The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-24
By MARY r. p. HATCH
Copyright by Lee & shepard.I

err and his refusal to tell why and when
he went"
'If prove it at all ii must be by parties
whom / questioned. and they lived in shady
places (here the claimant, we will hence
forth call him for convenience, gave two or
three addresses of this character). None OF
them ever tried to aid me-quite otherwise;
and feel as if it would be useless to count
much upon them"
you lost your sense Of personal knowledge,
how the defendant possessed himself OF
your ring or any point OF similar e S
thing that somebody may have noticed oc-
CURED perhaps on the road TO Portland or
afterwards. An advertisement might bring
out this something. What do you say,
Stevens?'
"A good idea. Send one to Rowell. and
let him put II before million readers
we will, If you say so, Mr.. Hamilton4'
II do; but you say nothing to about
costs, Mr.. Morley" said the claimant,
anXiously.
I'VE have talked with Mrs hamilton
about it. That will do for the present. OF
course, we realize how the matter stands
every fact brought to light on her own &C
count, will be responsible. though l judge
she does not care to have the fact known"
NO, that would be best
You of course see, Mr.. Hamilton, that
this suit, whoever RECEIVERS, will not end
the matter. The natural outcome will be
suit for perjury and forgery. Then there
is the bank mystery still unsettled. One
matter follows the other. You have, no
doubt, considered all this"
81 have" said the claimant, firmly
well, call in tomorrow. BY that time
we shall have arranged the matter some
what In our minds, prepared the writ. and
| hef, and not forget to mention any point
that bears on it. 1t will be hard fight.
The defendant has possession in his favor,
/ the countenance OF Mr.. Carter and the
| recognition Of his friends, as he alleges
| them to be. He has passed through the
ordeal of reinstatement. He has paid the
1 m RI he hon 10 hoe.
! by brain specialists. and, as 1 happen to
know, pronounced not accountable. All
this, you perceive. is in his favor. Then,
| too, he resembles the Vane Hamilton we
knew perfectly; that is. ordinary people
would say so. while your resemblance is
much less marked, to say nothing of your
II know myself. Mr.. Morley. I know that
| | am Vane Hamilton, and 1 am determined
/ to regain my family and my estate
| 1--WE will do the best we can for YOU"
| said Mr.. Morley, shaking hands with him.
Mr. Stevens did likewise, and he left the
''Well,'' said Morley, after a long silence,
1T will be hard fight. as you said"
| You do not believe his story, see; fully,
| Il see points in it difficult to prove. In
| fact, 1 have been thinking of our OATH
| to do no falsehood, nor consent that any
| be done, and how far this suit would call
| IT in question. On the other hand Mrs.
| Hamilton inclines TO believe his story. An
attorney. of all people. should consider a
4
| you think of this MANI"
ut, 1T is too IS, soon to say There are some
| Things In his favor. We are to present
| the evidence on our side of a claimant trial.
| That is the way l mean to look at it for
| the present If see reason afterwards
for not continuing the charge of it, we can
| give it up
! II suppose So
1t will be seen by this conversation that.
however encorragingly the lawyers had
| spoken TO the principal. they were by no
| means sure of the issue, nor indeed. of the
wisdom OF conducting the suit If they did
Go roba IT. he II you'd be with eyes wide open
able honor of being widely known and
noticed In the trial as the losers of a
might possibly win the suit. That would
| be a great triumph No men stood better
at the bar than Morley & Stevens. but. like
all ambitious men, they were far from be-
| Ing satisfied and longed for opportunities To
display their legal knowledge and to mount
| higher IN the esteem of the public.
| The claimant had thus far failed to touch
| their sympathies; whether he would sue
| coed IN doing so remained to be seen. But
he had excited their interest and curiosity
| thoroughly, and they plunged into a con-
sideration of the case that very dav The
| writ was issuel the advertisemnt engaged
the tentative faculties of both lawyers
| possibilities and probabilities were weighed
in the balance of commonsense and equity.
and when the next day arrived they were
| well equipped TO meet the claimant and to
| converse with him further
The writ of ejectment was served Seven
days interviewed and a writ of summons
followed: Mr.. Hamilton agreed to recog-
| nize at the first term of the Supreme Court
| and he engaged the counsel of Stone q
Ferguson, whose reputation by many was
| considered to equal that of Morley &
| Stevens.
Mr.. Carter, as it can easily be imagined.
| was greatly excited by these proceedings
| To be continually borne on the wave of one
| exciting event tc another, without any
| act of his own, was very hard. he con-
sidered; why people could not be content
with the established order of events he
| could not conceive. This Edes would never
| he reasoned, have dared to put in his
| absurd claim without the announcement of
his niece Nothing would come of it but
| scandal and cost, and they had had enough
| OF that already. Here were Constance and
| the children at the Essex House. he and
Nane Going their best TO put up with Tily's
| housekeeping, and now this suit. III was
| enough to make n quiet. peaceable man
| groan, and Mr.. Carter groaned and com
| planned accordingly
| Mr.. Hamilton did neither Though il
| was plain TO see that he was greatly moved
| by these measures. he kept quietly at his
usual duties. except when in consultation
| with his lawyers, who had engaged Detec-
| tive Bruce 10 aid them in ferreting out
evidence. Thus the matter stood when the
| first Tuesday ir November came and with
| IL the trial term of the Supreme Court
The claimant case was one of the first
presented. Ii was To be tried by jury and
| the chief justice and four associate Judges
were all in the courtroom when the case
was called. The plaintiff and defendant
occupied opposite sides of the room. The
members OF the bar sat at one end. the
spectators at the other the judges a little
removed by themselves. The State reporter
was present, likewise representatives of
such papers as the Boston Journal the
Globe and the New York and Boston
Herald: for the case was already widely
known and commented upon by the press
throughout the country. The principals sat
| with their counsel. Mrs. Hamilton and her
uncle together in the audience.
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow