RO SSERS G E T « 6 0 ,0 0 0 L O O T .
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
Train in Mississippi •nd
Blow Express Safe.
C orinth, M iss.— Mobile & Ohio pas
sen g er tra in No. 4, northbound, was
held up and th e express sa fe blown
open and robbed seven m iles south of
C orinth by four men heavily arm ed
and masked.
Bloodhounds have been telegraphed
for and a posse has been organized to
ta k e up th e pu rsu it.
I t is reported th e safe conta ned
»60.000 in currency.
W here the robbers boarded th e tra in
is not known. E n g in eer W ilden and
F irem an K aufm an first learned of
th e ir presence when two of th e men
craw led over th e ten d er w ith revolvers
draw n and commanded th a t the tra in
be bro u g h t to a h a lt a t a point desig
SYNOPSIS.
nated. The command w as obeyed.
In th e m eantim e o th e r m em bers of
H o w a r d J e f f r i e s , b a n k e r ’s s o n , u n d e r
th e band had gained e n tran ce to the £he e v i l I n f l u e n c e o f R o b e r t U n d e r w o o d ,
a
f e l l o w - s t u d e n t a t Y a le , l e a d s a l i f e o f
express car and a fte r subduing E x
dissip ation , m a rries th e d a u g h t e r o f a
press M essenger Snoddy, se t th e ex g a m b l e r w h o d ie d in p r is o n , a n d is d i s
plosive, w hich w as touched off when o w n e d b y h i s f a t h e r . H e t r i e s t o g e t w o r k
and f a i l s . A f o r m e r c o l l e g e c h u m m a k e s
th e tra in came to a stop.
a b u s in e ss proposition to H o w a r d w h ich
A fte r ta k in g th e co n ten ts o f th e r e q u i r e s $2,000 c a s h , a n d H o w a r d i s b r o k e .
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safe, the fo u r took to the woods w ith p R u o l b s e e r d t b U y n d H e r o w w o a o r d d , ’s w w h i o f e . l i A
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a p a r t m e n t s a t ttie A s t r u r i a . H o w a r d d e
No a tte m p ts w ill be made to pene c i d e s t o a s k U n d e r w o o d f o r t h e $2,000 h e
eeds.
Underwood, taking ad va n ta g e o f
tr a te th e densely wooded riv e r bot h n is
i n t i m a c y w i t h Mr s. J e f f r i e s , Sr., b e
tom w here th e men are believed to be c o m e s a s o r t o f s o c i a l h i g h w a y m a n . D i s
in hiding, un til th e arriv a l o f a detail c h o im v e r t h i n e g h h o u i s s e t . r u A e l i c i c a h a r r e a c e c i t v e e r s a s h n e o t e d e f r n o i e m s
of railroad officers and bloodhounds U n d er w 'o o d, t h r e a t e n i n g s u i c i d e . A r t
lie li a s b e e n a c t i n g a s
frog), Jackson, T enn., who a re com :ng d j o e n a l i e m r i s s s f i o o n r e r w . h d o m
em a n d a n a cc oun tin g. H e
cannot
make
good.
F If* w a r d
Jeffries
aboard a special.
FARM ERS RAP S IN G LE T A X .
APPLE DECAY S T O P P E D ,
on Cold Storage Fruit Reveal Douglas County Grange Will Wage
Vigorous Fight Against Measure.
Fungua Remedy.
Teat*
Hood R iver—The discovery by Prof.
W . H. L aw rence and B. B. P ra tt, of
th e pomological d e p artm en t of the
U nited S ta te s d ep artm en t of agricul
tu re , th a t th e decay o f apples in co'd
sto rag e is due fo r the m oat p a rt to the
a tta c k o f the spores o f anthracnose,
and th a t th e rem edy to use is sp ray
ing w ith Bordeaux m ix tu re, will mean
th e saving o f many hundreds of dol
lars to th e fru itg ro w e rs of W estern
W ashington and Oregon. Prof. Law
rence, county f r u it inspector and local
orchard ex p e rt, began his in v e stig a
tions along th is line several y ears ago
and continued th e work th roughout the
term of his office as e x p e rt and d irec
to r of the Hood R iver Fellow ship a s
sociation.
D uring la st autum n Mr. P ra tt be
gan for the governm ent service a ser
ies of ex perim en ts a t P ortland.
He
and P rof. L aw rence announced last
week th a t th e ex p erim en ts had proved
th a t the g re a te r p a rt of th e ro t was
caused by the a ttack o f the anthrac
nose fungus. A single spore strik in g
an apple w ill p e n e tra te it and cause it
to rot.
Prof. Law rence has been te s tin g the
anthracnose in his labo rato ry here.
A pples th a t had decayed p rem aturely
w ere used in th e experim ents.
The
disease has been known to orchard-
ists for m any years. The apples will
not suffer from th e pest.
However,
w ind m ay blow spores from adjoining
infected orchards. In th e experim ents
o f the ex p e rts it was found th s t apples
tak en from an orchard
uninfested
showed only one apple o u t o f several
boxes th a t displayed a ro t caused by
anthracnose.
U n til a rem edy was
found for th e disease several years
ago, the o rch ard ists used to destroy
th e ir infected trees.
In 1910 G rants
P ass was so badly affected th a t it was
decided to chop down th e trees.
An
ex p ert, how ever, v isited it and cured
th e diseased trees, which soon a fte r
produced a crop o f apples w hich sold
fo r »17,000.
DEER SEEN IN PARK S O O N .
W arm Weather In C rater Lake Coun
try Promises to Bring Herds Out.
K lam ath F a lls— I f open w eath er
continues the droves of d eer which are
one o f the g re a te s t a ttra c tio n s o f C ra
te r L ake N atio n al P ark probably will
e n te r the park a m onth e a rlie r than
usual. The park is the w arm w e ath er
season re so rt fo r th e m onarchs o f th e
fo rest. In th e w in te r th ey seek the
foothills, w here th e re is less snow and
a m ilder cold seaosn than on th e sum
m it o f the m onutains.
A stra n g e
th in g is th a t th e black tail and mule-
ta il d eer never m ingle nor tresp ass on
each o th e r’s preserves.
T he b lack tails, w hich predom inate
by a larg e m ajo rity , alw ays stay on
the w est side o f C ra te r lake, and d u r
ing the cold m onths seek th e w est side
o f the Cascades, w hile th e m u letails
pass the sum m er to th e e a st of th e
lake and w in te r on th e low er lands
e a st of the m ountains. The lake does
not divde th e entire, park, and e ith e r
v a rie ty of b ru te could g e t on th e o th er
side w ith o u t trouble.
Lina to Sea Is Planned.
Gold H ill—From Medford to C res
cen t C ity via Jacksonville, up W illow
creek and across Blackwell hills to
K an e’s creek, a t a point two and a
h alf m iles south o f Gold H ill, on to
th e g re a t Blue Ledge copper m ine and
through heavy tim b er all the way
from K an e's creek to the sea, is the
ro u te o f a proposed railroad, surveys
for w hich are reported to have been
m ade and rum ors o f w hich are rife
here.
I t is understood th a t the line as pro
posed touches no tow n in th e Rogue
R iv er valley ex cep t M edford and J a c k
sonville, betw een which points the
p resen t B arnum line will be used.
Will Fight Codling Moth.
O regon A g ric u ltu ra l College, Cor
v allis— In o rd e r to find o u t ju s t w h at
is the b est tim e to m ake th e second
spray for the control o f th e codling
m oth. Prof. H. F. W ilson o f th e en
tom ology d e p a rtm e n t o f th e Oregon
A g ricu ltu ra l college will m ake a tour
of Southern O regon and o th e r points
the com ing sum m er.
A bout two
w eeks a fte r th e calyx spray o f the
apple trees he plans to v is it consecu
tively Roseburg, Medford, A shland,
P ortland, Hood R iver, Union, O ntario,
and then A sto ria and Coos Bay.
R oseburg — D enouncing th e single
tax as u n fa ir an I d e trim en tal to the
best in te re sts o f farm ers, th e m em
bers of D ouglas County G range in ses
sion h ere voted to w age an open fight
a g a in st the m easure in every section
of th e county.
The G ran g ers also
w ent on record d isapproving o f bond
issues planned to b rin g about b e tte r
roads or o th e r public im provem ents,
which funds, they declared, should be
raised through the levying o f special
taxes.
The Douglas County G range also is
opposed to th e p resen t system of
county g ran g e election o f deleg ates to
the sta te g ra n g e convention and will
p resen t a resolution a t th e n e x t m eet
ing o f the Btate g ran g e advocating the
rep resen tatio n cf subordinate granges,
of w hich th e re a re 20 in Douglas
county.
D elegates to the s ta te g ran g e which
will m eet in R oseburg in May w ere
elected as follow s:
J . T. R edifer,
D rain ; Edwin W eaver, M yrtle C reek ;
F. A. Goff, M elrose; E. N. H oward,
Stephens, and O. C. Brown, Dixon-
ville. The D ouglas County d eleg a
tion w as in stru cted to indorse C. E.
Spencer, o f O regon C ity, for m aster,
and T. L. Lee, of Looking Glass, for
overseer.
SM UG G LES
D IA M O N D S
IN
San Francisco Woman Admits
Offense to Officers.
HAT
Her
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LO G AN BERR Y 13 PO PULAR
Marion County Growers Will
2 0 0 0 Acres to This Fruit.
Form
S a n ta Fe, N. M.— W ith th e form al
a rra ig n m e n t o f R e p resen tativ e Manuel
Cordova, Ju lia n T ru jillo , Louis R.
Montoya and J . H. Lucero, arrested
on a ch arg e o f so licitin g a bribe of
$5,000 for th e ir collective votes for
U nited S ta te s senator, th e in v e stig a
tion by th e low er house into th e al-
leged co rruption w as begun.
The accused leg islato rs, who a re to
be tried first by a com m ittee o f 15 ap
pointed by the speaker, have employed
counsel to defend them a g a in s t the
charge, w hich th ey now deny. T h eir
defense w ill be th a t they w ere led into
tj,e tra p as a re su lt o f a political con-
gpiracy, believing they w ere going to
a tten d a caucus a t th e tim e th ey v is it
ed a room in th e hotel, w here it is al
leged they received »500 each on th e ir
prom ise to vote fo r a c e rta in candi
d ate for senator.
The in v estig atio n o f th e alleged
b rib ery o f th e fo u r m em bers w ill be
pushed vigorously by th e com m ittee
and all th e sessions w ill be public.
The men w ere form ally served w ith
w a rra n ts ch arg in g them w ith a felony,
T hey a re in th e custody o f th e sheriff
o f S a n ta F e county.
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P o rtlan d — Sim ultaneous w ith the
new s th a t G overnor W est had released
the fund ap p ro p riated a t th e la s t leg
isla tu re for th e O regon im m ig ratio n
fund, C. 1. C hapm an, se cretary o f the
Oregon D evelopm ent league, and man
ag er o f th e prom otion bureau of th e
P ortland Com m ercial club, w as noti
fled o f his ap p o in tm en t on th e Oregon
Im m ig ratio n board to Bucceed Leroy
P ark , who has resigned.
“ The release o f th e »12,000 o f the
(i
im m ig ratio n fund now a v a ila b le ,”
says Mr. Chapm an, “ will enable us to
produce, fo r th e first tim e, a booklet
ad v ertisin g th e s ta te o f Oregon, back-
ed by th e a u th o rity and th e seal o f th e
s ta te o f Oregon, and fo r th a t reason
should have m ore w eig h t w ith home-
seekers in th e E a st th an any a d v e rtis
ing m a tte r issued by any p riv a te o r
gan izatio n o r by a corporation. One-
fifth o f the fund w ill be u tilized for
esta b lish in g a
sta tistic a l
bureau,
som ething th a t th e s ta te has n ever
before m ain tain ed . T his w ill be un-
d e r the m an ag em en t o f th e Oregon
A g ricu ltu ra l College, w ith w hich the
im m ig ratio n board w ill co-operate in
every w ay possible in p re p a rin g the
developm ent booklet w hich w ill be
published w ith th e rem ain d er o f th e
fund.
SeJ
Brooks — A canvass o f M arion
county discloses an unprecedented pop
u la rity of th e loganberry.
F r u it
grow ers are planning to se t 2,000
acres to the b erries th is sp rin g , in ad-
dition to the BOO acres already b e a r
ing. The A. M. A spinw all fr u it farm
of th is place, consisting o f 60 acres,
has ju s t supplied a shipm ent o f several
thousand plants to N ebraska and Ohio,
and recently se n t 30,000 p lan ts to S a
lem, w here they w ill be forw arded to
Howell P ra irie , w here 100 acres arc
to be planted.
A nother 100-acre tr a c t to be set
o u t th is sp rin g is th e V oget farm a t
Brooks. A few co n tracts have been
m ade for the 1912 crop a t 25 cents,
b u t moBt o f th e grow ers a re holding
for 30 cents. The p lan ts are in e x
cellen t condition, h aving
w intered
well and have been p ractically all
sold o u t in th is v icin ity a t »25 a
thousand, w hich nets the g ro w er »100
an acre for th e tip s alone, which does
not in te rfe re w ith his profit on th e
b erries.
Newspaper Men to Be Admitted.
New Y ork— Mrs. Banche Carson, a
fashionably dressed widow o f San
Francisco, had diam ond e a rrin g s con
cealed in h er h a t when she passed cus
tom inspection on h e r arriv a l from In-
dia, according to a reported adm ission
made to a u th o rities.
Mrs. Carson declared only a package
o f u n stru n g pearls, fo r w hich she paid
d u ty on th e v aluation o f »850.
Cus
tom officers b ro u g h t th e woman from
her hotel for fu rth e r exam ination
a sse rtin g th a t the pearls w ere w orth
»7,500.
The woman broke down and ad
m itted , it w as said, th a t she had hid
den tw o diam ond e a rrin g s in h e r hat
and had o th e r jew elry w hich a lto g e th
e r the a u th o ritie s valued a t »20,000.
Mrs. Carson w as held, charged w ith
sm uggling, in »2,000 bail.
Mrs. Carson gave h er address as 925
Gough stre e t, San Francisco.
Railroad Found Guilty.
Buffalo, N. Y. — The D elaw are,
L ackaw anna & W estern railroad w as
found g u ilty in th e U nited S ta te s
D istric t c o u rt o f v io latin g th e com
m odities clause o f the H epburn act,
and w as fined »2,000.
The company
w as indicted on 20 counts and laced a
m axim um penalty o f »100,000, the
o th er ch arg e being th a t it shipped
free from Buffalo to Scranton, P a., a
q u a n tity o f hay for feeding m ules in
th e m ines. An appeal w ill be taken
to te s t th e c o n stitu tio n ality of th e pen
al fe a tu re o f th e com m odities clause.
Women to Calm Insane,
Los A ngeles — B ecause he believes
w om en's voices calm the insane much
more quickly th an do those o f men,
Dr. J . A. Reilly, su p erin ten d e n t o f the
C alifo rn ia hospital for th e insane a t
P atto n , announced th a t it is his in ten
tion o f replacing all m ale nurses of
th a t in stitu tio n w ith women. “ The
insane sre more am enable to the so ft
word o f a woman than to th e th r e a t or
command o f a m a n ,” said Dr. R eilly.
“ I never have found a man so insane
as to fo rg e t his resp ect
fo r a
woman. ”
M organ May Buy T em ple.
New York — Follow ing J . P. Mor
g a n ’s long sojourn in E gypt th is w in
te r, rep o rts have reached th is c ity to
the effect th a t he is n e g o tia tin g for
th e purchase and rem oval to A m erica
of th e fam ous ruins o f the T em ple of
Philae.
The tem ple is th reatened
w ith d estru ctio n ow ing to th e rise in
the level o f th e upper N ile as a resu lt
of the enlarg em en t o f th e Assouan
dam. The cost o f th e work would be
more than »8,000,000.
Great Earth Block to Be Pumped
C utoff Again Delayed.
San F ra n c isc o —The exposition offi
cials have aw arded the c o n tract for
the filling in o f a subm erged p a rt of
th e w o rld 's fa ir site. W ork is to be
begun a t once.
One m illion cubic
yards of e a rth is to be pumped from
th e bottom o f th e bay by suction
dredges, th e area to be filled covering
several blocks.
K lam ath F alls— Since th e d a te set
for finishing
th e N atm n -K lam ath
Falls cutoff has been d e ferred from
the fall o f 1912 to some tim e d u rin g
th e y e a r 1913, th e anxious ones are
becoming im p atien t.
The announce
m ent by one o f th e high officials o f
th e Southern Pacific th a t th e line
would l>e com pleted th is y ear is now
, gravely doubted here.
St. P e te rsb u rg —T hree ice-breaking
steam ers are en ro u te from th e Neva
in th e d irectio n o f th e island o f Nar-
gen, to th e n o rth w est o f Revel, in
th e G ulf o f Finland, w here 300 fisher
men a re a d rift on floating ice. They
are in im m inent d an g er of losing th e ir
lives.
Extension W ork In Bee Railing.
ing bees.
Four Mexico Representatives
ally Arraigned.
for Booklet to Advertise
Oregon Released.
S alem —F or th e first tim e since its
organ izatio n th e S ta te P arole board
has broken o v er its tra c e s o f secrecy
and issued a general in v itatio n to all
new spaper men to a tten d its n ex t
m eeting, w hich w ill be held here A pril
5. A t th a t tim e th e new spaper men
are requested to be p resen t and be a t
lib erty to follow all o f th e proceedings
which have h ith e rto been held behind
closed doors and clothed in secrecy
follow ing the m eetin g s.
The plan
Saving Currants and Goosbsrriet
w as adopted in C alifo rn ia recently and
Oregon A g ricu ltu ra l College, C or proved successful there.
vallis— in an effort to save th e cu rra n t
and gooseberry industry, now alm ost a
Convict Camp is Costly.
com plete failu re in some p a rts o f the
M edford G overnor W e st’s convict
s ta te because of a fly in fe stin g the cam p is costing th e ta x p ay e rs o f Jack -
bushes, A. L. L o v ett of th e crop pest son county »1,000 a m onth, and durin g
staff w ill ex p erim en t th is sum m er the g re a te r p a rt o f th e tim e they have
w ith a spray w hich has proven effec been located on th e C ra te r L ake road,
tiv e in k illing the M editerranean fru it so no ex ten siv e road w ork has been
fly in South A frica. For th re e y ears possible. The cam p w as established
Prof. H ally has experim ented w ith O ctober 20, 1911.
The expense to
this spray in Cape Colony, and says D ecem ber 1 to talled »3,077.07. The
th a t th e fly e a ts it readily. Prof. l,ov- D ecem ber billa cost
th e
county
e tt w ill ex p erim en t all sum m er.
$729.07, o r a to ta l to Ja n u a ry 1, 1912,
of »3,806.14.
The av erag e expense
C oot C ounty Feeds Salm on.
per convict has been 76 cen ts a day
M arshfield—F ran k Sm ith, in charge for every honor man sen t h ere
o f the fish h atch eries o f Coos county,
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Government Hunter Gets Wildcats
is feeding a larg e num ber o f salmon
which w ere recently hatched.
A t the
P en d leto n —S. W. Purdy, govern
Coos R iver hatch e ry th ere a re about m ent h unter, has ju s t arriv ed here
4,000,000 sm all salmon which will be from M eacham, in th e Blue Moun
fed and released in the fall and a larg e tain s, w ith tw o big m ale bobcats. In
n im ber are also b eing cared for a t th e the encounter w ith th e first w ildcat
Coquille riv e r h atchery. The hatches one of Mr. P u rd y ’s fine hounds was
of salmon a t th e Coos county govern bady h u rt as th e big cat and dog
m ent hatcheries have been larg e d u r rolled down th e hill to g e th e r in a fight.
ing the p ast few years, and th e resu lts T his is th e second successful h u n t in
have shown in th e runs o f th e full less th an tw o w eeks, he having
grow n salmon.
recently treed and killed a cougar
w ith his dogs.
C o rv allie— Dr. E. F. P h illip s o f th e
U. S. bureau o f entom ology has given
the dep artm en t o f a g ric u ltu re at the
O regon A gricu ltu ral college 200 copies
of F a rm e rs' bulletin No. 447, publish
ed by the U. S. d ep artm en t of a g ric u l
ture, to be used in extension work.
I t is a valuable w ork, g iv in g briefly,
w ith illu stratio n s, th e inform ation
needed by persons engaged in keep
BRIBERY PROBE S T A R T S .
FU N D IS NO W AVA ILAB LE.
$ 1 5 ,0 0 0
A M M D B Ä m iV E ® C f
Hold Up
3 0 0 Adrift on Ice Floes
a l l s In a n i n t o x i c a t e d c o n d i t i o n , t i e a s k s
U n d e r w o o d f o r $2.000 a n d is to ld b y t h e
l a t t e r t h a t h e is in d e b t u p t o h is e y e s .
H o w a r d d r i n k s h i m s e l f in t o a m a u d l i n
co nd it* on , a n d g o e s to s l e e p o n a d i v a n .
A c a l l e r is a n n o u n c e d a n d
Underwood
draw s a screen around
the drunken
deeper.
A licia enters.
Rlie d e m a n d s a
p r o m i s e f r o m h i m t h a t li e w i l l n o t t a k e
h is Dfe. p o i n t i n g to t h e
disgrace
that
v o u ld a t t a c h to h e r s e l f .
Underwood re
fu se s to p ro m ise u n le s s s h e will r e n e w
tier p a t r o n a g e .
T h i s s h e r e f u s e s t o do.
U nderw ood kills h im self.
T he report of
the p'stol a w a k e n s H ow ard . H e s tu m b le s
>ver t h e d e a d b o d y o f U n d e r w o o d . R e a l i
s i n g h i s p r e d i c a m e n t h e a t t e m p t s t o flee
i n d i s m e t b y U n d e r w o o d ’s v a l e t . H o w -
ird is t u r n e d o v e r t o t h e p o li c e . C a p t .
C li n t o n , n o t o r i o u s f o r h i s b r u t a l t r e a t m e n t
>f p r i s o n e r s , p u t s H o w a r d t h r o u g h t h e
♦bird d e g r e e .
CHAPTER X.—Continued.
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She hesitated before replying, then
Indifferently she said:
"Yes, I knew him a t one time. He
introduced me to my husband.”
“W here w as th a t? ”
“In New H aven, Conn."
"U p a t the college, eh? How long
have you known Mr. Underwood?"
A nnie looked a t her inquisitor and
said nothing. She w ondered w hat he
was driving at, w hat Im portance the
question had to the case. Finally she
said:
"I m et him once or tw ice up a t New
H aven, but I've never seen him since
my m arriage to Mr. Jeffries. My hus
band and he w ere not very good
friends. T h at is—”
She stopped, realizing th a t she had
made a m istake. How foolish she had
been!
The police, of course, were
anxious to show th a t th ere was 111
feeling betw een the two men. H er
h e a rt misgave her as she saw the
look of satisfaction in the captain's
face.
"A h!” he exclaim ed.
“Not very
good friends, eh? In fact, your hus
band didn't like him, did he?”
“H e didn't like him well enough to
run a fte r him ,” she replied h e sitat
ingly.
The captain now sta rte d off In an
other direction.
"W as your husband ever jealous of
Underwood ?’’
By this tim e Annie had grow n sus
picious of every question. She was
on h er guard.
“Jealous? W hat do you m ean?
No, he was not jealous. T here was
never any reason. I refuse to answ er
any m ore questions.”
The captain rose and began to pace
the floor.
"T h ere’s one little thing more, Mrs.
Jeffries, and then you can go. You
can help your husband by helping us.
I w ant to put one m ore question te
you and be careful to answ er tru th
fully. Did you call a t these room s
last night to see Mr. Underwood?"
“I!" exclaim ed Annie w ith mingled
astonishm ent and indignation. "Of
course not.”
“S ure?” dem anded the captain, eye
ing h er narrow ly.
"Positive,” said Annie firmly.
The captain looked puzzled.
“A woman called here last night to
see him ,” he said thoughtfully, "and
I thought th a t perhaps—”
In terru p tin g him self, he w ent quick
ly to the door of the ap a rtm e n t and
called to some one who w as w aiting
in the corridor outside. A boy about
18 y ears of age, in the livery of an
elevator atten d an t, en tered the room
The captain pointed to Annie.
"Is th a t the lady?”
The boy looked carefully, and the*
shook his head.
"D on't think so— no, sir. The other
lady w as a g reat swell."
"Y ou're sure, eh ?” said the captain.
"I th in k so,” answ ered the boy.
"Do you rem em ber the nam e she
gave?”
“No, sir,” replied the boy. “E ver
since you asked me—”
A nnie arose and moved tow ard the
door.
She had no tim e to w aste
there. E very m om ent now w as pre
cious. She m ust get legal assistance
a t once. T urning to Capt. Clinton, she
said:
“If you've no fu rth e r use for me,
captain, I think I’ll go.”
" J u st one m om ent, Mrs. Jeffries,”
he said.
The face of the elev ato r boy sud
denly brightened up.
“T h at's it,” he said eagerly. "T h at's
it—Jeffries. I th in k th a t was the
nam e she gave, sir.”
"W ho?” dem anded the captain.
Annie sat tim idly on a chair In the
background and the captain turned
again to the doctor.
"W hat's th a t you w ere saying, doc
to r?”
"You tell me the man confessed?”
“Sitting There Crying Your Eyes Out Won’t Do Him Any Good."
C rossing the room to w here Howard
sat, Dr. B ernstein looked closely a t
she had heard the terrib le word “m ur
Annie looked staggered for a mo
him. A pparently the prisoner was
der,” but surely th ere w as some m is m ent, b u t her faith in her husband
asleep. H is eyes w ere closed and his
take. Seeing Capt. C linton tu rn In was unshakeable. Almost hysterically
head drooped forw ard on bis chest.
her direction, she d arted eagerly for she cried:
He w as ghastly pale.
ward.
“I don't believe It. I don’t believe
The captain grinned.
“May I speak to him, sir? H e is it. You may have tortured him into
“Yes, sir, confessed—In tha p res
signing som ething. Everybody knows
my husband.”
ence of th ree w itnesses. Eb, se r
"N ot ju st now,” replied the captain, your m ethods, Capt. Clinton. But
geant.?"
not unkindly. “It's ag ain st the rules. th an k God th ere is a law in the
“Yes, sir,” replied Maloney.
U nited S tates which protects the In
“You h eard him, too, d id n 't you, De W alt till we get him to th e Tombs.
You can see him all you w ant th ere.” nocent as well as punishes the guilty.
laney?”
A nnie's h e a rt sank. Could she have I shall get the m ost able law yers to
“Yes, captain.”
defend him even if I have to sell my
Squaring his huge shoulders, the heard arig h t?
"T he T om bs!” she faltered.
"Is self into slavery for the re s t of my
captain said w ith a self satisfied
life.”
the charge so serious?”
chuckle;
"Bravo, little w om an!” said the cap
“M
urder—th
a
t's
a
ll!”
replied
the
“It took us five hours to get him to
tain mockingly. “T h at's the way to
own up, but we got it out of him at captain laconically.
A nnie n early swoomed. H ad she talk. I like your spunk, but before
last.”
you go I’d like to ask you a few ques
The doctor was still busy w ith his not caught the back of a chair she tions. Sit down.”
would
have
fallen.
exam ination.
He waved her to a chair and he sat
The captain turned to Maloney and,
"H e seem s to be asleep. W orn out,
opposite her.
In
a
low
tone,
said:
I guess. Five hours, yes—th a t's your
“Now, Mrs. Jeffries," he began en
"Quick! Get him over to the s ta
m ethod, captain." Shaking his head,
couragingly, "tell m e—did you ever
he w ent on: “I don’t believe in these tion. We d o n 't w ant any fam ily
h ear your husband th reaten H oward
all-night exam inations and your 'third scenes here.”
U nderw ood?”
M
anacled
to
Officer
Delaney
and
degree’ m ental torture.
It is b ar
By this tim e Annie had recovered
escorted
on
the
o
th
er
side
by
Ma
barous. W hen a man is nervous and
h er self-possession. She knew th a t
loney,
Howard
made
his
way
tow
ard
frightened his brain g ets so benumbed-
the b est way to help H ow ard w as to
a t th e end of two or three hours' the door. J u s t as he reached it he keep cool and to say nothing w hich
questioning on the sam e subject th a t caught sight of his wife who, w ith w as likely to injure his cause. Boldly,
he's liable to say anything, or even te a rs stream ing down h er cheeks, therefore, she answ ered:
believe anything. Of course, you w as w atching him as If in a dream .
"You’ve no rig h t to ask m e th a t
know, captain, th a t a fte r a certain To her It seem ed like some hideous question.”
nightm
are
from
w
hich
both
would
tim e the law of suggestion com m ences
The captain shifted uneasily in his
soon aw aken.
H ow ard recognized
to operate and—”
seat. He knew she was w ithin her
The captain turned to his serg ean t her, yet seem ed too dazed to wonder legal right. He couldn't bully her
how she cam e there. He (im ply
and laughed:
Into saying anything th a t would In
“The law of suggestion? Ha, ha! blurted out as he passed:
"Som ething's happened, Annie, dear. crim inate her husband.
T h at's a good one! You know, doctor,
"I m erely thought you would like
them theories of yours m ake a hit I—U nderwood—I don't quite know—” to assist the authorities, to— ” h e'
T
he
policem
en
pushed
him
through
w ith college stu d en ts and am ateur
stam m ered aw kw ardly.
professors, b u t they don't go w ith us. the door, w hich closed behind him.
“To convict my husband,” she said
You can 't m ake a man say 'yes’ when
calmly. "T hank you, I understand my
CHAPTER XI.
he w ants to say 'no.’ ”
position.”
Dr. B ernstein smiled.
"You can’t do him very much harm ,
U nable to control herself any
"I don't ngree with you,” he said.
you know," said th e captain w ith af
longer,
Annie
broke
down
com
pletely
"You can m ake him say anything, or
fected Jocularity. "H e has confessed
believe an y th in g —or do anything if and b u rst Into tears. W hen the door to the shooting.”
opened and she saw her husband led
he is unable to resist your will.”
"I d o n 't believe It," she said em
The captain burst into a hearty peal away, pale and trem bling, betw een phatically.
those tw o burly policemen, it was as
of laughter.
T rying a different tack, he asked
"H a, ha!
W hat's the use of if all she cared for on e arth had
carelessly:
gone
out
of
her
life
forever.
Capt.
chlnnln’T W e've got him to rights. I
“Did you know Mr. U nderw ood?”
(TO B E C O N T I N U E D . )
tell you, doctor, no new spaper can Clinton laid his hand gently on her
say th a t my precinct a in 't cleaned up. shoulder. W ith m ore sym pathy in his
My record Is a hundred convictions face than w as his custom to display,
to one acquittal. I catch 'em w ith he said:
“Now, little w oman—'ta ln 't no kind
the goods when I go a fte r ’em !”
A fain t sm ile hovered about the of use carry in g on like th at! If you
w ant to help your husband and get
doctor's face.
"I know your reputation,” he said him out of his trouble you w ant to
get busy. S itting th ere crying your
sarcastically.
The captain thought th e doctor was eyes out w on't do him any good."
A nnie threw up her head. H er eyes
flattering him , so he rubbed his hands
w ere red. but they w ere dry now. H er
with satisfaction, as he replied:
"T h a t’s right. I'm a fte r results. face w as se t and determ ined. The
None of them Psyche them es for captain w as right. Only foolish wom
m ine.'’ Striding over to the arm chair en weep and wail when m isfortune
w here sat Howard, he laid a rough knocks a t th e ir door. The right sort
of women go bravely out and make a
hand on his shoulder.
fight for liberty and honor. Howard The World Has Little Respect for the
"H ey, Jeffries, wake u p !”
ened. W hen a man says such a thing
Howard opened his eyes and stared w as innocent. She w as convinced of
Man Who Seemingly Has No
ts rig h t and you th in k It Isn’t, say so.
stupidly about him. The captain took th at, no m a tte r how black things
Mind of His Own,
quietly and earnestly, and le t It go a t
looked against him. She would not
him by the collar of his coat.
th a t
'Come— stand up! B race up now !” leave a stone unturned till she had
T here a re many men who seem to
The w orst mollycoddle Is the man
T urning to S ergeant Maloney, he regained for him his liberty. W ith
added, "T ake him over to th e station. renew ed hope in her h e a rt and reso have no convictions on any s u b je c t who believes a thing Is tru e and neg
W rite out th a t confession and m ake lution in her face, she tu rn ed to con If they have any they give no sign. lects to say so. when it Is called In
They only sm ile and are s ile n t T h at question. The world would go back
him sign It before b re a k fa s t I'll be fro n t th e captain.
"W hat has he done?" she demanded. Is probably b etter than to be verbose ward If all w ere like him .—Columbus
right over.”
and v io len t V anity of opinion Is as JournaL
"K illed his friend, R obert U nder
Howard struggled to his feet and
bad as to b a re none a t all. In a real
Maloney helped him arran g e bis col wood."
simon-pure conviction, there are mod
A Free Translation.
He w atched her face closely to see
lar and tie. Officer Delaney clapped
esty and courage both. T ruth Is tn
“G entlem en of the Jury," continued
his hat on his head. Dr. B ernstein w hat effect his w ords would have on the quiet voice, since It does not de
the earn est young law yer, "the case
her.
turned to go.
pend on vainglory or r a n t
before you hangs upon th a t old Latin
"Good-morning, captain. I'll m ake
"R obert U nderwood
d ead !” ex
Rut a real man will say his say m axim —'Falsus tn uno, falsus In omni
out my rep o rt.”
claim ed Annie w ith m ore surprise
when th e tim e comes, not for contro bus.' Now, gentlem en, w hat does that
th an emotion.
“Good m orning, doctor."
versy—for th a t Is not profitable, but m ean? It means, gentlem en, th a t If a
"Y es,” said th e captain sternly, 1
Dr. B ernstein disappeared and Capt.
to show his hand and w hat he la. A man will tell one lie. he'll tell a whole
C linton turned to look a t Annie, who "and your husband, H ow ard Jeffries,
m an's personal Influence ts stro n g er om nibusful of lies.”
had been w aiting patiently In the killed him.”
than his argum ent, and he Is false to
background. H er anguish on seeing
"T h at's not tru e! I'd n ever believe the tru th th a t Is In him If he does
Why He Hurried.
H ow ard's condition was unspeakable. th a t,” said Annie prom ptly.
not show t h a t
F irst Boy—W here yer goin’ in «uch
It w as only w ith difficulty th a t she re
"H e's made a full confession,” w ent
We h a re g re a t Issues before ns— a rush?
strained herself from crying out and on th e captain.
moral, political, social—which every
Second Boy (on the ru n )—Flrv
rushing to his tide. But th ese stern,
"A confession!” she echoed uneasi man should think about and nader- alarm !
uniform ed men Intim idated her. It ly. "W hat do you m ean?"
1 stand, and be ready to take a stand
F. B.—W here?
seem ed to h er th a t H oward w as on
"Ju st w hat I say. Your husband upon, and tak e 1C But there are
S. F.— Boss said he'd Are me If I
tria l—a prisoner—perhaps his life was has m ade a full confession In the m any who don't do this, who are nega w asn't back from dia erran d In ten
In danger. W hat could he haTe done? presence of w itnesses, th a t he came tive or cow ardly and only sm ile or m inutes.
Of course, he was Innocent, w hatever here to U nderw ood's room s to ask grin when one of these subjects Is
he charge w as He w ouldn't harm a for money. They quarreled.
Your m entioned. They seem to think th at
Uncle Ezra Says:
fly. She was sure of th at. But every husband drew a platol and shot him. to disagree with another Is a g reat
"A good many people hev the cour
one looked so grave, and th ere w as a H e h as signed a confeaalon w hich will offense. It la an offense not to dis age uv th eir convictions, w hile a good
big crowd gathered In front of the be presented to the m ag istrate this agree If one really does, for If an er- many more hev th e courage o t their
hotel when she came up. She thought m orning."
, ror goes unchallenged. It la strength aeeumpUons.”
Stand up for Convictions