The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-04-25
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!nIRD DFGRTT,
-@CTIARLES KLEIN Y
AND
: ARTHUR HORNBLOW v
1!@1.1SsS!9st4 a ~ ms. 6Y PAY WALTERS

not for the fact that Mr. Tafrgas n.
exactsd from me a promise no, !,
."A" up 1nl7 case. should be temple
consider tho matter. In the firs
pace you know always liked How
ara saw good deal OF him befor,
your marriage To Mr.. Jefrries, n,
WAS Always Wild. unmanaxeatf.
I ooys weak In character. but he baf
many iovable traits. am very aorrv
indeed, 10 see him In such a terrlhi.
position II was hard for me 10 real
,.e u and should never have ha.
neved him guilty had he NOT con.
fesaed To the crime"
1ea, she assented. ut Is an aw.
au' ehing and terrible blow N Me
,a'her. or course. he has had moth.
ing 10 do with Howard for mootba
rs you know. ho turned him ~, ~
doors long ago. but the dysgracn t.
none the less overwhelming (.
| The lawyer looked ont ~ ,ha ,.
so~ ana urummed HIS fingers on the
afm OF his chair. Suddenly wheeling
'"uno' ana facing his client, he sald,
aou Know this girl he married. "a
no ordinary woman" :"
On she exclaimed. sarcastlca,,v
she mas succeeded In arousine YOUR
The Judge bowed coidlv
No' ne replied. Il would hara,v
say thht But she has aroused nv
curiosity She is a very peculiar g,ri
evidently creature OF lmnulsa 49,
ue'ermination. | certainly feel sorrs'
loF her. Her position IL n ver., 49,.
f"i one. She has been marr,ea nr',s.
lew months. and now her h,ss"
49,. AaSa 'ne most awful accusation
snas can DC brought against a man
sna rs piucky In spite OF IL all. and "a
nuV'ns heaven and earth In Howara.s
ussvhse' She believes herself 10 he g.,
so'nv measure responsible for his mis-,
'os'"he- Apart from that tha casa
'a'esests me IRON a purely profeas,or
NJ point OF Wow. There are sas,sa,
strange features connected with ~
'ase Sometimes. In spite OF troa,a,s az
aonfession. don't believe ha $50. /
nitted that crime" eo" |
Alicia changed color ana ..,s
iheAsily on her chair, scrutIn,~as ' sns {
""s"s face, What was behgna 49, |
~". 'nsefatAbfe mask7 What tbeor,, l
'@a ne formedg One newsnansr
uGsested suicide. she nigh, hs.'s
ohe forward and declare tha, -
RI Underwood had threatnnss
axe his own life. but how $500 70
49, sas scandal which such a couraal
,sn'ss . 1880 She would have 10
' ss s,Ssung underwood's rooms al
',un,Sns alone That surely wn,,,s
IN her Ia the eyes not only os No. :
aso@nn. out OF che whole World ,,
''s saofinee OF her good name xpars
se"ssaFy TO save an innocenf ,,,.sss
TO- perhaps she might summer, 80 :,
a"ukh courage to make II. p,,s -
= sne was by no means SIRE -
~ that Underwood had coy,,,ss,n.
.ac'ae- Howard had confessed
ny should she ieopardize her vooss
sme useiesslyg N' sooo ns
'u, repeated the Judge. shaking
nsaa. there's something strange di
sne whole affair. don't hel,a~ pl
o~ard had any hand in n" ely
leila. eAcianed w,
me Judge shook his head
That's nothing" he sata 81,
> sa many instances of untrue at
"a ess'o"s. = famous AFFAIR of the din
80 ~as 'ne hoorn case In Vermont ca
~. ''u'nsfs confessed having killed In
CIR orother-in-law and described tn.
" 'hey destroyed the body xsf tn,
me time afterward the murdered In
IN turned up alive and well Ths Do
1ect OF the confession. of course
- 10 torn the verdict from murder or
manslaughter. the cfrcumstsnt,s, ms
idenee against them bavtng 49, ths
strong In the DAYS of wytohr~ns. No.,
unfortunate women accused ~ an,
ing witches were often urgaa ~ Az
auves to confess as being the on,x wo
y of escape open to them A. ths
ster, at Salem, In 1892. confessad NO
II she was witch. she said ~ an,
VII appeared to her In the shane or mn,