Evening star., 1909-09-05

of the value of evidence. He'll not stoop
20 90 injustice, knowingly. but he's liza
| ficiencies''
You talk as if he We're working in con-
Junction, in place of being at swords
point. exclaimed Grimbleshaw.
!. A@ .;a2t's one OF the things that's got
to be pulled srra1gnl. We've got to work
together. We can't take the risk of not
doing It, I'm assuming now that I'll be
retained for old man Calden. Really.
don't see what'n become of him If I'm
not; he's actually In a dangerous posi-
| tion.'
But Horace II never consent to make
common cause with me now in this af-
fair said Grimbleshaw.
| Hes got tor exclaimed Beckwith
| sharply: The time for fooling's gone by
I'm going to take command from this
time on. and don't you make any mis-
take about that There's an unknown
found. or one of you'll go to Thomaston.
and don't know which one it'll be-
| though can make mighty shrewd
guess. I'm going to find him if have
| to sleep with Trafford to do it,
| He went to the phone and called the
Atenburg house. Mrs Calden answered
with the information that Horace had
| gone to the village. and was more likely
TO be found at Dr. Grimbleshaws than
| anywhere else that she could think Of
why the dickens hasn't ne come
here?' demanded the attorney, impatient
~. Mine men out of ten in his position
haven't got sense enough to be at large,
and nobody'd ever accuse him of being
the tenth man. If they did. he'd be ac-
quilted without the jury leaving the box"
DO you know what l think he stands
| fair chance Of doing?" asked Grimble-
shaw.
NO. Something dangerous. Of course"
"Of going to the county attorneys office
and confessing to the murder
Beckwith jumped for the phone with
the sharp call:
us that you, Russell?" he asked when
signaled.
HAS Calden been brought in vet? Who
told me? Why It's from one end Of the
town to the other. You didn't suppose
Fry'd keep it five minutes. did you. He's
afraid of the whole lot of you. cThats
one in Fry's record he said in a low
tone. covering the transmitter and speak,
ing to Grimbleshaw) No. I'm not
through! What were you saying, Rus
sell? Don't care to talk over the phoneo
What in thunder have YOU one in your
Office for then? VIII see me if I cali? I
presume you Will; even the governor does
that. Yes. ] did call for something else
Not yet? Well. don't let him see his
father If he asks to. You know enough,
for that? I don't know whether you do
or not. Send him to me. What am l
machine YOU run up there for the pur-
pose of trapping people into admissions
that'n help convict somebody of a crime
he hasn't committed. Oh. yes. I know
attorney once myself All right, send
Calden to me. I'm his attorney. and 1
demand TO be present at any interview
that takes place between him and you.
Yes. | make that as a formal demand
and will put it in writing if you want
me to. Good-bye:'
isn't that little dangerous? asked
Grimbleshaw. as Beckwith turned from
the phone.
How dangerous
Wont it create the impression that
you've got something to conceal, some
thing you're not willing the county at
torney should know?"
Create it? No. Create means to call
Into being That suspicion exists and
has existed since the first Interview be-
tween Trafford and calden. But whether
The county attorneys bound to make
good. That's what he's there for There's s
a theory he's to protect the innocent and
punish the guilty. The truth s, hes
his Office is tuned to that key. and God
help the man that comes up against it,"
MIR Beckwith," demanded Grimble-
shaw. do you want to knock all ideals
Of the law and justice out OF my head?"
I'D like to teach you and every other
man that the two terms. law and justice,
aren't synonyms, that they aren't always
bedfellows. as the world is today. It's a
lawyers business to see that no man is
convicted except by due process OF law.
Hence, with a clean conscience. often
with the full approval of his conscience
he can do his best to secure the acquittal
of a man whom he knows to be guilty
OF violation of the law. Justice might,
at the same time, demand that he turn
him over to punishment"
And If q man can be convicted by due
process of law the duty of the county at
torney is fulfilled and he can go to sleep
with a clear conscience. l don't see,
therefore, but he has the same excuse
to plead when he seeks to convict the
innocent man that the outside lawyer
has when he seeks to acquit the guilty"
(To be continued tomorroW.A