Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-23

was to me stunning surprise. We
were. of course alone. "Tell me. on
the level" he said, Are you or are
you not guilty of this MURDER"
| | was about to answer him re-
proachfully when he cut me short
with a sign of impatience. "It does
not matter n cuSs to me one way or
the other" he said. "Whichever 1t
is. it will help me greatly toward win
ming this case to be correctly inform
ed from the outset
for an instant that I will have to de-
fend yourself WITH" This was the
second question he asked.
/, My wife and had saved trife un-
der sl,4OO and l told him so. But
what has that got to do with the
case?" l asked. You don't suppose
for an instant that 1 twill have to de-
fend myself very seriously. do you?"
He looked at me and for the first
time, cold steel lit his eyes. I'm
afraid from what have read in the
newspapers about the case that we
are more or less in for it," he said.
"But I told my wife I'd be home this
evening" I blurted.
| "I wish you would be, but-homi-
eide, you ought to know, is not ball
able charge" He must have read the
CONSERVATION that gripped me in my
face, for he continued in the same
breath: IT am in hopes of getting you
out of this quickly-perhaps in three
or four days, at worst in the course of
q week. 1t Is a matter of red tape
and machinery. We must expect to
be held for the Grand Jury and that
will decide whether or not we are go
ing to be indicted"
Up to this time my ignorance of the
| law was that of an average layman.
did not know precisely what indicted
meant. and I confessed so.
THAT means the Grand Jury will
decide whether or not there is enough
evidence to hold us for trial" the
lawyer explained. "In any case, you
will have to stay where you are for
| few days. I wish meantime you'd
break your head thinking how much
in addition to the s1.400 you'd be
able to raise. The legal fight for
life is a matter of money largely. In
case the Grand Jury decides against
u.s. we'll stand a better chance with
$4,000 than with $4,000. We'd need
experts, likely, the foremost in their
professions, a half dozen of them.
We'd have to have -" here he cut
off. The strain of the long, hot night
with it's excitement had been too
much for me and 1 swayed in my seat.
"Now, look" he said, when I had
braced myself again, you can do
either one of two things in your cell.
You can sit down and NOPE and brood
over the injustice of things, or else
you can keep a stiff upper lip, grit
your teeth and get ready to fight back
that's what l want you to do"
"Cut out sentiment. Don't think of
things that are going to soften you.
Read the afternoon papers 1 shall send
you and hunt for new clues and for
points that we have not yet touched
upon
For two hours and half that df-
ternoon l was questioned and cross
questioned by my lawyer while ste
lnographer took notes until his fingers
ached. / spent the balance of the af-
ternoOn writing a letter to my wife.
II was a letter of courage and resent
ment of the sort that would have
made even my lawyer feel proud, but
had barely finished it when there
came a reaction.
| The question of funds brought this
about. The mnuteness with which
my lawyer had probed into every de-
tail told me more than words the Sc
riousness with which he regarded my
case. A sort Of desperation seized me
as | realized that had not the means
properly to defend myself and in the
midst of my panic l was guilty Of
letter to the president of the company
by which I was employed. For twelve
years l had held a position of trust
with this company. l asked whether
lin the event of serious trouble the
company would not stand by me, to
work off and repay afterwards what
ever amount might be advanced.
| felt much relieved after writing
this letter and turned to the armful
of afternoon papers my lawyer had
sent me. Clear across the front page
of the first paper | picked up was
news of my arrest in faring headlines;
| i'm the other papers l occupied similar
| ly important space. Most of them had
sketches of me done by newspaper ar
lists One had a reproduction of my
| photograph. First impressions OF
these newspaper accounts were mad
dening. | sat with my head between
my hands glaring at a spot on the
floor, while through me Surged all
the horrors | ever had felt while
reading similar accounts and placing
myself i'm the position of the defend
ant l pictured the proud woman
uptown as she caught a glimpse of the
disgrace that her marriage to me had
brought down upon her. ! thought
of my friends, my acquaintance, my
enemies and pictured how these
would receive news of my downfall
| l was in the midst Of this se'f-tor-
ture when a young lawyer from Mr..
Russell'S office was announced. AT
the time thought this accident. Since.
however. | have learned that these
details are all within the expert law
Iyer'S days work 1t was not the plan
of Mr.. Russell to have his client lose
heart and he suspected that at this
time / might welcome a friendly visi-
tor. / referred, Of course, to the
newspaper stories with their damag-
ing illustrations.
$50 far from being damaging, they