The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-02
Personally Directed
By Robert G. Vignold-
By Dom Byrne,

by DoIn DyTIle,
TT ERE Mccarthy stopped and
MI all ku.w he would say no
= . more Indeed. it seemed as
! If he physicallS could say no more.
for the paS seemed overcome. All
tho tenseasss OF him was gone and
the prisoper and ;he looked At each
other ~ strsAse. pathetic and
trusting Ny smiling with dry
courtrooAE f4t Suddenly absshei.
l % . cyE nieht feel before the
n; Ana IL. xsls , a s.sss0n e:
; m.4ai.a! s. : a: $50 happy ~s vs r:
we couids NJ into pictures that
were not pictures but chords. har-
1 mony apdSc6unterpoint, not for tho
:, minds eye: but for the hearts
\ feeling. AThere they had been by
. cove on Paradise Island. loving
|. each other not 3oyously. but SIM
ply and sfnotrely and with grea.
strength. ~. VI
They could - them. strong and
I hne. by the translucent water OF
the cove. under the golden sun on
] the golden sands. In a place as
& beautiful as the garden the Lord
God planted in Eden. And as over
that f1rst garden so over this ono
did a storm brood like an owl.
What tetrofs she must have gone
/; through @11th uIe prison gate con-
tinually Whore hertz What tempta-
lions must he have undergone with
his wife BY him. and the thought in
his head that one day he must
bring her back to stand trial for
the killing OF d man!
!. In God'esname what was the use
to them Of shining seas and golden
sands. trees green as green ban
I ners, moons of Paradise and scented
tropic wfpds. while tragedy was in
the air, electric as a storm?
you can step down. Mccarthy"
the district attorney said. And turn
ing to the court he spread out his
hands.
"The case Of the people rests"
The case for Anna Jansen
rests" countered Howard Donegan.
For long time there was
pause that was accentuated into
uncomfortable drama by the tick
ing of the court clock. 1t was as
though an angel Of silence we're
passing. The jury looked uncom-
Portable. Z The district attorney bit
his nails, The spectators looked at
one another in mental disorienta-
ton. 1t might have been the first
bar Of justice with no precedent to
follow, no set of rules, so sudden
ly had all the machinery stalled.
Only Howard Donegan drowsei on
; The Judge was the first to come
S II h l.pssd for ne aaa Y ssessd
"GentIemen." ASbessn ath.
case for the people rests and the
counsel for the prisoner rests his
case also. 1t has now arrived to
make a decision.
You turymen have only one
duty to perform, and a bounded
duty it is. You have got to decide
one fact. DID Anna Jansen kill
Alastair de vries?
THE JUDGES cHAnGE
''were Anna Jansen before YOU,
The lowest of the low, gutter-soiled.
evil, menace to the community,
and did not kill De Vries, then you
would have to bring in a verdict OF
mot guilty no matter how much
what she Is before you now, no mat
ter what sympathy you feel for
her, you must bring in a verdict OF
guilty II you are certain she killed
De vries.
Nov gentlemen, there can be
emo reasonable. doubt Of this. Even
the prisoner herself admits 1t. so
IA must instruct you TO bring in
averdict of kl1Ilty.- ifrt '.'e.-,.
The jury hooked At one another.
amased, little scared. They
turned to the foreman, a fine fiorid
rersonage. with a fan-shaped red
bead, . man who ought to br equal
to every occasion, so IL seemed
They turned to him as a sheep
turns to a bell wether. He rosc to
his feet p+.' "-
"But this woman is changed" he
objected. she IL not the Same
THAT Is not germane to your Of
6cer," the Judge answered severe
ly. you weigh facts. I weigh JUS
tfcA- Your affair IL between Ala
sair de Vries and Anna Jansser,.
De vries il now in the hands OF
his God. Jansen is in mine.
Though I am the arbiter of legal
form, yet also I am the personation
of Equity. God has judged &c vries,
u, with the voice OF God, shall Judge
Anna Jansen. Consider your
verdict" ~
1T we bring in . verdict Of mot
lguilty-'" the foreman suggested.
I, III you do"-the Judge was cold
as eteel--''you have done an un-