The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-19

paste; and t you could, you would
have given him f10 or SO for them.
Do you think that was honcst2"
animation" our leading counsel inter
posed. ut does not bear on the prose-
cutor's evidence. It is purely recrimi--
natory."
cnce.
5.'I wish, my lord" he said. turning
a person unworthy of crcdence IN any
way. desire to proceed upon the
well known legal maxim OF falsus IN
permitted to shake the witness
The prisoner is entirely within his
rights" Rhadamanth answered. look
Ing severely at Charles. and was.
the advice or assistance Of counsel"
CHARLES Wriggled visbly. Colonel
Clay perked up. Bit by bit, with dex-
ferrous questions. Charles was made TO
acknowledge that he wanted to buy
Ing them to be roal; and, millionaire
himself, would gladly havo diddled a
poor curate out of n couple of thou
sand.
my special knowledge" Charles muir,
INJURED, feebly.
sob! certainly" the prisoner an
swered. But while. protesting friend.
ship and affection for q clergyman and
Ills wife. in straitened circumstances
$4,000 worth Of good OF their hands
for f10, IL YOU could have got them a
that price. Ii not that SO
Charles was compelled to admit 1t. .
The prisoner went on to the David
Granton incident.
6When you offered to analgamata
with Lord Craig ID llachie." he asked,
"had' you or had you not heard that
"a collaborating reef ran straight from
lachie's, and that Ills portion Of the
reef was BY By far the Larger and more
Charles .wrlggled again, and our
counsel 1nterposed;$ but Rhadamantt
And 50, too. with the incident Of thu
shamefacedly, by torturlng steps
Charles was compelled to confess tha
he had sold out Golcondas- he tbs
chairman OF the company, after re.
others that he would do no such thing
because he thought Prof. Schleier,
nlacher had made diamonds worthless
He had endeayored to save himself bs
brazen 1t out with remarks to the
effect that business was business.
'.And fraud is fraud. Rhadamantl
added. in his punEent way
"a man must protect himself
Charles burst out.
cat the expense OF those who have
put their, trust in his honor and In
tegrity." the Judge commented coldly
After four mortal hours of It. al
To the same effect, my respected
brother-in-law left the wtness-box al
last. wiplng his brow and biting hll
lip, with the very air IL gculprit. Ills
Character had received & most serious
blow. While he stood in the Witness
box all the world had felt It was lie
who was the accused and Colonel Clay
who was the prosecutor. lle was cons
victed on his own evidence of HAVING
Granton to sell his fathers interests
Into an enenly's hands, and OF every
other shady trick into which his we'll
known business acuteness had unfor'
ti;nately hurried him during the course
OF his adventures,
had but one consolation In my
bro ther- in laws mlsfortunes--an that
was the thought, that q due sense OF
his own shortcomings might possibly
make him more lenient In the end to
|tthe trivial misdemaaaors or n poor
baggar of q secret ary!
Twas the next In the box, | do moi
desire to enlarge upon my own achieve
ments, I Will draWsn decent Veil. In
deed, over the painful scene that en-
sued when 1 finished my evidence.
can only say L was more cautiou us than
Charles In my recognition OF the pho
tographs; but found myself partlcu.
lIsrly worrlad and harrad ever other