Atlanta Georgian., 1912-07-18
The Gates of Silence -
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.
By Meta Szmmtn5, Author Of f"Hu5hed Up"

Al =
o4d about that system Of finger prints.
e HE thouuht ran on. Was It really so
In+aIIble as Il professed to be2 he won
4ered The whole system In reality was
ox+raordlnarily unlike that of which he
hsd read detailed descriptions In ilIustrat-
ad rosnazInes, At Brxton they had made,
ant an impression of an ordinary thumb
mark such as a dirty finger might leave on
= white surface, but an Ingenious square
I,,nresslon that showed the lines at the
.idss Of the thumb as we'll as those on
+he fat Of tan Impression of every fin
1sr Of each hand with It's side markings.
sl++lno there In the dock, with every eye
Il, The court on him, with the woman he
loved sitting so near him, with Death
,Naltina for him In the background, that
was what Jack Rln1ngton thought Of
while the prosecution stated Its case-of
tha couper plate and the linked roller by
means Of which his finger marks had been
,soIs4ered at BrIxton, and the sign of his
Arst fnoer fresh dipped on the linked plato
.ha+ had accompanied his signature to the
Soyrr. like wafer on a legal document.
Words forced themselves on his hear
ing
when arrested the prisoner stated that
bs was on the point of visiting the police,
With view to communicating to them
hts knowledge Of certain facts concerning
occurrences at the house In Tempest
street He would leave it to the court to
consider the remarkable silence which the
prisoner had maintained as to his pres
ence in Tempest street on the night of
tNe murder, even although another man
baS been arrested for the murder, and
vvo1ld inevitably, but for an accident al
-1ogt unparalleled in the annals of crime,
have suffered the supreme penalty of the
law for an offence of which he was t1no-
cent"
The voice OF the prosecuting counsel
was a s1endid weapon OF irony at that
r,ornent as he raised 1t and looked across
at the man In the dock, who became all
az onoe an object, no longer for doubt
full pity, but for well-merited scorn and
detestatdon-
IT leave IL to the court to imagine what
WAS the reason that dictated the remark
able silence ON the part of the prisoner" "
the spiendidly ironical voice continued,
''the man Of honorable training. of pre-
sunably the average instincts OF a gen
tleman. who had been heard to speak in
tones of the utmost violence of the mur-
dered man, who was known to have nour-
ished a long-standing grudge against
him
Rinfngton, listening now in spite of
himself, heard the speaking man forge
link after link in the plain chain of facts
that formed the case for the treasury.
Such convincing chain-and. next to
the presence OF those blood stained fin
ger prints on the wall. the strongest link
in It had been forged by SAKE when, at
the inquiry, he had allowed the fact to
be reluctantly drawn from him that his
presence there in Tempest street that
night had been due to the fact of an ap-
pointnent with the prisoner on matter
connected with the murdered man and
another whose name he had refused to
utter-a lady's name communicated in
writing to the Judge. The prisoner had
denied keeping the appointment. but had
afterwards admitted that he had done so.
Nothing could have been more reluctant
than the financter's Notwithstanding
had moro impressed the jury who had
committed Rimington for trial.
And now today
'oh, they'll get their verdict, right
enough" Rtmington said to himself, and
refused to look across the court to where
Betty Lumsden sat with a face whittier
than her dress and eyes that held a hor-
ror worse than death.
The first witness for the prosecution
YVES Paul Sake. His cross examination
had not ended when the court adjourned
for luncheon.