Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-06-18

Keep my mouth shut on general princi.
pies. and If I'm acquitted you'll pay
ME we'll to disappear. Is that it?
Well. there is some family pride to
that" He laughed lightly.
upon it,"
'lf can help you in that way I'll
gladly keep silent as long as you wish,
but don't think care to make any
further terms"
Make sure of this" snapped the ia
ther-"your marriage will be annnlled,
no matter what you prove or fail to
prove. Already Chiquita is repentant
and l shall not rest until she is free
You have done me great injury, and
shall not forget It,"
On the following morning the lead
Ing American attorney of the city call
ed mt the jail, announcing that he had
been retained us counsel, but refusing
to tell who had employed him. Suppos-
Ing, of course. that he had been sent
by friends who wished no publicity in
the matter. Kirk did not press him for
information. Together they outlined
their defense as best they could. With
characteristic optimism Kirk insisted
upon treating the charge against him
as Of little consequence. and it was
not until he had undergone his prelm-
nary hearing that he fully realized the
gravity of his situation.
To his unspeakable Indignation. the
officer who had discovered Cortlandt's
body swore that he had seen the de-
ceased pass him shortly before the
time of his death. evidently taking
walk along the waters edge for relief
from the heat. and that Immediately
afterward. perhaps minute or SO, the
prisoner had also passed. going In the
same direction! There was Il street
light close by. he said. and there could
be no possible mistake as to Anthony's
identity. A few moments later there
had been pistol shot. mufiled. but I'M
mistakable. and the policeman had
fastened In the direction from which
1t came The prisoner had appeared
suddenly out of the darkness and hlr-
ried past. In the politest manner pos
sible, the witness declared. he had
questioned him regarding the shot. but
Mr.. Anthony had neither stopped nor
answered. On the contrary. he had
broken into run. The officer had con
sidered this strange behavior; but. be-
Ing at all times most respectful toward
Americans, he had made no effort to
detain him. Passing on. he had found
the body of the no. man A revolver
was beside 1t.
When this amazing testimony was
translated to Kirk he was astounded;
but his indignation was as nothing to
that which swept over him when q
servant in the Alfarez household swore
to having actually witnessed the muir
der.
This fellow declared that he 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 q 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 quarrel. On
opening his eyes he saw two Amer
leans, one OF whom was Senior Cort.
landt. 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 tho
alteration serious until the large man
t shot the Senior Cortlandt. Then. being
| terror stricken Mt what he had behed.
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 Mt the
supper party being corroborated by
the others. Then there were several
| 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 1t daunted him. He began to see
| that he had underestimate these for
! eigners. for 1t seemed an easy matter
| to convict an innocent man in these
| Central American courts. Suddenly he
! decided to cable for Darwin X. An
| thony-the one man who was strong
| enough to save him.
When 1t came time for him to speak
he told straight story about his own
| actions on that night. and he was cor
roborated by Allan; but he knew that
| these words had little weight against
that other testimony. or course. he
was remanded for trial.
Arson, the lawyer. gave him a ray
Of encouragement ms he left.
"Don't go too much on this hearing,
he said. II think we'll pull you out all
right"
you think! l dare say Ramon AL
farcz can get dozen men to perjure
themselves as easily as he got those
| two"
Exactly. But I have little coup
that intend to spring at the right
moment"
"For heavens sake, tell me what 1t
| isl"
"I'm sorry. but can't inst yet. IN
the first place. one must handle these
people exactly right or they explode"