The Washington times., 1909-08-15

His statement of the prisoners final
agreement TO take him to the place
where the money was concealed was
backed by Thomas Wright, who. after
relating that he had been concealed in
a corner OF the Jail corrOborated the
sherin's story in detail
Dick had expected that Mr.. Mackin
would ss-examine these witnesses to
brins out some hint Of the brutal threats
that had been used to lead up to his
blunder in seeking to get away by
seeming to acduiesce in the sherin's
scheme. But the lawyer for the de-
Tense was waiting for a more dramatic
manner of doing the thing.
Col Thomas ldartin was called and
made to tell of the prisoners brazen at
tempt TO claim friendship. From him
was brought the tale of the second
CAPTURE in the house of his late brother.
Miss Louise Martin, the prosecutor
called.
There was no response. All craned
their necks TO see the daughter Of the
the room to discover her whereabouts.
Miss Louise Martin" again the CAL
was loud and stern.
Still there was no response.
Mr.. RoWley"-the foreman addressed
the peoples attorney-"did you send
summons TO Miss Martini
The lawyer had to confess that he had
taken her appearance for granted Her
Uncle fidgeted uneasily in his chair, evil
IDENTIFY embarrassed BY the apparent in
difference of his niece to the matter of
convicting her parents slayer.
'YCu viii please have her summoned
to the afternoon session. The jury IS
now adjourned for an hour for lunch
the foreman announced.
There was a hubbub of conversation.
Every one seemed 10 have brought his
lunch with him, save the two lawyers
and the foreman. The jurors sat IN
the box to eat and smoke their post
prandial cigars. All of them cheWed to-
bacco while they smoked
The foreman and the two lawyers
arrived singly few minutes before
time for opening again. Sharply at i
o clock the Jury was called to order.
And now il was Mr.. Mackin's turn TO
display his OTatOTical talent. In a roar
that was. even louder than that employ
ed by HIS opponent. he began by stating
the obvious fact that the grand jury
could only indict, and not convict the
prisoner.
He had struck a most pompous at
titude for this simple beginning, His
one hand was thrust into the front of
his frOCk coat, his left was behind his
back. His head was thrown back. His
long nose stuck up into the air after he
had ended an impressive glare at the
Surors before speaking word AS he
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BY the time he had reached the mid
die of his second paragraph his arms
We're waving like the arms of a wind
mill He tried to work the audience in
T. Mysteries over Dicks need of a va
cation. He limited that the young man
had been upon the verge Of nervous
collapse.
He rambled off into a glorious de
scTiptiOn OF the fight Of a bird. the main
feature of which seemed to be the
fHaf
ptck discovered that he wished to com
pare the prisoners vacation TO such en-
joyment OF freedom.
Thus It was that he came eventually
10 the stop-oh al Corn Center, and the
long ramble to view the gul0riOus"
scenery of this their home county
BY this time Dick had reached the
conclusion that If mere lung power
could gain a victory Mackin was bound
to win. Coming from his decidedly
scrimped figure a voice like the below
of a bull seemed homogeneous. All that
Dick had been able to make of the
prosecutors address had been a big
noise He began TO hope that this big
ger noise would outweigh the accusa-
tons roar.
But a glance at the faces Of the jurors
showed that Mr.. Mackin was not sue
ceeding in getting to them In the
morning they had listened with open
mouths and frightened eyes
Now their mouths were closed upon
comfortable Jumps of their beloved
weed. They sat back in their chairs.
IN spite Of the deafening din, one Of
them was doing.
Dick wondered why they were not
as much affected by the one piece Of
bombast as they had been affected by
the other Gradually he came TO under
stand IL In part.
In the first place, 1t was the hour Of
the day when man most feels like in
dulging in a nap. In the second place,