The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-11-23

his own belief In his clients limo
cence.
lie found his client seated in his
cell. %scribbling upon pieces Of paper
covered with diagrams, just as he had
found him on the occasion Of his pre-
viOus visit. Wilton ros and they
shook hands.
The lawyer sat down. Lets 20 over
the facts together" ne said. There's
going to be a fight. You realize that?
Not that you won't win ont. vi course
you viii. But when popular passions
are stirred when a newspaper c.tn-
paign has practically prejudgsd the
ease, It's apt To be reflected In the
minds Of the jury. I've thought Of
asking for a change Of venue. But
I'm frank. Carruthers-the FEELING is
widespread, and Clayton Is the town
where your enemies have the least
influence. I think Wen tight tfem
here"
I'm fight 1t out here" answered
Wilton.
Your luck has been Internal. II II
could be proved that Bower hired
th.se men to kidnap Miss Mcdonald
and her father-thougb ID wouldn't
help directly-it would create a
prejudice in the minds of the jury.
We coull bring that In as evidence.
II would discredit Bower. II would
force him into the witness-box and
give us an opportunity. If those men
If Miss Mcdonald could 20 into the
witness-boX-we could present some
thing of a case. But they're dead-at
least those outlaws are dead-and
their secret died with them"
"We can get Tonguay there"
you don't consider hat he may be
a sta 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 sun of
money to 1t. Three weeks In a private
room there offer opportunities"
You do believe that Pbayre is inr
plitated?" cried Wilton.
~ do, Carruthers. Ill be frank nth
you. ! didn't at first. But I'M con-
vinced that either Phayre or Bowyer
was privy TO Joe Bostock's murder. !
believe 1t was an accidenf. and that
they're playing on 1t TO get you con,
victed.
That's what We cat prove against
them, and II 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 a large sum on five
hundred Missatibl slares-probably
to cover some other Investment, and
knowing that he could meet Il when
| the time came. There's nothing alb
f, normal or unusual about that.
"The money disappeared. Checks az
%gregating four hundred thousand dol.
lars signed by Joe Bostock and
made out In your favor are found i'm
your safe. II is claimed that you pre-
scented them that they passed through
the bank I'm the normal way. and that
they went back IN you a< the time you
signed the monthly statement as his
executor.
"You are presumed 10 have casbed
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 ! forged those
| checks?'
II do not" said Payne emphatically.
"But-I1l he frank couldn't see"
Then il was Phayre."
"Phayre or Clark. CLARK has a first
rate record. He was ~ elve 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 Phayre and Bow
yer fixed up this scheme to get con-
troll of the Missatibi and ruin you, at
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
mediateIy ! discovered that the safe
was open, but the checks were the last
thing ! should have thought of look
ing al. ] thought they were after the
~blue-prints of the townships
Then Chambers must also have alb
stracied the checks showing how Joe
Bostock expended that five hundred
thousand, and left those IN their place.
It's a diabolicai continuance, and I'm
afraid we cant hope to make much
impression With such a story OH d
jury. Carruthers. Are you positive
you closed the safer"
II am absolutely sure, because | al
ways tried 1t after closing, and made
sure that the combination was not
set"
III couldn't be opened without the
combination? ]"
Impossible. OF course, I'm not say
Ing what mightn't be done by a master
craftsman"
But Chambers wasn't a burglar. He
was an engineer, and always had been.
he was o skilled one, too. He could
do better by his profession than by
burglary. That's the heaviest item In
the Prosecutors bin. Carruthcrs. II
establishes a strong motive. That's
what | mean when I say that we're on