The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1923-03-08

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Judge summed Up, ne took the oppor-
tunity to censure the conduct Of the
police m the case He referred, be
said, to the detectives conduct with
regard to Lawyer Jurgens. He was
certainly convinced that it had never
been his intention to exercise pressure
on the old man, but that he had in a
passion laid hands on him, circum-
stance which, at the. turn events had
taken in the case, appeared in very
unfavorabIe light. The detective had
also committed another error in not
mentioning the incident when he gave
evidence in court The judge felt him-
self obliged to declare that this con-
duct might have aided the condemna-
ton Of an innocent person.
Any one can understand in what a
painful situation / found myself. The
worst of it was, that ! was obliged to
admit that the judge was right-pain-
fully right Also, the way in which !
had conducted the case had contributed,
to a great extent, in throwing terrible
suspicion upon the one who was the
dearest to me in the world. So far,
/ did not as yet feresee the result of
the turn which the affair had taken,
and which in itself was so surprising
that one hardly had time to reflect be-
fore the judgment was given.
went home Immediately, and tried
to think over my position; but even
then ! saw only darkness around me.
So pulled myself together and went
to the chief superintendent Office.
He still sat there, although it was rather
late in the evening. He was very seri-
Gus.
Il have already been informed of
what has taken place in court" he said;
z land it pains me greatly to hear what
has happened. My purpose in speak
ing of this. is to spare you giving any
account of it. Waitl have one
thing to tell you before you answer
one thing which you ought to know as
soon as possible. ] have given orders
: for the arrest OF Miss Prick"
/ had expected that some such thing
must happen, and ! succeeded in as
Stunning an indifference which was any
thing but what felt.
Il knew this must happen, sir" I
answered, Hand ! have no doubt what
ought to do; have como to ask you
to accept my resignation in the police
service My written application ! have
not as yet made out. but you shall have
it Tomorrow. | ask you to consider
II as already In your hands"
] The superintendent hooked at me in
friendly way. pressed my hand. and
said:
y am sorry, more sorry than
you can imagine, but neither can. nor
will, ask you to take back your rcsigna--
ton What you have now said was
just what ! was preparedato hear from
you"
Have you heard, sir. everything that
took place in the court today
"Yes. have obtained verbatim re-
port from the officer who was present
the whole time. !"
"And what 10 your opinion~
I my opinion7 I understand you do
not refer any longer to yourself; you
are thinking Of the young girl whom
] have been obliged to arrest--well.
what shall | say to you7 II say
that no one but Miss Prick could have
taken the diamond, then you will be
angry with me and If ! say the COM
trary, you will think am speaking
against my conviction-isn't that so9"
He was right, and / remained silent.
AS / moved to 90. the superintendent
took my hand again.
"You have net with great misfor-
tune, Monk little carelessness on your
part, bagatelle which. in ninety-nine
cases out Of hundred, would have
resulted in nothing. has, by force OF
circumstances. driven you from post
which you have 6lied with much energy
and ability. And, II / am not mistaken,
greater misfortune has hefalien, or.
Va ANY case. Is likely to hefall. one
whom you hold dear. With regard to
the FIRST, yos arc mao Of eaergy. and
Il IS hardly necessary TO ask you not
to lsss eowraSsi you have done moth
Ing wrena and me wsrla Il wide anA
gensrally repsys one tss sne's. Labor.
As for the iattes, ! have also some
advice. Wait aasisnslyi read plainly
In your face what yen intend doing
you viii use oil your strength and ener-
gy In trying 10 prove tAls lsdys innc-
eence, against whom everything now
seems to tell snA II b far from my in
tenticn TO dissuade you in this--per-
haps you win succeed This much. exc
perience has taught me-shat nothing 10
Impossible. But should you not sue
ceed--and who can tsiil-do not make
the mistake Of running your life for the
sake Of q wonan-kindes to yourself
and to her 10 break and have done with
Il at once, before IL shall be too late.
Remember. too, that what Is, is inevita-
Bile, and that one cannot build house
Of bricks which are already cfumbicd
to dust; break with h, the earlier the
better-befoTe Il Is too late-and do
not attempt 10 produce the impossible
from thing which has already proved
Il II