The Sentinel=record., 1916-12-22
FATHER IDENTIFIES "DAVE SHORT" AS 1
 THIRD BROTHER ID THE DEAD l

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 Attorney Richard Ryan and Judge Mooney ccunsil for the young man in jail, were in the Gross parl0rs, and they each stated after they had learn ed of the extreme youth of the miss ing son, that the boy in jail must cor- tamly not be the third son. because while he had communicated little with them, he seemed more of a man ;han a youth not yet answerable to the highest penalties of the law
 Sheriff B.edsoe, George Brenner, Mr. Chappell, Attorneys Ryan and Mooney and @ Sentnel-Becord man went with the father to the county jlH Deputy Sheriff Bradfield was call ed and opened the prison. The party lied in. There was a moment of eX- pectancy Cn the faces of all, and cer- tainly the father did not expect to be further shocked by having to recog- nize his other son.
 As Sheriff Bledsoe showed back the pig locks and called to Dave Short to come out, the young man walked | from his cell straight as an arrow to the front door of the ruI-around His face was eXpressionless Mir. Chappel was standing hear the Sentinel-Rec- | ord man From their viewpoint they ccud see Dave Short before the father saw him, or before he saw the father or recognized Alr Chappell.
 "Is that him?' was asked Alr. Chap Dell
 Mir. Chapel merely nodded his head and looked away. He did nog want to stare into the second crucial test Dhe aged rather would have with in such short time.
 Dave Slort hesitoted in the door way just moment then stepped out into the open where the party staoL The father looked up once. Then a sob broke from the depths of his bosom
 That is my boy too,' he cried in the deepest of anguish.
 "L-rd. Lord, Lord This ls my boy, 1 This E my boy" cried the taller oyec 1 and over again "Daye Short walked l mp close to aim
 The boys face was as eXpres5io4- less at this crucial moment oG recogni- ton as he was last saturday after noon when he in the morgue of the Gross par.ors, saw his two dead b.o.h CTS laid out on cold slabs, and later saw the stiff cold bodies picked up and stood one each side of him as | Ih tog aphcr made a picture Of uhe trio
 "Howdy do, Mir Chappell,' the boy
 aid as he turned from face to face and saw hIs neigabor standing near his fathers side.
 Chappell extended his hand 10 tro young man and they cIasped hands in further silence for a moment
 That boy there never done uo'h- ing, said the father pointing to his son. T haven't got no excuse 10 offer flor le other two. Bu. that boy there just last s-mmer ran away lm his schooI, left his books in tue scho,l room. and went out 10 hunt for the other boys because he had been draw ed 10 them.
 The boy looked dcwn ms the father declared him innocent lie never raised his eyes for a minute, but when Ge did they were as rom from tel ing Ia story of human emotion as they had ever been
 How one SO steeIed against hard circumstances could stand the ordeal as essi1nlass as this mere noE was the wonder of those in the ia, particularly when be knew the value .of human sympathy in a trying hcIr. and when he had himself cooked up a story for himself about being orphaa- ed by his motecr at six months of age, and about his father having given him away just after his m liners oeath That boy knew something Q. human sympathy among mankind, whether he felt it or not Perha under that social expression perAap, behind those keen blue eyes there was vagiue as hitte. re-reJ as had tine teas been given full vent Thoa' who were in the jail speculated on al. these circumstances aa they left Che scene.
 The Crumpled Story.
 Standing out strihiugiy in this ideE- tificati.n by the father Of the son is the story Dave short" had told at first after his capture in the woods, and also the story he had told in the city when first placed in the county jail, and also the story he listened to yesterday afternoon repeated rom the witness stand as he had tod it.
 Attorneys Ryan and Mooney dusing the preliminary yesterday morning in the circuit court room. with their young client Dave Short" beside them. cross examined the various wit. aesses examined and always emph4- sized that part of the story told q the witness stand of ho,7[ snort" fad even on first arprehension,Eo,d ol his having been drawa into compGpy Ni;h the other two men through hirS.A M,