The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-14

ISSES5HHySs4 the everyday world-are devoted
S&S chums. The combination is one
dangerous to masculine peace, and their ad-
mirers are numerous. Among them was a
young lawyer, named Horace Carpenter.
Matters gradually settled down into a
rather onesided relation between him and
Faith-devotion on his side, calm friendli-
ness on hers. At this time they did not
live in indianapolis, but in a smaller city
not far away. Carpenter had an office on
the second floor of a corner building on the
principal street. The office was shared by
another young lawyer, Bernard Flynn, hot
tempered. brilliant and INSCRIPTIONS. Car
penter was Protestant and Republican,
Flynn Catholic and Democrat, so that an in
tending client was likely to find his pref
erences satisfied by one or the other of
them.
One day Faith was walking down the
street with her friend Clara. She looked
up at Carpenters office across the street,
and felt an almost overwhelming impulse
to go up there; if she had obeyed the i'm
pulse she would either have averted or
shared a tragedy. She had a good excuse;
she knew that his family had moved, but
she had not seen him since to learn the
new address, and her mother owed a call
to his mother. If Barbara had been with
her she would have gone and made the in
curry without hesitation, but Clara might
consider the proceeding not quite proper.
So she walked on a few steps to the book
store, where she and Clara had an err
rand. returning almost Immediately. AS
they passed Carpenters office again four
pistol shots rang out with startling effect.
What's that?' said Clara.
Oh, somebody's numbering Bernard
Flynn" said Faith, lightly.
The girls passed on, and at the next cor
ner met Faiths mother going down the
street they had just come up.
eff YOU meet Mr.. Carpenter, mother"
said the girl. TASK him where he lives now"
Her mother passed on to the corner the
girls had Just left, and found her progress
arrested by a dense crowd. all gazing up
at the second-story windows across the
street.
What is it?" she asked.
Some one has been murdered up there
a young lawyer named Carpenter. they
say"
Carpenter; Why, 1 know him we'll"
IL was too true. While the young man
sat quietly at his desk some one had emp
tied a revolver into his head from behind,
killing him instantly.
Bernard Flynn, who had changed his Of
flee to the opposite side of the street but
a short time before. went TO the sheriff pri-
vately, and told him TO watch Thomas
Ganzmann and not let him leave town. He
refused to make any statement, saying he
must nave a chance to be quiet and think ii
over first. He went out OF town for the
light, but came back the next day, and
told the officers that GanZmann had been
at his office looking for Carpenter-wanted
to see him about a bill against his mother
for street Improvements, which the city had
put into Carpenters hands, and which his
mother did not mean to pay. 1t was sum-
mer. and all windows open. Flynn told
Ganzrnann that he could see whenever Car
penter came into his office, and would then
notify Ganzrnann by telephone. He did so,
and the pistol shots were heard about twen-
ty minutes afterward. Various persons
some of whom knew him-testihed that
the had seen GanZmann approaching the
office by a cross street. or going up the
stairs. just before the murder; several
identified him as a man they saw moving
up the Hltln SlIttl just dlltI the Hlulutf.
He was partially identified as having been
seen coming down the stairs just after the
shots. On the other hand. half a dozen
men in a blacksmith shop a few squares
away testified that he had been there At the
time Of the murder. Their testimony was
not doubted. bat it was believed they were
mistaken as to time-that he came i'm a lit
tie later than they believed. on this tes-
timony Ganzmann was convicted on his
first trial. but after a year in prison got
a second trial and was acquitted.
A few days after the murder Barbara.
escorted by Charlie Brown, came 10 see
Faith one evening. They stayed but a short
time. and when they left Faith walked two
squares with them. As she turned TO go
home. something rose up slowly from the
shadow of the low two-foOt terrace by her
side. 1t seemed as If the shadow itself
had taken form and substance. The figure
rose slowly and crouchingly. as If keeping
under the shelter Of the shadow as long
as il could. but as IL became erect. the one
glance that Faith gave il reminded her
strongly Of Carpenter. She did not see the
face. but in shape and way OF moving il
strongly resembled him. She went on her
way. the dark figure following her, and
continually coming up with her, first on
one side. then on the other. When che had
gone half a square she turned 10 cross the
street at a sDot where there was an cleo
trio light on the other side. As she came