The Lake County times., 1907-03-20

A hundred things had shown Ariel
that the feeling of the place. influenced
by public sentiment without wac
subtiy and profoundly hostile to Joe
and his client. She read this in the
spectators, in the jury, even in the
judge, but 1t seemed to her that day
by day the inimical spirit gradually
failed inside the railing and also in
those spectators who, like herself. were
enabled by special favor to be present |
throughout the trial. and that now and |
then kindlier sentiment began to be |
manifested. She was unaware how |
strongly she contributed to effect this |
herself not only through the glow of |
visible sympathy which radiated from
her, but by particular action. Claud- |
Inc was called by the state and told as
much of her story as the law permitted
her to tell, lnterlarding her replies with
fervent protestations, too quick to be
prevented, that she never meant to
bring no trouble to Mr.. Fear" and that
she did hate to have gentlemen start
ing things on her account" When tho
defense took this perturbed witness
her interpretations became less fire.
ouent, and she described straightfor-
wardly how she had found the pistol
on the floor near the PROSTATE figure
of Cory and hidden it in her own dress.
| The attorneys for the state listened
with somewhat cynical amusement
to this portion of her testimony, be-
lieving 1t of no account, uncorroborat-
ed. and that, If necessary the state
could impeach the witness on the
ground that it had been indispensable
to produce her She came down weep
| ing from the stand, and, the next wit
ness not being Immediately called, the
eyes of the jurymen naturally followed
her as she passed to her seat, and they
saw Ariel Tabor bow grayely to her
across the railing. Now, a thousand
things not set forth by legislatures,
law men and judges affect 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-
en- the truth. 1t was after this that
feeling favorable to the defense now
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 q
balance precarious indeed, and the lit
tie man, swallowing pitifully, looked
at his attorney with the eyes of 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 a 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
ly 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 Ariel's back yard. The
second witness also identified the re-
volver testifying that he had borrowed
it from Cory in st. Louis to settle
question of craftsmanship and that on
his returning 1t 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-
ercising its melancholy functions upon
man who had once "done him good''
in that city.
By the time the witness had reached
this point the prosecutor and his as
sistantS were on their feet, excited
ly shouting objections. which were
promptly overruled. Taken unawares,
they fought for time. Thunder was
loosed-forensic bellowings. Everybody
lost his temper-except Joe. And the
examination of the witness proceeded
Cory. with that singular inspiration to
conf1de in some one which is the char
acteristic 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 a tenta-
tive effort in that direction. Failing in
this, be would fall back upon one of
ITO BE Continued