Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-10-28

taFrut2erS, apd he was reso we'd 10
Tree hisn. That, of course. presumed
his own belief in his clients limo,
cence.
He found his client seated in his
cell. scribhling upon pieces of paper
covered with diagrams, just as he had
found him on tile occasion of his pre-
viOus visit. Wilton rose and they
shook hands.
The lawyer sat down. Lets go over
the facts together" he said There's
going to be fight. You realize that?
Not thai you won't win ont. Of course
you will. But when popular prssiunS
are stirred when a new spaper c.lm-
paiSn has practically prejudged the
case, it's ant To he reflected in the
minds of the jury. I've thought Of
asking for change of venue. Bnt-
I'm frank. Carruthers-the FEELING Is
widespread, and Clayton is the town
where your enemies have the least
influence. l think Wen light tFem
here"
"In fight 1t out here" answered
Wilton.
Your luck has been Internal If 1t
could be proved that Bower hired
those men to kidnap Miss Mcdonald
and her father-though it wouldn't
help directly-it would create a
prejudice in the minds of the jury.
We could bring that in as evidence.
1t would discredit Bower. 1t would
force him into the witness-box and
give us an opportunity. If those men
If Miss Mcdonald could go into the
witness-boX-we could present some
thing of case. But they're dead-at
least those outlaws are dead-and
their secret died with them"
I'VE can get Tonguay there"
you don't consider that he may be
star witness for the prosecution.
Carruthers? He's got his neck to save.
And, If your implication of Phayre is
the correct one, you remember that
Phayre is a director OF the Clayton
hospital. and donated a large sum of
money to it. Three weeks In a private
room there offer opportunities"
"You do believe that Phayre is i'm
plicated?" cried Wilton.
81 do, Carruthers. II be frank with
you. / didn't at first But I'm con
WINGED that either Phayre or Bowyer
was privy to Joe Bostock's murder. /
believe it was an accident, and that
they're playing on 1t to get you con
victed.
That's what we can prove against
them, and It amounts to nothing. Now
what can they prove against us? You
were Joe BostOck's friend. You knew
all his affairs You were his executor.
For some reason or other Joe Bostock
raised a loan Of large sum on five
hundred MlSsatibi shareS-probably
to cover some other investment, and
knowing that he could meet 1t when
the time came. There's nothing alb
/ normal or unusual about that.
"The money disappeared. Checks ag-
gregatlng four hundred thousand dol
lars signed by Joe Bostock and
| made out in your favor are found in
your safe. 1t is claimed that you pre-
scented them; that they passed through
the bank in the normal way, and that
they went back to you at the time you
signed the monthly statement as his
| executor.
"You are presumed TO have cashed
| those checks. Two days later you
went into the bush with Mr. Bostock
He died at your side. Do you see the
implication, as a juryman would see
it?"
"And you believe 1 forged those
checks?"
81 do not" said Payne emphatically,
"But-I'll be frank-I couldn't see
"Then II was phayre"
"Phayre or Clark. Clark has a first
rate record. He was twelve years with
the Regina branch of the Western Ma
tiOnal We haven't been able to trace
anything to his discredit. Still there's
not the least doubt PAayrc and Bow
yer fixed up this scheme to get con
| troll of the Missatibi and ruin you, al
the best. Joe BOstock's death fitted in
only too well with their purposes. But
! how those checks got into your safe
| Carruthers-"
chambers placed them there, OF
course. went over the papers i'm
medlately | discovered that the safe
vas open. but the checks were the last
| thing | should have thought Of look
ing at. / thought they were after the
| blue-prints of the townships.
''Then Chambers must also have alb
stracted the checks showing how Joe
BOstock expended that five hundred
! thousand and left those In their place
It's diabOlical c0ntrivance, and I'm
| afraid we can't hope to make much
| impression with such q story on q
jury, Carruthers. Are you positive
| you closed the safe? 2"
Il am absolutely sure, because / al
J ways tried it after closing, and made
sure that the combination was not
set"
ut couldn't be opened without the
cOmbinationT
Impossible. or course, I'm not say
ing what mightn't be done by master
craftsman--"
But Chambers wasn't burglar. He
was an engineer, and always had been