The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-31

leave or MS senses, out ne conducted
them along the rugged load leading to the
mine, and there they discovered the body
Of David Lattimer. He had been struck
full between the eyes, but this blow had
not caused the most serious injury. APP
parently, he had been knocked down, and
in falling had struck the back Of his head
against a jagged piece Of granite. which
had inflicted a frightful wound But he
was not dead as Hugh Tremaine had sup
posed. He was carefully removed to the
tndrmary and in due time appeared, his
head enveloped in surgical bandages, in
the witness box.
His story was that Hugh Tremaine had
Waylaid him, had fallen upon him I'M
awares, and had knocked him senseless.
He solemnly declared he had given Ire
maine cause for offense. He asked
by the prisoners counsel If he had made
any effort to defend himself and his re-
| ply was that Tremaine's first blow was of
such a terrific character, and had taken
him 50 much by surprise. that he had no
| time to ward It off. He was stunned, he
sWore, from the outset.
It was noticed that an ironical smile
curIed about the handsome mouth Of the
prisoner, but he made no remark. So far
as the examination before the magistrates
was CONCERNED, the public got to know
very little Of the story beyond what the
prosecutor said. The prisoners solicitor
said it would be useless to go into the
matter at the magistrates court, because
! it was certain the prisoner would have
to be committed for trial, and he should,
| therefore, reserve his defense.
| But when the trial came on at the As
sizes the story. to every ones disappoint-
ment, was carried but very little fur
! ther. The prisoners counsel was evident
ly hampered by something which pre-
vented him from having a free hand, and
10 loft "a limo nf ny--
! ing to prove that blows were interchanged
| before Tremaine got in that tremendous
| hit which virtually finished the conflict.
| Against this theory was the undoubted
fact that the prisoner was totally unin-
jured. He could not show a single bruise.
The prosecutor, he declared, was the ag-
gressor.
mo"
The denial in firm. sonorous voice
came from the dock. The counsel stopped
a look Of annoyance passed over his face,
and he made an involuntary gesture as
tho he were inclined to fling down his
brief. He pretended not to hear the pris-
oner's intersection, but he did not pursue
that particular line Of defense any fur
Their, and 1t may be presumed that the
episode did not pass unnoticed by the
jury. They found the prisoner guilty,
/ and, as already mentioned, he was sen
fenced to two years Imprisonment. Had
there been no extenuating circumstances
the sentence probably might have been
| regarded as a reasonably light one, but
| everybody knew there was something in
the background which. could it only have
been revealed, would have shown that
| Hugh Tremaine was amply justified in
4 what he did.
"Closing time now. miss
The voice Of the museum official reused
Eleanor from the reverie in which she
was buried. This story of her fathers
life-after all, only one episode in his
| life Observation-Disclosures her. But how in
complete 1t was!
| Did he serve his time in prison? Il
so, what had become of him when he was
released? She presumed it was then that
he went to Australia; SO much, certainly
she knew. But who was this third person
limited at by the newspaper which kept