TifEPFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, JfEDFORb, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 1934.
PAGE ETGHT
Judith Lane
bg JE.4A.Vg BOWMAN
Chapter 42
INSINUATIONS
THE quietness at the press tsble
ircssged something Important
to come. And then Lumpers arose.
"Gentlemen of the Jury. I have
been Riven a most unpleasant task
to perform. It Is one I studied for
some time beforel could agree to
take It. Gentlemen, In the rortncom.
Ing testimony, with which 1 pro
pose to show you that the will In
chancery Is not the true will of the
man who left It 1 will be obliged to
desecrate the name of a woman.
"It Is a difficult thing for a south'
srn man to do," he paused effective
ly, then resumed, "and only because
there were other women Involved,
the beloved wife and the grieving
daughter of the one who passed
way, would I stoop to this . . . this
. . '. unchlvalroua conduct. Looking
on them, -having known them for
years, and eelng tbelr suffering 1
felt that In the very name of wo
manhood i would be forced to see
that Justice was done."
"Your honor," Interposed Judge
Morgan, easily, "I object to coun
ters words. This Is an opening
tatement, not an oratory contest."
Lampere bowed and smiled
"knowing Judge Morgan's handicap
s-here the use of words are con
cerned, I concede him his objec
tion.".
He turned again to the Jury,
"Gentlemen, in this forthcoming
trial of this will, : am going to show
rou that this defendant, one Judith
Lane-Dale, has, from the moment
ibe Jrst met tbe late Tom rlevlns,
Ittempted to Insinuate herself Into
bis favor.
"In the beginning she sought to
force her way Into his home with
the Intention of becoming his legal
ly adopted daughter. His wife fore
stalled that, but she could not keep
her from becoming Mr. Bevlns' ste
nographer. In tbat Intimate position
lbs took a more dangerous course.
More of tbat later.
"I shall attempt to prove to you
the Impractical plans laid for the
building of the dam which the de
fendant says will take all of the
money Involved. I shall then show
you ibat the aged gentleman was
of unsound mind at tbe time tbe
Sam surrey was made, and at the
time Ms old will was cancelled and
the new one drawn up.
"Gentlemen, I am going to show
rou that behind all of this was the
Influence of that little lady who sits
there. She who, eye on the millions
behind the man for whom she
worked, maintained a love-nest
where the aged man apent hours of
bla bpare time, a love-nest "
Judith sat up straight, despite
Cunard's tug at ber arm. Curiously
she didn't feel Indlgnsnt, sbe
wanted to laugh. Clla should tell
them about tbat, her "attic with an
nnderslung Jaw."
"I AM going to prove to you tbat
I . tbls new will was drawn up on
the nlgbt of August 25tb, the night,
gentlemen of the Jury, that this
young woman spent alone with the
man whose money she hoped to
spend at his death.
"Judith Lane-Dale left the office
at the time of her marriage, because
her husband Insisted"
"Your Honor." luterposed Judge
Morgan, "It Mr. Lampere wishes to
testily, msy I suggest he be sworn
first?"
"Mr. Lampere, kindly conflne
your remarks to what you prupose
to show."
"CortHlnly, Your Honor," anotber
courtly bow,' "I proposed to show
that after tbe young woman had
found tbat sbe bad succeeded In
winning tbe millions through Mr.
Bavins' will, she brushed aside sll
offers of advice from mature minds
and ,lunged heedlessly Into a dra
matU sbow of spending It as she
plessed.
"I will show you bow she de
serted her beautiful borne, her stal
wart fine husband. I will show you
how sbe went to the'Dlsblo country
and carried on, Dying to border
towns carousing wltb strange men,
throwing oipenslve midnight par
ties for the men at the dam. 1 will
show"
Thore was a commotion In the
gallery. Judilb turned and looked up
as did everyone else. A familiar tig
ure la the colored section was ex
tracting hermit from the narrow
sest, oue arm up raised, voice a bal
lon ing screech
"Listen here, you Mass' Lamp
seer, don't you go brlngln' on none
o' tbat rapscallion talk." And here
a scream. "Let go my nrm," and to
the -mated Lampere, "1 been with
Miss Judy froui the moment she left
homo and there nln't a word a truth
. . let
In tbat whole passel a lies . ,
go my arm!"
Jutltb stood up trembling; wbst
woulJ they do to poor old Delpbyt
": -give ber, please," sbe said
Impulsively to Lampere who stood,
dark eys narrowed, "It's Just her
loyalty; sbe didn't understand"
"Your Honor," Lampere ignored
her and addressed the Judge, wbo
was uemandlng In an Irascible voice
It order were Impossible in the
court
"Your Honor, I demsnd that old
woman be arrested and Imprisoned
for contempt of court."
"The bailiffs have taken care of
tbe disorder. Proceed wltb your
statement."
Judith sat trembling In ber chair.
Sbe hadn't expected It to be like
tbls. . . . Perbaps Clla could help
Delpby, blessed old Delphy who bsd
forgotten the color-line when she
found her "poor-lamb" being dese
crated. Would Lampere never finish!
What It be did call ber a golddlgger,
what It be did say sbe was the em
bodiment of all tbat Is unlovable In
woman?
Tb i hands of the clock pointed to
Ave. The Judge looked up as a bell
tolled the hour. Lampere saw tbe
look and stopped, sat down.
"Mister Morgan," said tbe Judge
on the bench, "how much time will
your speech require?" '
"About five minutes," said Mor
gan easily, and .grinned affably. "As
counsel says, I'm a little short on
words."
"Then proceed please."
MORGAN arose, looked over tbe
top of his spectacles at tbe men
and smiled. "Gentlemen," he con
flded, "I'm not goli to try to prove
anything. You have Intelligence.
You are not going to let your emo
tions rule your brains. You are busi
ness men, and ss business men will
know tbe truth when you hear It
and when you see It.
"Gentlemen, In the forthcoming
trial concerning this will, which I
happened to draw up and not on
the dlght of August 25th, I shall
let the truth, tbe whole truth and
nothing but tbe truth speak for It
self. Thank you."
The first day waa over. Judith
walked out of tbe courthouse, feel
ing as though she were suspended
In midair. At the curb she found
Delpby In Clla's car, Clla beside ber,
both of them laughing so the little
coupe was wobbling on its springs.
"You found ber?" Judith ques
tioner. "Found ber," echoed Clla, de
risively, "we thought the court
house had been taken over by the
Reds, dashed out and discovered It
was only Delphy, shaking bailiffs
off her arms as though they wen
beetles."
Judith laugbsd with them, but
she laughed no more tbat evening.
Cunard cblded her, Mrs. Cunard
consoled her but sbe only shook
her head "I didn't mind them call
ing mo a gold digger, and that, but
to speak of Big Tom that way ... to
talk jf his love lite . . . why, Mrs.
Cunard, the old darling didn't have
enough love between those two wo
men to warm him Into a smt.e. No
one could have blamed blm It be
bad .rendered away from home for
Just sympathy, but be waa too
decent"
Mrs. Cunard accompanied her to
ber oom, laughed at Delpby'a red
brick which went to her mistress'
cold feet, smiled at the chocolate
and added a aleeplng powder.
"He ray put you on the stand
first thing and you must have your
rest," she said, when Judith pro
tested. "I'm surely grateful for your
care," Judith whispered.
Nest morning It waa nice to arise.
She dressed and slipped quietly
down to tbe rose garden. There waa
a pool at the heart ot It a grotto In
which water trlckleu and tbers was
a school of goldfish, which perked
Impertinent mouths to the surface.
Someone else waa astir, sbe real
ised after sitting on the rim ot tbe
pool a moment, aomeone was talk
ing, evidently over tbe telethons,
his voice carrying clearly across
the garden.
Judith didn't want to listen but
she could sesreely help it without
padding her ears, especially after
she beard ber name mentioned.
"Judith la taking It like a little
soldlir."
"Of course she feels a bit sick
about It She hadn't expected tbat
kind ot an attack."
"No, I don't think so. Ot course It
would be fine for her at present
but we hsve to think about ber fu
ture." (Copyright, ttsi, Jsenne Bovman)
Judith takes the stand, Monday.
JOSEPH! MINER
SHOOTING MELEE
GRANTS PASS, April 28, (AP)
Only & brooding silence lay at the
lonely mountain cabin at Lookout
Point on Whlaky Creek. 40 miles
northwest of Grants Pass, today.
There was no evidence In sight that
a murder had been committed as
Martin Jennings, 44, asserted Friday
afternoon from hit bed in the Jose
phine general hospital here.
Sheriff E. H. Lister returned Friday
night from the rescue expedition for
Roland Burr, 23, who, Jennings him-
(self wounded In the head and arm,
said waa dead or dying from gunshot
wounds which Jennings said a third
man fired at the pair.
"We found no body," Sheriff Lister
reported Saturday morning. "The
cabin where Jennings said the shoot
ing occurred was cleaned up.
"Our force of county and state po
lice officers did not locate Clarence
Burke, whom we wanted for ques
tioning."
Jennings, when the walked 18 miles
to the Rand ranger station Thursday
afternoon with blood dripping from
his two wounds, gave Burke's name
as the assailant. He said that Burr,
23, his mining partner, was left dy
ing at the Lookout Point cabin after
both had been tViot as they attempt
ed to climb the second story of the
cabin.
"There waa - blood," Lister said,
"such aa might have come from Jen
nings' own wounds. We did not find
a pool of blood such as man fatally
shot might leave."
Lister and Clarence Malcolm, state
police officer, returned from the man
hunt Friday night. They left others
of the party to comb the wilderness
fastnesses for any clues. Some went
to Burr's and Jennings' csbln, where
Lister expected that today they might
uncover some motive for the scoot
ing. "For Jennings undeniably was
shot." Lister said. "We have that
much to work on. We expect to re
construct the actual shooting from
developments In the next two or
tfiree days."
APPOINTIVE BILL
Teath Curve Toll Grew
OF HEN PI ELD, Mass., April 38
(AP) A star athlete of Msssachut
tt State college was killed and two
Dartmouh college students and
fourth man were injured In an auto
mobile accident at Blood ybrook curve
In South Deer field early today.
Tragedy
PENDLETON, Ore., April 38. (AP)
Mrs. M. A. Cameron, who shot and
killed her five-year old daughter at
Htrmlston Friday morning, waa to
day adjudged Insane by examining
doctors and committed to the state
hospital here.
SALEM, April 28. (JF) The new law
passed by the special session of the
legislature designed to have county
courts fill vacancies In the legislative
assembly by appointment, was declar
ed Inoperative now because of an In
sufficient title In an opinion today by
Attorney Oenerel I. H. Van Winkle.
' Van Winkle held that that portion
'of the act which provides for future
' appointments by county courts waA
not included In the title, and that
therefore those sections were null airi
void. The measure as passed provided
only, according to the title, for' fill
ing of vacancies existing at the time
of the passage of the act. Therefore
vacancies since that time would again
be filled by specltl election as provid
ed under tbe constitution.
All kinds of tg blanks for sale
for rent, no bunting, no trespassing
and other cards for sale at Commercial
Printing Dept of Mall Tribune.
Forced To Drive
Dillinger And Pals
LADY LUCK
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Robert Johnson (above), esrpen
ier living near Manitowish, Wis.,
was aroused from bed and forced
at the point of pistols to drive
John Dillinger and two of his
henchmen to a spot near Park Falls,
Wis., where they ordered him out
and kept his car. (Associated Press
Photo)
Senate Recesses
WASHINGTON, April 28. (AP)
The senate today made the munici
pal bankruptcy bill Its unfinished
business but recessed until Mondsy
before beginning debate on it.
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