Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-07-18

When a man has long had bitter
enemy, and one day that enemy is
found dead on a mans premises with
every mark of having come to his
death by foul means, it goes hard with
a man, and especially SO If some one
had once or twice overheard him
threaten the life of that particular
enemy.
How much harder must 1t go with a
man so situated if, few minutes after
his enemy is dead, that man is seen to
typewrite and dispatch to friend the
information: Have killed Juzobe!"
Exceedingly hard-especially when
the enemy's name is Juzobe.
James Miller was SO situated. For
years Juzobe had been his most bitter
enemy and on certain day in June,
after Miller had been heard to threat
en- Juzobe's life, Juzobe was found
dead at the back of Miller's house,
with his skull crushed in at the top.
True, the body was found directly
beneath an open third-story window,
from which person might have fallen
accidentally. But Miller did not put
forward any such defense. He did not
say, as he might have said, that his
visitor. while sitting in the third-story
window, had fallen out accidentally
and been dashed to death. In fact,
Miller said nothing whatever In his
own behalf-nothing to lift the dark
cloud Of suspicion resting upon him.
He seemed entirely Indifferent to
everything, and appeared not to care
whether fate should condemn and exc
cute him or set him honorably free.
He settled speedily into deep apathy.
Smith, Smith, Smith & Smith
was a law firm in San Francisco,
where the death of JuZobe occurred,
and on Miller's arrest the head of the
firm sought the accused at once, and
offered to defend him.
The four SIS were four brothers, to
whom the law was thing which
could be wrenched!
Sir" said the prisoner, With a
cynical smile, your firm may be a
very able one, but you can't cle;r me!
Stop" he added, as Smith was about
to speak. II don't mind telling you
that I held Juzobe out of my third
story window and let him drop IN his
head 80 feet below. He lived like a
dog and he died like dog. God af-
ternoon."
The representative of the -four SIS
was disconnected for a momen only
He spoke not word, but his looks
said as plain as print, "Oh, is tht ALL
my dear sir?" Then he got cloer to
Miller and set him Alright. H ex-
planned to the prisoner that it ID not
amount to string of dried peas
whether he were guilty or no-the
question was, could the la, be
wrenched? His own opinion wal that
it could, and he begged Miller let
the attempt be made, if only toshow
what could be done in such a csc
just to see how hard legal nut :, s.,
S. & S. could crack. But" he dded,
lust keep quiet-don't talk"
Miller looked a trife bore. but
said: Very well, sir, go ahead
So Miller put himself int, the
hands of the Four SIS, whose chit and
representative departed after few
more words, his heart full of anition
and his bald head full of ideas, ather
vague, it is true, as to how he adj his
brethren were to clear self-conessed
murderer, and that night, as tn four
economical Smith brothers lay sic by
side, spoon-fashion, in their biefour-
poster, it seemed to them, individually
and collectively, that they ha, as.
sumed gratuitously rather biz job.
First they considered, only [ re-
! ject, the defense of insanity. For.
though insanity may be a good pa in
some places, it was growing mtoto-
nous in San Francisco, where the'eal-
ly insane always took other grends
Of defense. Next they considere,and
finally put aside the contentionthat
their client had been forced to Xxi .Ju-
zobe in self-defense. Then theycan-
vassed the merits Of three or our
more defenses, all master stkes
when fresh, but now much too won to
serve.
The next day the senior Smith dled
upon his client In a rather douing
mood, but to his surprise found Mler
an entirely altered man. Hehad
emerged from apathy and, grazing
his lawyers hand welcomed himeag.
erly, even fervently.
"Mr. Smith," he said, IF youw;ll
clear me of this murder chargand
restore me to liberty I'll pay yo for
your services the sum of $1,000 in
cash."
The lawyer looked at his ,ent
with something like suspicion. Per-
haps Miller, after all, really wa, in
sane!
YES" the prisoner exclaimed)as-
sionately, gripping the attony's
hands until they almost bled, Il can