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THE LANCASTER HERALD
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» of shame nor of guilt pos-
WBSfeg aware of having
i,AO one. A dear con-
me that it was
not error on my part
me here. At every
Chain of circum-
that X had acted as a
have acted. Iff
me erven
malicious plot-
might make It appear
the jurors, to the
I trtus ft murderer.
)« sentenced to
»-• W' "
At at every point
still believed to
brought me strong
new cour-
of Interest that
dueetton-
of the selection
P I bad
our last chat,
do. Unless
the evidence
that alt the
It makes no differ-
v •'
right,* he answer-
lt seemed to me/
we always
Md Ml
me that he, too,
i 1 result, which I
r to be the only
agatsat me of
amusement/
with eloquent
the crimes be
crimen
*ure he
’
heart
all be
1
Wm
a v
Lutan brought
was to
there the
that
«eart.
In the apart-
How did they
to tnveatlga
, mmtalng the
' physician and
'WT«“
a shot
te.”
to body,
and of mak-
t for the
no one else
do thenr
and I followed the
apartment and placed
We' searched his
I; found a
recently
Nelson?
vest hlmr
and t talked It over,
of tho opinion that
job. A burglar would
to get Into a building
and make bis get-*
the superin-
tending. who was a
ty, and this young
only a caretaker."
is Kelson’s actions
of hlmr
was greatly ex-
had gone upstairs to
I questioned Mr.
Id he ted teen Jn the
be beard the shot Be
eut at the fifth floor, where
come from. At the
Lutan’s apartment he
be prisoner.”
said the dlatrlct attor-
enoss-examlna-
tui luueiatea nis
nlcal description of the bullet wound,
and the prosecution put in evidence
the bullet extracted from the body
and the revolver the detectives had
•found, pointing out that they were of
the same caliber.
“Call Mr. Wick;” said the district
attorney.
I leaned forward to listen to. every
word of Wick’s testimony, In fact
from the moment be was brought In
I never took my eyes from him. It
would be black enough for me If he
merely stated the facta as they ac-
tually had happened, but I doubted if
he would be content with that. If,
as I felt certain, Wick was In the em-
ploy, of the conspirators, It was mere
than Likely that they would seek to
clinch the cade against me with his
testimony.
He gave his name, James Wick, and
his occupation as superintendent of
the Granddeck.
“How long have you been employed
there?”
“Ever since the building was
opened." ,
“Where were you employed pre-
viously?”
Wick hesitated. I wondered if Gor-
man’s surmise that he had been in
prison were true, what he would say.
“Before that,” he stammered, “I
was In the employ of Mr. Kent In the
West."
“Who is Mr. Kent?”
“He owns the Granddeck. He had
known me for years. He brought me
on when he built this building.”
While hie answer seemed to satisfy
the district attorney, I was convinced
from Wick's nervousness that he Whs
concealing something, that farther
questioning Into his past might lead
to unexpected developments.
“Are you acquainted with the de-
fendant?”
“Very slightly."
“How long have you known him?”
I was listening Intently. Would he
admit knowing that I-was a relative
of old Rufus Gaston?
“I don’t really know him,” Wick ex-
plained. “I’ve seen him two or three
times. Mr. Gaston, one of my ten-
ants, told me that he was going away
and that he had given the key of his
apartment to a young man named
Nelson whom he had employed as
caretaker. He said that the care-
taker would arrive at ten o’clock on
the Sunday morning that the Gastons
went away."
“And did the defendant arrive at
that time—at the time he was ex-
pected?" r
“He did not. What first attracted
my attention to him was that he
sneaked into the building earlier than
he was expected."
**SW say he sneaked la,” the dis-
trict attorney’s voice expressed a prop-
er horror of such conduct. “Please
explain to the jury what you mean
by that."
“Instead of announcing his arrival,
he watched his chance and waited till
one of the tenants was coming In.
He slipped In beside her and went
1 Leaned Forward to Listen to Every
Word of Wick's Testimony.
up in the elevator without being an-
nounced. Naturally the elevator man
thought he was a friend of the young
lady tenant.”
“How do you know he was net a
friend of the young woman with
whom he entered the building?”
“I asked him if he was acquainted
with her, and he said he was. Later
that same day she passed him In the
hall of the building. I noticed that
she did not speak to him or recognize
him in any way."
The prosecutor waved his band to
the jury as if to say. “You see, gentle*
men.” and followed on with another
question.
“Was the defendant’s conduct in
the building in any other way such
as te arouse year suspicion?"
“He'd hardly got located before he
the telephone girl, ask-
ing ter an kinds of questions about
Otter tenants la the building. He
to get her to go out to
IS!
“Too, ate dM. She reported Ms ac-
tions to me, and I suggested that she
go with him and try to find out what
bis name was.”
“What else do you know about the
defendant?"
“That’s all—except—"
“Except what?”
“What I saw on the night Miss Lu-
tan was murdered.”
“Tell the circumstances.”
“I was in the elevator coming down
from the top floor. I heard the sound
of a shot. It seemed to come from
the fifth floor. I got off there to In-
vestigate. As the door of the Lutan
apartment stood Mr. Nelson.”
“What was he doing , there?”
“Just standing there. It looked to
me as If he had just been coming out
and that when he saw me he had
stopped suddenly.”
“What was his mahner? Describe
the position In which he was standing
to the jury.” Again there was in the
district attorney's voice a triumphant
ring.
“He was all excited and trembly-
like,” Mr. Wick, went on, “and Bis
eyes seemed to be bulging out of his
beach” .
“What did he say?”
“X asked him if he had heard a shot
and he said that he had. I asked if
jt ftad not come from the Lutan apart-
ment and he said that It had seemed
so to him. I wanted to keep my eye
on him,’, so I took out my pass-key
and suggested that we investigate to-
gether. He did, not seem at all anx-
'ls That Your Real Name?"
tons to go back Into the apartment
with me, but the elevator man was
standing there, so he came along and
was with, me when I found the body.
X kept him there until foe police
cume.” . / .
« I had expected that my counsel
would offer objections to Wick’s tes-
timony, especially to his haring Said
that I did not appear anxious to “go
back” Into foe apartment, but Mc-
Gregor contented himself with two
questions.
“Do you not know that Mr. Spal-
ding Nelson Is a grand-nephew of Mr.
Rufus Gaston? Did not Mir. Gaston
tell you of this relationship?”
“He did not,” lied Wick calmly.
“How waa Mr. Nelson first standing
---when you got out of the elevator—
when you first saw him?”
I recalled my attitude distinctly. I
had been standing faring foe door,
straining my ears to catch any sound
in the apartment. When I heard foe
elevator stepping. I had looked around
over my shoulder as Wick emerged.
I “He waa standing,” said Wick, of
his own accord, speaking direct to foe
jurors, “with his back against foe
doer. One hand—his right hand—was
behind him. I thought at first he
might have a-revolver In it and drew
one I always carry, but he had not.
It looked as If he had Just slipped out
of foe door and was reaching behind
him to close it when 1 discovered
him"
“That will be all,” said my counsel,
to my great disappointment. Through-
out tho mixed medley of truth and lies
that Wick had been telling, there had
been manifest to me his deliberate
purpose te discredit me and cast sus-
picion on me. I felt certain that an
ler lawyer could quickly have rid-
hls testimony, but McGregor
showed no disposition to take advan-'
tage of his opportunity.
Nellie Kelly was called. Briefly
she told of her job—switchboard op-
erator at foe Granddeck. She cor-
roborated Wick’s story of my first ar-
rival at foe Granddeck and bore out
his statements about my having chat-
ted with her and also told of having
gone to dinner with me. When I had
begun questioning her about other
tenants, she said, she excuse^- herself
and went to the telephone and called
up foe Granddeck for advice as to
how she should answer. For some
reason, she said, when ske returned
after phoning, the defendant ted not
questioned her further but had seem-
ed anxious to get away from the res-
taurant.
“You say,” said McGregor, as he
began her cross-examination, “that
your name la Nellie Kelly. Ia that
your real natae?”
My counsel’s unexpected question
came as a thunderbolt to the opposi-
tion. The whole courtroom seemed
to sense that something crucial was
about to be brought out. The jurors
te a man leaned forward to listen for
her answer. The dlatrlct attorney,
plainly puzzled, half rose in hla seat
and then subsided. Wick’s face went
white, and the gif*. herself started and
her aye* turned helplessly te Wick, an
if seeking instructions as to tear to
abler
dfed
"la that your real name?” Mc-
Gregor repeated, this time a little
more emphatically.
“It is—that la—It waa," ate stam-
mered.
“It was your name," said Mc-
Gregor sarcastically, Aaud what might
be your name now?”
“My name,” the girl hesitated, as
if struggling with herself, and then
casting a defiant look In Wick’s di-
rection, she answered with pride rath-
er than with boldness, “my name IS
Mrs. Edward Moore.”
“The wife of Lefty Moore, the bur-
glar in Sing Sing, you mean, do you
not?” sneered McGregor.
“I am,” she replied with a proud
lifting of her chin and a flash In her
eye*? “Fm Lefty Moore’s wife, and
Fm proud that I am—his lawfully
wedded wife and I don’t care who
knows it. I love Lefty Moore.”
✓ There was instant*consternation in
the district attorney’s camp. With
visions of discredited testimony con-
fronting him. he was on his feet roar-
ing objections. Throughout the whole
courtroom there was a sibilant stir,
and foe judge began rapping for or-
der.
Close behind my counsel my mother
had been sitting, accompanied by soma
woman wearing a heavy veil. I had
paid little attention to her hitherto,
supposing that it was some hotel maid
whom my mother had hired to accom-
pany her to court, for' so far as I knew
my mother had no women’ acquaint-
ances in New York. This woman
now, to my amazement, reached for-
ward and plucked McGregor by the
sleeve. As she pushed back her veil
to whisper to him, to my utter sur-
prise and consternation I saw that it
was Barbara Bradford.
How had Barbara come to be sitting
there in court at my mother’s side?
Delighted as I was at seeing her. I
was puzzled and perplexed. I he 4
sternly forbidden both Gorman ani
McGregor from making any plans u
call her as a witness. I had urged h«q
to keep silent and not become involved
in any way In the case. My eyes
sought h^rs for an explanation, but
after that one whispered word, that I
was unable to hear, she had quickly
drawn her veil over her face.
“Yoflr honor,” said McGregor, ris-
ing, “in view of this unexpected testi-
mony, I should like to request a re-
cess.”
“Granted,” said the judge. “A<b
journed until two o’clock.”
CHAPTER XIV.
Impatiently I waited for the recess
to be over. I could not understand
what was happening. Neither Gor-
man nor my counsel came near me
Even my mother made no attempt, ar
far as I could learn, to see me. The
one glimpse I ted had of Barbara
there in the courtroom had. fired lev
again with wild desires to see bet
My feelings were equally divided be-
tween hoping she would and hoping
she would not make any effort to
reach the—at least not until mf trial
was over.
That something was happening to
keep them all away—something per*
haps vital to my freedom—I was cer-
tain. On no other ground could I ex-
plain foe fact of none of them seek-
ing me for consultation. Yet what It
might be I could not possibly conjec-
ture. Eagerly I hurried Into foe court-
room again as soon as foe recess was
over, at once turning my eyes to see
if foe girl I loved was there.
Quickly I located her still Sitting be-
side my mother. Her veil now was
boldly thrown baric, and as she gazed
at me with sparkling eyes and a con-
fident smile, I felt sure font across
the distance she *as trying to send
some message of good tidings. My
mother’s face, too, I observed, now
wore a happier look, and about Gor-
man and McGregor both was an air
of greater confidence than either had
manifested before.
What had happened? What had
they found out? Eagerly I waited de-
velopments. ,
The telephone girl was recalled to
the stand and her cross-examination
resumed.
“Mrs. Moore” began McGregor^-
and I observed curiously that hla
1 voice in addressing her oo longer waa
harsh and sarcastic but merely suave
and Impelling—“you have testified
here as a witness against Mr. Spal-
ding Nelson, accused of having raun
dered Daisy Lutan. have you notf"
{TO BE CONTINUED.)
Chautauqua or Circus.
The manager was strolling about
the big Chautauqua tent, which haf
just been set up in a small Missouri
town, and the boys were laying ths
plank seats, when the whir of engines
was heard, and two automobiles ap-
peared, racing furiously toward ths
nnrtfw AinTiinrn
BY FEDERAL OFFICERS-
MAN WHO HAS 80L0 MANY
LIBERTY BONDS WAIVES
v HEARING.
Dallas.—After a chase that led
through dozens of states, through New
York City, Chicago and Cleveland, E.
L. Flanigan was taken in custody near
Dallas Thursday afternoon by Robert
L. Perry, federal secret service agent,
and Deputy United States Marshal J.
O. Miller of Dallas.
In Flanigan’s baggage was found
nearly $30,000 of registered Liberty
Loan bonds, and, according to United
States Treasury Agent William H.
Forsyth of Dallas, Flanigan has dis-
posed of more than $300,000 worth of
bonds of various kinds in the last
year.
Charges of violation of sections 148
and 161 of the United States penal
code were filed against Flanigan.
Arrainged before United States
Commissioner R V. Davidson Jr., at
Dallas shortly after noon Friday,
Flanigan waived examination and was
held in default of $1£,000 bond. He
will be taken from the cdunty jail to
Shreveport, La., for trial In foe United
States Court for foe Western district
of Louisiana.
Aftbr months of , painstaking Work
and often within a few hours’ journey
of his man, Perry of foe secret strvlce
located Flanigan in a suburb of Dallas
Wednesday. His plans were made
hastily and In foe dark of night, with-
out warning, he and Deputy Marshal
J1. O. Miller entered the house where
Flanigan was staying and made the
arrest. A youth, hardly more than 18
years old, and chauffeur for Flanigan
was with Flanigan. An automobile, in
which Flanigan motored from New
York, is held by the government men,-
Of the recovered bonds, $22,46$
worth have been positively identified,
by two 'banks, one In West Virginia
and one in Ohio, from which they were
stolen, according to Treasury Agent
Forsyth. Just how extensive Flani-
gan’s operations have been even secret
service men are unable to determine.
Flhnigan claimed that he had pur-
chased $80JMX) worth of bonds, but not
wishing to hold them had been dis-
posing of them from time to time. He
told the commissioner that he had
been arrested once before on the same
charge and had paid $10,000 in law-
yer’s fees before foe case: waa settled
and he was dismissed. Federal offi-
cers] refused to allow Flanigan to be
visited by anyone while in his pell in
the county jail here.
Alteration of registered Liberty
Loan bonds, which is contained in the
charges filed against Flanigan, oon-
slst in the erasion of foe name of foe
purchaser and render them valueless
to the holder. 'According to Treasury
Agent Forsyth, In home instances foe
original purchasers of registered bonds
have erased* their own names and sold
the bonds to unsuspecting individuals.
Payments by foe treasury department
are made by check to the original pur-
chaser and when foe bonds mature the
face value is likewise remitted. Pur-
chasers of altered bonds can recover
none of their loss.
REVENUE OFFICE FOR
NORTHERN tEXAE DISTRICT
Dallas.—The internal revenue de-
partment for foe northern district of
Texas, with offices in the Dallas
, county State Bank building, was open-
ed officially Thursday morning . when
Scott Reed, newly appointed collector
for foe district, took foe oath of office.
The oath was administered in foe
United States district court by federal
Judge James C. Wilson.
Eight deputy collectors were sworn
in at foe same time by foe court, forty
of whom are^ field deputies and a like
number office deputies. «
E. P. Smith and J. F. Rogers of
Oklahoma, assistant supervisors of
collectors, witnessed foe procedure,
representing foe bureau of Interna!
revenue at Washington.
Mr. Rood announced that work of
the department would begin without
delay arid without inconvenience to
those having business with the reve-
nue department.
R. B. DeWitt, formerly with the
AUstin office, was appointed chief
deputy, the only appointment as yet
made by Mr. Reed.
Reed Threatens To Bolt Party.
San Francisco, Cal.—Senator Reed
of Missouri, In his first public speech
since he was barred from the demo-
cratic convention and now suggested
as a good man to lead a third party.
Intimated Thursday he would bolt the
; democrats If they support the Wilson
Chautauqua grounds. They stopped • league of nations. Reed said, on the
side by side In the dust and smoke subject of foe president’s covenant.
Idf
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WILL BE BUILT
foreign THI
CHAIRMAN
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Washington.—Warning
tereBts not to interfere
lean merchant .marine,
son of the shipping board d<
that the board is determl: * ?
up an American merchant
contemplated by the Jones
act, despite threats and
by such interests to defeat
"The United States," said
Benson,' “is . in earnest to place
the ownership by the United'
citizens the control of at least
its traffic in imports and
it should be held that the
departments lack quch a
will insure their being able
American interests in such
ditional authority vfttl
congress by the hd
“Foreign carriers "and foti
United States Intere
eign than American
do well to ‘let sleeping
Admiral Benson.’*,
sounded In a talk $o
of Pacific coast chambers
and trade bodies and Am
way representatives wl
disturbed by threats t
from points on foe
cause of the section of
marine act permitting
rate oyer carriers with
States on merchandise mo
port and Import In American
Such a threat, foe chairm
•A*#*
“is futile and Idle.”
~ “If such a threat is sit
wm
made to
business.’’ Admiral
“the shipping
American ships
The shipping board
commerce commission i
action by other steps
further
United State*
efforts to defeat the
merchant marine acL”
Admiral Sensed said
trans-Paclfic trade at t
seemed to hi ‘ ‘
cessful effort to
vessels from sect
at certain point*,
nations have come
m
MANY
Accept Increased
cii—Otter* j
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to at the I
Chicago,
2,909 city v
to Work Thursday.
Increases of $1,600,000
council.
Three aldermen m
the municipal garbage
and selling foe garbage
of three firms at a good
rid o^ foe '
The lab----
$5.80 a day. The
$4.85. Since Monday ho
been collected.
Police
no action.
$300 yearly
council 75e a month or
making their new
The principal
in the building
neerlng departm
inspectors and
walked out.
The striking
threatened to call out
lng engineers aqd p<
alarm operators, who
with their union.
To grant the pay
ed, the council has
cost $20,000,000. w
ready practically
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Pecan Crop Almost
San Angelo, Texas,
crop Ip west Texas is cei
failure, according to l
who attribute the causq I
-Last year foe greatest
in history was raised !
and San Angelo
five carloads, or
worth around $150,000.
the crop that labor
gather all of It
and many of the nuts
ground.
of heavily set brakes, and the driver*
leaped from their seats and ran at
top speed toward the astonished Chan-
tanqua manager.
“I’m a batcher!" gasped the first.
“I’m a butcher!” cried the second.
Then both together they shouted. “1
want the contract to furnish meat tot
the animals!”—Youth’s Companion.
Short Story About Shellac.
Shellac is the Joint product of In-
sects and plants and comes from In-
dia. The lac Insects are about 1.2B
of an Inch long, a bright red In color.
They suck the Juices of plant*, di-
gest them and exude them In foe term
of resin, which soon encases the
whole insect. When foe young insects
have swarmed out, foe resin Is scraped
from foe branch ee, ground,
mixed with colophony and
cooked riowty and drawn out
“I decline to be a party to what I re-
gard as a treacherous and treasonable
undertaking.”
Polish Right Wing Forced Back.
London.—The Polish right wing has
been forced back ninety-fiv# miles, ac-
cording to a news dispatch from Paris
quoting Moscow advices.
Will Insist on Retaining Army.
Paris. — Konstantin Fehrenback,
German chancellor, will insist at the
Spa conference this week upon foe
maintenance of a German army ' of
200,000 man, restitution of territories
now occupied by allied troops and de-
duction of the cost of allied occupa-
tion from the amount of reparation
due, according to a Berlin dispatch
It is said ha will oppose French and
Polish claims to real mifias ia upper
( Silesia and will urge an international
Tan Persona Killed By
Huntingburg, Ind.—Ten
were killed rad eight were 1
six of ttem'fatally, when a
railway train crashed into a
ryimg U
Army Will Discharge
Dallas.—All emergency
be dismissed from the
according to word recall
tenant Sealer at the
mg station.
3,000 At B. Y.
Palacios, Texas.-
nual session of the
pie’s Union of Texas
at Palacios with an
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tlon In tte
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