Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-23
saw Ariel Tabor bow gravely to her

saw Ariel Tabor bow gravely to her
across the railing. Now, a thousand
things not set forth by legislatures,
law men and judges affect a jury. and
the slight salutation caused the mem
bers OF this one to glance at one an
other, for it seemed to imply that the
exquisite lady in white not only knew
Claudine, but knew that she had spok-
Ell the truth. 1t was after this that
feeling favorable to the defense noH
and then noticeably manifested itself
In the courtroom. Still, when the evil
dence for the state was all in the life
of Happy Fear seemed to rest In
balance precarious indeed, and the lit
tie man, swallowing pitifully, looked
at his attorney with the eyes Of q sick
dog.
Then Joe gave the prosecutors an IL
Illuminating and stunning surprise and.
having offered in evidence the revolver
found upon Claudine. produced as his
first witness pawnbroker Of Denver.
who identified the weapon as one he
had sold to Cory, whom he had known
very we'll The second witness, also
stranger, had been even more intimate
" acquainted with the dead man, and
there began to be an uneasy compre-
hension Of what Joe had accomplished
during that prolonged absence of his
which had SO nearly cost the life Of the
little mongrel, who was at present
(most blissful RespectabilityD a lively
convalescent In Arlel's back yard. The
second witness also Identified the re-
volver, testifying that he had borrowed
1t from Cory in st. Louis to settle
question Of craftsmanship and that on
his returning it to the owner the latter,
then working his way eastward, had
confded to him his Intention Of stop
ping In Canaan for the purpose Of ex-
arcising its melancholy functions upon
Z man who had once 'done him good
n that city.
BY the tine the witness had reached
this point the prosecutor and his as
sistants were on their feet, excited.
" shouting objections, which were
promptly overruled. Taken unawares,
they fought for time. Thunder was
loosed- forensic beliowings. Everybody
lost his temper-except Joe. And the
examination Of the witness proceeded.
Cory, with that singular inspiration to
conflde In some one which Is the char
acterlstlc and the undoing Of his kind,
had outlined his plan of operations to
the witness with perfect clarity. He
would first attempt, so he had de-
clared, to incite an attack upon himself
by playing upon the Jealousy Of his
victim, having already made q tenta-
tive effort in that direction. Failing In
this, he would fall back upon one Of q
dozen schemes (for he was ready In
such matters, he Dragged, the most
likely Of which would be to play the
peacemaker. He would talk OF his
good intentions toward his enemy.
speaking publicly Of him In friendly
and gentle ways, then, getting at him
secretly. destroy him in such q fashion
as to leave open for himself the kind
gate of self defense In brief, here
was the whole tally Of what had actu-
ally occurred, with the exception Of
the last account in the sequence which
had proved that demise for which Cory
had not arranged, and it fell from the
lips Of a witness whom the prosecution
had no means Of impeaching. When
he left +rn f,.'sl,'-en and iundiaS