The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22

will of course, hear the evidence later on,
so perhaps it is unfair TO tell you any
more"
Il am glad you have told me so much"
answered Judge Greenfield What a re-
markable thing for a woman so faithful to
be tempted TO commit a theft or such
enormity.
you must try to imagine that she is in
nocent until you can prove her guilty., was
Tracy's remark Il fear have done wrong.
and perhaps injured the unfortunate crea-
ture by telling you the story in advance"
What you have said will make diff
ference in my judgment" said Greenfield.
You understand that a judge has so to
train his mind that he addresses the jury
simply on the evidence given at the time of
the trial. My wish would be 70 clear the
poor woman. l see that Evelyn is I'M
happy"
Unhappy. She is wretched She was
so devoted 10 her old nurse. She has gone
10 see her once or twice, and has come
back in a frantic state of grief
he mind the loss?''
HE does for his mothers sake: but he is
the sort of a man who thinks nothing what
ever or jewels. In fact he hates dress,
and can't imagine why Evelyn should bur-
den herself with trousseau."
Then he can know nothing about it?'
What do you mean? Why should he
have anything TO do with it,
Nothing whatever, only in matter of
this kind one likes to look round and see
where possible loophole can appear. Is
your poor servant, this Rebecca Hickson.
well defended"
Yes. 1 saw to that myself am paying
all the expenses of her trial. and have
got first-class X. c. from town to I'M
dertake her case
THAT is all right What is his name? %
'Percival. You will meet him at dinner
this evening"
Notwithstanding her anxiety, Evelyn
Tracy did her utmost to make the evening
| pleasant one for her dear old friend,
Judge Greenfield. When he came into the
drawing room she sat by his side, and
when he begged her to sing for him she
did so, but he could not help noticing how
troubled were her eyes. although the sub
1ect OF the necklace was not again al
| luded to-
kirk, a proud and Notwithstanding wom-
an She said word TO Judge Greenfield as
they were parting for the night.
Il have learned that you are acquainted
with the fact that the valuable necklace.
| so long an heirloom in our family, has been
stolen was her remark.
Judge Greenfield bowed
Il am glad to know beforehand Had
| no one else mentioned 1t, l should have
done so. L trust you, by some means known
only to yourself, will get that wretched
woman, who is now in prison, to confess
| her crime, and lead to the recovery of the
necklace; for that she has stolen it 1 have
no doubt.
| Nothing further was said with regard to
| the theft on the following day. and Green
field was glad of it, although he himself
could not keep it out of his mind
On Monday the asszes began and many
cases were tried before this weIl-known
| judge. 1t was on the third day that Re-
becca Hickson appeared before his lordship
/ for judgment. The circumstantial evidence
against her was very conclusive. She was
| known to be badly in want of money, owing
| to the fact that her son had impoverished
| her and used up all her savings. The
tradesmen In the town came forward as
witnesses against her. To one she owed
as much as ELS, and to the other as much
as ESQ. Her wages were represented by $50
a year, and these enormous debts were,
therefore, quite unreasonable for a woman
| in her position The items on the bills
all proved that every penny the wretched
woman had spent had been given to her
son to provIue him with clothes and luxur-
| les of different kinds. He had, beyond
doubt, been seen in the country quite a
week before the disappearance of the neck
| lace. Not only had poor Evelyn been
| obliged with bursting heart to swear to the
| fact, but several other people in the neigh