The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-22
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Cherry has been engaged several times
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sas aRdA EesSedy az anee
and and ne0bew nf Cluny.
an Cherry nsPges admits that Cluny attempted
to force the marriage. but protests her
'lI Faith suspects Chris Wiley, thinking
he knew that Cluny had Willed mnesn
Money r to Cherry yba c M b Ef that
Ciuny made Cherry his chief beneficiary
whether or not abe married him.
INT Th i2@edPstss sSe and her h9ssand
are arrested by DEVLdN. deputy district
Faith i: furious when Bob tells her AT
ToRNEY STEPHEN CHURCHILL, whom
he employed thinks circumstances are
S fGs Gsfr ~ s aSs S sss Glance q her
irf Ffeeaiiar footprints and q bi. Of toI9
be . cripple. but this evidence 10 not
" Cherry is indicted for first degree muir
Bob plays burglar In Ralph Cluny's
office and finds the threatening Ietter
WIltten nlu1. WHICH SueTIy udu NSSIAiONN'
But what is Churchill doing,
Bob?" Faiths voice was a despair.
ing wall. '"Two weeks have passed
since Cherry's Indictment, and he
has only a little more than two
weeks before the trial. So far as
I can see he hasn't done a single,
solitary thing"
They were alone in the living room
of the Lane home, Bob and Faith.
staring at each other with tired eyes
which they had stopped trying to
make beam cheerfully. But beneath
this despair and WEAKNESS love
glowed steadily, unfalteringly, deep
ly. Sometimes, during these hard
days, Faith felt as If Bob were as
much a part of her as her always
busy hands, or her very heart.
No matter If their marriage might
be delayed, Faith told herself, they
had fused into a truer marriage than
any man Of God could sanctify. They
had become one in service and ten
derness, fear and hope. Strangely
enough, It had been Cherry, who had
once tried to get Bob for her own,
who had brought them together.
"Oh, guess he's doing the best
he can" Bob answered her dispirit-
eddy. "Justice-or the legal inter-
probation Of justice-seems to me i'm
mensely unfair. The law says that
a defendant its presumed innocent
until proved guilty, but it turns
right around and offers all the ma
chinsry Of the courts to the prosecu.
ton. The defense has no help what
ever from the law. In preparing a
case, the district attorney has every
thing and everyone at his disposal.
The defense can't even get hold of
the grand jury minutes, can't ex-
anime the dead mans papers, can't
force witnesses to testify, while the
prosecution could subpoena the popu-
lation Of the whole county"
But hasn't Churchill made any
Roadway at all?" Faith cried. Her
hands trembled over the little pile
Of soft black crepe de chine in her
lap which she was fashioning into a
dress for Cherry to wear at the trial.
Hes found an old man who will
testify that he saw taxicab parked
in the alley behind Uncle Ralph's
house at $50 the night of the MUIR
der. And a couple of police detec-
tives who were sent to the house
right after I reported Uncle Ralphs'
death, will take the stand to say that
they. saw automobile tracks in the
snow. The only trouble is they don't
agree exactly as to the kind of tire
treads."
"Oh, those policemen Faith ex-
ploded. "They make me sick More
house wouldn't pay any attention
to your story of the footprints under
the window and these dim-wit detec-
tives don't even mention tracks of
an automobile until Churchill pumps
it out of them. All of that should
have gotten before the coroner at
the inquest, then maybe they
wouldn't have indicted Cherry as the
only person who had both motive
and opportunity. Opportunity! I'm
sick of the word! A dozen people
could have snooped around that
house, in that quiet street, with all
the neighbors gone off to the we'd
ding, and no one would have been
any the wsier-"
you forget the snow" Bob re-
minded her, with a slight, fond smile
at her vehemence.
eff someone had planned to rnur.