Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-28
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promptly.
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"a fafa, il - ny promise, i. indeed,
But Luigi's story ~ I heard, It again
made me shivsr. with appreherelon.
surely, since he saw vicky right there
at the moment, bending over the vic-
tim, blood stains on her gown, there
could be no, ioophole OF 1nnocence:
else, ana had 'yicky Known 1t, h
must have made an outcry-must
have accused the guilty party. There
was no one whom Nicky loved well
enough to wish to shield. And. too.
the guests were all in the big living
room; there vas nj one unaccounted
for. If Luigi himself or any OF the
caterers pen had.by chance done the
deed, vichy, wouldn't have U aWay!
There was no sense in that. So I
could see no possible theory but that
of Vicky's actual guilt Why she did
it., was another story. She may v
known Schuyler before. might have
known him a long time. might have
had her own for wishing him
dead; but all that was outside the is
sue of her criminality: There was no
eyewitness of the stabbing itself. but
Luigi's presence Of the scene an in
slant later, left no room for question
as to the hand that had held the
knife. ~,
The jury seemed to think this.
/ Gravely the men listened to what the
Italian told. and their, faces showed
what they believed.
One after another, they told the same
story. All knew Vicky fairly well..'as
Ia pleasant acquaintance; all liked her
as a good friend; all enjoyed her az
a delightful hostess; and many told
individual instances Of Vicky's kind
heart and helping hand. Not infre-
quently. she had lent assistance. both
friends of hets. Never, they all said,
had they known her to do a mean or
deceitfuIS Let or to q an unkind or
malicious word.
The men spoke Of her as a gay,
light-hearted butterfly girl, who was
a coquette, but who stopped short OF
a real Irritation; the women gave her
such commentator as is rarely given
them to their own sex, aid declared
that Miss Van Allen was q simple,
kindly. generous nature without a
trace of the disposition which causes
a woman to be dubbed a cat
Norman Steele was present. He X
planned his sudden departure from
the party by the fact that he had to
catch an owl train for Chicago. He
said, further, that Randolph Schuy-
Ter had asked him to take him around
to Vieky Vans, as he wanted to meet
her: But he had asked Steele, espe-
,cially to introduce him as Mr. Som
ers. He had given no reason for this
and Steele had thought little Nof it.
Randolph Schuyler Was a. man whom
his friends obeyed, often without
question. I understood this. Steele
was no. more OF 9 t0ady to the mil
lionaire than most men would be; but
a request Of RandolphrS chuyler's wa.
not to be thoughtlessly refused, sc
Steele acquiesced. =
He was reticent in further dilatinl
on Schuyler's character. Said he otter
called on ladies who could not bt
called exclusive, but denied. knowl
edge of definite cases or names.
On the whole. steele's evidences
didn't get US anywhere. We a.lread.
knew that Schuyler had gone tt
Vicky Vans under an assumed name
The reason for this had little, If any:
thing, to- do with what had followed