Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1910-06-10
4 Legal Picture
Puzzle
By ANNA BENTLEY
Copyright 1910, by American Press
Assariatun


that have occurred ln which young
wives have been aerused OF getting
rid Of old and rich husbands when one
OF the pnrty. an attorney. told the fol
lowing story
Il once had such a case. and Il
showed mo how difficult II II 10 arrive
| nt the truth when certain per~nnp arr
Interested ~ hiding an Important par
Of the truth Ihis withholding ~ fnrts
mikes us Hee very plaiuIy NJ ir,is
what II realty falSe A criminal eH-s
IN INV II III" u pnturs puzzle MI ib'
pnrts must be- present and tit In THEFT
plares To- show the design
Mrs Ilwkndny WIS the wife of old
| tiockaday. " h0 made n big fortune ob
the Stock Exchange Sh. WIS twenty
! and he sixty when he married her
| Nevertheless they seemed TO get on
very wen together and the young
wife appeared To he very fond OF hrt
old husband Iiut one day Mr ilocka
day died very suddenly Of disease
his doctor could not make out No
suspicious were caEl upon his wife al
the time. Hut Mrs IIockaday did not
wait very long after her husbands
demise to appear ut places OF amuse
ment. and her participation az balls
and other such functions soon fol
lowed.
Had she been more clrcumspect In
this regard probably the celebrated
case Of which she WIS the central tig
ure would hive never occurred. The
police IN order TO satisfy n public
clamot get mp something they call
case. and there In n preliminary exam
ination. No they did In the Hockaday
affair Hut nothing was proved. aud
the lady was not held for trial.
This II the beginning, where few
scattered parts OF the picture puzzle
are furnished. but the picture IL not
even conceived OF.
unfortunately this disposition Of the
case did not satisfy the takers. who
stili Insisted that Mrs, uockndny had
poisoned her husband She made
statement TO n reporter that she would
not rest until she had proved herself
innocent Then she stirred up the
matter renectIng on Peter Hockaday
nephew OF her husband. who would
have Inherited Ills property mad the
uncle not married. This Cred the
nephew. who came out with a state
mcut that he believed the millionaire
had been poisoned and demanded that
the body he disinterred aud tested by
experts,
"'rhIs was done aud n heavy dose OF
poisonous substance WIS found In
the drnd mans stomach
"lt was nav plum TO those who were
amusing themselves solving tue puzzle
of the llocsaway case that u would
turn out TO he a representation OF a
young widow With Que band poison
Ing an old man aud with the other
graspIng money bags,
"Mirs Il0ckHday was arrested aud
placed on trial | was her counsel
The prosecution brought out an i'm
portant fact that tended to prove her
guilt. II was proved that she had
paid from time to time considerable
sums to an attorney OF bad repute for
services connected with her husbands
property ON the day ot his death the
millionaire went to this attorneys of.
dee, drank glnss ot wine. went
home aud died IN u few hours
"The picture puzzle changed There
was now rich old man n shyster
lawyer pouring out duse With one
hand and receiving bHg OF gold from
his widow,
"The shyster attorney testified that
he received fees from Mrs, llockaday
for legitimate services connected with
: her prospective interest In her nus
, band's estate. her object being to Sc
cure all the property herself and pre-
vent any OF II going to any one OF her
husbands relatives. The prosecutor
= endea vorcd by cross examination &c
IL, make him reveal more exactly the ma
turp Of these services. but failed.
"SeeIng that 1t behooved me TO eS
onerate this attorney, who had beer
). receiving money from my client ant
was accused of poisoning her husband
> IN return for his fees, urged him Z
( 10 huck TO the day MIR Hockaday wa
supposed 10 have been poisoned an'
discover his Whereabouts at the hon
the millionaire visited his office. tn
n result was the proving OF an abb
Il When MIR. Hockaduy called on the at
torney the latter was In the office OF
: man from whom he was endeavorinI
{. to extort some money under sort
black mall.
by this time the puzzle framer
were ready TO give up all but youn
y wife making way somehow or othe
e with n rich old husband aud set
rascals helping her.
"There was central piece to tn
picture. without which II was insolvi
n ,bleJ One might put aIl the other piece
" together but nothing would come q
> II without this central block. Bp
when IL was inserted the puZzle stoo