Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-10


he shonid have spout nearly all tina
profits Of his business In improving
and clearing up thes. plantations I'M
Arkansas and Mississippi 7 intend
ascertaining ~ there is any law for
claiming the value of these innyoye.
ments. and in this way shall proh.
ably make the real estate companvi
show its hand. During my partial I'M
vestigation of your husbands paners
] came across a rne,noran duyn unon.
which You can perhaps throw sons,
light"
What IL it?" y
This paper. as you will observe,
Is a map or plot of piece IT land,~
The lawyer here handed Mrs Wright
a paper. evidently Of secret design.
with drawing upou IT,
son the back Of this pave" said
he, you will observe the mcmnran.
dunn which ! cannot understand"
Mrs. Wright turned the paper o.cs
and read tho following
"See schedules in agreement vitM
Franklin"
Can You tc0 me- what agreements
it is that is referred to In this menno-
randum?" asked the lawyer.
II have no ioea whatever" ssid
Mrs. Wright
THAT is strange. In the erarnina.
ton of your husbands papers | hevs
come ocross several references 10 ps-
pcrs which | cannot find, hints q
something hidden in his business.
! n. IL
portant are missing
you may not remember n. but nv
| husband was robbed by one Of hiS
! clerks few months ago. The thief.
who has never been caught, took
several hundred dollars in mopsI
and he mny have accidentally disar.
ranged or carried off some of the pa
! pers."
Cor he may have done 80 purposes
/ iy. Among Mr.. Wright's last corre
spcndeuce | find an unaddressed end
unfinished letter II is dated few
days before he was killed. Les ms
read it TO YOU"
Mr.. Everett then read the following
fragment:
Dec Ia.
"T have n1ispla ced my COPY of 49,
agreement. N danger is now past
and it is time that we should carry
out the terms Of the contract: and
7 would like for YOU 10 appoint a
day for a consultation. Recent al
vices have satisfied me THAT tho Colo-
| rsdo--'
This fragment as you will see res
fers to a contract or an agreement
The memorandum also ref-rs to an
agreement with Franklin which cons
tanned schedule. I: seep,s reasons
ably certain that this letter was in.
tended for Franklin. and that theirs
was some kind Of an sgre cement in
writing between them. For sons
reason Mr.. Wright did not send the
l"ttcr ard without knowing anything
about the provisions of the agree
ment. / should commend his prudence
in not sending II. If he had lost his
COPY - the contract he was pr1cti-
caIlv at the mercy of the other marty
TO it. and to notify that party Of the
fact would have been very poor judy
Ill'lIi- uCNE not Ebllf 81 ~ - "A III.
Weights correspondence vet: and 7
hope it will throw some hchr on the
dark places. half suspect that
there i something Of most impor-
tant character behind the surface,
and hope I shall ne able to CD
at it"
Nrs Wright remembered that
shorty after the killing OF Baxter
she had signed some sort IF real
.,a,ate transfer. which she did not un-
derNtand. but which her husband had
told her was . mere matter Of form.
Mr.. Everett was Of the opinion that
this must have been the transfer to
the Shelby Real Estate company.
"And what do vow think Of my
brothtr's case" asked Miriam, who
had been an uumoved sUditor during,
the preceding conversation
- cant give Won an opinion on H."
said Mr.. Everett You know ] hsV~
been in the cass only day. and (
have done NO Norl; on il at all l.
have told Herbert to keep his u1outlr
shut Tomorrow we are ~ have an
interview. and he is 10 give me his
case
when Mr.. Everett reached his odice
Irving Warde was waiting for him.
The lawyer had known Irving ever
since he Wa boy and had always
taken warm personal interest in
him. Whenever irving got into any
Kind Of a tangle h consulted Mr.. FY-'
erett and il WAS owing 10 these con-
situations that he managed to writei
correctly about some abstruse lrest
topics and 70 avoid the shoals OF libel.
The LAWYER had the utmost confidence
in tho Young man and knew than
when he unbosoned himself frankly
but privately. no public use would
ever be made Of his opinions
II came "a see you about Nh"
Wright case" said Irving, ~ have
Just learned that you viii defend him,
and want to rel YOU what ] know"
The lawyer expressed his willing
ness 70 listen. Irving gave him an
account of the striking incidents with
which the reader has already been
made familiar.
"In addition" he said, go the un-
explained features Of the circumstan-
tial evidence. you can readily estsn'
ish the fact that thr pistols were