The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-23

Hagner or with Harner or Delvin all OF
the time | was in Boston excepting dur
ing the first five minutes It took me to
call at the pewnshop about the watch.
Besides, l haven't any blue glasses l
didn't have any and wouldn't have had
time TO buy any while there
from Hagner for FIVE minutes? The
pawnbroker said both visits took place
WITHIN ten OF fifteen minutes all told.
inc inc glasses might have been bought be-
iore you took the train. We are not
Trying 10 accuse you, Case; we are try
Williams.
Il am not sure that It was exactly
five minutes" said Hal Il am not sure
OF anything. except that | had nothing
TO do with tho theft of the medal. And
YET l cant blame you gentlemen very
much; because it certainly does look bad
especially when / was on my way to
ieaye the university for good
rial had somewhat recovered his bal
must come out all right somehow. al
though he had no idea how or what
!they were going to do with him. He
hhew G ne was innocent. yet here were
evidence TO them and until he could
clear them up he would be under great
suspicion.
II they should decide that the evidence
warranted action they could even have
hlm locked up and he began to think
OF the books he, had read of people
unlustly accused of different crimes and
had been locked up for years, many OF
them never having their innocence
proved pre- IT was terrible FIX, for him
Al this went through his mind while
the others were consulting.
Finally DR.. Lawrence. the president,
turned TO Hal and said:
MIR. Case, II Is II terrible thing for all
OF us to have to consider a matter of this
kind. II is one of the few occasions in
my NE when | would rather be any one
else than the president of Lowell univer-
sity. Whoever ii was who pc rformed this
theft may have 10 answer finally for the
conviction of an innocent young man.
we are loath to accuse you OF this crime
In TACT, L wish YOU TO understand thor
ouShly that We do not accuse you now
At tho same time, the circumstances are
such that we cannot, regret TO say
eNonerate you until the matter is fully
cleared up. You yourself admit that II
looks bad for you. 1t does. But We will
not permit ourselves to believe You guilty
until every effort has been made to clear
II up. Meantime, however, not as pun
lshment for this matter, but to put it on
a basis which while not justiliable is
nevertheless eXplainahle, as the result OF
your intention TO absent yourself from
the university without leave. we have
DECIDED that you must consider yourself
of the varsity for the period of one week.
We rely on you not to leave the univer-
sity pending the investigation. l am
sorry"
He shook Halls hand warmly after this
dignifed speech and expressed the hope
that the matter could be cleared up soon.
He assured Hal that no expense or labor
would be saved in that direction
Then they let him go home. and 1t was
the saddest trip Hal ever took in the di-
rection OF Mrs. MaIcolms house.
Whether they considered him guilty OF
the greater crime or not, he was dis
graced anyhow. Surely 1t was a hard
punishment 10 give an impetuous young
fellow for simply wanting to. go home
and for the reason that Hal thought he
had.
He went UP the stairs to his room with
a heavy heart-a heart that ached in
every way, He felt that he was dono for