The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-05-01
ACCOMPLICE"
By FREDERICK TREVOR HILL

Shaw used as q paper cutteA- n@o
seen 1t lying on the table just a mo-
ment before"
The witness paused again. took q sip
of water and waited for a prompting
question
did the sight of that weapon tell
you what had occurredT queried Gu
bert
Hunt shook bis head.
II never dreamed Of II until Barstow
gripped my arm and whispered that
the man was Dead he answered, "and
ever then I couldn't believe il. for 1
dropped down beside the body and
tried to restore 1t to life. Barstow
helped me for a time. but be must have
known IT was useless, for as | worked
be locked the door and outlined his
plan to make IL a case Of suicide L
did whatever he ordered. He hypno-
TIED me once. and since then I've new
er been able to oppose him He owned
me u%ntil-until / got this jolt on my
head yesterday. Maybe that cured me-
The injured man smiled family and
motioned the attendant TO lift him
higher in his chair.
You know how we escaped he con-
tinued. "It was Barstow who knelt in
the candle drippings and gave the clew
to the blue threads. but neither OF us
knew we had left any trace until we
heard what the police had discovered;
then / got panic stricken"
How did you escape from the veran-
da roof" the judge inquired. Did
you pass through the Window"
The witness glanced at the bench
and smiled.
"No, SIR" he answered. The fore
man gave the clew to that. We swung
down from the veranda roof OF a shut
ter Of one Of the kitchen windows just
as Mr.. Lambert suggested"
A ripple Of applause started in the
audience, but the judges gayel quickly
suppressed it.
did ! understand you to say you
became panic stricken after the dis
covery of the blue threads from Mr..
Barstow's trousersT" the prosecutor
continued quietly.
Eyes, SIR" Hunt responded. 81 want
ed Barstow to get out of the country,
and when he wouldn't hear Of that ]
threatened to leave him. He soon
cured me of any such notion, however,
and when / was sufficiently cowed he
told rnn HE nlon Iyo Uau nnO1 Ood RI
Miss Emory, he said. and she had
promised to say nothing about having
seen me in the house, and she stuck
to her promise, all right" he added
warmly.
do you mean to say you plotted to
shield yourself and Barstow by cast
ing suspicion on Miss EmoryT' de-
manded the Judge disgustedly.
mo, indeed, sir" protested the wit
ness. II never dreamed she would be
suspected until 1t was too late, and
then Barstow argued that she was
hopelessly implicated anyway, and the
safest way for us all was to stick It
out and get her acquitted"
Ibid you know that he had told her
that you were the murderer and that
in shielding you she was protecting his
dearest friend?" interposed the pros
ecutor.
II did not" Hunt asserted. II new
err knew 1t until Miss Frayne brought
me your message saying she was
swearing my life away" he added.
"You entered into Barstow's plans
without any particular fear of the
consequences, did you not?" suggested
Gilbert.
swell, at first it seemed as though
there was little or no risk" the wit
ness answered. "but l got panicky
when Barstow told me he had retained
the paper transferring Shaw's securi
ties to Miss Emory and had it filed
After the trial was safely over he was
going to marry her, he declared, and
then he'd make a rich man of me.
was afraid that paper would ruin her
and when 1t was discovered I thought
the game was up. But Barstow as
sured me that no harm could come t.
her, that he loved her and would con
fess rather than injure a hair Of bel
head. 1t didn't take much to persuade
me. anyway. l was an accomplish
and Barstow never let me forget it
His only fear was that Miss Mapes
and the housemaid would make SOM
damaging admissions, and when hi
finally got them out of the way he
thought all the danger was over. Ther
Miss Mapes turned up. bringing the
Field girl with Ter. She was in Q
towering rage because the case hai
proceeded to trial. for Barstow hat
promised to clear Miss Emory without
q trial II she would leave the state
We knew she had destroyed Miss En-
ory's skirt with the idea Of helping
her. and Barstow was so scared thai
she'd make some other fool break tina
he wouldn't put her on the stand ever
to prove the exchange of rooms, and
he was equally afraid the prosecution
would get hold Of her. l called on hel
the night the jury was impaneled and
begged her to go away or, at least