Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-01-10
II WHY HE HURRIED ~

ooh, yes, we do care. We care a
great deal"
There was suggestion of heat in
the tone of the junior member of the
law firm Of Gray, Green & Gilbert as
thus refuted the assertion that crimi.
nal lawyers became callous and cared
nothing for the feelings OF individuals.
For instance" he continued, last
term of court ! was trying a case of a
young man charged with murder com.
mitted in a west side lodging house.
The state had n strong case against
him bat The evidence was entirely cir.
cumstan'ial. ] was convinced of the
boys Innocence. judging from his face
and hia straightforward story. The
sympathies of our entire firm were
with the boy and his little, gray.haired
riotheT. | worked like a demon to
clear my client. but things were look
ing pretty black when / received tel.
egram announcing the serious illness
of my mother down in Missouri.
was obliged to hand over the case to
Green of the firm.
After the crisis In my mothers i'll.
ness had passed / prepared to return
at once to the, city, but just few
hours before train time had occasion
10 go to the office of my mothers doc
tor for some medicine he had neglect.
ed to bring with him when he had made
his morning call. While waiting for
him to prepare the medicine noticed
on the doctors desk a photograph OF
wedding party taken just as the bri.
dal pair were about to board the train
amid shower OF rice. Something i'm
PEELED me to search the faces of the
oLlookers In the little group and my
eye fell upon familiar figure leaning
on the brake between two cars. look.
cd closer and with a start recognized
My client OF the murder case. There
was no installing him, as the photo
graph was very clear one. On the
margin was the name of the photogra-
pher and his address-Kirksville Mo.
thrust the photograph upon the doc
tors attention and asked him If he
knew when II was taken. As the groom
was his brother, he knew the exact
date and his reply completed the neat
est allbi ever heard of-one that
could easily clear my client. For all
that was necessary to prove the boys
story that while on his way from his
home to Chicago he had obeyed sud
den impulse to look up an old teacher
in Kirksville and he had stopped of,
taking later train again and arriving
in Chicago three hours after the muir
dered man had been discovered,
81 Immediately sent a telegram tc
the office of the firm. The case hat
not been concluded, as | had feared
and Green was still in court. The sen
Tor member had his coat off and wa'
washing his hand at the little wash
basin beside the door, when the tele
gram was brought in. He did not stol
long enough even to lay down the tow
ell, but made bolt for the elevator.
Green told us afterward about tn,
dramatic entrance of the old gentle
man into court. A hush like death ha'
fallen upon the court room. The EVIL
dence was all in, the instructions haC
been handed to the foreman OF the ju
l ry and the jury was rising to retire
Q when the senior member burst into tn
q room and rushed down the aisle bran
e dishing the telegram and the towel il
v the direction of the judge. AS soon a
= he could get his breath he electrified
the court and spectators by putting II