La Junta tribune., 1913-06-14

name to Il and pat 10 the namSs -
Witnea.s.. ~h", had 10 esi~t~nce
Here W.. 4 mIIed up shar. and -
mistake. A pair VI lovers were ssce
claiming IL tr guilty. aud sotei1
guilty. os . crime Wbi.h vas the 10
uoreut. which the guilty ooe: ! aae
nothing by which ~ de.'ide. ! ihouxhi
u tue expsrts should | submit III
oeW featurs Of Ih~ rsar u tesO!
What would II svsh: \ preis'uess.
su.,e of their evideinv hsd pFvveo ~
fer.oo guilty. They could DOT - 81
pected to - bsck on their former evt'
1eucv By declaring that Miss Went.
worth committsj The forgery.
couid get Other eIr~rta who bad -
yet heen brought into the case. bat
they deciar~d thai Ms. wrotuostb
had done The writing II would only
pe0vs ext,er testimony 10 b< wosh
le,A.
Here ! paused In my cogitsuoos. fss
wsa struck With sn ,dea might
produce Mis-. weufworth'a confesstoe
In court II would probs by be regnf0.
ed . ruse to save b~r lover. But cup
pose could eet eIrerts 10 testify that
ber ha nd writing bad 10 Il the charae'
ter,stlcs Of The forged sigusturs.
could ~ teast cave ~ elect H.
- me- evening l scted % this thought
and. though ! hsd dia,culsy In 6udisg
even Que expert vbo bsd DOT oeeo
called In the case. he hsd - good ~
pute for akill In bis professIon - aay
Of the OF herr To ny surprise. be told
me there ~as no doubt that Misc
Went worth was tbs guilty pary.
That settled my course for the fu-
tur~ The next day when the court
opened | produced the second confes
sion aud the afhdsvit Of the expert 10
chirograpby that In his opinion the
con'essors had forEed the signature to
the will In question
There was = great deal OF confusion
ssps-ct OF the case had entirely chang
-d Two different persons had con
f~ss-d to bsve written q signature that
could only have been written by one
After consultation with their client the
plaintiffs lawyers took the ground that
th. second will was Invalid becsuss
iher. was confession on the part OF
tb. beneficiary under II that he had
forged IL Therefore. the property 20
Ing to Anna Blake under the former
will. she had no Interest in further
crImirni prosecution They asked foe
an adjournment OF the court aud pro-
posed to me that II my client would
sign away all claim 10 his uncl.'s prop
-rty they would drop the prosecution
against him md 80 FAR as they were
concerned would not prosecute Mis-
Wentworth
declined th. proposition on the
ground that II va. impossible TO prove
either OF the lovers guilty. But they.
f.clin. confident that tn. chsncery
court would Civ. their client the prop
erty under th. earlier will. dropped The
matter aud Jefferson went forth frxe
man
Nv own solution OF the problem To-
volyed In the two confessions wss
that jefferson. being disappointed Ia
inh-riiinc the property. xigninrd that
the msrriBc. could not take place
This threw IN the wsy OF Miss Wen
worth temptation ihrt she could Dot
resist She ropeoct.d a later Will, but
her lover IN oricr 10 save her from the
consequence of her Grim. when cfimI
nai prO'c.-ilns. were comm-nccd ruu
fs-ss~d himself guilty Nevertheless
WIS not certain a. to tins or anyihIu.
concerning the PARTIES OF 10. nrsir no
which they ser- concerned That vi
thrf one uf the other or both w-F.
guilty I did not doubt. but this opinion
wis rather based on the evidence tuEU
on the bearing or app-arancr oi -iihrr
uf them could not throw on an im
PRECISION Tint jefferson was on. f.
low aud Mis-. Wentworth was iov..g
sin Aud hnd not each attempted fu
reli-y. the other OF the burden by
couf.->ionf
The mstt-r of the Inheritance VS.
still In ih. chauc.ry court when oue
day ! received a letter from u man in
Australia | had thnt day received 40
Invitation Ia The wedding OF Arnold
Jefferson and Dora Wentworth pat
the letter In my pocket aud said moth.
INK Ebout II tili I attended the we'd
ding. which took pisc~ In little
church with no sft-ndsnts except my
self. indeed. 1, hsd not been expected
that even I would scc-pt when ihs
clergyman who performed the c-re
mon, came 10 the word. with all ~,
worldly good. | thee ~ndo~" and The
groom had repeated them I called
halt aud produced the letter I had re-
c~i,~d from Australia Il r~sd ss fol
lows:
Hav. seen In sn American n-~spsp.f
reference TO tho cas- sgainst Arnold JET
f-rson ! ~as an Intrinsic friend Of the
late William Jefferson and ~ss one Of ~
Witnesses TO = ~ili he made . fss w--s,
before hts death return to Am.rica
sonn on business and Gill cali upon you
not long after YOU f.e-i,. this