Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-09

THE Prineveaus were abroad in 1877 and
staid two weeks at Geneva I never should
have known this but for Mrs. Clarkson.
who hunted up letter from Mr.. Prineveau
to Mr.. Clarkson that had contained a re-
mittance and this sentence: We have been
detained n I here a week over our time by Mrs.
what do you see in that?"
Geneva is celebrated for its watchmak-
ers I sent cablegram from the Washing.
ton bureau to the department of justice
tnere, asking them to find out II Mrs Prime
veau purchased a watch while there. Here
rs the answer. translated. Don't read the
What is it? Yes, Nine, Prineyeau pur.
chased large silver. watch Of Bringdat
Frere, who was closing out business Num-
Der and description Of watch unattain-
After reading this we both laid back end
looked at each other in silence moment.
1t Is your sane opinion, Daryl, that
Pr1neveau was killed by watch"
Just as sure of it as Clarkson's wife liz
charge.
But we haven't got scintilla of proof"
No; Wen make Mrs. Prineveau furnish
1t on the witness stand"
Do you know what said to Daryl? It's
ratner humiliating confession, but was
considerably younger then than am now
Daryl said 1, you are the senior coun-
sci for the defense. I might as well put
myself In your hands and go it blindly."
He pulled out his brawny and hairy hands
as II to let me see that they were big and
only said:
Good I shouldn't wonder II pulled you
out Of it with good deal of honor. I'm
think off,
What is it?''
THAT Mrs. Prineveau retained you for
the defense"
rs that sarcasm"
No: inspiration: Don't You know why
Because she thought I'd make the worst
possible defense"
That was a secondary motive. The pri-
and she couldn't help feeling sorry for
Clarkson, who was such a helpless victim
of her conspiracy. So she eased up her
conscience by providing him with lawyer.
She felt safe in doing it. She tried to steer
you into the insanity plea. Now all that
shows that there is weak spot In her.
Wen go to court and lie in wait for her
and jump. on it suddenly. and then you'll
see something dramatic"
CHAPTER ".
The day Of the trial arrived in May.
Daryl and had arranged our plan care
fully. We were to let the prosecution sail
along with only a perfunctory show of OBJ
jectiopS and the most careless of croSS-ex-
aminations and wait for Mrs. Prineveau to
get the stand. Daryl kept out of court.
and the state had everything its own way.
The killing was shown. the post mortem
gone over and the bullet and pistol shown
and identified. and the ownership establish
ed. I let each witness go by without an at
tempt to confuse invalidate his testi-
mony, and only cross-examined the girl,
Rosy, in accordance with DaryPs sugges-
ton.
lone moment, Miss Kenny" said as
she was leaving the stand. You have tes-
titled that Mrs. Prineveau alone assisted
Mr.. Prineveau to dress for the rider"
Rosy-"Yes, sir; she always helped him
to DRESS
when you came into the room was he
completely dressed?"
mo. sir; he had his waistcoat on. but
not his coat, and he was going into his
own room to get it."
And Mrs. Prineveau called after him to
hurry, as 1t was eight minutes of three?"
Yes, SIR
''Now, Miss Kenny. try and recall IL Mrs.
Prineveau did not say anything else before
they left the house?"
"Oh. yes. sir. She called back to me on
the stairs and told me to keep her door
locked. as there were strange men work.
ing on the roof"
What were they doing therer'
"Fixin' the tin"
''How many Of them?"
1.-TWO or three, guess
THAT will do. Miss Kenny"
So transparency puerilc and nude OF any
mark was all this to John Greve that he