Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-05-10

modern sanitary arrangements. There
are roomy corridors for daily exercise
and luxurious shower baths can be OBJ
tanned free for the asking. There are
chapels for the religiously inclined
and library for the studious. The
food is wholesome and we'll prepared
in large. scrupulously clean kitchen
situated on the top floor. Carping
critics have. indeed, declared the
Tombs to be too luxurious, declaring
that habitual criminals enjoy a stay
at the prison and actually commit
crime so that they may enjoy some of
its hotel-like comforts.
1t was with a sinking heart and a
dull, gnawing sense of apprehension
that Annie descended from a south
bound Madison avenue car in Center
street and approached the small por-
tai under the forbidding gray walls.
She had visited prison once before,
when her father died. She remem-
bered the depressing ride in the train
to Sing Sing. the formidable steel
cells, each with its involuntary occu-
pant in degrading stripes and closely
cropped hair. and the uniformed
guards armed with rifles. She remem-
bered how her mother wept and. how
she had wondered why they kept her
poor dada in such an ugly place. To
think that after all these years she
was again to go through a similar ex-
perience.
She had nerved herself for the or
deal. Anxious as she was to see How
ard and learn from his lips all that
had happened. she feared that she
would never be able to see him behind
the bars without breaking down. Yet
she must be strong SO she could work
to set him free. So much had hap
pened in the last two days. It seemed
month since the police had sent for
her at midnight to hurry down to the
Astruria, yet it was only two days
ago. The morning following her try
ing interview with Capt. Clinton in
the dead mans apartment she had
cess. The police held him close
prisoner. pretending that he might
make an attempt upon his life There
was nothing for her to do but wait.
1ntuitively she realized the neces-
sity of Immediately securing the ser.
vices of an able lawyer. There was
no doubt of Howard's innocence, but
she recalled with a shiver that even
innocent persons have suffered capi-
tai punishment because they were un-
able to establish their innocence, so
overwhelming were the appearances
against them. He must have the best
lawyer to be had, regardless of ex-
pense. Only one name occurred to
her. the name Of man of interna-
tional reputation, the mere mention
of whose name in courtroom filled
the hearts of the innocent with hope
and the guilty with dread. That man
was Judge Brewster. She hurried
downtown to his office and waited an
hour before he could see her. Then
he told her, politely but coldly, that
he must decline to take her case. He
knew we'll who she was and he eyed
her with some curiosity, but his man.
ner was frigid and discouraging.
There were plenty of lawyers in New
York, he said. She must go else
where. Politely he bowed her out
Half of a precious day was already
lost. Judge Brewster refused the
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In despair, almost desperate, she
drove uptown to Riverside drive and
forced an entrance into the Jeffries
home. Here, again, she was met with
a rebuff. Still not discouraged, she
returned to Judge Brewster's Office.
He was out and she sat there an hour
waiting to see him. Night came and
he did not return. Almost prostrated
with nervous exhaustion, she returned
to- their deserted little fiat in Harlem.
1t was going to be hard fight, she
saw that. But she would keep right
on, no matter at what cost Howard
could not be left alone to perish with
out hand to save him. Judge Brew
ster must come to his rescue. He
could not refuse. She would return
again to his office this afternoon and
sit there all day long, if necessary,
until he promised to take the case.
He alone could save him. She would
go to the lawyer and beg him on her
knees If necessary, but first she must
see Howard and bid him take courage.
A low doorway from Center street
gave access to the gray fortress. At
the heavy steel gate stood a portly
policeman armed with big key. Each
time before letting people in or out
he inserted this key in ponderous
lock. The gate would not open mere.
ly by turning the handle. This was
to prevent the escape of prisoners,
who might possibly succeed in reach