pockets of the discriminating coat. When
the latch key was held up he smiled faint
ly; he was not surprised. But when the
nine of hearts was produced there flashed
into his eyes startled look--a look Of be-
wilderment and astonishment; indeed,
there was something Of horror in his face.
needed no further sign to mako me posi-
tive that he had no previous knowledge
of the card, and that it was the first time
he had seen it,
"It was my impression, and cannot
account for it. Not SO with his bewilder-
ment and astonishment. To my mind they
are easily explained"
He asked no questions concerning the
cardr' remarked DR.. Daincourt.
He asked no questions" said the law
yer, somewhat irritably, concerning a
hundred matters upon which the wit
nesses should have been hardly pressed.
Can you not sec that this accentuates my
conviction that the nine of hearts Is link
in the chainT'
'.Yes, supposing you had not already
arrived at false conclusion with respect
to poor Layton's knowledge Of the posses
sion of the card"
II will stake my life and reputation >
said the lawyer, earnestly, ''upon the cor
rectness of my conclusion. will stake
my life and reputation that, until tha
moment, Edward Layton did not know
that the card was in his pocket"
"Then somebody must have placed 4
there"
"As You say, somebody must hav'
placed it there"
"But in the name Of all that is reason
able" exclaimed DR.. Daincourt, "wha
possible connection can you trace between
playing card, whether it be the ace o
clubs or the king of spades, or the nine o
hearts--it matters not which-what poss
ible connection can you find between an.
playing card and the awful charge brough
against Layton?"
'sThat,', said the lawyer, drumming
upon the table with his fingers, sis wha
have to discover. You do not know
doctor, upon what slight threads the mos
important issues hang"
II think I do" said DR.. Daincourt
with smile.
~ do not refer to the general issues Q
human life, said the lawyer, in explana
tion; II refer to legal matters, especial
to criminal cases the solution Of whic
rests upon circumstantial evidence. Gil
cumstances the most remote, and appal
emily absolutely worthless and trivia
have been woven by legal mind into
strand strong and firm enough to drag
prisoner out of the very jaws Of death"
"And this nine of hearts is one Of thos
slender threadsf" said DIR. Daincourt, in
tone Of incredulous inquiry.
"Very likely. You may depend sha
not lose sight of it,"
'You spoke Of two links" said d
Daincourt, land you have shown me thu
which you believe to be tangible on
What is the link which you say is shadow
and less dependablei"
~ will explain. The jury were di
charged, being unable to agree upon the
verdict. 1t may leak out through Il
press by and by-pretty much everythir
does leak out through the press nowada.
but it is not known at present TO Il
public how many of the jury were for pr
pouncing the prisoner guilty and ho
many for pronouncing him innocent"
~ have heard rumors," said DIR. Dai
court.
a." said the lawyer, shave positi'
information. Eleven Of them declar,
him guilty, only one held out Tint he W
innocent. Arguments, persuasions, lof
cal inferences and deductions, the recapit
lation of the evidence against hint