The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-28

Of his surmises, | looked up the
matter and found the proof.
Again, the man | accuse Sc
cured handkerchief from Sery-
ker's room and carried it away
for the purpose of discriminating
the butler. 1t seems, owing to
past secret, the butler was in
the power of Judge Hoyt. How
ever, circumstances led suspicion
in other directions. The tell tale
handkerchief seemed to point
first to the Swedish couple. La
ter it seemed to point to the but
Ter, Stryker, and, later still, was
used as point against Kane Lam
don. But it is really the curse
that has come home to roost
where it belongs, as a condemna-
ton of Judge Leslie Hoyt. This
arch criminal planned so cleverly
and carried out his schemes so
carefully that he overreached
himself. His marvelously com
plete ahbi is too perfect. His di-
abolical skill in arranging his
spurious letter, telegram, news
paper, and finally a picture post
card which ] shall tell Of shortly,
outdid itself, and his excessive
care was his own undoing. But,
in addition to these points, | ask
you to hear the tale Of young Nc
Guire, who has suffered at the
hands Of Judge Hoyt not only in
justice and inconvenience, but at
tempted crime -
Fibsy was allowed to tell his
own story, and half shy, half
frightened, he began.
AT first Judge Hoyt he want
ed me to go to woik in Philadel-
phia, an I thought it was queer,
but | went, an I discovered he
was payin' me wages himself.
That was funny, an it was what
gimme the foist steer. So came
back to New York an | stayed
here, maxim b'lieve me aunt
needed me. So then one day
Judge Hoyt he took me to din
er at restaurant, sayin' he took
notion to me an wanted me to
learn to be a gent man. Well,
when we had coffee he gimme a
little cup foist, an then he put
some sugar in it fer me. Well, I
seen the sugar was diffrunt-"
Different from WHAT" asked
Whiting.
From the rest rant sugar.
That was smooth an oblong, an
what the judge put into my cup
was square Jumps, an rougher
on the sides. So 'picioned sum-
pin was wrong, an | didn t drink
that coffee. | left it on the table.
An soon's I reached the street
| ran back fer me paper, what I'd
left on poipose, an l told the
waiter to save that cup o coffee
fer evidence in moider trial.
An, he did did, ar Mr. Ny. stcne he's
had it examined, an it's full Of
of what, Mr.. Stone?''
cot nitroglycerine, asserted
Stone gravely.
eyes, sir, Judge Hoyt tried to
kill me, he did," Fibsy's big
blue eyes were dark with the
thrill Of his subject rather than
fear now. He was absorbed in
his recital, and went steadily on,
his manner and tone, unlettered
and unschooled though they
were, carrying absolute convic-
ton of truth.
sssTWhen I seen that queer sugar
goin' in me cup me thinker
woikeG like lightnin and I knew
it meant poison. So / thunk
quickly how to nail the job onto
him, and | did. Then soon after
that | was kidnapped. A tele-
phone call told me Mr.. Stone was
waitin fer me in a taxi, and
when / flew meself to it, it
wasn't Mr.. Stone at all, but q.
japanese Teller, name o Kite. He
took me to a swell house and
locked me in. If I tried any
funny business he gave me 700
jitsy It'll | quit tryin' Well, /
didn't know whose house it was,
but I've sence found out it was
Judge Hoyt's He lived with his
sister, an she's away, but the
Jap told me it was another mans
house. Well, in that house I
found one O. them postcard pic
lures Of Judge Hoyt in the Phila-
delphia station. / didn't think
even then bout me bein' in his