The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-10-23
ACCON1PLICE"
By FREDERICK TREVOR HILL

two With these meager facts
to guide them. the police started upon
their Investigations. and little by little
uncarthcd Il state of affairs which was
undreamed Of by the dead mans neigh
bors. and a shock to the few who
claimed to be among his closest friends.
"1n the first place Il will found in Mr..
Shaw's desk indicated that he was not
q bachelor. as every one had supposed.
This instrument had apparently been
executed Il short time prior to his
death. and by it he bequeathed his Ell
tire estate to his wife. Alice. Up to
date. however. no record Of Mr.. Shaw's
marriage has beer obtained. and no
person of the name Alice has yet APP
peared to claim possession of his es-
tate
The calm one in which this state
ment was uttered did not lessen its
significance. but the speaker paused
and silently studied the jurors faces
for some moments before he again pro-
ceeded.
But. gentlemen" he resumed at last.
mot only was Mr.. Shaw's wife miss
ing. but his supposedly large fortune
had likewise disappeared. An eNami-
nation of his business affairs revealed
the astounding fact that. although his
credit was unQuestioned and his rams
actions apparently sound. all his dis
coverable assets. including his Tollice,
farm. would no more than suffice to
discharge his very moderate liabili-
ties. To say that this revelation amaz-
ed his business acQuaintances is to
state the matter very mildly. They
We're fairly incredulouS. Almost every
one in touch with his affairs believed
him Il millionaire at the very least,
and his manner of living certainly in
Dictated wide resources and Il hand
some income. There was only one
person to whom the news did no
come in the nature of Il shock. and
that was his secretary. Miss Alice
Emory. She received the news of
his finances as calmly as-well. as
calmly as she had received the tidings
Of his death, and nothing could ex-
coed her self control ut the moment of
that announcement. Another diScOv-
cry in his case was calculated to sur
prise her, however. but whether it did
or not no one but she and her lawyer
knows, because she has, under the Id
vice of counsel, declined to answer
questions which might tend to incrimi-
nate her. In Il word. gentlemen, 1t
was speedily demonstrated that the
will in favor of the unknown Alice
was a clumsy piece of forgery"
Perhaps was the only person in the
room to whom this statement was an
utter surprise, but l saw more than
one frightened face In the audience as
Gilbert paused.
".At this point. gentlemen Of the
jury" he proceeded, there were fur
ther Investigations to discover what
had become of Mr.. Shaw's reputed for
to be abandoned certain clews led to
the discovery of nearly a million dol
lars in first class railroad and other
bonds deposited with Il trust company
In Venezuela. These securities the pO-
lice believe to be the property Of the
late Mr.. Gregory Shaw, and the basis
for this belief is the fact that the safe
deposit vault where they We're secret
ed was held in the name of Alice
Emory, his private secretary and con.
tidante.
but strange as these facts are, gen
tlelmen." continued the prosecutor in
even tones. they are not inexplicable.
To reach the explanation, however,
must tax your credulity still further.
| dislike to speak i'll Of the dead. but l
am compelled to state that Gregory
Shaw had not always been the sue
cesSful and respected business maj
and estimable neighbor Pollicet had
known and honored. He had once
been without money. but not without
price. The crime which we are now
investigating has brought to light an
other crime in which the foundation OF
his fortune was laid and which, though
undetected for many years. still shad
owed his whole career and finally re-
suited in his tragic death. 1t is no
necessary at the present moment fol-
us to go into the details of his wrong
GOING, Nil'U TIE teSlliilpIN VII luliN
disclose. Suffice to state that his crime
was known to at least one other person
besides the perpetrator. and that per
son is the defendant in this case.
"Now. gentlemen. this is the cruX o
the whole matter. for ii is the thtor,
of the proSecution-and | shall lo
claim it to be more than Il theory unit
| >ubStantiate it by rroof-the theor.
of the prosecution. | say. is that Alice
Emory desired to become Mrs. Gregor.
|, Shaw: that she threatened her employ
or with exposure unless he made he
his wife and threatened so effectivel.
that he turned all his property into NJ
yotiable securities and prepared TO
. immediate flight: that such was tn
), pressure brOugh. upon him that he con
templuted suicide. and. thinking h
might take his life. the secretary fory
ell IL will in her W favor. intending