, 1910-08-18

somewhat yellow proclivities. was log
ical enough. The telling of her mid
night visit to a single mans rooms
involved a shameful admission which
any woman might we'll hesitate to
make unless forced to it as q last
extremity. Confronted, however, with
the alternative Of either seeing her
husband suffer for q crime of which
he was innocent or making public &C
acknowledgement OF her own frailty, she
had chosen the latter course. Nat
urally, it meant divorce from the bank
er's son. and undoubtedly this was the
solution most wished for by the family.
The whole unsavory affair conveyed q
good lesson to reckless young men of
wealth to avoid entangling them
selves in undesirable matrimonial ad-
ventures. But 1t was nc less certain.
went on this journalistic mentor, that
this wife,. unfaithful as she had proved
herself to be, had really rendered her
husband = signal service in her pres
emit scrape. The letter she had pro-
duced, written to her by Underwood
the day before his death. in which he
stated his determination to kill him
SehA, "ec Va eAo . SohiPiSiS ihd
cation for the man awaiting trial. His
liberation now depended only on how
quickly the ponderous machinery of
the law could take cognizance of his
new n most important evidence.
The new turn Of affairs was nat
urally most distasteful to the police.
II there was one thing more than
another which angered Capt. Clinton It
was to take the trouble to build up a
case only to have 1t suddenly demol-
ished. He scoffed at the suicide let
ter" safely committed to Judge Brew
ster's custody, Inc openly branded It
as a forgery c%oncocted, by an immoral
woman for the purpose OF defeating
the ends Of justice. He kept Annie a
prisoner n defied 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, his civil suit
against the city having already be run
In the courts. he suddenly called Capt.
Cunton to the stand and gave him
q grflling which more than atoned for
any which the police tyrant had pre-
viously made his victims suffer. In
the limelight Of a sensational trial, in
which public servants were charged
with abusing positions of trust, he
showed Capt. Clinton up as a bully and
a CRATER, a bribe-taker, working hand
and glove with dishonest politicians.
not hesitating even to divide DOT with
thieves n d~ive-keepers in his greed
for wealth. He proved him to be a
~consummate liar, q man who would
stop at nothing to gain his own ends.
What jury would take the word of
such q mar as this? Yet this was the
man who still insisted that Howard
Jefries was guilty of the shooting
of Robert Underwood!
But public opinion was too intelli-
gent to be hoodwinked for any length
of time by a brutal and ignorant po-
Hceman. There was a 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 tbs
case, and after going over the new evil
denoe 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 loft the Tombs amid the cheers
Of . crowd assembled outside. At his
side walked his wife, now smiling
through tears Of Joy.
It was a glad homecoming to the
sIfftIA Aof In IIorlo- To UaUord aft
Or spending 70 long q time in the
narrow prison quarters, 1t seemed like
paradise. and Annie walked on air, 20
delighted vas she to have him with
her again. Yet there were still anxi-
cites to cloud their happiness. The
close confinement, with its attendant
worry. had seriously undermined How
ards health. He was pale and atten-
uated. and SO weak that he had sew
eral fainting spells. Much alarmed,
Annie summoned DR.. Bernstein, who
administered a tonic. There was moth
ing to cause anxiety. he said, cas-
suringly. It was a natural reaction
after what her husband had under
gone. But 1t was worry as much
as anything else. Howard worried
about his father, with whom he was
only partially reconcilsd; he worried
shout his future. which was as pre-
,:arious as ever. and most Of all he
worried about his wife. He vas not
ignorant Of the circumstances which
had brought about his release. and
while liberty was sweet to him, Il 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 possible7 Why should she
60 to U~nderwood's rooms knowing he
was there? 1t was preposterous. Stin
the small voice rang in his ears-per-
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