New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-09-27

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for what I was. in q manner mos
public and undesirable. neither tn
rulings Of the court nor the attitud
Of the jury betrayed any loss Of con
ndence in me 10 Z credible witness
and. seeing this. the Willy lawyer shift
ed his ground and confined himself d
an endeavor to shake me on csstail
dennits and important points, concern
Ing my finding Of tho body. Then b
branched OF into q less narrowing
topic and cross examined mo in re
gard to the ring. had said that 4
was on her hand when babe goodb!
to her In her own house and that 4
was not there when ! came upon bel
dead. Had the fact made me- curious
to examine the hand1 No. Then
could not tell whether the finger or
which she wore 1t gave any evidence
Of this ring having been pulled on
with violence? No. I could not sweal
that in my opinion It was1 ] could
not.
The small dask Of cordial and thu
three glasses, one clean and the 9th
ers showing signs of having been used
were next taken up, but with no re
suit for the defense. I had told all
knew about these in my direct exami'
nation; also about such matters as the
bottles found on the kitchen table. the
leaving of my keys at the Cumberland
house and the fact, we'll known. that
the two bottles Of wine left in the wine
vault and tabulated by the steward as
| so left in the list found in my apart
ments were of an exclusive brand IN
likely to be found anywhere else in
town. l could add nothing more, and.
having spoken the exact truth con-
corning them from the very first, l ran
no chance of contradicting myself,
even under the close fire of the oppos-
ing counsel.
But there was matter dreaded to
see him approach and which. was
equally sure. with an insight unshared.
believe. by any one else in the whole
courtroom, was equally dreaded by the
prisoner.
This was the presence in the club
house chimney of the half burned let
ter had long ago been compelled in
my own defense to acknowledge hav-
ing written to the victims young Sis
ter, Carmel Cumberland. As saw
District Attorney Fox about to enter
upon this topic gathered myself to-
gether to meet the onslaught, for In
this matter l could not be strictly
truthful, since the least slip on my
part might awaken the whole world to
the fact that it could only have come
there through the agency of Carmel
herself.
What Mr.. Moffatt thought of it.
what he hoped to prove in the prison
er's behalf by raking this subject over
1T was left for me to discover later.
The prisoner was an innocent man in
his eyes. I was not. and, while the
time had not come for him TO make
this openly apparent. he was not above
showing even now that the case con-
tanned factor which weakened the
prosecution-a factor totally disasso-
ciated with the only accepted theory
that the crime was simply the result
Of personal cnpidity and drunken spite.
And in this he was right 1t did
weaken it-weakened it to the point
Of collapse. If the counsel for the de-
tense had fully acted up to his oppor-
tunity. But something withheld him.
Just at the moment when feared the
truth must come out he hesitated and
veered gradually away from this sub
(ect. In his nervous pacings to and
fro before the witness stand his eye
had rested for moment on Arthur's.
md with this result: The situation
was saved, but at great loss to the
began to cherish softened feelings
:oward Arthur Cumberland from this
Was it then or later that
,e began in his turn to cherish new
md less hostile feelings toward my
elf? He had hated me and vowed
ny death II I escaped the fate he could
low dimly see opening out before him
elf, yet could see that be was glad
o see me slip from my tormentor's Il
lands with my story unimpeached and
hat he drew his breath more deeply
nd with much more evidence Of free ,
om now that my testimony had been
thoroughly sifted and nothing had /
ONE to light duplicating Carmel.
ven thought I caught kindly CLEAN +,
q his eye as it met mine at this crit ,
:al juncture. and BY its light under
TODD my man and what he hoped from I
re. He wished me, at any risk to him
elf, to unite with him in saving Car
,el's good name. That should &C. ;
EIDE to this. that should respect his
enerous wishes and let him 60 to /,
destruction for even 20 i'm ),
erative an obligation 40 we both lay ;
nder. was question for the morrow. :
Several short examinations followed .
line, all telling in their nature, all cal .
Mated to fix in the minds Of the jury =
,e following facts:
F1rSt.-That Arthur. eWaYed BY Gu !,