The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-02-13

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grove Already C!iiquta is repentant.
and shall not rest until she is free
Yen have done ne great injury. and
| shall not forget it,
ON the following mn:nin. he lead
Ing American attorney of the city call
ri 1T the jail. announcing that he had
'ecn retained as counsel but refusing
to tell who had employed him. Suppos-
!iIG. 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 be had undergone his preIimi-
nary bearing that he fully realized the
gravity Of his situation.
To his unspeakable Indignation. the
officer who had discovered Cortla ndt's
body swore that lie had seen the DE-
ceased pass hin, shortly before the
time Of his death. evidently taking i
walk along the waters edge for relief
from the heat. and that Immediately
afterward. perhaps Il minute or so. the
prisoner bad also passed. going in the
same direction: There was q 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 u pistol shot. muf11ed. but un:
lnistakahlc. and the policeman had
FASTENED in the direction from which
it came. The prisoner had appea red
suddenly out OF the dark ness and hur-
ried past. In the poiteSt 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 Stra nge beha vior: but. be-
ing ut all times most respectful toward
Americans. he had made no effort to
detain him. Passing on. he had found
: Tire body Of the dead man. A revolver
WAS beside It.
When this amazing testimony was
translated to Kirk he was astounded;
but his Indignation was as nothing to
that which swept over him when Il
servant In the Alfarez household swore
70 having actually witnessed the muir
der
This fellow declared that he had
been troubled greatly with foot hache.
Toward morning Of the night in uueS-
ton. too restless for sleep. he had gone
out upon the sea wall. Even now his
face was swollen. and he made a 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 a time. and he was walk
ened by the sounds Vt 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. be bad M. means Of knowing
what was said. nor did he consider the
! alteration serious until the large man
shot the Senior Cortlandt: Then. being
! terror stricken at what he had beheld.
he had run away. entirely forgetting
i his toothacl,e. which was quite gone
That was all he. knew of the matter
He recognized Anthony as the man
who had dune the Shooting He was
troubled greatly with toothaches
Wade was called next and told tht
story Of that danniug incident ut tht
supper. party. being ~t:pprebcrated b.!
the others Then there were severa
witnesses who swure to inconseq,len,
things.
For once in his careless life tn,
young man realized that he was face
to face with something bigger and
stronger than his own determination
and it daunted him. He began to SCI
that he had underestimated these for
eigners. for'it seemed an easy matter
Central American courts. Suddenly hs
decided to cable for. Darwin r.. An
thony-the one man who was strong
enough to save him. +,
When it. came time FOR him to, speak
he told a'straight: story about his ow,
actions on; that night and he was cor
roborated by A tan:~bnt he knew tina
these words r4,aasiiffla ~"''''t' "''"i, "
that other testimony, OF course. b.
was remanded fortriaf.:
Arson. the .:lawyer-s gave him a ray
Of encouragement: as:he left.
Don't 20 too mnchaon this hearing
he said. ~ think swe'n pull you out al
right" ,..-~. p e z9 { :
"You think: 1 dare say Ramon Al
'urez can get a dozen men to perjurt
themselves as easily rs be got those
'wo
Exactly But | have little coup
hat | intend 10 spring at the right
nment.'
For heavens sake. tell me what Il
~ g.
I'm sorry. bnt I can't inst vet. In
the first place. one ,nlst handle these
people exactly right or they explode = /
But give ne M. id.l at least: n