The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-09-05

very ;. . for it was the day Mr..
Wright was murdered, and that
event created Il great impression
upon me. | didn't sec the colonel
again until the next afternoon. lie
was sick then, complained of having
a terrible headache. One thing about
the colonel struck me as strange
lie kept his hat on whenever anyone
came in to see him, but in spite of
this ! discovered that he had been
hit on the head. put it up that he
had been on Il secluded bum, had got
whackcd over the head some way,
and naturally did not want anybody
to fn;l it out. He actually bought
himself Il wig, with which he man.
aged to conceal the wound when he
had 10 appear in court. he was 50
SqucanIish about it.
The witness at this point was
shown pair of arctics. which he de-
clareu were his. These were then
compared with the sketches and fig
ures made by Irving Wardc, which
had already been placed in evidence,
and were found to tally Herewith,
; that the man who wore those rubbers
on the morning of the murder was
the man who made those tracks
which had been studied so sedulously
by Irving Warde.
''rhc day ] quilted the employ of
Col Franklin devoted to celebrat-
ing" said lllIsman, rcsuming his tes-
timony. II know that | had the
agreement ! have referred to in my
pocket when ! met Irving Warde at
the restaurant: and | remember say
ing something to him about it, but
couldn't swear ! gave it to him, as
| do not recall everything that
passed; and when ] looked for the
paper the next day it WAS gone. Col.
Franklin has never since that day
made any demand on me for it, and
in fact l have seen very little of
him."
Iillsman was then questioned re-
garding the attempted poisoning of
Herbert Wright. lie said: 81 was
responsible partly for the publica-
| ton in the journal. Col. Franklin
told me that Herbert Wright had
tried to commit suicide, and he gave
me the details that afterward APP
reared in the journal. lie said an
effort was being made to hush it up,
and he thought l had better give the
facts to the paper under a pledge of
secrecy as to the source of it's infor-
nation. Under no circumstances
was l to give the story to Irving
Warde. SO about midnight 1 met Jim
Holcombe. the city editor of the
Journal, and told him the colonel's
fairy story"
The cross-examination which fol-
lowed did not shake the testimony,
but brought out some amusing and
curious facts concerning the varie-
gated talents and tastes of the wit.
ness. Finally he was dismissed.
| Uncle Dick Norris, the old hunts
man, gave in some testimony which
was pertinent. Il recolcct the day
John 4. Wright was killed very well,"
| lie said.
Did you see him that afternoon?"
asked Mir. Everett.
Yes, sir
|
Il saw him pass my house"
WAS he alone?"
NO, sir; Col. Jccms Franklin was
with him; but Col. Jeems just seemed
to be out for the exercise and didn't
have any gun with him."
Did you see anything more Of
them that day?"
II saw Col. Jeems come back by
himself an hour or so aftcrward, but
l never saw Mr.. Wright come back
at all"
you are positive that Col. Frank
lin was in the Bayou Woods with
John Il. Wright the day when the lat
ter was killed."
"Yes, sir, am positive"
The prosecuting attorney asked
him whether he had seen Herbert
Wright that day, and he replied that
lie had not
At this point the defense called
George j. Fenton. The name rang
out over the eNpcctant crowd, and
Franklin looked tritle uneasy, as if
he wondered what information the
ex.detcetive had secured.
There was a movement along that
part of the crowd which was stand
ing up as the witness made his way
toward the stand: and when the
spectators looked in that direction
they behold the flushed face, the
carefully parted blond whiskers. the
dull specialized eyes and the dressy
form of