Weekly journal-miner., 1919-06-11

patheties of a man, who had conhded in him the fact of his recent elope- ment with Mrs. Peet. It was the poor unfortunate girl, about to become a
 mother, unless the nurses science
 could prevent this BToadcast manifes- tation of her shameful relations with Dyer Thompson'S reluctance was not at first softened by the story of the plight of the young woman. Moreover, Thompson did not know the slightest thing about how to help Dyer help the girl cover up her indis- cretion. In spite of his ignorance, however. Thompson described the drug he knew was used in sucn cases, He gave two technical names for it, and told what other substance 1t is commonly derived from. But the chemical and nomenclatorial phase of this medicine marked the extreme limits of Thompson's knowledge. To show how ignorant he was, he said he would not know how much of it to administer in order to produce tae desired effect.
 Rolled aagin, Dyer, tke ever-per- sistent and unsquelchable, tried an other tack It was this tack on which Thompson got stuck. There was then. nothing for Dyer to do but marry the girl and give the child a name. But to do so, it was first necessary to convince her parents that he was man of some Inancial solidity He must demonstrate to them the fact that he had money or that money was about to come to him in quantities sufficient to supper. the young woman and her prospect i've offspring.
 So he proposed that Thompson help him fix up a contract. Tn the course of his conversation about this contract Thompson called the in strument by the name of Twill" three times, and then let slip some thing about ''probating" it. There ensued a series of conversations be- tween the two nurses, with the frightened girl, the stern and thrifty parents, Debus, his roll, the will contract and many other persons and objects as their central themes. In the end though ne dwelt lightly on this detail, Thompson succumbed to the importunities of Dyer. He con sented to go through the deception of some persons, to him unknown, and to impersonate Debus.
 Then followed detailed descrip- ton of the visit to the sidewalk in front of A. c. Bakers office, the au- thentication Of the will and the ar rest.
 Digressing, Thompson said that he had found some morphine bottles displaced that morning (May 3 and that Debus was extremely drowsy all the forenoon. In first mentioning the physical effect of an implied mar cotic, the witness referred to the contracted pupils, but ever afterward called them dilatcd.
 Summed up, Thompson's story was one of a weak but good sport, going to some inconvenience and much danger to help a pal out Of scrape. + there was any moral turpitude or immoral sagacity involved, it, or they, belonged to Dyer. Thompson was as clay in the hands of his friend
 MT. Clark Tn Action
 Never was he more genial than when he began his cross-examination Qf the defendant: Mir. Clark be- trayed none of that joy of battle that he carries into action with him. He got the witness to repeat, his asset ton that he had abandoned the ap- pelation of Hiram, and was about to inquire courteously why. then, he had used it as late as March 3, 1919, for the purpose of comforting it upon l lady when Thompson beat him to it by adding-"cXccpt when I got married"
 No, it was not that he was exactly ashamed of being married He just didn't want to be candid about it. He didn't regard it as a scCret-nei- thcr did he consider it anybody's l business. Yet he told Mir. Dyer upon very short acquaintancc2 Yes, he had. For a man in Dyer'S fix, as a | result of his loose habits, he thought | he example would be good Maybe l Dyer would also confer his name onj -he girl, out of necessity if not out of choice.
 He meant exactly what he implied | n his description of the girl's-uot ! parents, for he didn't know she had . any--but those people at least, when he said they didn't care so nucn about her dishouor as they did bout her lovers bank account
 The will or whatever it was 10 be igned, was not to be used for any purpose more ulterior than 10 de- :eivc the girls folks. Dyer had leld up his right 'hand to God and worn that this document would be .sed 10 play the joke on the pco- le, and then would be burned the ext day in the presence of Tnomp- on.
 Added Accusations