The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-13
The Wiching Hour
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(Continued from Page 6.) thet a conviction would be secured.
 Tho close of this first day of the srtal was . sad one for the little group eoUpoaing the defence and associated with 1t The boy himself was too Intelligent to be deceived by the reas- surance of his attorneys, but was also too grateful for what was being done tn his behalf not to take kindly the well-meant efforts of his attorneys at deception. There was sustaining com panionship in the company of his mother and of Viola, but the quality of comfort that supplied the nearest approach to contagious courage he got from the strong and silent grip Of Brookfield and through his determin- Ad eye.
 It was not in Helen's heart. to leave her boy while it was possible to be with him. and although both Brook aeld and the lawyers advised against 1t, she accompanied him, with the consent of his custodians, on his walk from the courtroom to the jail. This short journey took the party out-of- dooxD and through the alleyway known as Congress street. Along this pave way. Helen walking at Ciayo 0des with Viola and Brookneld just behind. Tho curious were there to note the passing of the prisoner, but they were remarkably respectful in the presence of the ladies, and 1t was character1stlc 3omgers fin front of the hotel and the cafe removed their hats in courteous silence aS the party passed.
 The evening was spent at Brook- Aeldio rooms in a general council or the family, the attorneys. and the ex- perts. The testimony of the day was reviewed, the plan of the case for the defenoS gone over for the hundredth time. and a programme for the coming day arranged.
 It was the opinion of Colonel Bailey, who led the defensive forces, and the and Brookneld, that nothing was to be gained by wearying the court or jury in combaAing facts that the prosecu- tion had established with the excep- tfon of the single false assumption chat . hatred had been built up in Clay'0 heart for Denning. Brook Aeld's own testimony would show. fpr- thexmore, that where one man lost and another gained, the gain and loss were not necessarily reciprocal, but that the loser lost to the house or it's proprietor, and that the winner like wise won from the house or it's pro- prietor. The principal thing to be established was the existence of Clays averBion to the cat's-eye, his inability to look at the jewel and retain his self control. The existence of siuni- lar idioayucrasies, of which record was preeerved in the medical books, was to be told by the experts. The loss of so3f-control in one go afflicted was also to be established. This line of defence frequently reiterated. this pro- grammo several times rehearsed, in- duoed . Semblance of hope in Helen's 5ourned and she retired for the night. Long after that, however. Colonel BailoY, Brool11eld, end Eaunger sat to- gefhor in tho library, a gloomy trio flod with f0reboding for the mor- row's development.
 On tho witness stand next day Helen told U the existence of the same in- eHplfeAble abhorrence of the jewel on her own part, of one or two illnesses which, when younG women. she had undervene as the result of looking at the saSceptibiiity, of ifs partial cure. She fo3d olso Of the inherited loath- in& in her boy, of her grief at the dfScoveFy of the same. of the care with which che had guarded him from exposure to the influence of the jewell; and of his singular behavior upon the dentally come to his attention.
 Brookneld and the attorneys sew with . fising hope the eftect of her story upon her listeners. Back of all she Qn wSs the simple wish of a true. woman to earnestly tell the truth. There was no attempt at effect, there was not the slightest inharmonieus expr0ooion no touch of vehemenee-l nothxng whatever but a few sad pages of family history patheticaly and re- iuctantly revealed
 Whether by his own request or as a result of his chiefs recognition of his abtla<y for the task. the cross-exami- natiof of Helen was intrusted to Harmnth. The witness and her friends all were prepared for an exhibition of rudeness and brutality. They were disappointed. With a suavity and tho esteem of tho jury. Hardmuth be- ean his tntefrogations.
 ssYou were treated for his suscepti- blIny os which you have spoken, Mrs. Whippls. this remarkable and incon- vepisnt susceptibiiityr by a physician eDceS"
 ~By your family physician. was 1t
 Fly mothers family phyuician-yes. sir..
 ssyfes. meant your mothers fam fly physician. believe you said that this physician had treated your moth- CT for q similar susceptibility, or idio- syncrasy, as it has been called?"
 ~Ees, sir" #
 You were aware of the existence of this dislike to a cat's-eye jewel on tho part of your mother?"
 .Ye9s sir" <sf4t1
 -You have frequently heard her speak of it?"
 sT have"
 And the physician that had treated her also treated you?'
 "Yes. sir
 "ho you mind telling us his name?'
 "No, sirADr Lane."
 Do you gee the gentleman in the court-roomr
 '.Dr. Lane fs dead"
 "Oh-well. that's too bad. He died recently?"
 .'No. sir-Dr. Lane has been dead some years"
 Do you mind telling the jury, Mrs. Whipple, how old you were at the time of Dr. Lanes death-or about how old2''
 ..I think I was seventeen years of are when Dr. Lane died-''
 "At that tune you were completely cured of this difhculty?"
 ssYou say this same idiosyncrasy made its appearance in your son?'
 "Yes. sir"
 ..saniciently to require pedical at- tenfion?"
 'sYes. sir"
 ssWhat physician treated him?"
 My husband was a physician him. self"
 That hardly answers my question, Mrs. Whipple; do you mind telling x1H~ <~R 73Av~