Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-08-20

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 II some one
mad 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 a 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, Jusobe 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 a 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 q deep apa-
thy.
Smith. Smith. Smith q Smith
was law firm In San Francisco.
where the death of Juzobe occurred
and on Millers 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 q thing which
could be wrenchedi
Miller thanked the lawyer for his
kind offer, but said he hadn't any
money to waste for & defense. He was
worth couple Of millions-and the
four Smiths, though new arrivals. were
aware OF the fact They offered to de-
fend Miller for nothing.
What do you expect to get, then!"'
questioned the millionaire.
Reputation, honor, advertising!"
promptly responded the elder Smith.
| Our firm is a new one In the west,
but should we clear you, Mr. Miller,
whom everybody thinks guilty, our
name will be In everybody's mouth,
our card in everybody's pocket, and we
will be the talk of the town"
Sir" said the prisoner. with q
cynical smile, your arm may be a
very able one. but you can't clear me!
Stop" he added, as Smith was about
to speak. 81 don't mind telling you
that held Juzobe out of my third
story window and let him drop on his
head 80 feet below. He lived like a
dog and he died like a dog. Good af-
| ternoon.
was disconnected for q moment only.
He spoke not word, but his looks
said as plain as print, "Oh, is that all,
my dear sir?" Then he got closer to
Miller and set him Alright. He ex-
planned to the prisoner that It did not
amount to q string Of dried peas
whether he were guilty or not-the
question was. could the law be
wrenched? His own opinion was that
1t could, and he begged Miller to let
the attempt be made, II only to show
what could be done in such a case
just to see how hard q legal nut s., S.,
s. & 8. could crack. But" he added,
'just keep quiet-don't talk"
Miller looked a trifie bored, but
said: Very well, sir, go ahead"
So Miller put himself into the
hands of the Four SIS, whose chief and
representative departed after q few
more words, his heart full OF ambition
and his bald head full Of ideas. rather
vague. 1t Is true, as to how he and his
brethren were to clear q self-confessed
murderer. and that night, as the four
economical Smith brothers lay side by
side, spoon-fashion, In their big four.
poster. 1t seemed to them. individually
and collectively. that they had as
sumed gratuitously q rather big fob
First they considered, only to re-
1ect. the defense Of insanity. For
though insanity may be a good plea in
some places, 1t was growing monoto.
nous in San Francisco. where the real.
ly insane always took other grounds
OF defense. Next they considered and
finally put aside the contention that
their client had been forced to kill Ju
zobe in self-dsfense. Then they can.
vassed the merits of three OF -four
more defenses, all master strokes
when fresh, but now much too worn to
serve.
The next day the senior Smith called
upon his client in q rather doubtins
mood, but to his surprise found Miller
an entirely altered man. He had
emerged from apathy and. graspine
his lawyers hand welcomed him Gag
erly, even fervently.
Mr.. Smith," he said, ''if you will
clear me of this murder charge and
restore me to liberty I'll pay you 70,
your services the sum OF 5000, 900 in
cash"