The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-12-13


"Of course we'll do our best for him."
you'll acduit him." said Godfrey,
with conviction. II was at Boston
yesterday, or I'd have gone down to
Babylon at once and taken you with
me-"
"Then 1 shouldn't have got to say
goodby to Cecily."
ITO whom!''
ITO Cecily-Tremaine's sweetheart,
49, know. He shipped her back to
''ique this morning"
i'd he?" and my companions
ey, rrowed suddenly. why was
related briefly the incidents of the
preceding evening and Of the morn
ing.
Godfrey" added impulsively. "if
you knew Tremaine personally think
you'd realize what poor case we've
got against him. Why. it's no case
at all! Theorizing's all very well, but
what a jury wants is evidence-plain,
straight out, direct evidence-and we
haven't enough Of that to build a cob
web. thought I'd found some yes
terday afternoon, but it was all the
effect of self induced hypnosis" and
told him of my visit to Sing Sing.
He listened with intent face.
''I'm not so sure it WIS hypnosis"
he said, when l had finished. AT
least, I'll have a look at those photo
graphs myself before accept that
theory. In fact, rather think it's
Tremaine who has hypnotized you,
not l."
II don't believe he's guilty." re-
peated.
''Then who ISL"
"Cecilyy' 1 said bluntly. 81 believe
she's the one who killed Thompson.
anyway"
where's your evidence?'
II haven't any" said helplessly;
"only a kind of intuition
"Well, I've the same kind of intuition
| it was Tremaine'
But we haven't any evidence
against him. either: not shred of real.
direct. convincing evidence
Perhaps not" he agreed. "but We're
going to get it-enough to convict him
and some to spare"
"Convict him of what?"
"Of two murders and one robbery"
"Then you believe he's implicated IN
this Edgemere AFFAIR.""
I'm sure of it,
But there isn't shred of evidence
against him." l protested again, COM
ing back to my old objection. Really
Godfrey was allowing his prejudices
to carry him too far.
mot shred, apparently" he assent
ed readily.
/ well, then, how
Here's the landing he interrupted
Eve can talk it over on the train"
We left the boat and fastened across
to the station. The train was waiting
the word to start and was in motion q
There were not many passengers, fol
the morning travel is toward the city
not from it, and we had no difficulty
in finding seat where we could tall
without fear of being overheard.
Now" began Godfrey, ''as you say
there isn't shred of evidence, appar
entity, against Tremaine. How abou
your client!"
against Drysdale," answered
1.-THE evidence seems to he unusually
complete"
You might have used stronger
phrase. It's not only complete; it,
consummately perfect. Not link il
missing. He was on the spot; his re
yolver is found near by with blood OF
it; button from his coat is in tn
dead mans hand; when he returns t
the house he is visibly disturbed; a
the moment of his arrest he was pre-
pairing to escape; he refuses to ex
plain where he was at the time tn
crime was committed; he's involved !.
steel speculation and presumably need
ready money!
8 .Well?'
n "Well,' said Godfrey earnestly, "tha
S very perfection is it's greatest weak
n ness. It's too perfect. Any one Q
those things might have happened
e perhaps any two of them; but tina
" they should all have happened ou
= RACES the law of probabilities. Tha
every link of the chain is complet
!. means that it has been artificially prt
| duced, like a stage storm, where tn
n lightning flashes at just the right IL
slant. The fellow who arranged
4 wanted to be too sure. He overleape
himself"
THAT may all be true" said sloy
ly, after moment, "but it would |
y worse than folly to use that argumel
with jury. To say that man ism
guilty because the evidence again
him appears to be conclusive
ID We're not going to use 1T to jur
e. We're using it between ourselves, in .
y effort to find working hypothesi
And here's another argument whi'
D. would carry no weight with jury, y
- which with me, personally. Is concl
sive: know Jack Drysdale. T.
known him for a long time, and kno
that it's utterly impossible that
e should have committed such Grim