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

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to force the liquor on her. she-she
seemed to go mad, and when l snatch
ed her away from him her little night
gown had slipped on her shoulder and
re-plainly-could be seen the marks
Of the handr'
| murmur Of excitement crept about
The reporters table as well as among
The spectators. This was great stuff,
and when Marys trembling hand came
! back from its inpotent reaching to-
ward her mother. and went sharply to
her left shoulder, there was no one In
the room who needed the answer to
Langdon'S question.
(which shoulder was that mark
upon, Mrs. Pager
THE left one"
How long was 1t before the child
stopped screamingT'
Several hours, and she was feverish
and Ill for days"
! Langdon's voice now changed abrupt
~. and the prosecutors eyes narrowed
to the watchfGlness Of cats, as the
former asked:
ION the night when your daughter
repudiated her engagement to James
Pollock. were you sitting up waiting
for their return from a dancer
YES"
"Wul you tell the court az briefly as
possible what occurred?'
ut was very late. had been wait
ing what seemed to me hours before
they came in. Mr.. Page, who was very
much under the influence OF liquor,
was berating Mary, and once he start
ed to strike her. but Mr. Pollock inter
fered, telling me that Mary and had
better go and try and get some rest
Once In her own room. however, my
daughter broke down and sobbed and
said, Your grief and fathers danger
made me accept Mr.. Pollock. Tonight
tried to run away with Philip, be-
cause he is the man love-but am
helpless In your hands.
did you still urge Miss Page to mar
! ~ Mr.. Pollock
"No Ny daughters happiness was
too great price to pay to save my
| husband from the penalty of his crime,
and told Mary that she and / togeth.
er would 30 TO James that very day
and plead with him TO set her free. 1t
was dawn then, and finally she went
to sleep"
did you make that plea to Mr. Pol.
lockf"
mo. We went to the ofHce-but--
4 but-we didn't see Mr.. Pollock"
will you tell the Court why7 Not
me. Mrs. Page. but the court-as IL
were not present"
well, your Honor" she said. turn
ing TO the Judge. when my daughter
and | reached MIR. Pollocks office the
! door was open and Mr.. Laugdon was
/ In there. AS we came up we heard
/ Mr.. Pollock say, Give me fair chance
! that's all ask. and I've never had It
You leave town for two weeks. and If
on your return Mary Page still prefers
you-I will withdraw and give her up
to you. Mr.. Langdon demurred at
j first. Then he said he would 20 that
/ day and hurried out without seeing
j either Mary or me. felt ne ought To
see Mr.. Pollock. anyway, but before
| we could &c into the Office we heard
door creak, and my husbands voice"
! She broke or with smothered sob
and Langdon prompted her quickly:
| What did your husband say, Mrs.
! Pager
He said. With Langdon out of the
way. our little scheme should work
nicely. Then-then Mary pulled at my
sleeve and said. Come away without
seeing them. Mother. We must warn
| Philip-and they mustn't know we
have been here So we went to Mr.
Langdon's office, and he arranged to
come TO the house late that night in
the hope that we would have learned
by that time what the scheme was"
Did you learn
Yes. Shortly after Mr.. Langdon
had come. my husband and Mr.. Pol.
lock came In and Mr.. Pollock told us
that he had bought the mortgage Oh
our home. He said that If Mary would
marry him within a week he would
give her the mortgage and The forged
check as wedding gift II she didn't
The would foreclose and put the check
into the hands Of the police.
Did Miss Page agreeTs
"She said she would answer him the
next day, and he said he would walt.
though my husband was angry that
there should be any delay Then Mr..
Pollock went. and Mary joined Mr.
Langdon. and they started for a walk
Did you see them go?.
"No. went to the kitchen to az the
IRE for the night But was drawn
to the window by hearing angry words
and saw my husband berating Mr..
Langdon. | was so terrified over Il
an and-and-so heartbroken at the
thought Of losing my home. that | hur.
RED out and begged Mary to come In
to do anything TO quiet her father So
she said goodnight TO Alr. Lanedon
and. coming in. went straight to her
room