The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1911-04-21
evidence Of their reason. / am lnno-

cent
Then tell me where you passed
Tuesday evening""
"Ah, sir!" cried the prisoner. u
should have To-
But, restraining himself. he added,
In faint voice:
Il have made the only answer that
| can make.'
NJ Daburon rose, having now reach
ed his grand stroke.
1T is, then, my duty" said he,
with shade of irony, "to supply your
failure of memory. l am going to re-
mind you of where you went, and
what you did. On Tuesday evening,
at eight O'Clock, after having obtained
from the wine you drank, the dread
full energy you needed, you lett Your
home. At thirty-five minutes past
eight. you took the train at the ST.
Lazare station. At nine O'Clock. you
ahghted at the station at Eue,l."
| And, not disdainlng to employ old
| rabaret's ideas, the investigating
magistrate repeated, nearly word fer
word, the TRADE im proviscd the night
before by the amateur detective.
! Every sentence. every word, told.
The prisoners assurance already
shaken fell, little by little. Just like
tbe outer coating of wall when rid
died with bullets
And now,' continued the invest
eating nias: strate, listen TO good &C
vice do ~ persist III system >:
denying impossible to sustain. Give
N Justice, rest assured, is ignorant
of nothing which 1t Is iinpor, mt 10
know. Believe me; seek to deserve
the indulgence OF your judges; con-
TESS your guilt"
NJ. Daburon did not believe that his
prisoner would still persist in assert
Ing his innocence. Albert, in spite of
his great prosration, found, in one
last effort OF his will, sufficient
strength to recover himself and again
protest:
you are right, sir" he said, in a
sad but firm voice; "everything seems
to prove me guilty. In your place,
should have spoken as you have done;
Yet, all the same, l swear to you that
am innocent
Come now. do you really" be-
gan the magistrate
II am innocent" interrupted Albert;
land l repeat it, without the least
hope of changing in any way your
conviction. Yes, everything speaks
against me, everything, even my own
bearing before you. 1t is true, my
courage has been shaken by these in
credible. miraculous overwhelming
condolences, l am overcome, because
innocence. But l do not despair. My
honor and my life are in the hands OF
God. At this very hour, when to you
appear lost-for in no way deceive
myself, sir-l do not despair Of a COM
plete justification. await conf
IDENTIFY
What do you mean?" asked the
magistrate
Nothing but what | say, sir"
$50 you persist in denying your
guilt?'
Il am innocent"
"But this is folly"
Il am innocent.
Every well,' said M. Daburon; that
Is enough for to-day. You will hear
the official report Of your examination
| will No fol hon fr
solitary confinement. l eXhort you
to reflect. Night will, perhaps, bring
on a better feeling; if you wish al
any time to speak to me, send word
and I will come to you"
The unhappy magistrate, after AL.
bert left, heaped the bitterest re-
proaches upon himself. He was il
despair. He had never SO hated AL
tert--that wretch, who, stained will
a crime, stood in the way of his hap
riness. Then, too, he cursed old Tab
aret. Alone, he would not have de-
cided so quickly. He would have
waited. thought over the matter. ma
Tired his decision, and certainly have
perceived the inconvenience. which
Low occurred to him.
1t was precisely this unfavorable
moment that NJ. Tabaret chose for 70
appearing before the magistrate.
What answers did he make?" b.
asked, even before he had closed tn
] door.
HE is evidently guilty. replied tn
magistrate, with a harshness yer!
different to his usual manner.
Il have come" he said, modestly
Ito know if any Investigations ar
necessary to demolish the alibi plead
ed by the prisoner
Gle pleaded no alibi," replied tn
magistrate, dryly.
How" cried the detective, mo all
bi? Pshaw I ask pardon; he has, Q
: course, then, confessed everything"
NO. said the magistrate, impa
tiently, che has cor fessed nothing. H
acknowledges that the proofs are de
cisive; he cannot give an account G