Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-01-16

~ was 't tEo tllNc inc crane Was com
mItted, he's involved In steel srecula-
ton and presumably needs ready
moncy
Well"
Well" said Godfrey earnestly. that
Very perfection is its greatest weak
ness. It's too perfect. Any ono Of
those things might have happened.
perhaps amy two of them. bat, tina, they
should all have happened outrages the
law OF probabilities. Thu, every link
of the chain is complete means that IL
has been a~rtificially produced, like u
stage storm. where the lightning flashes
at Just the right instant Tho fellow
who arranged it wanted 10 he TOO sure
he ove-leaped himself"
That may ali be true ] said slow
ly, after a moment. but It would be
worse than folly TO use !ha: argumen5
with a Jury. To say that & man isn't
guilty because he evidence against
him appears to be conclusive"
We're not going TO use il To a jury:
we're using 1t between ourselves. in
the effort to And a working hypothesis.
And here's another argument, whicl,
Would carry 40 weight with a jury, Vet
which With me. personally. is conclu-
sive: know Jack Drysdale: I've
known him for a long time. and ]
know that IT'S utterly Impossible that
he should have committed such n crime.
~ va - NCIS IIII ISIiDW. not
at all a genius: he's never done any
thing. perhaps. which either OF u.
would think really worth doing: but
he's kind. and honest. and gentle. and
honorable. l repeat tina, a crime like
this Is as far beyond his horizon AS it
is beyond youTs-farther. I'm sure. thar
1t is beyond mine; and Vet. ! don't be-
lieve you'd think me guilty. nv matter
what the evidence against NO seemed
to be-"
Il shouldn't | said ."hut II Drvs-
dale isn't guilty, who is
If Drysdale isn't. there's only one
other person who can be-that's Ire
maine. AS I'm sure D%rysdale's not
guilty, I'm correspondence surs that
Tremaine is
But then" I objected. you've lust
said that there's no evidence against
him"
y said apparently there wasn't"
And Delroy say ne didn't cave the
house"
"Delroy must be mis,aken-mus, he
mind YOU! And while there isn't any
direct evidence. there's some pretty
good indirect. We know tina, Ire
maine is a criminal and. therefore.
capable OF this crime; We suspect that
he needs money, n the necklace
would place him out OF need for "A long
time to come: we know tina he was
within reach OF the spot where the
murder was committed. IL he could get
away from Delroy for an hour or so.
In other words. we have u motive and
the physical possibility of guilt.
may add that l think we shall find he
had some reason to injure Drysdale-
I'm sure we shall. in fact
But the button-the ptstoi-Drys-
dale's unexplained absence"
Those points can only be cleared up
by a personal investigation of the
premises. That's why we're going To
Edgemere."
Godfrey" 1 said, there seems to
me to be one great objection to Your
theory thai Tremaine killed Thompson.
II Miss Croydon saw him do il, would
she consent to associate with him
Wouldn't her very knowledge of his
crime give her Il greater hold on him
than he has on her sister,
He paused to turn his over.
Yes" he admitted Il, last iii
would; but a woman might no, ,hinl,
of that"
"A desperate wonan would think of
everything" l said; "and il your theory
Is right, both she and her sister must
be very desperate"
sat staring before him. his brows
knitted in perpleXity.
Ihere was one conclusive objection
L might have urged, had j known of il
-put was not yet possessed OF the
story OF the house party. II Trenaine
was the husband OF Mrs. Delroy. how
could he propose marriage to her sis
ter? That was a rock. AS We; unseen
by us. which doomed ahead-which we
couid not avoid-upon which our the
ory must inevitably be dashed to
pieces. W
The train flashed past two or three
Dig hoteis. then the brakes were APP
piled.
Here's Babylon" said Godfrey rous-
ing himself from the profound reverie
into which my question had thrown
him.. We'll look in upon the prisoner
first. and cheer him up a bit"
n Jail was only a short distance
from the station. and a Ave minutes
walk brought US to II.
We're here in behalf OF Mr. Drive
dale Godfrey explained to the taller.
This Is Mr.. Lester, Of Graham 4.
Royce. OF New York. who have hecn
retained to defend him. 1 suppose We
may see him."
I'll take in your cards" he said. aft
er US over III Mr.. Drysdale
wants to see you. it's all RICH; hn,
youlI be the first ones"
ne disappeared into an inner room:
we heard the rattling of keys and the
changing Of IN iron door. He was back
again In a moment.
step THIS way. gentlemen" he said.
Drysdale was sitting on the bunk in
his little cell. He came forward with
nand outstretched as soon az he saw
Godfrey. 80"
This is mighty kind Of you. jim"
he said.
I'm have to lock you IN. gentlemen"
broke IN tho TALLER. How soon must
l cone fer you?"
Say twenty minutes" an.u .red
Godfrey. looking at his watch. Then
he turned back to US ~ the ie,.er,s
steps died away down the corridor
Jack" he said. this 10 MI. Lester OF
Graham a Rovca WhO'ya hean .sa