Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-01

| way. IL was CONHOT WHO WOEheO up tHC
proof and made the campaign against
| YOU.
Il might have guessed it," 1 exclaimed.
! II wronged you there! But you will get
| over this!'
/ My feeling Of horror was succeeded by
a personal grief. l did not want him to
die. although I knew. and he knew. that
he was going fast. Now he seemed al
most like a friend who was slipping
away. l lifted up his head. and when he
died five minutes later. he died with his
head on my arm. Death. I was con-
WINGED. has no terrors for those who are
face to face with it. and when Harrison
| passed the old smile of little child
going to sleep came back to me.
| l laid his head back upon the floor and
| then rising / turned my attention to his
| slayer. The police had come and he
stood handcuffed between two officers. My
eyes met his squarely, and l have never
before seen such look of mingled
savagery. terror and despair on mans
| face. The hour had struck for George
Grey. and he knew he had committed
| murder for. woman of unclean name.
Yet his eyes made kind of appeal to
me. but I turned away with an uncon-
trollable shudder of repulsion and disgust.
They seemed to pay Difference to pe
and to await my order or suggestion be-
cause was the governor Of the state. but
! / merely said to the policemen. TAKE
him to jail at once and the grim pro-
| cessioD moved away.
/
said one of the barkeepers as they went
out at the door-he had been a witness
| of the scene and he knew whereof he
spoke.
| home and the city thrilled with the most
sensational tragedy of its generation Per-
! haps l did not realize how much 1t IN
volved until l read the newspapers the
| next morning. because into the accounts
! came not only the names of Grey and
Harrison. but Pauline Harmon's Alicia
and NINE. Again was the fair fame OF
Alicia blown upon. but only by lndlrect
| suggestion and the inference was so weak
| that ii must soon fall to the ground. Far
| down one of the columns in the most sem
sational journal occurred the insinuation
| that after Grey was hanged the governor
would marry his widow.
| When l read this sentence the paper
fell from my hand and fluttered to the
floor AS God is my witness this thought
! had never come TO me. that should proht
! by the murder of one man and the execu-
! ton of another, and I rejected it now
with horror I would not win 41iicia in
such a way, and she would not have her.
self won in such way. Surely fate was
making it's grimmest jest of her.
! / took the most conservative OF the
newspapers, carefully reread the account
and the editorial comment upon 1t. III
was we'll known. said the paper that
Grey was insaneay Jealous of Harrison.
because of a beautiful woman of repu-
|
| Immediately preceded the murder. Grey
| had caught sight of Harrison in the cafe
and by a sudden murderous impulse hau
snatched out his pistol and killed him:
| The editorial comment was OF general
| nature not mentioning Grey's name. but
| speaking of kentucky's reputation for
! too free use of weapons, and demanding
/ the enforcement of the laws, a demand
| with which was bound to agree. ] think
that throughout our Union the crime OF
| murder is far too common and is Tar too
little punished and. stripping myself OF
| all personal interest. and looking at the
| to me Of character that could not easily
be more atrocious. knew well that II
would give the whole state a shock OF
| horror.
| nv next news, that is. direct personal
| news, came from Jimmy Warfield. He
| seemed to divine that / would be eager
for details of kind not to be found in
| the newspapers, and l have never known
another man SO ready and skillfui IN the
service OF his friends. He returned to me
| in the afternoon and he vas very grave
Il do not know anything that has STIR
/ red the state so much this murder he
| full, and he had many friends, and Grey
| cannot enter the plea self-defense
! do not think that all his money will save
him. understand that he is in state OF
What about Pauline Harmon I
| asked.
II do not know" he replied. II think
she is in this city. but she certainly has
| not been to see Grey.
| He paused and gave me an odd glance.
But some one else has" he said
81 knew that she would / said.
| Eyes. George Grey's wife came ut once.
| from her country home. She had not
spoken to him in months as YOU know. but
she did not forget that she was his wife.
in law at least She tried to persuade
herself that it might have been self-de-
Tense. She went to his cell and sought &c
| encourage him and she has promised to
do everything possible under the sun tc
| help him. A woman can do much
! Yes. a woman can do much in our state
! before impulsive and sentimental Juries,
and I had OWNED that Alicia would come
to the help of George Grey. 1t was like
her high strung sense Of honor and duty.
| This man. murderer that he was. ano
| though she had never loved him. was Eel
husband. ana her strong, almost sacred,
sense of loyalty would compel her to stand
| by him to the last. I could not blame
her. 1t was the Alicia that knew. and
knowing her so we'll l knew that she
| would take no other course. But she
would be pillor;ed again before the pub
| lic and though clothed in her armor o.
the spirit she might he indifferent. could
not even pretend to stoicism. I wished to
go to her / wished to see her. and to hear
her speak but was the one person in
the world who would serve her best by
staying away from her, and late the same
| afternoon / took the train for the capital
! I shall not dwell upon the days that fol-
lowed, when the trial Of the famous Grey
! case was agitating the state because it
was a black period TO me. and those who
wish the details have only to look at
the files Of the newspapers for that time.
| They will find there all that happened.
stated in it's most highly, colored form.
! but I tried to shut my eyes to the lurid
picture and TO see only its essential facts.
There was movement at one time to call
me as a witness, as I had entered the
cafe SO close upon the murder. but the
judge ruled that it was unnecessary. and
| was spared.
| I sought to bury myself in work in
i Frankfort. but the case in Louisville was
| always before me. | sent messages of
| faith and hope to Alicia by Guthrie and
Warfield and I heard from them of her
unlimited devotion She was still seek
| ing TO convince herself that Harrison had
J made the first attack. and her courage
and spirit almost galvanized Grey into the
| semblance OF man. Pauline Harmon
was put once upon the stand and her
black eyes shot hate at Grey. Her testi-
mony was distinctly against him.
(To be continued tomorrow