The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-18

one of guilty. DO >our an,v ..,ntn
men. and do il Without fear Non leave
Yourselves II ven leave my lons sut
ferine and 6eeplv injured clinn, in the
hands of one in W HON Won may safety
p the most mistaken cora3encr
To YOU. MY lord. | dare address INIT
one word only. You will let Won, own
heart speak,
There were fears in court there
were tears in the fury box even me
judge himself Was visiblv affected.
There Was a moments silence hr,Nsn
only bv sohbinss here and fhera and
then counsel. rising from tho sea- into
which he had fallen al his last word.
said:
call William Molesworth."
\ srav haired man attirad with an
old.fashioned precision. stepnei into
the hon and WAS sworn Ne was 3a,n.
IN moved. and at irst answered ones.
tons put To him with DILIGENTLY
'Your naule is William Molesv
You are 2 solicitor in practiee il.
/ coins Inn9 win o. tell me il have
been riehtlv informed that Ala,sins
Pranswvl the elder. the confession of
whose murder by his nephev. Alexis.
YOU have lust heard vas yopr frst
client OF importance?"
He Was actually my first. He and
my elder brother were old schoolfel-
lows. and my brother introduced me"
How long did YOU continue to trans
act his legal business?"
"lnNl the legal presumption of his
death, two years after his decease."
ON what personal terms did you
stand with your client?'
For the last ~forty-ive years of his
lite on terms of Intimate friendship"
"1ou were aware OF his testament
tary dispositions, we may assume?"
L drew up the only will he ever
signed
VIII you tell us how his fortune
was bequeathed?"
1t was divided equally between his
nephews. There were some minor be-
quests, with regard to which l have
no refreshed my memory"
Precisely. They are of no moment,
MT. MolesWorth. Was he fortune a
large one!
Inc personality was sworn under
Sozo'ooo.
SO that each of his heirs had to
look forward to an inheritance of a
quarter of a million?"
Rather more"
Rather more. We're thew both
aware of this?"
Mr.. Brangwyn asked me to read
and explain the will to his great-neph-
W on their twenty-first birthday"
Did he give you a reason for that?'
We'll, he made the reading of the
VIII the occasion for a little sermon.
lie told the young mon that he relied
on n had faith in their honor, but he
wished then TO understand that they
haa large expectations and that o
expectations would be forfeited if
either OF them were guilty to his
knowledge OF any conduct seriously
unworthy OF a CHRISTIAN gentleman
Dld you receive from him a few
nays before ms disappearance a letter
ieidVlhs 10 lae prisoner!
Yes. He had received news of an
act OF his which he described as that
OF a bastard and a scoundrel. He
gave me instructions to prepare a new
VIII bequeathing everything to his
nephew. Alexis, and charging the es-
tate with an annual payment of two
hundred and fifty pounds to his elder
nephew"
Now we know that Mr.. Brangwyn
was foully murdered before that sec
ond will was drawn?"
ut was only half drafted at the
time
You had a strong PRESUMPTION tat
the prisoner had a hand in his di, y
pearance?"
~ believed him To have numbered
nv old friend"
sDid Won tel, him so9"
"To nv bitter grief and shame
did"
GLOW long did that belief contin,,e
in vour mind
"I1nti, he was nub,;c,v exc,,,n,ted Inv
the attorney GENERAL at Row street
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