The Adair County news., 1915-01-13

titled that on the day Wright had been
at his Office he had gone out for half
an hour, leaving inadvertently $500 on
his desk in an envelope. On his return
he had found Judd's note on his desk
and the money gone. He inquired Of
Judd by whom he had sent the note.
and the answer given was Edward
Wright. Berkeley, having the numbers
of the bills. gave them to the police.
A detective testified that he had
| found one of the bills in Il jewelers.
store. He at once arrested Wright. and
| the rest of them had been found on his
person.
perfectly clear, and the prosecution re-
Trained from burdeling the jury with
| any more evidence.
Call Agnes Gregory"
A girl of eighteen elboweH her way
through the crowd and took the wit
ness stand.
do you know the prisoner?'
Yes
HE is your betrothedf'
HE isl
state what occurred between you
and the prisoner the evening the theft
was committed"
He came to me in very high spirits
and told me that he had had an inter
view with his employer. Mr.. Judd, to
whom he confessed that be wished to
marry, but was unable to do so on ac-
count of the meagerness of his salary.
Mr. Judd made him a present of $500
and promised that on the day of his
wedding his salary would be doubled"
do you know Thomas Judd?"
Yes. have known him since l was
q little girl He came to my father
poor boy and was given position in
bis store. When my father died Mr..
Judd took the management of the bust
ness. the ownership of which had pass
| ed into $ hands. When | was four
teen he aid to me one day that he
wished that the daughter of the man
who haG befriended him should have
| her prop !: interest in the business. and
the only way to bring this about would
be for me, when l grew older, to mar
~ him. promised to do So"
HAS he ever claimed the ful6llment
Of the promise?'
NO. Since l have been old enough
to think of marriage l have been en-
gagged to Edward Wright"
The prisoners counsel then called
| Charles Berkeley, to whom he showed
IN envelope with his business imprint
! UPON it. and Berkeley identified it as
the one which had contained the stolen
bills. The attorney next called Thorn
as Judd and asked:
Did you ever see this envelope be-
fore?"
No
! Ever touch it?''
If have never seen it, how could
! swear that | had touched it?
! litter ran through the courtroom
1T the attorneys expense. The lawyer
lailed grimly and. dismissing the wit
uess, called Leonard Markham.
Mr.. Markham. have you ever seen
This envelope?'
Yes
State how you came to see it."
II am a microscopic. Miss Gregory
brought it to me for microscopical ex-
animation"
when you examined it what did you
discover?
Thumb marks of several persons.
among them those of Thomas Judd"
| There was sensation among those
present, and Mr.. Judd turned pale. AS
soon as attention was restored the at
| torney said:
II asked Miss Gregory if she had
any paper that had been handled by
Mr.. Judd, and she produced note he
had written her. The thumb marks on
the note are identical with those on the
envelope she had brought me to be ex-
amin'.d
TIL. ,iues, ions of the prisoners coun-
nel had been brief and the answers to
the iiDint Within a few minutes the
rase tad swung from prospect of Ed
ward Wright conviction to certain
~ of his acquittal and the conviction
Of Thomas Judd Every one in the
rour "4o;n looked from one Of the low
| ars Ia the other.
Thomas Judd was tried and convict
etl OF perjury. and his disgrace resulted
in an examination OF the affairs of the
concern he was supposed to own. This
eGentually gave the business to its
dghtful owner. Agnes Gregory. Ed
wani Wright. her husband, is now its
manager.