The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-12

do you remember your last words to
me the night of the Hautover case?"
why. I believe 1 asked you, when
you seemed to disapprove of my neg
Letting medicine for detective work,
whether if you had a friend in trouble
you would rather leave his case to the
police or me-"
Yes. that was exactly it. But 1 lit
tie thought ] should ever have to call
on you. 1t was abstract justice 1 was
thinking of when L wished you good
luck. justice which you might force
when some poor fellow was suffering
unjustly. NOw-nOw-"
Furnivall wheeled upon him as he
hesitated.
DO you mean," he said. that If this
young man is guilty you don'e wish me
TO prove it2''
Gerrish remained silent. his eyes
turned persistently away from Furni-
wallis.
II don't know what to s1y,' he
stammered finally. Il fairly loved that
boy he was all that is noble and man
ly- He simply couldn't have done it. L
knew his people. They We're sound
mentally and physically. yet-yetl
That diary-suppose he had found out
about this other man-and now his alb
sence-the watchmau's confession"
Furnivall waved his hand carelessiy
and sank back into his seat.
"All right he said. lit is a mere
matter of weight between the boys
character as you know it, and the evil
deBce against him. With you the evil
denee is the heavier.
"But isn't it with you?" Gerrish re-
garded his friend eagerly. Il brought
the whole case to YOU. just as [ raw it,
in order to get your opinion-to see if
&c
"Of escape for the guiltyr interrupt
ed Furnivall dryly.
Gerrish's fair face cOlored.
"If l had noble ard manly friend, 3"
went on DIR. Furnivall in matter of
fact tone, II should think it my sacred
duty to consider him innocent until he
was proved guilty. Aud II fight the
whole world for him. But you do not
seem to believe, really. that noble and
manly describes this friend of yours.
though you used the phrase. Or else,
he added after pause, and with sar-
casm, you think it possible that a
manly and noble youth. with good
blood back of him. could knock down
a defenseless girl and throw her body
into the river
"But-but-the evidence" objected
Gerrish helplessly.
Il will undertake to solve this mys-
terry, but only to find the truth, inter-
rupted DIR. Furnivall imperturbabiy.
Gerrish, with 4 sudden determined
expression, arose.
Come" he said "Fl help you-but
I'd stake my life on the boy
We'll. that would have been some
thing like, if you had said il in the first
place." gruTnbled Furnivall, as they
hastened out. Your suspicious should
have indicated the other man instead
of the one you trusted. as soon. Us YOU
saw the diary. Why shouldn't it be he2
But that's the way with the human
mind he added ENORMOUSLY, as they
entered his motor and sped away, sit
always jumps to the thing it fears
most, like the moth TO the candle. It
can't seem to see anything else. So It
is always biased in the direction of
overthrow, like the old woman who was
afraid she'd go out over the back of
the sleigh every time it struck a cradle
in the road, and so finally did
That's right. give it to me-" said
Gerrish. 81 deserve it, and will accept
it meekly."
.'sYes-because you think ] believe
your friend innocent. That eases your
mind. But 1 am not at all sure of that
innocence The whole thing looks bad
for him, and the only argument on his
| side, so far. is his character. If you
have read him rightly he would never
dream of hurting the girl, even if he
4 found her perfidious. He would rather
be glad to get rid of her by turning her
over to the happy John If you have
been mistaken in him all things are
possible. / don't know him myself, SC
/ l rely on you, and must work on the
supposition that ne could not have done
it, as straight against him as the evil
dence tends.
/ Life is full of condolences. eases OF
mistaken identity, and appearances as
distinguished from truth. You learned
that long ago in your practice. Besides
on the other side, any person who Gould
| commit murder should be nabbed and
put where he couldn't even if he had
been thought manly and noble. Here
we are"
They were now in a small suburb
| the scene of the crime, some three
miles out. and drew M at the door Of
the uEdertakers establishment where
the body lay.
IF YOU had told me we were coming
/ here I could have saved you the trCu-
BILE, for I have seen the body, and there
are no marks of violence on it, said
DR.. Gerrish. as they alighted.
DIR. Furnivall did not answer until
they had pushed through the mob Of
men, women and children around the
door of the little place. Then he said:
81 am not looking for signs of vio-
! lence, but for something quite differ
ent," adding, as he motioned for the
two or three neighbors, who stood star
/ ing awe-stricken at the corpse, to move
back, 81 must make the facts my own
at first hand as nearly as possible. Diff
ferent men do not see even plain facts
alike on all sides"
| DR.. Gerrish. watching curlously, saw
| his brOws knit as he scrutinized the
face of the dead. An retrospective ex-
preston came into his features as if
! he were making an effort of memory,
and for some seconds he remained in
an indeterminate attitude, one hand on
the marble slab on which the body lay,
| bending over it. though apparently see
| ing with the eyes of the mind alone.
Suddenly he turned to the undertaker's
assistant. st. $685.. ....
Il suppose she was brought directly
| here from the Tiver?''
Yes, doctor" he answered, respect
fully. He was a callow youth with
l.