The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-06

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daughter. I discharged myself.
This morning when left you 50
abruptly saw Mr.. Robinson coming
down the street and wanted to
cvadc q scene, and SO / ran away"
"Now you arc sensible, Judy. Now
you will come and marry me. Would
you mind after we have eaten that
little dinner I have described to you
if l drove along q little further to \
tiny white house next to little
white stcepled church and we were
naarried!'
return compelled you to plan fare
well with the defendant :?
Nodding-hclplessly doing as he
wished.
"But before you had q chance to
get away you received the phone
message from the. deceased? And
his tone told you he was desperate 2"
"His tonc--it was 50 hollow-so
| thin"
$50 you went down to. see him.
Then you realized that he would
never release you? That you couldn't
get free of him 2"
Sandy's lips parted--she now look
cd anxi0usly to Judfth. She now
opened her hands with little APP
pcaling gesture. And Judith stood.
Judith leaned and whispered to Doug
las.
The prosecutor repeated: "You
knew he wouldn't release you I"
"I-ycs-I--0h, he was SO white
hc-he lookcd-wild-"
l WAnI ali fhn h,a rslnn ~ vnasr rnln-
tionship came again vividly and op-
} pressivcly before YOU"
4 "You know-well-you know-he
said-'i'll take you with me-"
\ "Yes-hc said, I'll take you with
mel When he said this he whipped
out the pistol?"
"Yes-he had the pistol in his
'And you were terrificd--you were
resentful--you tried to get the pis-
tol from him." 4.
She leaned forward. swaying In
her chair. She said: "Ycs--I tried
to get the pistol from him." .'
I During the whole year Of the
1 yourseif freed from kimts $.
| "I-yes-l thought thought i,
was over"
!. and n. ! VOW were desperately driven
1-yss---i think that's it--
You didn't Wish TO return " him
You didn't wish to resume your for.
mcr .elationt!" 81
/ Then Douglas. with his head low.
cred, bit his lips.
< "You didn't want to return te
him?"
i A long, sobbing breath: Mono
l--didn't-"
! .And when you reached his office
!, you saw he was desperatc-hc would
never release you. Hc said he would
take you with him?" ~
"Hc said he would take mo with
him." .,,s4s..
i "And you didn't want to 60 will
. him?"
Again that piercing breath: mo-
And when he showed sthc pistO
YOU tried to grab II from him! Yoi
, didn't want to go with him, and yol
tried to grab the pistol!"
Then Douglas showed his chair
He stood and waved his clcnche'
, fist
n l
All that he feared was realized
They would pin It On heron Sandy
i They would lock Sandy in = cell
q dim, sitting, cell. They woul'
h tcharge. her with Ramon's murder.
II So he stood up. Desperate. h
4 stood up. He flung out hoarse
broken phrase: "Shc didn't! |"
5 It was clipped In the middle by th
hammering of the bailiff and th
. Shouting Of Norman Wood.
i Wood, with his hands shown
Douglas vigorously to his chat
shouted: "Just q moment! Don
, answer that, Mrs. Murillo! Your
not required to answer questions in
eliminating yourself" a3.fy
4 Sandy, turning TO him with tia
white. pitiful smile-with that cleal
fluty voice now slow and husky:
Am going-to answer. ! sanAe--t
answcr-n '.
The prosecutor slowly rolled wa
Of paper. "Your honor, the que
tions are in order. Murder has bee
done. am attempting to show m,
tive: to 3 show. that this witnci
goaded the defendant into the Xii
ing when she saw that she could NJ
escape the attentions Of the deceasc'
She goaded tho defendant into ii
killing, or, in . moment Of despons
ence because she must leave the d
fendant. she killed Worth ana turne
! the gun on herself-" -..
I. FuEiously: 1.-THE witness ID not q
trial." !, 81 80 s.
II
Emo! But the witness has bee
brought .int0 this court insa moi
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