The Washington times., 1920-06-13


that the fatal wousd must have
been given. II was proved that the
woman left her own house, and ieft
II secretly, en- the night In ques-
tion, and there could surely be no
reasonable doubt In the mind OF
any one of the twelve intelligent
men who had heard the evidence
that she left II with the special
purpose of meeting that man.
He did not wish to complicate
the case or confuse the issue by
raising any question about the
point whether the man had or had
not been the lover OF the woman.
Really. with the evidence which
they had before them, that became
almost immaterial. But what did
seem In every respect most prob
able was that the nan had come
down from London with the ex-
press design not only OF meeting
the woman, but also OF inducing
her to fee with him. For what
other purpose were these two rugs
which he admitted to have brought?
Then again, on the quite impos-
sible hypothesis of the innocence
of the accused, what conceivable
motive could there be for his hur-
ried fight? II would undoubtedly
be the endeavor of the defense, as
foreshadowed by the questions
asked OF the witnesses on that side
and especially by the answers OF
the accused himself, to suggest
that he had fed In order that his
name might not be brought into
the case at all, so that he might
avoid compromising the lady. II
was little late, perhaps, for the
second consideration to occur to
him. but. Of course, the whole ex.
PLANTATION was unworthy OF pres
CH'a'ion as a serious argument to
intelligent men.
II was suggested that the ac-
cused was so f1uSteIed and put
about by hearing of the tragedy
that he resorted to this extraordi-
nary fight In order to avoid being
brought into the case. But how
was his name any the less likely
/, to be brought in because hs him
self was abroad? In all the inevi-
table advertisement given to his
name as a consequence of his flight
Il was brought into infinitely
rreater prominence than If he had
just remained in his lodgings; and
as to being fiustered. so as to have
lost his judgment, was that in ac-
co-dance with the behavior OF
man who patiently waited over the
Sunday in order that he might have
Money from his bankers on the
Monday morning? The hypothesis
w"s so perfectly absurd that the
very fact that 1t could be put for
W was Crly the most striking
witness to the weakness of the de-
fence. which had to be attempted.
He commented at some length
on the absence of the knife and on
the non-success of the police in
finding it, but dismissed It as really
If no account as a negative wit
ness much in the same way as Ser
.eant Crisp had dismissed it when
a!king to me; but then he came
q another curious point, to which
ne said he attached value equally
little with that of the non-appear-
ance of the knife, but which he was
convinced, from the trend of his
questions, his learned friend for
the defence intended to set up as
highly important-that was the
somewhat curious position in
which the key had been found.
-"It is not essential to my case"
he told the jury, that | should es-
deed Of which it is the view of the
prosecution that the accused is
proved to have been guilty. Lovers
Quarrels may notoriously arise on
very little provocation, especially
in the heated atmosphere wh ,ch ap-
pears to have prevailed at this
time in the neighborhood OF Scot
ney House. 1t is not strictly the
business Of the prosecution to pro-
duce a motive But seeing that my
learned friend will undoubtedly try
to base an argument, with his GUS
tomary acumen, on the absence Of
any obvious motive, / will suggest
to you that which seems to have
in 1t a very high degree of prob
ability. namely, that the accused,
with his two rugs and his chauffeur
less car, had designed an elope-
ment, and that the lady, although
consenting to meet him, was far
from ready to take so decisive a
step as to fly with him, and on this
rock 1t Is most probable that they
would split, violent dispute would
arise, eliminating in that tragic
termination which we know.
obviously, from the lightness OF
the lady's attire, she had no long
motor drive in prospect. She had
taken with her nothing which
would bear any evidence Of her in
tention for any such final step.
She did not intend to fee with her
lover. And it is under this head
that | may anticipate somewhat OF
thn prahohIa oronn,anf INV