Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-21
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TIE DECIDED to sleep over it, and
ii bv morning he found himself not
only dIsinclined to. the> business, but
srm,v resolved to let it drop. Things
-ore we'll enough rs they were. The
-oman in the case was making good.
Jud was making good. And nothing
rould restore Howard Lucas to that
.moll theatrical world Of his which had
r,red him good-by Mt the station so
"If IL Shaved and dressed, his resolution
..,ii holding. He had indeed almost n
conscious @ glow Of virtue. for he was
Mnkiny one of those inglorious and un-
snne sacrifices which ought to bring q
man credit in the next world, because
tbey certainly got him nowhere IN TINS;
He was quite affable to the coiored
waiter who served his breakfasts In the
bachelor apartment house. and Increased
his weekly tip to n dollar and hait.
Then he sat down and opened tne
Timcs. .Republican, skimming over It
S.owrinr over n row of exclamation and
Interrogation points unwittlng,y set be-
Kind the name of the Mayor.
IN the second page. however, he
s.onned, coffee cup in air.
"is Judson Clark alive? Wife OF
former ranch manager makes confess
sion." . p,,
woman named Margaret Donald
son. It appeared, fatally injured by an
automobile near the town Of Norada,
Wvo.. had made confession on her
dsathbed. In It she stated that, afraid
IN die without striving her soul. she
had sent for the Sheriff of Dallas
County and made the following confess
sion:
That following tho tragedy at the
Clark ranch, her husband, John Dom
aMson, since dead, had Immediately
following the inquest where nc testiheI,
started out INTO the nouh'ains ~ ~.
hope OF hndins ClarN alive' us ne kneM
OF deserted ranger CADlh where ClaTh N
sometimes camped Wheh huhtimg.
was his intention 70 search LOT ClarK ~
this cabin ana erect MS escape. he
carried with him food ana prGhdy.
That, OWING 10 thS pli"Hulu, nc Mul
very nearly frozen that ne was oplseu
TO abandon ms morse, shootihg II pstore
he did SO. ana that' ciosc 70 aeatn hlin !,
self, he hnaily reacned thc caclh anu
there found Judsoh Ciark, the lusiti'e'
who was very Ill.
She iurther testihed mat ner husDanH
cared FOR clark TOR 1our days. Chrh
being de!irious at the time, ana ina.
on. the hfth DAY he started PACK on 100!
ior the CiarK ranch' having lcit lars
locked IN the caplh, anu that on the
following night ne took three horses
TWO saddicu' anu o''c P'chc" WIN i'oo
ana supplies. Ihat' aeco.hranieu W
nefseii' the! went JUN W 'he '"oiu -
thc mountains ana mat Sne remained
there TO care 1or Ciark' WINE her nus
pShd returned 10 tne rahch' u pre'eh'
Suspicion.
mat, DAY or 80 iatcr, looking oul
outside Ill the snow coming toward th'
cabln, ana that she had tmousht 1t one
OF the searching party. mat her nrs'
instinct had been to lock him outside
nut that she had iinfliy admitted nm
nnd that thereafter he h2d remained anC
had helped her to care for the sick man
Unfortunately for the rest of the mar
rativc, it appeared that the injured
woman had here lapsed into coma
and had subsequently died, carrying hel
further knowledge with hcr.
But, the article went on, the story
opened field Of infinite surmise. Ir
all probability Judson Clark was still
alive, living under some assumed iden
tity, free Of punishment, outwardly re.
snerteblc Three wars hafore bc hof
been adjudgcd legally dead, and tn,
ettate divided, under bond Of the lega
tees.
Close m n hundred million dollars boi
zone 70 charities md Judson CLARK
wherever hc was. would bc dcnendcn
on his own cffnrts for eyistcirc, RI,
could huy" summonod nil Tho IccaI to,en
in Tho countrv ~ his Jefen,e hu, in.
stead bo hnd chosen to disnnncor'
Tho vhmla .i,mn,ion ,nrnrf nn III,
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dead TLc lncoi an,bnri,ic, ot EoroJ,
rointain"d th"i ,h. ,,nno, mH a. ,L ,L'' '"' 'n
hoon snnc for scvcrol vcnr" On IN,