The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-20
CONTINUED from yesterday

been retained as COUNSEL. but refusing
TO tell who had employed him. Suppos
ing. of course. that he had been sent
BIZ friends who wished no publicity III
the matter. Kirk did not press him Tor
information Together they outlined
their defense ,ls best they could. With
characteristic optimism Kirk insisted
upuu treating the charge against him
as or little consequence. and 1t was
not until he had undergone his preliml-
nary hearing that lie fully realized the
gravity of hi1 situation.
To his uu<peakahle indignation. the
officer VIII" had discovered Cortlandts
body Syvnrc that he had seen the de-
ce:tSed pass him shortly before the
time of his death. evidently taking
walk along the waters edge for relief
from the heat and that Immediately
afterwarl. perhaps II minute or so. the
prisoner had also passed, going in the
same direction: There was II street
light close by. he said. and there could
be no possible mistake as to Anthony
identity. \ few moments later there
had been a pistol shot, mufTled. but un
mistakable. and the policeman had
hastened in the direction from which
it came. The prisoner had appeared
suddenly ont of the darkness and lIur
ried past In the politeSt manner pos
sible. the witness declared. he had
questioned him regarding the shot. but
Mr.. AnthonY had neither stopped MOI
answered. On the contrary. he had
broken into run. The officer bad con
sidered this strange Eeha vior: but. be
ing Mt all times most respectful toward
Americans. he had made no effort to
detain him. Passing on. he had found
the body OF the dead man. A revolver
was beside it.
When this amazing testimony was
translated to Kirk nc was astounded:
but his Indignation was rs nothing to
that which swept over him when
servant in the Alfarcz household Swore
to having actually witnessed the mur-
der. .-rs
This fellow declared that lie had
been troubled greatly with toothache.
Toward morning Of the night in ques
ton. too restless for sleep. he had gone
out upon the sea wall Even now his
face was swollen. and he made de.
termined effort to show the court the
particular tooth which had made him
an unwilling beholder of the tragedy
Overcome by exhaustion, he had fallen
asleep after time. and he was awak.
ened by the sounds of n quarrel. On
opening his eyes he saw two Amer
leans. one of whom was Senior Cort.
Iandt. and the other Kirk Anthony.
Being utterly ignorant of their Ian
guage. he had no means of Knowing
what was said. nor did he consider the
alteration serious until the large man
shot the Senior Cortlandt. Then. being
terror stricken at what he had beheld.
he had run away. entirely forgetting
his ,toothache. which was quite gone.
That was all he knew of the matter
he recognized Anthony as the man
who had done the shooting. He was
troubled greatly with toothaches.
Wade was called next and told the
story of that damninG incident at the
supper party. being corroboratcd by
the others. Then there were several
witnesses who swore to inconsequent
things.
For once in his careless life the
Young man realized that he was face
TO face with something bigger and
stronger than his own determination
and it daunted him. He began to see
that lie had underestimate these for
efgners. for it seemed an easy matter
70 convict an innocent man in these
Central American courts. Suddenly he
decided to cable for Darwin Is. An
thony-the one man who was strong
enough to save him.
When it came time for him to speak.
he told n straight story about his own
actions on that night. and he was cor
toborated by Allan: but he knew that
these words had little weight against
that other testimony. OF course, ne
was remauded for trial.
Arson. the lawyer. gave him ray
Of encoura cement ais he left
"Duu.t 20 too much on this hearing.
he said. Il think Wen pull you out all
right
You think. 1 dare say Ramon Al
farez can get u dozen men to perjure
themselves as easily as he got those
exactly. But l have little coup
that l intend to spring at the right
moment"
..For heavens sake. tell me what II
ISL
"sf'n sorry. but I can't just yet In
the first place. one must handle these
people exactly right or they explode.
But give me an idea at least. I'm
really Interested in the outcome of this
case. you know" u
Arson smiled. "of course you are.
and I'll tell you as soon as can. but
not now
"These Spiggoties would enjoy stand.
s,r, mo M n es,,inSt n wall with my head