The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20

careful preparation he went to the house
on the outskirts OF town where Mrs
Eleanor Rivers sfill lived in her enforced
widowhood. The maid readily admits ed
this respect able looking man. who came
with a letter for her mist ress requiring
an answer. 20 the pretty front sitting
1 room opening ON the extensive grounds
where Chester Neale had been shot 10
death three years before.
Presently Mrs. Rivers came in nc.se-
le~siy. a little woman. fair and fragile.
with dark eyes that wavered nj a glance
rs II before q strong light and thin lips
de' errninedly set. She was huxurioUsly
dressed with prot,ision Of jewels. From
her came TO the detective the impression
OF an overruling. all pervading selfish
ness that demanded personal ease. would
! fight for it. would have IT,
You are Mr. Joslyn. sent over from
England to arrange the ettlem-nt Of
the estate OF INV husbands uncle she
exclaimed. with white hands thar spread
and flashed and then strained toget her
1T will be q mercy II anyt hing is coming
TO me after the hard time have had to
get along. That dreadful trial cost so
Not only a mercy to you. madam.
rePH~h 'FohShe kh'Ny' Uut 10 your
husband -"
My husband? Why do you drag
him in' Don't you know he is beyond
| mercy.
Simply because We shall hold II his
conviction stands that he in legally dead
and therefore not entitled 70 inherit:
that the whole estate must pass TO his
sister Alice
That hateful creature who was my
enemy from thevery day OF my marriage:
who has never been near me or done
anyt hing for me since the trial7 Oh,
I'll never endure to have her net over
me: I'll do anything. anything -
Without considering your motives.
madam. We shall be very glad to'have
you cooperate with us In what I believe
is simple AID practicable way OF obviat-
ing this legal difYicsilty--
OF course there must be a way. What
Ia it,
Why. by establishing your husbands
innocence --
My husbands innocence What do
you mean Don't you know he CON
fessed in open COURT He was mad when
he did it; he IL mad now. hopelessly mad
There may have been method in his
madness Listen. madam. have gone
over the record with the utmost OF pains
Often IL happens that a total stranger.
aloof from the scene. unaffected by it's
influences. yes. ignorant OF them. has n
keeuer vision Often 10 happens too that
the perspective clears through lapse
OF time and motives show for the first
their true outlines. At all events I am
convinced that the theory OF the prosecu-
ton that "A quarrel over n mutual spscula-
ton caused the murder was absolutely
false. am convinced that jealousy
sped that bullet
oh, what thing 10 say"
Listen. ! learn that this Chsste r
Seals was a gallant. a Iothario. drop
ping one woman to pursue another
What more likely than that some Door
woman. dirtraught by chagrin and pas
SION. may have beg,iilsd both him a nd
your husband into a trap
But my husband confessed. I tell
you OH"
Not At first lie indi gnantly denied.
He had the fearls~sness. the carelenaness,
I may say. 81 innocencs. Only when
the note which brought Neale TO the
nesting place was produced tho forReA
note. az ] stand ready Ia prove. dfd he
snddenIy impulsiveiy DECLARE his guilt.
why7-
because he knew he was caught
n Perhaps because he became insane