The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-06-25
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I'VE Wtfhhc5d ctlr aecision astsr The ex-
.minatioi untii terms ars made with
on" mue4 Bax. With his Anges "a hi
;ose and hi ~ a he ceiling. well.
don't ~ much oh5ertIcu to thu ne6ting
a that casa Hut ~ pQi.sa il tn nan's
mouth ~ an yoa going to explain
thatr'
II may - abls y prove said |, aftss
show Of hesikaficn hat rl1xnore Tar
ID untinely burial. and left Instructions
for means to be taken after death to pFp-
vent resuscitation I may 10 able to pro
duce his written wish to that effect"
That's 4 clever notion exclaimed
Bax, gasping approval. Was It the
doctors Idea or yoursY
"Oh, let me impress upon you ct once,
aid I, that the doctor pleads not guilty
to everything, and will take no measures
whatever to clear himself from suspicion :
We'll, I'll talk 1t over With thu
Yeameses, and, II they don't object, no
reason why we shouldn't fall in With your
PLAN
We shook hands and parted with mn
tual hypocrisy, and | got my hat IN order
to seek the magistrate whom l had hxed
on in my thoughts for the service l need
ed. went OF to the Manor House T.
see Sir Roland Firkin, j. P.
Sir Roland was one Of the best-knowu
and most popular men in the county and
he deserved to be, for he was 4 thorough
ly kind-hearted and generous old fellow,
willing at all times to render a service
and not too stupid to despise advice.
laid the case before him, and asked il he
would consent to preside at an informal
inquiry should the Yeames side accept our
proposal of going thoroughly into the
truth of what may be called the Flex-
more poisoning case. He gave his prom
Use to attend without hesitation, and ap-
for making the inquiry public, promising
that reparation should be made to Aw-
drey on the part of his friends and him
self should it be found that the charge
against him was unjust.
The next day Ba1 called upon me to
say that Lynn and his mother agreed t.
attend the inquiry, and I fixed it for the
following afternoon at three o'clock for,
as luck would have it, l had received just
half an hour before a telegram from my
clerk, saying that he had found two men
who acknowledged to stretching the rope
and had agreed to tell the whole truth
concerning the affair. The dispatch came
from London. and l reckoned upon these
witnesses arriving by the morning train
which reaches Coneyford at 10 80.
In the evening 1 went to my friends,
and I also called upon Mrs. Bates, bind
ing them all to be in my Office at the
hour fixed then / went home and spent
the best part of the night in drawing up
the questions to be put, for | determined
that Sir Roland Firkin should be the
chief actor in the inquiry, not only be-
cause it would please the old gentleman,
but because the question would wear less
of an ex-parte aspect coming from him.
The next morning | had my Office table
pushed up In a corner, and long dining
table brought in covered with green baize;
all my ink pots were brought into requi-
sition and sheet of paper laid before
each chair, and the regulation water bot
tie and tumbler placed at the head of the
table for the president to dip into if the
proceedings grew dry.
One thing vexed me. My clerk did not
arrive with the witnesses by the 10 80
train; however, a telegram came to say
they would travel by the next down train,
which reaches Coneyford at BIS. At
p. m l had lunched and dressed, and was
looking at my watch anxiously.