Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-07-05

you have said, thus FAR.
! "Where is Tom-they haven't lock-
ed him up, have they?"
81 thought I told you that ! ad-
vised him to stay in hiding until we
got at the TRUTH"
| "I'm so nervous and ratified don't
know anything. Look here, Mr.. Hig-
son-if I went to the police and said
that I did it in self defense, they
wouldn't do much to me, would they?"
"No; that is, the results would free
you. They would hold you. If this
man Winfield dies you would have to
90 to trial, but you would be acquit-
ted. If, by some miracle this man
lives, do not believe he would ever
bring charges"
"Then that is what I shall do. I'll
go home and tell my brother all about
it, and go and give myself up"
"Then you admit that you did do it,
"No-no-no! Can't you see? Hon.
estly didn't do it. But if Tom did
it he couldn't get off-a jury would
say that he didn't have to half kill a
man with club to protect me, they'd
say he did it in jealous rage"
"Look here, Miss Marston-do you
mean that you really did not do this,
vet you are going to say that you
did,"
eyes, am; and for Toms sake, and
if you won't be my lawyer"
"Of course, of course-but take my
advice, don't rush into this. Wait for
developments. You've convinced me
that you didn't do it. know Tom
Austin didn't do it. Now, look here,
do you know any women who might
be calling on him-hiding in his apart
ment in the rear?"
"I don't know-Tom says he's ter
rible, and has lot of disreputable
women friends-I wouldn't know that
sort"
"Of course not"
1t did not occur to Molly that Mrs.
Lang was the sort who would really
fall in love with Winfield and meet
him like that.
Then she told him again about going
to Flo Parker's; about Walker COM
ing there-it all fitted in with Toms
story.
"And he drove me out. He said the
police wanted me-"
"Well, if they do, remember this
make no statement whatever and send
for me. Admit nothing. Deny moth
ing. 1 am going to investigate"
Molly went home in fear and tremb-
ling. She expected every man she
saw was detective.
Two men were lettering by tree
across the street from her brothers
house. She was sure that they were
detectives waiting for her.
But they were not detectives.
The police intended to question Mol
ly Marston, all in good time, and she
would have been arrested in moment
OF as soon as she could be found, If
it hadn't been for the porter, Simp-
son.
When he told what he had seen the
police found that the time he saw the
young woman coming down the fire
escape was just about the time that
Walker said he went into Winfield's
studio and found Austin there.
The number Simpson had written
down made things rather easy. They
got hold of the taxi driver and he re-
called the woman who seemed to be in
such a hurry and so agitated. She
had stopped him at the Quigley block.
He remembered the address.
Fanny Lang had been terribly stup-
id when she had this taxi man drive
her to her home. If she had gone to
a railroad station or hotel and taken
another taxi from there she would
have covered herself pretty well. But
she was so excited, so thoroughly hor-
ror-stricken, that she couldn't think
of such things.
When she had the paper and read
about it she was afraid that Winfield
would live. She was thoroughly fright
ened now. She had much rather Win
field died than live to tell how it all
had happened. She believed that he
would think she had struck him.
She would be dragged into it! That
was her one fear. She had good
husband, a good home-a luxurious
time of it. If her husband learned of
this he would leave her.
Molly's brother was mighty upset
when she told him all that she knew
and he insisted that he would not per-
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