The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-22
i his Powerful Romance, Soon to Be Seen on the
Screen, Answers the Mooted Question,
Can Woman Who Has
Sinned Come Back2"

an 0mcer OF the city OF new Iork,
witness for the State of New
York.
"The district attorney has called
him to prove that the prisoner In
the dock Is Anna Jansen. i shall
not examine him. But when he
has given his testimony for the
district attorney he will have given
his testimony for me.
'And I shall have proven that
the chorus girl who killed Alastair
de Vries Is not the woman who
stands In the dockw
There was an instant's signing
from the courtroom, a momentary
relaxation. So Donegan had fought
and won his first tight. and now
they were going to hear the history
of the Spicy Isles. Now all the
mystery would be lifted that had
been hanging about the courtroom
like a necromancer's mist
"Call Thomas Mccarthy Done
gan barked from the side of his
mouth.
"Oricer Thomas Mccarthy"
Thomas Mccarthy to the standw
As he stood In the witness boxx,
Mccarthy seemed to bulk tremen-
dously in the room. As Anna JAMS
sen seemed to I'LL the court spiritu-
ally, 90 he. seemed to I'LL !. physi-
cally. Emanations of strength.
emanations of power came from
him like current from q battery.
He was not six feet tall, but so
erect did he stand. so free was his
carriage that he seemed to tower
above all in the courtroom. He
was not a big man, but he suggest
ed tremendous strength. so easily
with the smallest movement did the
sinews ripple beneath his coat.
Brown as copper, his face had
not the strange mystery OF Anna
Janssen's. because his eyes end hair
were black. where hers were fair.
Yet he was strange.
OUT OF PLACE.
1t was principally that he was out
Of place in his city clothes. One
would have imagined him easily as
some young athlete in the Olympic
games, hurting the discus possibly.
or fiinging himself over the high
jump.
Or one might have suffered him
in the clothes OF Summer in the
country. short rolling collar and
roomy sport coat. But in the bus
mess suit" of some department
store, lie seemed like an actor some
inept stage manager had dressed.
Grotesquely, a police badge was
pinned to the lapel of his coat.
AS he entered the box. Anna
Jansen turned toward him with
a swift outpouring of her eyes. 1t
might have been interest, but 1t
was warmer than interest. 1t
might have been appeal, but 1t was
more confident than appeal.
"You are Plain Clothes OFFICER
Thomas Mccarthy" the District
Attorney examined.
Eyes. sir. Number s917."
Attached to Police Headquar-
ters?''
Tell us the circumstances under
which you arrested the prisoner"
"The Commissioner-the Com
Observation-Disclosures began. fall
tered, suddenly stopped.
Eyes, the Commissioner"
But Mccarthy seemed struck by
sudden panic.
'Yes, yes" the District Attor-
ney became irritable. THE Com
missioner"--He raped the table.
Donegan rose.
Mccarthy" he explained gently,
has had no one to talk to for
seven years but my client He flnds
IL hard to get his words right. Take
your time, Mccarthy" he told the
witness "Close your eyeA Say 1t
as IL you were saying 1t to your
self.
The prisoner threw him a look
Of gratitude.
II was on the Vice Squad under
Inspector O'Gara." The witness
found the words at last. "One
morning the Commissioner sends
for me. 1t was when The trouble
was on about the graft in he
Raines law hotels. Tho C,mmis-
sioner looks at me kind of hard.
"'Are you on the square, Nc
Carthy?" he says.
ayes, Commissioner, I'm on the
square, tells him.
"It's news to me they's anyone
on the square, the Commissioner
laughs kind o. mean.
"'Tell me, Mccarthy, were you
ever mixed up with a womanT 7
vets chilled all over. because I
thinks someone's trying to frame
me.
NO sir. Never, L answers.
"Then why weren't your
sT don't know I says. except it
was my people were from Ireland
and brought me up their own way.
When / was kid. Commissioner,
could go to confession without
holding out, and / guess can do
1t today
".oh, you're one Of them good
Irish cops he sneers. heard
tell on them. but I never met one
before
"'well. you meet him now. I
looks him cold in the eye. And
then I'm sorry, because see he
means nothing. He's just sore.
"'Weil, square cop nc sage, I
got jon for you. Anna JANSEN
he says, lis found. A rich guy
hides her and brings her to Tahiti
on his yacht. She's there now.
The French authorities he says.
have made a pinch. Go get her.
IAN right says. ana turns to
go.
"'Just a moment, Mccarthy he
says. 4 said: "Get her. You
understand? Get her. And keep
her. Was a man to try and escape
on you, what would you dor"
To BE Continued Tomorrow.