The times., 1897-09-19

had not heard OF the notions and supposi-
tons connected with the window of her
fathers hack office.
Mr.. Kefford die not publicly insist, as
IatimeI had doac, that the death OF this
witness would have a disastrous effect
upon his interests for it would not be
the iIaplllse of a human ma to make that
feature CT the affair prominent. This reti
cence regarding the coBseguencas of the
al fair Vas commented upon by several
persons who thought that silence In such
u case show Ell an effort to conceal a GER
tain satisfaction in the disability OF Far
fis to give testimony. It is wonderful how
people " hose minds are naturally evil
viii, in cases like this pick a this little
thing and that little thing, thinking that
by SO doing they viii expose depra yity in
spots where it was not supposed to exist.
on the morning after l had made my
experiments with the hammer from the
window pf Mir. Kefford' office, Mr.. Shall
cross was walking from his home to lis
office, and OH the way hemet a man named
Hatch. Hatch W as d poor man who lived
on the edge Of the town, and he was pro
ceeding in the direction ofihis home, carry
ing upon his shoulder a carpenters adze.
buJd house, said Mr.. Shallcross.
"Ch, no." replied the other stopping
81 haven't got so far as that yet All
the improvement l am plannin' for this
season Is a new step for my back door
and have got a log up there that |
ain goin to hew square. That's the
cheapest way OF maxim a step when
you've got the log. I've just been up to
h,,rr hi -
"Mr. Hefford." said Shalcross What
is he doing with adzes?'
''oh, he's got a regular carpenter S
shop ia his yard said Hatch, and /
often go mp there TO borrow his tools.
It's lot cheaper than buyip EN-"
For all that said Shalleross. taking
tlte adze from the man ana looking at it,
= Should tniak wouid IaY yDa 80 keep
tools like this You would make up the
cost by saving time
''But / haven't got the cost, and have
got the time, said Hatch, smiling good
| humnredly. There's where the differ
ence comes in
As the two spoke AR. ShalIcross care
fully eA aIuined the adze- One end OF its
large iron head W as Il curved blade, while
the Other was shaped like a hammer The
striking surface OF the hammer end was
round and measured about two inches in
diameter. Making mental calculat tion
of the length of tho handle he thought it
was a little over three feet.
There is some sense in what you sa "
Hatch" said Mr. Shallcross reGur ing
the tool 'AGyway, you get doorstep
for nothing"
As soon as Mr. Shancross reach ii his
I office. which was in the same building as
that Of Mr.. Kefford, he went into his rack
room and opened his window which booked
out uron Decatur street. Then from some
umbrellas ard canes which stood in the
corner he selected a walking stpk a little
over three feet long and with a large,
heavy head. Stepping 10 the open win
dow, Mr.. ShaIltToSS put his arm out of it.
holding the cane by lis lower end, and
found that he could, easily extend the head
OF the stick 10 the middle Of the side
walk It would require a strong arm 10
handle an adze in this wa y. but Mr. Shall.
cross believed that a man nIeditaung mm
der and standing a. a window expecting
the approach of his intended victim. who
would be likely to make this short cut
from the station, waGldkbe so excited a
to be fully able 10 strike such a blow as
that which fclled Reuben Fauis 10 the
ground.
ln the matter Of the will, Mr.. Keffort
was the client of Mr. sfaltcross More
over they were very good friends, ana 10
eogld nos besapposea u az the latter gentle
man would rusit int the9ffice o + the first
named and explain to biu hls suppositions
| and experiments regarding the adze, hut
he did speak OF them to some people; hts
conscience would NOT allow him to keep
silent, and why this should have been I
could not Imagine / was one OF those per
sons.