Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-27

But when the war ended and she was
dismissed from the factory Taylor did not
marry her.
And now she could not go home to face
the old grandfather who loved her SO WE'LL
With Taylor she went TO Chicago. He
tried one position after another and soon
left each. He drifted steadily downward,
she following sorrowfully in his wake.
Daily she pleaded with him TO marry her
He put her off with one excuse after an
other AT last her love carried her to tho
very depths. Taylor became waiter in n
resort south OF Chicago which. through the
character OF it's hahitues. is locally known
as the Bad Lands"
She went with him and TO remain close
to him became dancing girl in the same
place.
Here she mingled with the vicious, the
depravcd the very dregs OF the great city
to the north. 1t is perpetual miracle
what u woman will do for love. No greater
contrast to the peaceful clean life of the
big farm than the scenes in which now She
moved could he imagined She chung to
Taylor and his promise to marry her as
the one thing left to her in the world.
But this same love did not make her a
very successful dancing girl in such Il
place Nor was her face and behavior sucn
as to make her popular with the patrons.
And continually she begged Taylor to
gather himself together, marry her and
take the upward path TO the old, clean
honest life.
Then came the accident in which sho
was shot by Taylor.
To the case was assigned Detectives
Sergeant Harry Power, big, tender
hearted, understanding Chicago policeman
The shooting had occurred in an apart
ment where the two were living. Power
found Viola Carpenter half conscious upon
the bed and blood streaming fro1n her side
Taylor was there, too. He said at first
that the girl had shot herself She was
unable to talk and. naturally her lover
was at once placed under arrest But
Power was dissatisfied with Taylor's cx.
PLANTATION OF the attempted suicide. and for
two days while Viola Carpenter lowered
between life and death he hammered at
Taylor for the truth.
At last. the police say, Taylor admitted
he had shot the girl, but doggcdly chung to
the story that it was an accident He said
he had been looking for Il burglar and had
pointed the gun at her, thinking it would
not go off He added they had been mar
ried for two years and were very happy
together.
The girl took turn for the worse. At
the hospital they told her she was dying
and she asked to see Sergeant Power
The detective felt personal responsibility
in tho case. He knew something of the
mans associations. And the girl could not
be more than nineteen.
When he reached Viola Carpenters bed.
side he told her she was about to die and
urged her to reveal the details of the shoot.
ing. She considered moment. then
asked for Taylors explanation OF the af-
fair Power told her he had said il was
an accident and that he had shot her while
demonstrating what he would do to q
burglar. She asked to see his signature to
that statement. Power produced 1t.
If that's what he said" the girl wins.
pered, that is the truth"
She lay for moment in silence. Then:
m
geant?"
'rwcnty-seyen years." replied the police.
man.
You can help me-" said the dying girl.
And reaching under her pillow she drew
forth tattered piece OF paper.
we got this year ago." she said !;
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