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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-18
CINCINNATI MINERS
NAME LEADERS

Cincinnati, Oct 17.--The Cincinnati
Miners Union which was recently re-
instated has elected officers as follows.
President--John Wood.
Vice president--Harry Potter
Recording secretary--Wm. Samson.
Financial secretary-T. z. Aiken.
Treasured. M. Cline.
Other officers which are appointive
will be announced later.
The trouble that led to the suspen-
sion OF the Cincinnati local started at
the Big Tom mine of the Armstrong
Coal Co. and was over mine props.
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karsas City Live. Stock.

Kansas city, MO, oct. 17.-H6ss-
Receipts, 5000; market SC lower; bulk
OF sales, s7.s66s.70; heavy, $s@S,2o;
packers and butchers, $s@s.20; pigs.
$6@7.75. ~
Cattle r. Receipts, 1,o0o; market
steady; prime fed steers, SS.75@9.3b;
dressed beef steers. 37.7b@s75: west
ern steers, $S.40@S.76; southern steers.
35.5o@7; Cows, $4.2507; heifers, $50
.; stockers and feeders, S5.50@7.so;
bulls, $500 $50: calves, $6@s.
7 Sheep -sRecetpts. $500: market
strong: lambs, 3s@6.75; yearlings. $50
$50; wethers, 3A@A75: ewes, S3.400
as.
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Chicago Primaries.
Car Lot Receipts,

Chicago, Oct. 17.-car lots receipts
today: ss, q ;fsl,
wheat As cars. with . Of contract
grade.
corn-1os cars. with 4s Of contract
grade
oats-1o5 cars, with IL Of contract
grade
Total receipts of wheat at Chicago,
Minneapolis and Duluth today were 556
cars, compared with 1870 cars the COR
responding day year ago.
Estimated cars tomorrow, Chicago:
Wheat-30.
Corn-111.
Oats-80. a
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New York Money; Closing. !.

New York, Oct 17.-Prime mercan-
tile paper-511 @6%.
Sterling exchange-Weak at S4.sl.l5
for so days and &4.S5.46 for demand.
~ Commercial bills-$4.80A.
Government bonds-Strong; raiiroad
bonds easy.
Money on call-Easier, 3@3h%: rul-
inK rate, 81 closing. AZ @3h.
Time loans-Steady: 80 days. @
so; 80 days. bA; six months, AZ @5.
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DEATHS.

KEELEY-Friday. October II, 1913 at
5;45 q. m. at the family residence,
b S14 West Main street, John Robert
Kelley, aged 40 years. The deceased
J, is survived by his wife Mary c.
Keeley.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day morning at 8 o'clock from st..
'Marys church conducted by Very Rev.
F. w. Hoppmann. Interment will be
made In Calvary cemetery.
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New York Produce.

Z New York, Oct. -17.--Butter-Marke
steady and unchanged; receipts. 6,497
tubs.
Cheess-Barely steady; receipts LII
ETgs-steady; receipts, 5000 cases;
nearby hennery whites, ~ to size and
quality, $50 SIC.
Pouitry-Live. steady, western chick
iens, 14@14hc; fowls. 15@16c; turkeys.
tic.
1Dressed--Dull and weak; fresh killed
western chickens. l4@2sc; fowls, 1870
,leMc; turkeys. 22@26c.
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Kansas City Cash Grain.

Kansas City. Mo-. Oct. 1.-THE cash
grain market follows:
Wheat--No. = red. So q sec; No. 8 red
$50 87hc; No. 4 red, s2@85c: No. :
hard, S19S7c: No. 3 hard, SO0s5c;s No.
4 hard. Sac.
Corn--No. z. Ike: No. 2 white.
73he: No. white, 7Sc; No. 3. 701lc;
No. yellow. TIC.
Oats--No.s2, sSAc; No. 8 white, ssH
@ssc; No. 3 oats. s7hc; No. white,
% e. ,f5Eaa lt3 tfs-EFa fEt }t5 Va t'fst
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Chicago Live Stock; Closing.

Chicago. oct. 1.-THE closing live
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market best shade higher
than opening; others weak; receipts.
$4,000; estimated tomorrow, 1l.000;
bulk, 3795@8.30; light, $1.75@S.36:
mixed. 37.so@s.5o; heavy. $1769s.Ab;
rough, $7.75@I90.
Cattle Market strong; receipts, B.
600; top, 3s.b5.
Sheep-Market strong; receipts. -
900; top, $5.O5; lambs top, $7.15.
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St. Louis Cash Grain.

St. Louis, Mo-. Oct. 1.-THE cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-No. 2 red. se@91hc; No. 3
red. $50; No. 2 hard, Ss@ssc; DO. 8
hard, SAVE.
corn-No. 2, zoe: No. 2, white, Tic;
No. 2 yellow. zoe; No. 8 white, 6sc; No.
8. 6sc; No. 3 yellow, sc.
Oats-No. 2 white, 4oNc: No. 3 oats,
3S@3Shc;' No. 3 white. 3o1s @40c: No.
4 white, ssh @39c: No. oats, 370
37hc; standard, 40@40hc.
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Chicago Produce.

Chicago, Oct observation-disclosures
Esgs-Receipts. 4,4S5 cases; UNI
changed.
q Potatoes--FEgher; receipts, 60 cars;
MichiRans and Wisconsins, 57@6Sc;
Minnesota and Ohio, 63@65c.
Poultry-Unchanged.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-18

New York, Oct. 17-Raw su9ar-tt
STEADY; muscovado. s.ssc; CENTRIFUGAL
s.4Sc; molasses, 2.72c.
I. Observation-Disclosures to Is points
higher; cut loaf, $500; crushed. So.1o;
mould ~" S4.75; cubes, $3.50; xxx"
powdered, $40; powdered. 34.35: nne
Franulated, S4.s5; diamond "a" s4.25;H
connectioners "a" $40: No. l, $4.15.
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.Kawsas City Grain Futvr,,. I

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 1.-THE clos
Ing grain futures follow:
Wheat-Dec., 1850; May, s4lsc
Corn-Dec., 6SAc asked; May, 7oK
@70Hc;s July, 70xc bid.
Oats-Dec., 38N@3Shc; May, 42Mc.
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Peoria Cash Grain.

Peoria, NJ, Oct. 1.-THE cash grain
market follows
Corn-Receipts, SO cars: No. yellow
68Ac: No. 3 yellow. sSAc.
Oats-Receipts, 8 cars; ~ No. 2 white,
39c; standard, 8S%c. NE
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Omaha Cash Grain.

OMAHA, Nebr.. Oct. t7.-The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-No. ? hard, 40 7sc; No. 3
hard. 1914 @7sc. AL
y Corn-No. 2 white. 6SAc; No. white
CSC: No. 2 yellow, $50: No. 8 yellow.
'e7Ac; No. 2, 6sle@67Ac; No. 3, 66A0
671sc.
/. Oats--No. white, 1914 m36Ac.
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LITTLE CHANGE IN
THE HOG. MARKET E
SLIGHT ADVANCE FOLLOWS Low
AND DULL oPEkINo-cATrLE
> BuYERs INACTIVE.

Chicago, oct. 17.-Hogs today made a
little gain after dull opening and lower.
Cattle trade had no activity. Offer
.ings OF sheep and lambs were only
moderate
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ELECTRICIAN RESIGNS.

Eddyville, Oct. ia. Mcmahon who
has been electrician for the city of
Eddyville for number of years, has
resigned his position on account OF
poor health.
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k.o.aa CITY Produce.
New York Sugar.

kansas city, Mo-. Oct: 17:-Butter,
exTs and poultry unchanged.
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F. Stevens, auditor.

. 3. ! y : I. : :.
Claims approved by the board Of
supervisors for third quarter. 1918.
Name Nature Of claim Amt.
Areingdale, Chas., int. on Co. .
warrants .............s.a....$ BILL
Anderson, r. A.. ground hog .25
Anderson, Hervey, ground hog 30
Anderson, r. A.. rattle snake. 30
Abernathy, J. NJ, gopher $500. 1S0
Anderson, A. G. q Son, paup.
fuel .......M. 1s.4s
Anchor coal Co., paup fuel. 1871
Altman, D. W., paup. nhdse. ... n.25l
Aubry & Nowviock. paup. mdse $500
Anderson, A. p, paup. mdse... 300
Alcott, H. j., dragging road 4. $50
Apley & Wellman. dragging
Abegg, Walter, hauling sand !. 800
Briggs, Oliver F., col. del. per-
sonal tax ....... 1891
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Minnsapo cIo,inu wh..t.

M1nneapOI1s, Mimi, Oct. T.-C1osing
wheat-No. ] hard, S3Ac; No. l north
ern. s0A@s2%c: No. 3 northern 7sNn
s0Nc; No. wheat, 7sA @7sAc; Dec,
S0Nc; May, sec.
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BOARD PROCEEDINGS

Proceedings of the board Of super
visors. Saturday, September 20, 1913,
being the fifth day OF the September
session The board met pursuant to
adjournment Members present,
President J. w. Hall and J.,R Stods-
hill, H. b. Patterson being absent; J.
w. Hall in the chair. The minutes Of
last meeting read and approved. On
motion the following named banks OF
Wapello county were selected 40
county repositories, and their bonds
for the security OF the county's de-
posits were approved: Eldon Savings
bank. Manning 4 Epperson State
bank, Eddyville, First National bank
Of Eldon, BlAkesburg Savings bank.
FArson Savings bank, Peoples Saw
ings bank OF BlAkesburg.
The following resolution fixing the
Ottuhwa city assessors salary was
adopted:
Resolution.
Whereas, the laws Of the thirty
fifth general assembly Of the state Ut
Iowa require that the board Of super
visors fix an annual salary for the
city assessor OF the city OF Ottumwa,
Iowa, and
Whereas, the sum Of $l,400 per an
mum appears to this board to be a
Just and reasonable salary for such
city assessor, and 10 said assessor ~
satisfied with said salary, and In re.
gard to bill flied for month OF April.
May, June and July, this board agrees
to allow the Assessor the amount Of
$97 SO in full settlement of his claim
under this law for said months, and
said assessor has agreed to accept
the same. Now therefore be it
Resolved, BY the board of super
visors Of WApello county, Iowa, now
In regular session on this Goth day of
September, 1913, that the county
auditor be and he ID hereby instruct
ed and ordered BY this board to pay
to John #. Peck, the city assessor Of
Ottumwa city, the sum Of $97.S6 in
full settlement Of his back pay for
the months of April, May, June and
July, and a full months salary Of
$116.66 for the month of August, and
said auditor shall draw warrant on
the county fund for $214,52, the
amount OF his bill as corrected, and
also pay said assessor S116.66 each
month during his term Of office.
Passed and approved this goth day
LOT September, 1918, and signed as fol
lows: 81
]. w. Hall, President.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-18

QUARTERLY CONFERENCE OCT. 10
West Point. Oct. 1.-THE first guar
terly conference Of the year will be
held at the M. e. church Saturday af-
ternoon. Rev. G. l.. Tenant Of Mt.
Pleasant, will preside.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-18
]. w. Hall, President.
J. r.. Stodghill.
ri. B. Patterson.
r. Stevens. auditor.

Attest. r. Stevens. auditor.
This being the day set by the
county auditor for the board OF
supervisors to hear complaints In re-
gard to the resolution Of necessity
designating certain cement bridges Il
be constructed by the board, and al
there were no complaints filed and
no complaints of any kind heard by
the board, 1t war moved and seconded
that we proceed with the construc
ton OF the cement bridges ~
sity. Motion carried.
The balance OF the day was spen
In transacting other business. OF
motion the board adjourned to meet
Monday. October 8, at Or o'clock q. m
J. w. Hall, chairman
Attest. F. Stevens, auditor.
Proceedings OF the board OF super
visors. Monday. October g., 1913, be
ing the sixth day of the September
session. The board met pursuant x
adjournment, members present, j. r
Stodghill and n. B. Patterson, Priest
dent ]. w. Hall being absent. J. II
Stodghill acting president Minutes Of
last meeting read, and approved. Some
claims were allowed and balance Of
day was spent transacting other bust
ness. On motion the board adjourned
to meet Wednesday. October 8, at
o'clock a. m.
J. W. Hall, president.
Attest. F. Stevens. auditor.
| = . ! . ~ 3 g.. = ~
PROCEEDINGS Of the board OF super
visors, Wednesday, October s, 1913
being the seventh day Of the Septem
Der session. The board met pursuant
to adjournment, members all present
President J. w. Hall in the chair. Min
utes of last meeting read and ap
proved. The day was spent In allow:
ing claims and transacting other bust
ness. On motion the. board adjourned
to meet Thursday, October 8, at
]. W. Hall, chairman.
Attest. F. Stevens, auditor. >
Proceedings Of the board of super
yisors, Thursday. October 9, 1918, be
ing the eighth day Of the September
SCSStOus UOuIu iAOC pursuant ~
adjournment, members all present
President J. w. Hall In the chair. The
minutes Of last meeting read and ap
proved. The third quarterly report o.
w. T. Wilson, clerk OF the district
court, was approved. The third quar-
terly report Of ]. F.. Stevens, county
auditor, was approved. The third
quarterly reports Of L. F.. Cawley
county recorder, were approved. The
report Of w. P. Van Fossan, oversee'
Yof the poor for Ottumwa city, FOL
quarter ending September 80, was ap
proved. The tax abatement petition y
Miss M. ]. Carson was approved upor
recommendation OF the Ottumwa city
council. The resignation Of Franb
Sayler as road superintendent fol
Keokuk township, was approved. TIL.
balance OF the day was spent in al
lowing claims. On motion the board
adjourned to meet Monday, October
81, at 9 O'clock a. m. u
J. ". Hall, chairman.
Attest. r. Stevens, auditor. :.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-10-30
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRING WIFE
After Four Years Of Discouragins
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Up in Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.

Catron, Ky.-ln an interesting letter
from this place, Mrs. Bette Bullock
writes as follows: 81 suffered for four
years, with womanly troubles, and during
this time, could only sit up for a little
while, and could not walk anywhere al
all. AT times, ! would have severe pains
in my left side.
The doctor was called in, and his treat
ment relieved me for a while, but was
soon confined to my bed again. After
that, nothing seemed to do me asaasaea!1f
| had gotten so weak ! could not stand,
and | gave up in despair.
At last, my husband got me bottle Of
Cardui, the woman's tonic, and COM
menced taking it. From the very first
dose, | could tell it was helping me. I
can now walk two miles without its
firing me, and am doing my work."
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Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-10-30

i've Is utterly lacking, II we eliminate
partisan hatred. 1t was shown that
Whalen killed him in an impulse of
passion, and that alone saved him
from the death penalty. But feel that
my reasoning is valid. The convlc-'
ton was strengthened by Whalen's
manner and expression the other day.
He never killed Brokoski, tell you"
Gilman smote his thigh for emphasis
"Why he chooses to die in prison a
silent martyr / don't mow-but the
woman does"
The governor assumed a sitting pos.
ture.
Damn i'll" exclaimed Gilman, after
a momentary silence, III those stupid
police had examined the mud in the
alley beneath the window that night,
they would have found tracks that
would have changed the course of
this whole business"
The governor bent farther forward,
burying himself in an intense concen-
tratlon Of mind For time interim
nable to Gilman, he sat thus. His cigar
went out. The ice in his glass melted,
spun on the crystal brim, and sank
with tiny splash and tinkle.
Gilman took sip Of liquor. lighted
a fresh cigarette, rose, and walked up
and down the room. He thought Of
the election, so near at hand. He
looked at the governor bowed there be.
fore him. What was Whalen, or the
woman, or anybody to him? Let the
prisoner diel What was he to the
governor? John Chatham's party
needed him, his country needed him.
his time needed him, mankind and hui
man progress needed him. II he par
/ doned Whalen, what was to become OF
him? The conviction OF Brokosld's
murderer alone could save him from
such apparent qualification, here on
the eve of an election at which, in the
foolish phrase of modern politics, he
sought vindication. Was this convlc
ton possible? The bare thought halted
Gilman beside the governor He lait
a hand on his shoulder
"These abstruse propositions
wouldn't stand before a jury in Grim
inal court" he said. Let Whaler
stay"
The governor lifted his head.
"But you just now said that he wal
not Brokosli's murderer"
Gilman hesitated. When he spoke
he said;
"a Jury of twelve sworn men ha
said that he Is"
Two days after the private secre
tary's return the newspapers wer
full Of stories concerning his move
ments. Whalen's picture was exploit
ed correspondents sought the Cover
nor for interviews, aud the Courie
charged that, in his desperation, he II
tended to pardon Whalen, that h
might have, in his campaign, the a'
sistance Of that skilled and unscrupl
lous manipulation. The pack of oour
try newspapers took up the Courier
cry. Whalens Illness was either Il
nored. or referred to rs felenad.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-10-30

rs Ton. He breathed with difficulty, but
that may have been due to his dis
ease. At last he raised his shaven
head,
"Mr. Gilman" he said, "I see what
you're getting at. I have told you I
did not commit the crime for which
am here.
"But you haven't answered my ques-
tion," said Gilman, interested in spite
of himself, for a great fear was grow
ing up within him; you have not told
me who did kill Brokoski."
The convict lifted his eyelids slow
ly, and fastened his vision upon his
interlocutor. And then he said very
deliberately and distinctly:
mo, Mr.. Gilman, and l never will"
Gilman left the penitentiary with
more than its gloom upon him. He
declined the warden's ELUSIVE invita-
ton to stay to dinner. He wanted to
get away. He could not forget the
shine in Whalen's eyes. And the fear
Wllulu pOSSesSSu HILL
When he reached the city, after din
ing at the chop house where his old
friends foregathered, he went out to
Fifteenth street. Costello had sold
his barber shop, and the place had be-
come saloon. The saloon was quiet
that night. Gilman drank with the
bartender, and, of course, talked about
the Brokoski killing. The bartender
had made a study Of that case, and
discussed it with the curled lip of the
specialist.
"They didn't do a ting to Tom but
t'row the hooks into i'm all right, all
right. 1t was case Of him in the
stripes from the start. Say, them law
yer guys and fiy-cops'd frost you"
Then carefully locating the actors in
the tragedy, he reproduced 1t wildly
before Gilman's eyes. Brokoski had
faced the wall where the hole was.
Whalen's back had been to it. Bro
koski had sat with his back to the
window. The barkeeper plunged his
red hands into drawer, ratified a
corkscrew, a knife, revolver and q
jigger, and then drew out small
piece of lead. It was a thirty-eight
caliber bullet.
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wound as Brokoskis the point Of
the missiles entrance from the point
of exit OF course it is not certain.
The youth the police called did not
think such an inquiry important,
whereas it was vital. A pistol fired
point-blanl1 at man would blacken
his breast with powder. The velocity
of the ball, fired at such range might
have been sufficient to knock the man
over backward, instead of allowing
him to fall upon his face as he did.
Then, there's the window. 1t was shat
tered, the police said, by the ball. Even
the glass in the upper sash was broken.
The frame on the outside was black
ened by powder the stains even now
being visible Now, bullet flying the
distance 1t must have traversed be-
tween Whalen's hand and the window,
would, in all probability, simply have
perforated the glass with round,
clean hole But the weapon having
been fired in close proximity, the con-
cussion shattered the whole window"
After a silence Gilman resumed:
NOW, then assume that the bullet
entered Brokosli's back and emerged
from his breast. The conclusion de-
duced from tue circumstances / have
suggested is impregnable when that
bullet is located in a position in front
Of Brokoski,"
During the recital the governor lay
; In his deep chair, his arms across his
breast, his finger-tips together. He re-
garded Gilman through half-closed
eyes. A thoughtful observer would
have said that he had heard the essen
tial elements of the tale before. When
he spoke, after silence which had
begun to annoy the private secretary
he said:
"Well, your hypothesis is tenable.
In fact, it is one of the prettiest cases
l ever saw put together"
Gilman stirred uneasily.
"But did you learn anything as to
the identity of the person, who, If
your suppositions are correct, killed
Brokoski?"
That's the weak point" Gilman
promptly admitted "A sufficient mo-
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"That's the boy that done Brokosh,"
he said.
"Where did you get it?" asked Gil
man. with the mild awe a curio excites
In men.
The bartender pointed to q ragged
hole in the wainscoting.
"Dug It out O. there with the ice
pick. I'm Sherlock, see? Sure" he
sneered, 1T might "a bounced off the
Polocks breast"
The man wiped his towel over the
bar in disgust.
Then seriously:
ION the dead Mr.. Gilman, II Tom
had his rights, he'd sent back to the
ward to die"
Gilman was troubled. He returned
in the morning and examined the
premises carefully. At two-twenty
that afternoon he was on the Limited,
flying back to the capital.
That evening he was sitting with
the governor in the library Of the
executive mansion.
Then Gilman told Of his interview
with Whalen.
HAS It ever struck you as peculiar"
he said, that the bullet was not in
troduced in evidence?"
mo" said the governor, mot very
The private secretary paused. When
he had done he laughed. The COVER
nor was seriously silent for many min
utes, and then he said:
Leonard, want you to tell me your
theory Of this whole business"
Gilman sat up. "Well," he said,
had 1t never occurred to you that II
would have been significant to deter.
mine where that bullet lodged as show
Ing its direction? 1t bored a hole clear
through BrokoslSi, but at which end
had II entered?"
81 presume the medical testimony
settled that" replied the governor. He
seemed TO find a species Of relief II
this thought.
YES" Gilman said, but the medi
cal testimony was bad. It consisted
Of tho conclusions Of young doctor
who examined Brokosli's body after 4
had grown cold He accepted VIVA
lens guilt as an established fact. H'
assumed that the bullet entered at tn,
breast. There was then nothing t
do but to trace its course through tn,
tissues Of the body If his views wer,
correct, the ball would have LODGED
somewhere behind BrokoslSl."
"But II few out into the alley" al
gued the governor "and shattered tn,
window in doing So"
"True," assented Gilman, "and ye
you assume all the while that whalel
fred the shot. OF course the circum
stances attending the tragedy, the oC
casion, the quarrel. Whalens flight
and the finding of his gun, lent stron
color to that presumption"
"But the shattered window" tn
governor interpolated.
Eyes, and the shattered window
Now" he continued, "a surgeon, e'
perienced In gunshot wounds, Nigh
have been able to distinguish in sue