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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-02
"HE-AAo A GLASS OF wHlskEy.r

OF anger surging into the doctors face,
the prosecutor turned and handed the
paper that he held to the foreman OF
the Jury saying slurringly:
Gentlemen Of the jury, in this news
paper which I offer as an exhibit for
the state. you will find long article
by the learned witness. which 10 pal.
pably an effort to rouse cheap SYM
pathy for the prisoner. In It he says
substantially what he has said in
court. but in both instances. GENTLE
men, he has failed to prove tho truth
OF what he says. He Offers his unsup-
ported word. and throughout this
brochure which he has written. he be-
trays an undue amount of interest and
sympathy for the woman-Mary Page.
I leave you to draw your own conclu-
sions."
my unsupported word has boon
taken In the court room without guess
ton before this" Numbered DR.. Fos-
ter. What have written and said
would be accepted before any medical
board In the world"-
But this" interrupted the prosecu-
tor suavely. sis not medical board.
This is court OF law: and I petition
his honor to strike out the evidence
advanced regarding this mental state
Of the prisoner. / contend that unless
the facts can be PROVED before his
honor aud the gentlemen Of the Jury
that the entire testimony 10 most cues
tionable-and Of no value"
With little moaning gasp OF dis
may Mary half rose from her chair,
her lips forming mute appeal against
this drastic threat. Those who were
watching her saw in the movement no
more than hysterical impulse born
of the legal wrangling. but 1t was
something FAR deeper and greater. For
to Mary. DR.. Foster stood as the key
stone OF her proof OF innocence. He
believed her-and to strike out his EVIL
dence meant that there was no one
no one left who-understood.
Langdon. knowing that he must cali
her to the stand next. was aghast at
her agitation and. fearing general
breakdown. sent the bailift for SMELL
ing salts and glass Of water. He had
no fears that the evidence of the allen
ist would be stricken out. but he was
nevertheless racking his brains for
some method of proving the recur-
renee Of that strange bruise upon
Mary's shoulder when. with the abrupt.
ness that characterized him. the. Dis.
trict Attorney dismissed the witness.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-02

1 must pull myself together But for
that matter we were all pretty much
upset. and when we got to the door Of
-of-the gray suite he wasn't any
more excited than the rest Of u.s."
THAT is all, thank you. Mr.. Will
liams." said Langdon: but while the
words were still on his lips the prose-
cutor was on his feet. not to question
the witness but to make another elo-
ouent plea to the Judge.
81 petition the Court" he cried in
ringing tones. ito have all the forego-
ing testimony. together with that OF the
detective Brennan and the boy Joe
Murphy. stricken out as Irrelevant All
this Is wasting the time OF your honor
and the gentlemen Of the Jury. It Is
not what this man Daniels did but what
Mary Page did on the night that David
Pollock was brutally murdered with
which we are concerned. The State
has proved that this woman. Mary
Page. entered the room where David
Pollock awaited her. That a shot and
a scream came from that room. and
that the defendant was found In the
room with the dead body. And / ask
you gentlemen. unreasonable mon. II 1t
is possible-or probable-that anyone
could have entered that room and shot
David Pollock without being seen by
the defendant! It IL THAT. take It,
which my young colleague Is endeavor-
ing to suggest by throwing suspicion
upon a man who IL conveniently
missing!"
"And I say" stormed Langdon in re-
Spouse. that 1t was. possible-and that
Mary Page neither saw nor heard what
occurred In the gray suite that night.
And II It please your Honor. I will cali
as my next witness, DR.. Foster-to tes-
tify to tho inability OF the defendant
to understand events that were hap
pening."
I see no objection to SUCH testi-
mony.'' said the, Judge thoughtfully.
adding with a hint OF sternness. "but
you must remember. sir. that imputing
knowledge, even guilty knowledge of
the murder Of David Pollock to this
man Daniels does not prove the de-
PENDANT Innocent"
mo. your Honor" answered Lang
don. with quick. confident smile.
But I shall prove that. too. before l
have finished"
The Judge raised his eyebrows, but
that confidence was not without its eff
feet upon those watching the legal duel
between the young lawyer and the at
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-02

ed her cruelty to try to remember
even hazily-the events that were a
blank to her: and in consequence the
words OF the great alienist were balm
to her aching heart and seemed in
truth wondrous vindication.
But the flame of that dawning hope
melted the ice of numb endurance that
had for SO long upheld her. and she
was drawn inevitably out Of the hyp-
nosis of stolid waiting into a sudden
throbbing agony of feeling and expec-
fancy. Time. which until now had
seemed of small importance-minute
and hours alike falling drearlly into
the abyss Of eternity-became sudden
ly poignant factor. She wanted to
scream to them all to hurry-hurry-
hurry! There was so much to be told;
SO much to be explained before they
would know-and set her free!
Langdon. watching her In amazed
concern. saw her slender body shake
like reed in q storm OF emotion, and
reading In It not the breaking Of the
icy letters Of immobile despair. but the
SCATTERING Of wonderful self-control,
fastened to her side, with an admoni-
tory and reassurins whisper of encour-
agement. To his surprise she smiled at
him through the unshed tears and
caught his hand for an instant In a
feverish grip as she murmered tremu-
lousy.
There's nothing the matter. Phil I
lam Just hopeful"
II may have to call you to the stand
for a little." he went on anxiously. do
you think you-you--will be able tor"
why. OF course" she answered, with
such a surprised note in her voice that
Langdon was perforce treasured. and
turned his attention again towards DR..
Foster. who was flushing angrily under
the badgering Of the prosecutor.
What you tell US is very Interest,"
Ing" the latter was saying sarcastical-
ly. and so you followed the life of
the defendant, or let US say you traced
her life back year by year. And did
you decide which event was the direct
cause OF her -er- peculiar mental
breakdowns?"
81 did"
What was TT"
"Her fathers brutality on the night
she fed from the house In wild terror.
Miss Page had suffered from her horror
OF alcohol from n baby. AS have told
the court before. prenatal influence
made her especially sensitive and with
her increasing years and understand
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-02

And now It was Mary whose name
was called by the balm, and the little
quickening stif' OF interest and SYM
pathy that never failed to greet her
swept through the room ana seemed to
give her o. momentafy strength. But
her face was 80 white and her hands
SO unsteady that the ballfff. without
waiting for another order from Lang
don. hurried after the smelling salts,
his exit through the door into the
prison letting In an incongruous burst
of hiIarity that brought an angry frown
to the Judges face.
He was, however. the only one who
noticed II for the attention of every
one else was fixed upon Mary. who
stood swaying Ia the witness box. her
eyes turned appealingly toward Lang.
don. But though he read their mute
prayer correctly he dared not hesitate.
and the very frst question was the one
she had been dreading.
Miss Page, will you try to tell the
Court a. fully as possible exactly what
occurred on the night when you left
the banquet and Joined David Pollock
In the Hotel Republic?"
It swept away all her new found hope
and plunged her dizzily down into do.
spair. To her II seemed to prove that
even Langdon placed little or no GRE
dence upon the words of DR.. Foster.
and she had q feeling Of being suddenly
isolated-alone-in world Of hostile
faces. A sob caught In her throat and
the room grew black before her, and
when she spoke her words came slowly
one at o time. and sounded strange
to her own ears-as though coming
from a great distance.
T-left-the - banquet - room-and
went o-that-other- Mr.,
Po11ock-was-there. He wouldn't-iet
-me-ieave. He-he-tried kiss
=
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-02
sxNoesia

Mary Page. actress, Is accused Of the
murder Of David Pollock and u defended
By her lover. Philip Langdon. Pollock
was i.1ezieated Mays tsIel she aa.
= lines e. AIRY tSSl lsn.d rSIJeF
with It previously. and Mary's leading
man implicates Langdon. How Mary dis
mystery. Brandon tells OF strange hand
print he saw on Mary's shoulder. Further
evidence shows that horror Of drink pro-
nuces temporary insanity In Mary. Tho
defense 10 ..repressed psychosis." Wit
nesses described Mary's night from her In
toxicated father and her fathers suicide.
Nurse Walton describes the kidnapping Of
Mary by Pollock, and Amy carton tells
Of Mary's struggles to become an actress,
Of Pollock's pursuit OF her and OF another
occasion when the smell Of liquor drove
Mary insane.
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torney for the State. and there was a
brenthless tension In the room when
Langdon. addressing his new witness.
said vlbrantly:
"Dr. Foster. you have told the court
that the defendant. Mary Page, 10 q
victim Of attacks Of depressed psyche
SIS superinduced by tho sight OF in.
toxication. and the smell of alcoholic
connections. When suffering from such
an attack would tho patient be con.
scious Of what went on about herr"
Certainly not No more than a per-
son In deiiriun. There are cases of
insanity whore the patient. though in
sane. II still conscious of those around.
and can recognize them: but depressed
psychosiS IL like violent deiirium. Not
only Is tho sufferer unconscious Of
those around her. but carries no mem
DRY Of her own actions back into her
normal state.'
Then. II Mary Page was suffering
from such an attack when David Pol
lock was killed, would 1t not have been
possible for someone else to enter the
room and commit the murder unno.
ticed by herr"
TT would. II Miss Page had one of
her attacks on the night in question
she would have been equally uncon.
scious OF the fact whether she or some
one else fred the fatal shot!"
A long. quivering gasp Of ineffable
relief fioated from Mary's pale lips at
the words. and two little flames OF hope
and excitement lenpt into her eyes.
Here at last was someone who believed
who understood-that she did not,
could not remember what had happens
ed after that first horrible glimpse of
the drunken. leering face of the man
she hated.
Even Langdon had seemed at times
to cherish vague doubts and had press
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-02

"Mr. williams. how long did you re.
main In the banduet-room OF the Ho.
tel Republic on the night that Miss
Page was sent for by David Poliock7"
"Why. was there from the begin
ming Of the affair till Just before we
heard the sound Of the shot"
ibid all the other guests remain ex-
eept Miss Page?"
"Yessi, That 10 everybody except
Daniels"
"oh, Mr.. Daniels left. did he?
when?-
"a few n,inutes after Miss Page had
gone. He said he was going to see
where she was. and would try to bring
her back again"
How long after his departure did
you remain?"
"oh. Just long enough to drink a
toast. Then decided that I'd go home
because was pretty much all In. and
II seemed obvious that Miss Page was
not coming back"
where were you when you heard
the shot7"
"Just outside the door of the ban
quct- room"
"what. did you dor.
IT ran down the hail in the direc-
ton from which the sound came"
did you meet anyone7"
''Yes. ran bang into Daniels at the
corner where the corridor turned. I
nearly upset him. ] guess. for he caught
at my arm and held on as II to steady
himself.
"Did you say anythlng7'
Eyes. I said. DID you hear shot?
Somebody's killed. And Daniels said.
oh. my Godi know it,"
did he seem very much excited7"
"Yes-and sick. He was almost
green. and he kept saying. 'God-God-
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ing enlarged thevincfpient horror tn It
psychosis"
Then II was her fathers treatment,
rather than his intoxicated condition.
that drove her insane7" persisted the
prosecutor: but DR.. Foster saw the
drift Of the question and shook his
head emphaticaliy.
ut was not II was tho sight Of his
intoxication. and the reek of the whis-
key on his breath The pain Of his
brutal grip on her shoulder. and the
sight of his Entertainment Of her mother
naturally had their effect-but they
were not the main causes Of her de-
, lirium."
How do you know that Mr.. Page
gripped her shoulder brutality Isn't
that merely hearsay evidence?"
mo. The marks Of the hand were
plainly visible on the shoulder Of Miss
Page when she was brought to me.
These heavy bruises overlap curious
birthmark that came and went, and the
nails of Mr.. Pages hand had dug such
burrows into the flesh that the scars
still remain"
Abruptly abandoning this line Of
questioning the prosecutor now caught
UP folded newspaper that lay on his
desk. and, thrusting 1t towards the Wit
ness. said harshly:
Il have here a copy of this morn
ing's News which has an article in II
entitled. What Is Repressed Psychosis 2
by DR.. Foster. Is that your brochure?
at is"
"In It you say. The cruel grip of
Mary Pages drunken father left Its
mark indelibly upon her shoulder. for
under the stress Of intense excitement
that mark reappears.' Is that hearsay
or have you seen TT"
Il have seen It"
With a sheer that brought hot flush
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-02
CHAPTER TX
A Now Clue,

HrATuRE with her prodigai Gre.
N ativeness sends every human
In being into the world differing
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-01-14
WEATHER RECORDS IN
THIS STATE BROKEN
Wind, Snow and Low Temperature Mon
day and Tuesday-24 Below
Zero at WateNiIle

With the local conditions about nor
NAL for this period-about degrees
below zero Monday night and 9 below
Tuesday night-other points in the
state suffered from record-breaking low
temperature, snowfall or high winds.
A blizzard struck Mansfield Sunday
night and continued for three days,
with the wind blowing at times as high
as rs miles an hour and temperature as
low as IS below. Great Northern train
was buried in a 10-foot drift and all
wires were put ont Of business. A
rotary left Leavenworth on Monday to
dig the train out.
The official weather man at Ellens-
burg reported 20 below. At Chelan a
stiff wind, with snow and II below,
made everybody hug the stove. The
lowest temperature figures came from
Waterville, ranging from d below at
night to below with the sun shining.
Wenatchee thermometers indicated 8
below, and many water pipes were
frozen.
With zero temperature a blizzard
swept over the fiat country around Eph-
rata last Monday. The school had to
close, and the mail stage to rural points
was compelled to turn back for shelter.
Two children had their hands and faces
more or less frozen. At Hartline and
Colville the snow was accompanied by
a gale, the rate estimated at from 25
to 40 miles an hour. Snowdrifts at
Hartline were five and six feet deep,
wagon roads were impossible and trains
were stalled for several hours.
All the harbors on the coast and
sound felt the effects OF the windstorm,
which caused the highest tide known
for many years, and damaged shipping
to a considerable extent.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-01-14
CONTRACT LET; WORK BEGUN
ON INVESTMENT cos. BLOCK
Hartman & Mckenzie Lowest Bidders
Began Work Monday Morning and
Will be Rushed to Completion

The contract for the rebuilding oi
the Investment & Co.'S Block, adjoin-
ing The Echo building, burned Dec.
10th, was let last Saturday afternoon.
Hartman & Mckenzie were awarded
the contract on the lowest bid, $3235,
against L. F. Speidel and Beasley &
Ruth, who also had bids in.
The contractors began work Monday
morning and will rush the work as
much as weather conditions will per
nit. The quarters adjoining The
Echo will again be occupied by the
postoffice and this room will be fin
ished first.
With this evidence of confidence in
the future on the part Of the Leaven-
worth Investment Company timerous
souls ought to be impressed and take
heart.
By the first OF April some of the
buildings vacated by the saloons will
be occupied. Two or three new busi-
ness ventures are under consideration
and before the summer is half ovei
every vacant building will be occupied.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-01-14
Yesterdays Fire

The fire alarm yesterday afternoon at
4:45 brought the volunteers out on the
jump and within three minutes the
chemical engine, mounted on sled,
was on its way to the blaze, small
dwelling north OF the round house. By
the time the crew reached the place q
hose from the roundhouse was throwing
water on the flames, which were soon
extinguished. Everything in the way
Of furniture and personal effects were
saved. The house, which was almost
totally destroyed, was owned and occu-
pied by VIM. Yake, G. N engineer,
whose loss is covered by insurance.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-01-14
THE 1916 INDUSTRIAL
VIEW IN WASHINGTON
Highway Construction One of the Big
MISUNDERSTANDING Doomed by
High Price of Metal

Half OF all the shipping from United
States ports on the Pacific coast is done
from Puget Sound ports. With the
tremendous increase that is sure to be-
gin this year and grow every following
year this factor alone will build up
mighty city on Puget Sound. The
tremendous advance in the values OF
copper, zinc, lead and silver gives an
impulse to mining, numbering is on
the upward bound with a golden trail
OF prosperity behind it.
Public utilities are in better business
condition than they were year ago,
and more friendly public sentiment
exists on the part of labor and business
men. This change has not yet reached
officialdom.
The recent order Of the Public Utili-
ties Commission, placing the proper
ties of the Pacific Power & Light Co.
upon basis of earning five and six
tenths per cent on invested capital,
allows no room for expansion by invit-
ing new capital.
A state so largely under the neces-
sity of securing irrigation Of its lands on
large scale is seriously hampered by
the contentious of the department Of
the interior in enforcing water laws.
Highway construction on modern
lines continues to be the fixed policy
OF state and counties. and as whole
the commonwealth is making industrial
progress and has turned the tide OF
radicalism.
The Puget Sound district, southwest
ern Washington, and the great interior
and valley regions planted to fruit,
have a substantial future before them,
and will undergo rapid development.
Some of the brewing plants have
been transformed into dairy and fruit
products factories, and one is to manu-
facture near beer. The great Rainier
brewing plant is closed, and the com
pany has built large brewery in Cali
fornia where it will supply beer to
Oregon and Washington people under
their peculiar laws favoring foreign in
dustry.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-01-14
PeShastin School House Burns

Peshastin experienced its first fire
Thursday night at about ID O'Clock,
when the school house was completely
destroyed, nothing being left but the
brick walls, which will probably have
to be rebuilt.
The fire was first noticed in the at
tic and on the roof and there seemed
to be no way to extinguish the blaze
as there was neither water nor hose in
in the building. Had there been the
fire could easily have been conquered
by the early arrivals on the scene.
How the fire started is not known.
1t may have been caused by detective
wiring or by a crack in the chimney
resulting from the heavy snow and ice
on the roof.
The building was constructed about
five years ago at a cost OF $4,000 and
was a credit to the community. Ii
was insured for about $4,000. Ar
rangements have been made to hold
school for the balance Of the term in
the old school house across the river
and the M. E. church, which is also
located there.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-01-14
TAKE PRECAUTIONS
FOR FIRE OUTBREAK
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a
Pound of Cure-Examine the
ChimneyS and Pipes

Mr.. Householder, here is some graf
uitous advice. The scarcity and un-
certainty OF water on account Of frozen
pipes during the cold weather makes
reliance on that source Of protection
none too certain. Take all the pre-
cautions possible against an outbreak.
Watch your chimneys-see that there
is no accumulation of SCOT in them that
might take fire some morning when
you start big fire to warm the house.
There is more danger on this account
in the early morning. A stove pipe
run thru wooden partition, or thru the
ceiling and roof is constant source of
danger, even tho it is surrounded by
one OF those thin sheets OF iron. It
simply ought not to be permitted in a
house where there are women and
children. Experience has shown that
it is too dangerous to be permitted. 1t
is constant menace TO the inmates
and surrounding property holders. Do
not rely on it because it has existed for
two or three years and you have never
had a fire. This very fact makes it
even more dangerous. Rust will de-
tract from the protection it was sup
posed to give when it was new.
Mrs. Householder: If any Of these
conditions exist about your home call
your husbands attention to it. Insist
that you and the children are entitled
to all the protection from fire that is
possible. DO not rest until things are
made as safe as circumstances will per-
nit. 1t will be too late after you have
had a fire. Do it now.
Never leave clothing or anything in
fammable about the stove. When you
60 out be sure that there can be no
outbreak in your absence. Only a
short time ago a man and his wife in
eastern Washington went out one even
ing and left three children locked up
in the house. The house caught fire
and the children were burned up.
Keep this matter of fire in mind and
do not get careless because you never
had fire. This is the danger time.
1t is doubly dangerous because of a
lack of sufficient water. Without an
abundance of water during this cold
weather, and the difficulty of getting to
the fire with the apparatus on account
of the depth of the snow, an ordinary
residence will burn up before the water
can be gotten on it. This has hap
pened here a number of times.
Once more. Put the ounce OF pre-
vention in force right now.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1916-01-14

ply may not be adequate for every pur'
pose. but by restricting the use to only
what is absolutely needed, it will be
enough to tide the town over for the
next ten days when it is believed the
town system will be repaired. No for
NAL understanding between the city
officials and those in control of this
supply has yet been reached, but no
doubt this will be done in a day or two.
The 1900 feet Of new pipe is expect
ed to reach here Monday and will be
hauled at once where it is needed.
AS many men will be employed on the
job as can be used effectively and the
work rushed as rapidly as possible.
The cost of this undertaking, includ-
ing the price Of material, it is estimated
will run between $500 and $1,000, and
that is not all. During the summer
something must be done to prevent a
repetition of the trouble or anything
of similar nature. 1t is too expen-
sive, to say nothing Of the inconven-
ience, and the risk of fire during a
water famine is too great.
One OF the results OF the situation
was the loss of great quantity of baby
fish at the hatchery. their liberation be-
ing made imperative on account of a
scarcity of water. Another was the
partial suspension Of school work fol
the first half of the week.