The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-30

ing to some one. and realized that MIS-
Pierce rad looked out OF her window.
I ran or, and there she was. her face
pressed against the non bars of her
window just like a criminal just the
same way you would lock up muir
derer.
wei, I climbed the fence pretty
auickIy-yes. indeed-and when
grasped her hands could hardly speak
She was pale as death. and 1 never saw
50 sad a sight in my life.
Nv dear, my dear. said, I have
been looking for you ever since you
teiaphoned me.
Understand this was the eighth day
since her disappearance. and she had
not had change Of clothes nor tooth
brush
"'Gel me out OF here she said. oh.
feel 50 badly!'
IN act you out. dear. never fear;
but you must stand by everything 1 do
I don't know yet just how to go about
it. but I'll get you out
She sad she would do anything !
| said, and IUst then Miss Stewart called
| 10 me that the man was coming. ]
! hastily kissed her hands, could just
reach them-and again crawled the
! fence and got into the carriage
I
| 50 sharply that he caught a wheel on
| our carriage and nearly wrecked Us.
| You get out of here. ne said. You
| cant get anything here
g 7 have all want now, you dog, you
| dirty, contemplate dog told him.
| But I'm coming back. and III make
| you sweat, you dogP
Back We went 10 the station, and
on the way the driser told me per
| son could not be confined there unless
2 commitment was filed at WestpOrt.
we got there as fast as W could. and
at $50 ] ran into the Office of the judge
Of the district q forget his namel.
He was just reading the commit
rnent. and told me that the following
morning he would have handed It down.
signed. committing that poor woman
to that prison side by side behind iron
bars with gibbering. laughing, bowling
Iunatics-enough TO drive any one crazy.
ION his own recommendation / at
once secured the services OF former
Judge Walsh. and he certainly is a
nan among men The following day
when the case was called he had his
! case prepared, and so sure was the rel
alive that I would nat nnd Mrs Pierce.
and that he would Ia e no trouble with
his dirty plan. that he did rot have any
one appear for him, nor did hs appear
himself.
Meanwhile the sanitarium superin-
tendent had been burning the wires try
ing TO find the relative, and located him
in Boston just as court was converting
He wired asking postponement, which
was granted until the following We'd
? nesday. Back we went TO the santa
rum, but We had forced the superln-
. tendent to place Mrs. Pierce in one Of
the unbarred rooms.
While I was talking with her Their,
Judge Walsh came running in, painting
and perspiring-
. We must make quick move ht
: said. We must carry this to the high
, est court. or We will be I'm trouble
Shall secure a writ OF hs6eas corpus
II is the only thing
| Get anything You need, told him
and that good man worked almost tn,
t whole night preparing his writ and
, then jumped into an automobile and
, drove miles to get another judge K
! sign it.
r THE next morning we swung thi'
writ on the sanitarium man. and ne haC
10 surrender Mrs. Pierce. we immedi
stely went 10 the higher court a
= Bridgeport, and once more the relatiy'
asked and secured a pOstponement
D Then he got a writ OF habeas corpus
D and in various ways showed plainl!
j that he did not know where he was at
We knew that We had him beaten, bu
n he did not know how 10 lie dow
D [ gracefully.
I "The night before the case was I'm
,. ally called-mind you. by virtue of thei
;, | writ they once more had possession o
D Mrs. Pierce-he asked If she would no
e come to his hotel and talk the matte
L over with himself and his wife
Judge Walsh said, NO. there viii b
Q no private cOnfabs.'