La Junta tribune., 1913-06-14
A DOUBLE
CONFESSION
The Singular Case ot . Psis
Of Lovery
., Sosss Z 0oel we

sssAA&~SssstsHsssssAsHAss
Oos OF the qnestioos ~ to what b
snd what IL not siso owsble 10 the s~gsi
profession that iay0,eS are not sN to
undersiAu I'd 10 whether u 10 hOUorsbae
for . ID wyer 10 defend . client who
bas coufessed hiuas-lf guilty. of tb~
crtme With which I've h charged One
Of the reason. why ibia is Sot only ai
io~sbie for sn attorney. but V hl.
duty. 10 that the confession usy b.
false. Nary persooa have Isbored IN
der Q hsiiucihs tSou that they bsve
cOmmitted . crime OF which they sns
entirely tnn0 0ent
! had . very singular case OF this
kind when ! vas Sprscticiug. before !
went on ,h~ brnch A young msn
wss sccuse,t Of forging his uucie's viii
He WIS hsir .st Ia y To the property 10
volved BY reason Of relationship to the
testztoe But several yesrs befors the
will vas drs wn one was executed ieav'
his bouseke~,per IL vas this house
keeper. AIMS R!akr who accused the
beneficiary under the second Will with
having forged his uncie's name to IL
Arnold Jefferson. nv client. when !
came to confer with him about his
c,se. asked me whether ! would de-
fend a person who confessed himself
guilty. .sld that | would. where
opon he told me that In order to pre-
vent his uncie'. property from going
out OF tb. family sud secure II for
himself he had forged his uucie's name
to the second will
was somewhat staggered At this. for
n | proved him Innocent would divert
the property from the channel in which
tn. i.ststor Intended II TO 90 aud d..
60 TO a criminal I piled the young man
with questions - TO how he had come
to perp.trate such n crime. aud he told
me that h. wss In iov. with girl
" HON he would like TO marry and did
no, consider himself shi- 10 do 50 with
out thi, property Beside b. believed
that his unci. was Intending TO i.sv.
u TO him a, tn. time OF his death
N | declined to take the cas-. and b.
could get no other lawyer to do So the
Judge would assign him counsel There
fore I procc-,icd with H. though reluc-
isntly. Tor II Is no, pleasant for con
scientious lawyer to defend n man who
has admitted his guilt | would cou'cnt
myself with irving 10 get my client OF
with ~ light sentence as possible.
There was chanre for th. young
man IN this EXPERTS In rhirurraphy
would h. rall.d who would compar.
the .ignE'ur. 90 th. will with letter
sons handwriting These experts sr-
apt 10 differ m su"h matters The
piaintir rnii,-i IN. most prominent one
of the lot. WIN declared that nv client
must hay. written the signature To 10.
will employed another expert. who
testified thai h. rDuld not have written
u But unfortunately 1T the hyc .I
pert. called four testified that there
were certain strokes 10 IN. signature
that wen 10 he found Ia Jener~nn's
writing
There werr two signatures of wit
uexs-s th M, sfil jefferson was rhnrg
ed With iorsiuE pnr ~ these persons
Edward Ruuu~pn wn- dead the nih''r
S.'as urfu-hv wnr not 10 h. found
They Nvr. SuH,o~.-d to bc myths and
the plaintiffs attorneys, though 'h''y
had no prp"f that the defendant had
written their name. threw out broad
mint that h. had done 80
The cnse i"ok,d ~ desperate that |
ndvis.L my riignt tn rr,duce his con
f--sion and throw himself ou III. merry
~~ur. light sentence. wh-r-a, II he
persisted In denying his guilt In the
fac. of such conclusive evidence he
would very likely SET heavy one.
lie said that h. would think the mat.
ter over Ihi. ~ss after court nd
iourn-i on Saturday. aud I feared |
could not keep the trial In progress
more than day OF two longer And
~ n. rp>. stood Jefferson vas sur. Ia
h- convicted SUNDAY evening l re-
r-ived = rail- from q Young lady. Miss
Dora Wentworth. who turned all INV
expectation. s~ry Sh. told m- that II
was she. and not Arnold jefferson. who
had committed IN. forgery
felt II incumi-sni upon IN. To sub
i-ct her to searching ~iaminr lion
to get nj the truth Sh. said that she
wp. the r"r~on whom jefferson "a.
engaged To marry lie Ind been all
= in,-r should IT, until s,out the time
bi. uncle had died sud no will Va.
found leaving tn. property TO him
Then sh. told him thst Will would
b- found " .h. had 'o write on. her
.~if 1hi~ sh. sdd.d. she hsd dom.
! asked Miss Wentworth " she
would sign y written confession 10
,hl. effect. ani -h. .sid n. would -,
! asked her 10 write II H.fnr- she
could again s.- Jefferson ! went 10 the
'nll aud. showing him her confession.
asked him VII, h" had mad. n false