Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-26
HER MOTHERS
STORY

thG NliQON VI ulN llIAAd OLHNE
adjoining the court and stared
down AT the hurrying throngs
ghile one nervous hand beat a devils
lsltUo again the somewhat griny
line
II had been raining, and the identity,
Ken the sex Of the crowd was sub
serged beneath n sea of bobbing black
.nbrellas between which the wet and
slning tops Of the motor cars darted
lie huge hlack beetles. But the prose
fhor saw neither the crowd nor the
fTic--he saw only Mary Page! She
ID become almost ali obsesslon with
an now. and though il was not yet
pc for court and there were other
nts besides the State whose bust
$ claimed his attention in his other
ce. he had drifted here, as he had
ted unwittingly each morning to
Rally test the links in the chain of
evidence against her
a SHOULD he strong enough to
Yld her upon tho merciless wheel of
law. and yet he was conscious
sat more than one Of its links was
eak-so weak III fact, that not even
mastery summing up for the jury
ad been entirely able to gloss it over,
he did not doubt for a moment that
larry Page was guilty OF the murder
4 James Pollock but he bad not
EROyED her so to his own satisfac-
Oh.
He had shown that Pollock was In
er eyes an enemy; he had proved that
he dead man was a wooer whose pur-
hit was unwelcome; he had shown
Apt twice during the recent years Pol
Ik had forced Mary to promise to be
wife. hut that once the necessity
that step was removed she had
lined her freedom again She had
rything 10 gain By his death, which
surely motive enough; added to
ch. If she were not guilty he felt
would nor have fed that night
ffer the murder.
Time after time as he went back to
be testimony-to the fact that Mary
lad had the revolver In her bag. HAD
Enne into the room and HAD been
linnd beside Ppllacks body. lie strove
n glimpse some faint clue that would
Ye chance for fresh evidence In
Be meantime. it was Langdon,s turn,
Ind the keen.eycd District Attorney
Wondered curiously just what defense
|e would bring. Langdon's continual
.e,,..l - arrce ,,fy,a t.o vx-fepaSe1.
|or the State rad naturally kept his
|efense wonderfully well hidden.
e newspapers we're. however. full
heories as to what the defence
Id be. Several claimed that 1t
Id be the "unwritten law" the
Eding az Mary Pages honor: anoth-
Y that it would be proved that Pol.
,ek shot himself when he found that
sat even his support of her stardom
|Ould make Mary marry him: while
Tin third said that the real criminal
would confess" when put upon the
fand. Absurd. all of them. and yet
he third theory brought frown to
be lawyers face. Suppose Langdon
lmself confessed to the murder!
Hello. Chief" A voice from the
Dor interrupted his revery and he
rned quickly.
p"Hello. sheenan. Have you got any
hinge"
NO" be said. mot thing along the
ines you spoke of. Slade doesn't know
|nything except what he told. and I've
raced Langdon's movements for three
avs before the murder, down to each
minute. and there's nothing TO hang a
|og,s hair to-"
Ibid you find out about the automo-
dies parked on that night?"
yep: but Casey was on the job at
hat corner, and there wasn't as much
: 3 ghost OF q motor went into the
eet back Of the hotel. The back
les OF the houses were locked-had
zen tried by the watchman just few
minutes earlier, and the police were on
be Job anyway. on account of the club
here. The Page woman must have
one down the fire.escape and climbed
MO the hotel at another foor-that,s
be only answer
Tbe prosecutor turned again to the
etndow. "All right" be said curtiy.
Inf the detective fingered.
.say, Chief" be suggested hesitat-
Arlv shave you talked to Daniels2
s,sfie fat guy that runs the Covington?
saw him yesterday and be looks
lii aiaks
dks prosecutor laughed