Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-11-11

hthNO bCOu bltoT anu hO . WoiiiCu
despite appearances. He's working
at high pressure. Remember the last
words of Slivers o'Hagen? I'm 60
ing to make the boiler exploded"
shook my head hopelessly. Ola.
gems words had been the foolish ra-
wing of an old man.. Mike Garven
could not be stirred.
Cant you realize that everything
depends on the next few minutes 2"
he hissed. "The explosion will have
to come with the audiences of
thunder-clap to move him, but 1t will
tear him to shreds. o'Hagen made
that prophecy legacy.
"For Heavens sake take advantage
Of It! can't take chance that it
will last more than minute. and in
that minute you've got to actl Lis
ten!"
He explained a move was to mako
when Garven left the witness-chair. I
nodded dumbly. 1t would be done;
but l had no hope. when I say,
james Haviland, take the witness
stand!" he warned again.
~. Michael Garven!" he called, and
the excited talk died down as Garven
walked to the chair, took the oath,
and sat down. His blank gray eyes
looked over the crowd. rested on the
jury for a moment, then turned their
unfiinching gaze of Jamison.
"Mr. Garven, you are the director
OF a gigantic swindling organization.
are you not?"
1t came like pistolshot. Clasps
went up from all parts of the hall.
IT am a broker doing business on
Wall street," corrected Mike Garven,
without change of expression.
Did Jamison hope to bring even a
CLEAN to those stone eyes by such
methods? l thought bitterly OF my
own childish attempts.
Did you not obtain the prisoners
hnger-prints on the brass bowl in
your office by clever ruse?"
The room was still as death now. I
parted, as she waited breathlessly for
the answer.
"As I have no counsel present who
can object to questions such as that,
I will make the obvious denial" re-
piled Mike Garven in his cold, even
voice.
"Mr. Garven," went on Jamison re-
lentlessly, Il happen to know that the
belief Of my client-namely, that you
hired or forced a tool to kill Slivers
OHagen, is wrong. / am correct?"
I started. He was tearing down my
one hope.
You are," the monotoned voice an
swered.
II am right, because any one who
looked at the case calmly would in.
stantly see that it would be the height
Of folly for man to rid himself OF
one blackmailer in way that would
give another man the same hold on
him"
I Strengthened in my chair What
did he mean? What was coming?
Michael Garven!" Jamison clar
ion voice rang out. you came tC
Cranston in an automobile on the
| night of the murder, passed the sta
ton unnoticed in the rain, stopped
your machine in a small patch o.
trees a few hundred yards down the
road, walked down the tracks ant
waited for the train to come in. wen
| I'D the steps of car on the side ava,
from the station and came down th'
other to give the impression that yo'
were getting of, asked the three mel
where O'Hagen lived, started to wall
to the house, but got your car, mur
dered O'Hagen, placed the tray yo,
had wrapped in cotton batting on tn
table, escaped In your automobil
more than hour before the least SUE
picion was aroused. and the rain de
stroyed all tire tracks!"
Great Heavens! The possibility
staggered me. half rose in my chail
and Jamison pushed me back. Thai
was it! Why hadn't seen 1t before
No one but Mike Garven could have
committed the murder!
"That is Ne," the steel-cold voice
Of Mike Garven said. It was not ever
an exclamation. II will immediatel,
take steps to have you prosecuted fol
It," he went on calmly. The eyes wer'
a. always-they stared unwaveringl!
at the lawyer by my side.
"'Scott, what control he has!
heard Jamison mutter as he wiped tn
perspiration from his forehead.
My heart sank. He had pinned hi
faith on that accusation. He ha'
reant it to bring about the thin
Slivers O'Hagen had said would come
and he had failed utterly.
He rose from his chair, and hear
the tense breaths Of the listeners bt
ing released in great gasp. III
walked around the table with pa
of white paper In his hand.
"Mr. Garven, want you to max
Q print of your thumb on this paper!
swear saw light come to th
eyes then. But 1t was gone even b,