Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-11-21
RHINELANDER
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rifle his trunk; had submitted to any
thing they wished him to do
The resumption Of personal eX
animation was relief from the tOul
DAYS of continual letter reading
Even the Jury. DESTROYS of doing
their duty. had nodded and pawned
as the day passed slowly on and
Judge Mills read and read and read
The leterst were the most diverse
of all those which had yet been put
into the record. They were the un-
restrained. primitive letters of an
illiterate woman deeply moved by
conflicting emotions and desires; they
contained the inevitable poems; they
contained her hopes for automobiles
and money and an apartment OF her
own; they rang with cuese OF hope
and fear an denvy.
Thoughts of Love and Money Mixed.
Her thoughts of love and money
were so mixed up that in one letter
she said:
II dreamed of you last night = = x
and how you loved me, and you gave
me piles and piles brand new ten dol
lar bills. But you could not give me
enough, of them, and every one OF
them were brand new
1t was only a few minutes after
this was read that Judge Mills turn
ed Rhinelander over to Davis, ana
the determined looking counsel Tor
Mrs. Rhinelander, who used to be a
District Attorney, rose to his full
heights and looked at Rhinelander as
if welcoming the opportunity which
had been so long in arriving. HIS
voice is deep and impressive in its
intonations; he uses it with dramatic
effect.
Rhinelander turned to him the
same impassive, mask-like countenace
which he has shown through all the
trial. Only the cleaning intensity
of his eyes indicates the great effort
he makes at concentration in order
to overcome the impeachment In his
speech. Occasionally his eyelids open
and close rapidly, and his mouth
strains till his lips are thin straight
line before he is able to open them.
Because of the impeachment IN
your speech | want to be as kindly
as can" said Mr.. Davis slowly. If
YOU do not understand what say tell
me and / will repeat it gladly. -.
Now tell me, your mind is all
right now, isn't it,"
II think it is" said Rhinelander,
CURLY.
"You don't want Judge Mills and
the jury to get the impression that
you are an imbecile?'
Rhinelander folded his arms with
an effort as if to get control of his
nerves, and said, mo"
Back in 1928 your mind was all
right, wasn't it?'
yes"
Said He Knew What He Was Doing.
"You know what you were doing!'
Eyes"
Back in 1922 and in 1921 your
mind was all right"
YES" said Rhinelander, fastening
his eyes steadily upon his questioner.
you don't want the jury to get
the impression that you didn't know
what you were doing?"
mo"
"Yeu didn't stutter quite so much
when you talked to your wife,
Alice?"
NO" h ereplied, still in monosyll-
ables.
This is your wife sitintg here,
isn't She" said Davis, moving back to
where Mrs. Rhinelander sat with her
head bowed, as it has been for the
last three days in court. She hardly
looked at her husband as he talked,
and his eyes never for moment
strayed in her direction. He kept
them fastened on the tall figure OF
her counsel. And when the youth
said that she was his wife it was the
first time that either he or Judge
Mills had referred to the fact or adj
mitted it.
DIR. Davis then turned to the day
when he was taken away from his
wife by Mr.. Jacobs, a lawyer en-
ployed in his fathers office.
He hurried you into the automo-
bile?" said Mr.. Davis.
II hurried" corrected Rhinelander.
All" said Davis with satisfaction,
you are able to make that distinc-
ton"
Jacobs took him to boarding
house in Jamaica that night and then
took him to Washington, said Rhine
lander, and after staying in the
capital four days they went back to
jamaica. A moment later he remem-
bered that he had not gone straight
there, but had stopped at Newark at
the Robert Treat Hotel, and after
stopping in Manhattan tube station,
had gone to Bellrose, l.. |.
you just thought of Strong's
testimony, didn't you?" said Davis,
referring to the notary who certified
Rhinelander's signature to the COM
plant in the case, which he had said
was signed in the Ninth Street tube
station.
you changed because of Strong's
testimony"
Signed Complaint in Booth.