The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1911-10-04

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Eyes. sir"
ANY of their words or only their
toicesw
Il heard one word"
"what wordY'
'"rhe word 'Elwood.'"
"ln which voicer'
"ln that of my sister Adelaide"
"And you iedr'
Immediately"
| Leaving your two sisters alone In
his cold ana out of the way nouser'
| II did not think they were alone"
"Who did you think was with them p
81 have already mentioned the name. ="
"Yet you left them"
Eyes. have already explained that
l was engaged In a mean act I was
ashamed to be caught at 1t by Ade-
laide. preferred fight. had no pre-.
monition of tragedy-any such tragedy
as afterward occurred. ! understood
neither of my sisters. and my thoughts
were only for myself"
Had not this younger sister even
enjoined secrecy upon you in asking
you to harness the horseT
Eyes. SIR"
"Yet you heard the two together in
this remote building without surprise%
mo: must have felt surprise, but
didn't stop to analyze my feelings.
Afterward | turned 1t over In my
mind and tried to make something out
of the whole thing. but then 1 was far
out on the links. They were having II
out. thought. In the presence Of the
man who had made all this trouble be-
tween them"
| And you left them to the task"
"Yes, sir. but not without struggle.
was minded several times to return.
| This | have testified to before"
did this struggle consume forty
minutes?"
lit must have. and more. If entered
the hotel in CuthDert road at the hour
they state"
Mr.. Fox gave up the game. and Mr..
| Moffat rested his case
There was no testimony offered in
rebuttal. and the court took recess.
When it reassembled 1 cast another
anxious glance around. Still no Car
mel nor any signs OF Sweetwater.
could understand npr absence. but not
! his, and il was In a confusion OF feel
| ing which was fast getting the upper
hand of me that | turned my atten-
ton to Mr. Motfat and the plea he was
about to make FOR his youthful client
| felt sudden slow and creeping
chill seize ana shake me, us / have
heard people say they experienced
when uttering the common expression,
"Some one is walking over my grave.
when | heard these words. delivered
in the slow and but slightly raised
tones with which Mr.. Motfat invari-
ably began his address:
May it please the court and gentle
men of the jury, my learned FRIEND
of the prosecution has shown great dis
erection in that. SO far as appears from
the trend of his examinations. he Is
planning no attempt to explain the
many silences and the often forbiddinl
attitude of my young client by any
theory save the obvious one-the nat
ural desire of a brother to hide his
only remaining sisters connection witt
a tragedy of whose details he was ig
norant and concerning which he hac
formed a theory derogatory to her pc
ton as q young and well bred woman
Fear for a loved one. even in ont
whom you will probably hear describ
ed as a dissipated man, OF selfish tend
encies and hitherto unbrotherly quail
tiles Is q great miracle worker. NJ
sacrifice seems impossible which serves
as guard for one so situated and Sc
threatened"
Here Mr.. Moffat recapitulated thos'
events. but always from the stand
point of the defendant. standpoint
which necessarily brought before thu
jury the many excellent reasons which
his client had for supposing this crime
to have resulted solely from the con
hicting interests represented by tina
furtively passed note and the visit d
two girls instead of one to the Whis
pering Pines. IL was very convincing
At the proper moment Mr.. Motfat said
Gentlemen of the jury. you have
seen the point after point of the pros
ecution's case demolished before you
eyes by testimony which no one hai
; had the temerity TO attempt to con
trovert. What is left? Mr.. Fox viii
tell you-three strong and unassail
able facts: The ring found In TIT
, murdered woman's casket. the rem
nants of the teltale bottle discovered
in the Cumberland stable and the op
portunity for crime given by the &C
knowledged presence of the defendan
on or near the scene of death
But are these points so vital as the,
r seem? Let us consider them and see
My client has denied that he droppe'
: anything into his sisters casket. mucI
less the ring missing from that sister
, finger. Dare you. then. convict on thi
point when. according 10 count. tel