Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
TENTH INsTALLMENr.

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wildfire through Barowsburgh
a and the neighboring villages
that evening and when Engle-
/, den, with Shoreham and johnson, went
to the town hall next morning at half
past ten the approaches to the rnagis-
strates' court were thronged.
This is not going to be a mere for
mality," whispered Madison as he show
| ed them to their seats. Not just an
application for a remand and that sort
of thing. I'm going right into it. I've
case as ever had to deal with. These
| fellows have had q consultation with
| the sharpest solicitor in BarowSburgh,
| Mr.. Pecke, this morning, and he's GO
| ing to defend them, but there can't be
any defense. Never more plain, straight
| forward, circumstantial evidence in all
my experience"
Then he hustled OF and the court
began to I'LL. Engleden, turning to
Shoreham, pointed to the magistrates
bench.
Just see, when the magistrates come
in, If you can pick out the man whom
] we know as Sanderson and think may
| be Smelling" he said. Wen not give
you any hint as to which is he-see II
| you can find any resemblance in any
one of their worships to the man you
knew at Southmoor. If you can"
"He won't!" muttered johnson.
Twelve years. If he does . :"
Pretty conclusive, II do, eh?" said
Shoreham. well it's a good test. But
what I'm chiefly anxious about is that
this man Sanderson or Smelling should
not see me. We must trust TO luck for
I that, though. All I want you to do
when the magistrates take their seats
is to tell me If this man Is among
them"
The magistrates began fling in,
headed by the mayor, q very old man
who looked unusually grave IS he bowed
| to the court and took his seat on q
raised chair beneath an efigy Of the
royal arms. Under ordinary circum-
stances he would have had no more
than two or three of his brother magis-
trates to support him, but on this oc-
casion it looked as If every citizen who
bore the commission of the peace had
| turned up to exercise his magisterial
functions. Johnson began to count; his
enumeration rapidly ran into double
Thirteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeenI"
he whispered. Might be quarter ses-
sionsI Seventeen magistrates present!
Two rows Of 'eml"
"Is he present." asked Shorehann.
"He isl Now, look them over closely.
Can you pick him out?" inquired
Engleden. Look WE'LL"
Shoreham looked closely at the men
who flanked the mayor on either side
and of those who. failing to get front
seat on the bench, had moved them
selves into row behind. He turned
away at last with q decisive shake Of
the head.
not man there that can recognise
not one!"
"And, as he can't" remarked Engle-
den, WED better point out the man we
mean, johnson, so that Capt. Shoreham
can watch him. Look, Shoreham!-d
you see the man."
"Waitl" interrupted johnson. He
had just seen Hewitt, Sanderson's
butler, entering. Hewitt carried note
in his hand and he was making his
way through the throng of police ON
cials, solicitors and clerks toward the
bench. do you see that man-therel
"a tall bearded man with . letter in
his handi-that's Hewitt. The man who
may be Hardlel And the man he's
making for-see, he's giving him the
etter!-that's Sanderson, or Smelling"
Shoreham looked steadily at master
and man for a minute or two. Then
he shook his head again.
mol" he said. Il can't recognize
either. All can say is that those two
men are about the height Of Smelling
and Hardle. No morel"
"Well-here's something else" re-
marked johnson, cynically. THE two
soldiers!"
"A sudden hush prefaced the ap-
pearance of the prisoners of whose guilt
Madison was so certain. Engleden tried
to regard them with judicial inn
Partially; after all, they Were only
suspects. But he was bound to admit
that they we're not prepossessing in APP
pearance; probably. he thought, 1t would
turn out that their regimental record
was not good. One man, Luttrell, was
Of distinctly bad type of countenance;
the other, Clarkson, looked shifty. And,
Judging from the atmosphere Of the
court, the majority OF those staring at
these two trapped men already regarded
them as on their way to the scaffold.
Engleden and johnson had heard most
Of the preliminary evidence before; 1t
was identical with that at the opening
! of the corners inquest. Col. Engleden's
coming to Barrowsburgh-his move
ments there-the money in his pockets
the finding Of the body in the Brown
Pool-the cause Of his death-all this
was familiar The solicitor who APP
peared for the two defendants appeared
| to nay little attention to this
stage of the proceedings. But when
| the police surgeon was In the witness
box he became alert and, when the
medical evidence had been given, began
| to ask what he evidently considered to
be highly important questions.
what time was 1t when you saw the
dead body of COL Engleden?" he asked.
about quarter past in the morn
ing" replied Colgate.
"You made an examination Of the
body, I suppose?"
"Yes-a superficial one then, thor
ough one later on"
did you form any opinion as to
how long Col. Engleden had been
dead?"
eyes. About seven hours"
aAre you positive about that?n
II am positive thst he was killed by
blows on the head coout seven hours
before first examined his dead body"
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