Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-06-01

a statement to Mr.. Haviland in which
he said prescription had not been
properly filled, that certain poisonous
drug had been placed therein in Suffi-
cient quantity to kill man. Samuel
had compounded the prescription, but
he insists he put it up exactly as pre-
scribed That's the whole case, colonel,
and oh" here all a mothers yearning,
love and heartfelt pleading came into
Mrs Simpsons voice, Il know Samuel
did not make the horrible mistake. ]
know it. He couldn't have done so.
You will help me, won't you, colonel?"
Her hands were raised in entreaty.
From what you say, Mrs. Simpson"
gravely replied the colonel, Its very
serious case. DIR. Furniss stands high
professionally in this city. l am frank
to admit do not like him any too well,
but that doesn't affect his professional
standing / can't promise any definite
results but I'll investigate and see
what can be done. Who is your sons
lawyer"
He hasn't any; l couldn't afford to
pay very much, and the Havilands are
so rich it would take a good one to
offset the talent employed by them to
assist the state in prosecuting my
son. Oh, Col Cheney, it's awful
awful" and heart-rending sobs shook
the little woman's frame.
There, calm yourself, Mrs. Simp-
son. your son shall at least have fair
Gay. I'll get him a lawyer; I'll see
the boy right away and arrange
bail Meantime you go home; Sam
uel will join you there this after
noon; later I'll inform you what to
do. Pending the boys trial I'll try
and get him some employment,
though, of course, he could hardly ex-
pect to follow his profession until
this case is settled
Ct bless you, Col. Cheney. Mr.
Farwell said you would help me, and
1 feel better already"
Il can't do impossible things; but
III leave no stone unturned to find
out the truth. That's what we want,
Mrs. Simpson, the truth
That's all, colonel, and the truth
will vindicate my son Samuel"
Mrs. Simpson left, and with his
usual alacrity Col Cheney started 70
work on the case.
First he called up Central 1926"
Hello he said, "Mr. Layton,
please"
Hello, that you, Layton? This is
Cheney talking. Are you very busy
now?"
No. came back the answer over
the copper wire; land if / was /
wouldn't be too busy to do anything
Gould for you. What's up, colonel?"
Got a case for you. Not a big
fee, if any, but a charitable act, and
heap of satisfaction for you in
1oing it,
What is it?"
"Too long to explain over the
wire; besides the details are not yet
complete I'm going over to the county
| turn BY the way, | may want you
to go bail for a friend of mine"
"All right, colonel, do as you see
fit. I'll wait for you and we'll go to
luncheon together"
All right, Layton; good-by.''
"Good-by"
Mr.. Emerson Layton was a very
shrewd lawyer, age about 80, and also
independently rich
As Mrs. Simpson had stated, Mr.
Haviland was a very rich and infiuen-
tial man. His stately home facing
the Lake Shore drive was one of the
most beautiful in the city. He would
leave no stone unturned to prosecute
the man responsible for his daughters
death.
DR.. Furniss, the physician in the
case, was what is known as fash
ionable DOCTOR His practice was
among the rich, and his fees in keep
| ing. A graduate of Pennsylvania uni
versity, he had an extensive hospital
practice, and had later gone abroad
and studied in Heidelberg and Vienna
fortwo years Professionally he was well
equipped, and enjoyed good standing
His influential family connections had
insured him a large practice from the
first. AS Cheney had told Mrs.
Simpson. he personally did not like
DR.. FurniSs.
At IL o'clock he appeared at the Jail.
At his request he was allowed to see
Samuel Simpson. Cheney looked the
young man over thoroughly. He was
a clean-cut, manipulating chap,
brown eyes and hair, and truth was
written all over his face. The colonel
told Simpson of the interview he had
had that morning with his mother
Frankly and honestly young Simpson
related to Col. Cheney all he knew of
the case. Of course Rhodus had a
very large store, and large numbers
of prescriptions were put up there
every day. He could not remember
the component parts of any one he
had filled. But it was an invariable
rule that each prescription be checked
after it was flied. Simpson had done
this, and pasted the filled prescrip
ton in a big book kept for that pur
pose. After he had given the medi
cine to the Havilands' waiting but