The Coolidge examiner., 1932-01-22

in the newspapers, said the clerk.
What do you think of it, Lieuten-
ant, now that you've looked over the
will? That man Turner had some
thing in mind. Do you think he was
kidding anybody with that loyalty
and fidelity?"
Mister" said Stanton, don't you
know that the police never think? /?
Don't you read your newspapers"
well, of course, we all more or
less agree on that" said the clerk,
grinning. "but maybe the rest of US
don't think either"
Don't be heretical, mister" said
Stanton. "You hang to the sound
idea that the police are all feet"
Good luck, just the same, Lieu
tenant" said the clerk, offering his
hand.
Thank you for that, mister"
Stanton said, shaking hands. an
need 1t. You've been obliging."
why shouldn't we be? A po-
liceman from Chicago to US is like
some one who has been fighting
Jesse James,"
Brother" said Stanton. with us
Jesse James would have been
caught and taken into the Juvenile
court for minor delinquencies. What
is that trustee, Asa Darling, like?
Do you know him?"
well, Lieutenant" said the clerk,
there you'd got a wide range of
opinion. He's not usual. I've heard
him called nut"
What do you think him. misterT'
II think he's a splendid sort of
fellow. He's rich. He's always say
ing something you can't understand
and then smiling at you. He's gen.
erous. He does crazy things. but
never saw any harm they did, and
he's square"
"Good-by, mister" said the lieu
tenant.
"Tll be watching the newspapers
when you begin shooting" said the
clerk.
The lieutenant went from White
Plains to Newburgh by automobile,
crossing the Hudson at the Tarry-
town-Nyack ferry over the Tappan
zee, and then by the Storm King
highway past Stony Point and West
Point. In crossing Westchester
county he directed the driver to go
by the Turner estate which had been
closed shortly after it's owners
death. He made inquiries in the
neighborhood to pick up character
fragments from people who had
known the man.
Turner was a reckless cross-coun-
try rider. The morning Of his ac-
cident, October 20, had been one
with gray skies and a light fall of
snow. He had mounted about ten
o'clock. His horse came back about
noon. The household, searching for
him, found him two hours later In
a ditch ten miles from the house.
He was conscious but had become
exhausted vainly trying to pull him.
self out Of the trap. 1t was three
feet deep with steep sides. His
broken legs were In six inches of
water, and there was nothing he
could reach with his hands.
He was a powerful hardy man of
fortitude and great courage and en-
durance. but he could not get out
Of the ditch. The horse, a young
and uncertain hunter which he was
training and of which he had ex-
pectations, had refused the jump.
1t had stopped and Swerved, throw.
ing its rider who had been confident
that he was putting his mount
across. The fall had stunned him.
When he regained consciousness he
was helpless with the snow lightly
falling on him and his broken legs
in the water. He called frequently
for help but in taking across the
fields and stone fences he had fall
len where it was improbable that
he would be heard.
Thus he was found. The snow
fall, light as it had been, had COW
cred him, but his courage was still
smiling when he was lifted out.
I'VE all get it unexpectedly" he
said. but l haven't any too good a
break this time" He hadn't. He
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