Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-02

evening newspaper OlU mako u0T say
In type three inches high, Il loved
Lawrence Wade--is not that enough"
Then, when she refused any moro In
terviews, came the feminine sympathy
writer's. One of them pushed past the
guard In moment when Resale WAS
away and got an interview which won
her bonus from the city editor.
Others pecked at her during her pas 4
the inquest, supplying with imagine
Of information. "She is like . Venus
with q convent education wrote one.
That, perhaps, describes Constance
Hanska better than can.
When she went abroad. she faced
batteries of clicking camera shutters.
Her photograph. together with, Inn
pressionist drawings more or less 40
curate, blazonod the front page OF
every afternoon extra. Parenthetical-
", let me mention that to Miss Hard.
ing these pictures formed the most
thrilling feature Of the whole affair.
On the day after the inquest. an after.
noon yellow, being short Of news and
imagination, made an extra Of the
Three Beautiful Women In the
Hanska Case" They were Constance,
Betsy Barbara and Miss katherine
Harding. Publicly, Miss Harding ~
fected to Ibe injured In all her flier
feelings; secretaly, she bought ton
copies. AS for Lawrence Wade. his
breeding, hts athletic career, his per-
sonal comeliness-but Lawrence wade
Will enter In his proper place. gttst9
The newspapers were not the only
extra irritation. Mrs. Hanska's mail Z
grew until the postman approaoeled
the lie Grange boarding house LOOMING
like Christmas and departed looking
like Monday morning. Clipping bps
reaus. private detective agencies,
young men who wanted to be detec.
tives, unknown but cordial friends
their letters came BY dozens, by y
scores, by hundreds. Ill-spelledE notes
from Mills hotels limited at nytt6ft6Ne
knowledge. A man wrote from saht-s
forum In New Jersey to say that he
himself committed the murder because
Captain Hanska had assisted Napoleon Z
and Mary Queen of Scots to poster the
authors astral body. There were two
offers to star In vaudeville three TO- .
pose for moving pictures and proposals
enough to accommodate all New Eng
land. After the first day, Constance
never saw these letters. Betsy Bar
bara, her consider and aman,iensie,,
read them-and destroyed them I'M
answered She discussed therf WIEN
Rosalie alone. T&9tH !
On the morning. after the inquest.
Constance quietly took her plAce5lt
the common table in the dining room.
The rest Of the boarders sttlled their
tongues for embarrassment. And not
only embarrassment; undoubtedly
there was prejudice. Resale, presid-
ing at the head of the table, did not
make the mistake OF trying to lull this
feeling Immediately She let matters
take their course for two meala. AT
the third, she tactfully drew Constance
into IN argument over the distancesto
Paris. That served for IN opening
Little by little, the sweetness OF Con
stance, % exploited by Rosalie Lee
Grange, made it's own way. What had
been kind Of horror Of woman In
her situation, became pity and gym
patty. s,.s
AS for Betsy Baraba, that sprightly
young person was popular from the
first. She took hold Of the Hanska-
Wade case as though its settlement de-.
vOlyed upon her alone. Within throe
days she had interviewed every one in
the house, from Mrs. Moore to, Mtss
Estrilla and had formed half-dozen
theories, all proving the innocence Of
Lawrence Wade. It mattered not that
Rosalie, already her conhdant, shat
tered all these bubbles Betsy-Barbara
would simply interview her witness
again, and blow another. Constance
was her daily and hourly care.
She's bearing it, said Betsy
Barbara, reporting to Resale 'gLeg
Grange, "as / expected she. would.
Med be crying on everybody's
shoulder She does her crying alone
but it's telling on her. As for him.
he's splendid Just bully! Thatsths
only way to put it,
I leave to the newspapers the official
events-"the developments" OF the
week Indeed, they reported few -.
sentials which we do not alrea. "
know. The inquest was over; he
body OF Captain Hanska had trave.sd
the road of flesh to the crematory;
Lawrence Wade was held In the
Tombs without bail, to await action sof
the grand Jury. The evidence against
him was circumgtantial but strong.
He had proposed marriage to Mr4.
Hanska. Both he and his attorney
tried to keep that out when Constance
went on the stand; they lost. and she
told the fact with q simplicity which
filed columns and columns Of space
next morning. She insisted that he
never mentioned marriage after she
told him her story. Lawrence Wade,
naturally, wanted divorce Captain
Hsnska had refused There was the
motive, perfect, comprehensive. Wade
and Hanska had met twice befoTesA and
qua1reled both times. On the night of
the tragedy, Lawrence Wade, carrying;
q hand bag, had gone TO Captain
Hanska'B room at about 10 o'clock thu
bag contained, among other thinss,,
two knives.
(To be Continued.)
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