The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-07-20

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SELF. was, OF course. complete yindi.
cation for the man awaiting trial HIS
liberation now depended only on how
quickly the ponderous machinery Of
the law could take eognIKance OF this
new and most important evidence.
The new turn OF AFFAIRS was nat
urally most distasteful 10 the police.
II there was one thing more than
another which angered Capt. Clinton Il
was to take the trouble to build up a
case only to have st suddenly demoI.
ished. He seotfed at the suicide let.
ter" safely committed to Judge Brew.
ster's custody. and openly branded Il
as for=ery concocted by an immoral
woman for the purpose OF defeating
the ends Of justice. He kept Annie
prisoner and defed the counsel for
the defense to do their worst. Judge
Brewster, who loved the fray, accept.
ed the challenge He acted promptly.
He secured Annie's release on habeas
corpus proceedings and. bis civil suit
against the city having already begun
IA the courts. he suddenly called Capt.
Clinton to tie stand and gave him
gritling which more than asoned for
any which the police tyrant had pre-
viously made his victims suffer. In
the limelight or sensational trial. in
which public servants were charged
with abusing positions OF trust, he
showed Capt. Clinton up as bully and
a CRATER. bribe-taEer. working hand
and glove with dishonest politicians,
not hesitatsnS even TO divide loot with
thieves and dlye.keepers in his greed
for wealth. he proved him to be
consummRte liar. man who would
stop at nothing 10 gain his own ends.
What jury would take the word OF
such a man As thi$? Yet this was the
man who stin insisted that Howard
fries was guilty OF the shooting
Q. Robert Underwood!
But public opinion was too IntellI-
gent to be hoodwinked for any length
OF time by brutal and ignorant po-
liceman. There was clamor for the
prisoners release. The evidence was
such that further delay was inexcus.
able. The district attorney. thus
urged. took an active interest in the
case. and after going over the new evi.
dence with Judge Brewster. went be-
fore the court and made formal ap-
plication for the dismissal OF the com
plant. A few days later Howard JEFF
fries left the Tombs amid the cheers
Of crowd assembled outside. Al his
side walked his wife. now smiling
through tears OF Joy.
1t was a glad Homecoming to the
little fat in Harlem. To Howard. aft.
er spending so long a time in the
narrow prison quarters, It seemed like
paradise. and Annie walked on air, so
delighted was she to have him with
her again. Yet there were still anxi-
cites to cloud their happiness. The
close confinement, with It's attendant
worry. had seriously undermined How
ards health. He was pale and atten.
uated. and SO weak that he had sew.
eral faintlng spells. Much alarmed.
Annie summoned DR.. Bernstein. who
administered tonic. There was moth.
ing TO cause anxiety. he said, reas-
suringly. II was natural reaction
after what her husband had under
gone. But II was worry as much
as anything else. Howard worried
about his father. with whom he was
only partially reconciIed; he worried
about his future. which was as pre-.
carious rs ever. and most OF all he
worried about his wife. He was not
ignorant OF the circumstances which
had brought about his release, and
while liberty was sweet to him, 1t had
been a terrible shock when he first
heard that she was the woman who
had visited Underwood's rooms. He
refused TO believe her sworn evidence.
How was It possible? Why should she
go to Underwood's rooms knowing he
was there? II was preposterous. Still
the small voice rang in his ears-per.
haps she's untrue! 1t haunted him
TILL one day he asked poInt.blank for
an explanation. Then she told that
she had perjured herself. She was not
the woman. Who she really was she
could not say. He must be satisfied
for the present with the assurance
that It was not his wife. With that
he was content. What did he care for
the opinion OF others? He knew-that
was enough! In their conversation on
the subject Annie did not even men
ton Ancia's name. Why should sbe?"
Weeks passed. and Towards health
did not improve. He had tried to and
position, but without success. yet
every day brought its obligations
which had 10 be met. One morning
Annie was busting about their tiny
dining room preparing the table for
their frugal luncheon. She had Just
placed the rolls and butter on the
table. and arranged the chairs. when
there came a ring at the front door.
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