The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-22
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For the confessed murders there
will be no demand for the death
penalty, Thompson said.
II viii not ask the death pen.
atty he said. ''I owe that much
to the church. I will demand life
imprisonment on both charges. That
should suffice
Meanwhile, all possible clues tend.
ing to connect the minister with
the death of the Centerville girl
were being traced down. An effort
20 force q confession from him re-
garding this case so far has failed.
First intimation that he may have
been connected with the death came
during last nights grilling when
Thompson asked him about a photo
graph which is said to have stood
on the parsonage piano. This folder
contained a picture of High, and
was also said 70 have held q pic
,ture Of Mrs. Sweetin.
Friend Of Daughter.
High denied possessing a photo
graph Of the charming widow and
to prove his point said the folder
had contained the photograph Of
young girl. q member Of his flock
whose name he had forgotten and
who had died three years ago
''after drinking. some water at a
1Centerville picnic"
The girl was a friend Of one Of
his daughters, the pastor said.
On this information, Sheriff Grant
Holcoln Immediately got into com.
munication with authorities at
Carn1i, Whit county, and asked for
q report on the girls death.
Grilled Through Night.
The long, long hours throughout
the night and into the dawn which
preceded the confession were
fraught with many thrills.
II amt gonna talk no more" the
little pastor, who came to the cloth
from racetrack, said time and
time again as weary body and mind
cried out for sleep. But Thompson
persisted gently with his question.
ing, playing on the clergyman's
emotions, appealing to him as a
Christian to bring q confession.
''You have the blood Of your wife
B1lAut,
you murdered her. Just think
you murdered her as sure as I'm
sitting here before you now. For
twenty.six years she was your best
friend. Come now, bear your soul.
Relieve yourself"
I'm innocent" Hight responded.
"But I'm not going to talk any
more. I've answered every con.
ceivable question. You can't keep
ma here any longer. It amt right"
Reads From Bible.
Then the prosecutor resorted to
another tact. He read the Bible:
''Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be fearful
He was reading from the chapter
oe st. john, the verses that had
been Mrs. flights favorite. She
had requested that they be read at
her funeral, and her husband had
read them. He gasped now as the
attorney intoned them in this dingy
little room in the county tail, with
its one electric light cleaning with
2 CHASTITY light, like a beacon. Tears
nlled his eyes, but his determine.
ton was unbroken..
II tell you didn't kill her." he
O4A0 AA Sk4Ays
Now Mr.. Hight" the prosecutor
returned gently. you know that
people have decisions. They have
q lapse Of memory. They do
things on the spur Of the moment
that they otherwise would never
dream Of doing. Did you ever do
anything like that? Come now,
you may have poisoned your wife
TO relieve her Of pain. You might
have been deranged Just temporar.
lily. Now think"
Pastor Waivers.
I may have done that" said
the pastor hesitating. Now il
did don't remember. But may
be-to relieve pain"
Again the prosecutor turned to
the Bible. He picked out another
favorite Of Mrs. Nights.
."And now I saw another strong
angel coming down out Of the
Heaven, arrayed with a cloud, and
the rainbow was upon his head