La ls, i 0.00 8.83 0.00 129 0.12 ~ 3 &lé 2 | 0 oo 5 vi Ho rn ee a 7 TEE cr m—— rome ra Wr ” — ed i } RTS =G AL ! Sy vz 0 gop have been made with regard to the identity of the aceused. Mr. Jurgens said at first it was another person who nad sold the diamond to him, and ‘it was only after the ohief detective had treated the old man in, let us call it, a less polite manner, that he mentioned the name of the accused. The witness Abrahamson believed he received a visit from the accused on the same day the diamond was stolen. It appeared, how- ever, that the lady whom he supposed was his client was dressed in clothes which she only became possessed of later in the day. We have Miss Frick’s sworn evidence to the effect that she herself wore the braided costume be- tween five and six o'clock, and only madg a prasent of these clothes to: the accused -at about six o'clock. . “It is, as 1 have already said, not my object to accuse any other person, and I will give up the ing as to whether it was Miss Enick herself who visited gawnbroker that day; my object is only to show that if Mr. Jur- gens has mistaken another woman for my client, Evelina Reierson, it is not at any rate the first time that day that she was the object of a mistaken identity. ¢ “What I have now adduced ought in itself to be sufficient to change the opinion of the jury, if they have hither- to considered my client to be guilty. But I am in the fortunate position of being able to prove that what has hitherto appeared to he the most weighty evidence against my cliemst, is, on the contrary, the cleafest proof of her in- nocence. I refer here to the circum- stance that the witness, Mr, Howell, has declared ‘that he, at the time when the theft must have been committed, had seen the accused in front of the eup- board where the diamond was kept, and that he had even photographed her in his pOSIHON. ~The photograph, in which all will recognize my client is now here in court. When I say that I can prove that this circumstantial evidence is false, 1 mean that here, also, we have a case of mistaken identity, and I can prove that the person who is photographed here (he took the photograph in his hand) is not, and cannot be, the accused. The proof is a simple one, although I must confess that only an accident has en- abled me to produce it. (The young counsel here pulled out a large magnify- ing glass from his pocket, and handed it, together with the photograph, to the judge.) Will the court, and the gen- tlemen of the jury, and I would ask my colleague, the public prosecutor, to do the same, look at the photograph through the magnifying glass? You will then, gentlemen, see that the person who has been photographed wears a ring on the ring finger of the left hand. “Will you next examine the hand of the accused? When she was a lit- ‘tle girl she broke the ring finger of her left hand in a fall. The bone did not set properly, so that there is now a protuberance, which prevents her from wearing a ring on that finger.” The counsel then raised the young girl’s hand so that all could see it, to ‘which she quietly submitted, but without lifting her eyes from the floor and without a change of expression on her waxen face. “All will be able to convince them- selves of the truth of this. I do not think that any declaration from a medi- “ cal authority is necessary. And, gen- tlemen, let the magnifying glass show you yet another thing. You will at once see on the left of the lady’s head an object on the shelf above. It is the little ivory elephant with the clock, of which mention has already been made in the course of evidence. The glass, gentlemen, will enable you not only to see the clock in the forehead of the elephant, but also to plainly discover the position of the hands. hat time do the hands show? They show the time to be twenty minutes to six. “Where was my client at that time? On this point we have full information from the evidence before us. She had not returned this time. She only came in through the garden gate at five minutes to six. And she could not, un- der any circumstance, be dressed at twenty mindtes to six in the jacket which she only received from Miss Frick at six o'clock, or shortly afterward! “Gentlemen, when you haye assured yourselves as to the correctness of what 1 have told you, you will perhaps re- member what the witness, Mr. Rodin, the able photographer, said in court: “ “The photograph cannot lie! “With the permission of the court, I will postpone any further remarks till the jury have convinced themselves that everything is as I have stated.” ® x * . 0% * * For the first minute or 80 neither the judge’s voice nor his hammer was of any avail; he had to submit to the loud applause whieh the public bestowed upon the young counsel, who bowed and smiled wi e an actor who is called be- TREES. ee fore the curfain. * * * * es 3% But the space of a newspaper is lim- jted, and I must conclude my report as quickly as possible. The examination of the photograph took some time, as the judge and the jury had personally to assure themselves as to what the photograph could tell To all appearances, they seemed to be satisfied with their investigations under the magnifying glass. Mr. Rodin and another well-known photographer, both of whom had been summoned as experts, the greatest confidence that the evi- dence of the photograph could be re- lied upon, and when the medical wit- ness declared that no ring of the usual dimension could be worst on the finger of the accused, the affair was settled. The ‘jury disappeared, only to return at once, and the voice of the foreman rang out clearly when he pronounced the words “Not guilty” to the question, “Guilty or not guilty?” * * * * * * * Thus ends the account of the pro- ceedings in one of our modern judicial dramas. No one can doubt that we shall hear of an epilogue which will probably result in a tragedy. Last night we received information that as soon as the proceedings in court were over, Miss Sigrid Frick was arrested, and charged with the theft of her uncle’s diamond. * * * x x x.» i Te, ha son. CHAPTER III. 4 IN THE DARK. I pur the newspaper cutting on the table, and looked at my listeners. Cla sat with her chin resting on her folded hands, and her elbows on the table, staring straight in front of her. Monk, who had again retired to the darkest corner of the room, now came forward. He was very pale, but his voice was calm as he said: : “Now I will continue. You must declared with # ~And what is your opinion?” “My opinion? I understand you do not refer any longer to yourself; you are thinking of the young girl whom I have been obliged to arrest—well, what shall I say to you? If I sag that no one but Miss Frick could have taken the diamond, then you will be + pardon me, if the rest of my story seems dry and businesslike, but it is the only way 1 can persuade myself to speak of it at all. There is, however, not much more to tell” “Yes, but tell me, Monk,—was Sigrid —Miss Frick, I should sa; y It was Clara who spoke. She got up eagerly and went across to Monk. : “No, excuse me, Mrs. Viller, allow me to continue—in any case for a little while. You have promised to hear me, in order, if possible, to advise and help me, so you must bear with my whim and not iaterrupt me just now. Later I will answer anything that you want to ask me. Well, there are several things that happened in court, which. the reporter did not mention; though I do not think that his report, together with what I have fold you, has left you in the dark with regard fo anything that could be of any help in the clearing up of the mystery in which the diamond robbery at old Frick’s ended. There is only one thing which I must mention, since the reporter of the Morn- : ing News did not include it. When the judge summed up, he took the oppor- tunity to censure the conduct of the police in the case. He referred, he said, to the detective’s conduct with regard to Lawyer Jurgens. He was certainly convinced that it had never been his intention to exercise pressure on the old man, but that he had in a passion laid hands on him, a circum- stance which, at the turn events had angry with me; and if I say the con- trary, yor will think T am speaking against my conviction—isn’t that so?” | He was right, and I remained silent. As I moved to go, the superintendent took my hand again. | “You have met with a great misfor- | tune, Monk—a little carelessness on your part, a bagatelle which, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, would have resulted in nothing, has, by force of circumstances, driven you from a post which you have filled with much energy : and ability. And, if I am not mistaken, ' a greater misfortune has befallen, or, : in any case, is likely to befall, one | whom you hold dear. With regard to the first, you are a man of energy, and it is hardly necessary to ask you not to lose courage; you have done noth- ing wrong, and the world is wide and generally repays ome for one’s labor. As for the latter, I have also some advice. Wait patiently! I read plainly in your face what you intend doing— you will use all your strength and ener- gy in trying to prove this lady’s inne- cence, against whom everything now seems to tell, and it is far from my in- tention to dissuade you in this—per- haps you will succeed. This much, ex- erience has taught me—that nothing is impossible. But should you not suc- ceed—and who can tell>—do not make the mis’ ke of ruining your life for the sake of a woman—kinder to yourself | and to her tp break and haye dome with it at once, before it shall be too late. Remember, too, that what is, is inevita- ble, and that.one cannot bhild a house of bricks which are alreAdy crumbled to dust; break with it, the earlier the su ae Was pot 3 Ton Bur Ea afternoon he sent me the following let~ ter: x ‘Howorep Smr~—I had better at once inform you that I do mot consider we two can any longer have any pleasure in each ‘other's acquaintance, Neither Einar nor ~igrid Frick will ever again set foot in my house, and your name will never be mentioned here. Your part, Mr. Monk, in the latter month’s events, I ain not so sure about, and I do not intend to trouble myself about it any further. It is sufficient for me to know that you have assisted in the attempt to con- ceal the criminal conduct of my brother’s children. That there may be circum- stances which render your conduct ex- cusable, know well enough; but at any rate, 1 do not see why we should meet or see each other again. : po Yours truly, : - BartHOLOMEW FRICK. Monk looked up from his notes. “Since then I have never spoken to old Frick.” . “But you surely tried to get nation from him?” “] tried, yes; but it was easier said ~ (To be Continued.) some ex- better—before it is too: late—and do not attempt to produce the impossible {| P from a hing Which has already proved |W. T. Jones, Meyersdale, says: “One iof our family was feeling very bad to be dust. If I can ever help you, ; or later, then come to ith- some t post Bl We Rl me with: tense suffering and morning the lame out’ hesitancy.” These were my superior’s friendly and fatherly words. In the years which have passed by I have only spoken with him once since then upon this matter. x x * x 2% 3 I was at that time twenty-seven years old, and when the next day dawned, my courage and energy had returned. The superintendent was right when he had read in my face the determina- tion to leave no stone unturned in order | to prove the innocence of my fiancée— for she was still my fiancée. But I was not to proceed far in the matter before I discovered that my position at the time—for I was no longer at the | head of a large detective department of the police—made my work both difficult and unremunerative. It seemed as if an inexorable fate had decided that the drama, as it had begun, should be played : out to the end, and that no human in- taken in the case, appeared in a very. unfavorable light. The detective had also committed another error in not mentioning the incident when he gave evidence in court. The judge felt him- self obliged to declare that this con- duct might have aided the condemna- tion of an innocent person. Any one can understand in what a painful situation I found myself. The worst of it was, that I was obliged to admit that the judge was right—pain- fully right. Also, the way in which I had conducted the case had contributed, to a great extent, in throwing a terrible suspicion upon the one who was the dearest to me in the world. So far, I did not as yet foresee the result of tHe turn which the affair had taken, ' and which in itself was so surprising that one hardly had time to reflect be- fore the judgment was given. . I went home immediately, and tried to think over my position; but even then I saw only darkness around me. So I pulled myself together and went to the chief superintendent’s office. He still sat there, although it was rather late in the evening. He was very seri- ous. “I have already been informed of what has taken place in court,” he said; “and it pains me greatly to hear what has happened. My purpose in speak- ing ofthis is to spare you giving any account of it. Wait! I have one thing to tell you before you answer— one thing which you ought to know as soon as possible. I have given orders for the arrest of Miss Frick” I had expected that some such thing suming an indifference which was any- thing but what 1 felt. Ny “1 knew this must happen, sir,” I answered, “and I have no doubt what I ought to do; I have come to ask you to accept my resignation in the pelice service. My written application I have not as yet made out, but you shall have ft tomorrow. I 'ask you to ‘consider it as already in your hands” r The superintendent looked at me in a friendly way, pressed my hand, and said: “I am sorry, more sorry than you can imagine, but I neither can, nor will, ask you to take back your resigna- tion. What you have now said was just what I was prepared to hear from you.” ' “Have you heard, sir, everything that took place in the court to-day?” “Yes, I have obtained a verbatim re port from the officer who. was present the whole time” tervention would. be, Clara, suddenly. “No; it was impossible; I'll tell you just how matters stood; the very next day all the papers in the town began to speak of the conduct of the police, as it was called. Some even hinted that I should be prosecuted, as my conceal- ment of the truth had almost led to an innocent person being convicted. This, however, soon passed over, as my resig- nation’was accepted without delay. But the result was that in many places I was received with distrust and that the su- perintendent, with whom I had corre- sponded about the matter, dared on no account to give me permission to see the young girl who was under ar- rest. 1 have here some notes from my di- ary, following from that time on; let me read them to you. It is not my habit to keep a diary; that kind of self- confession has never been to my taste, bat at that time I did it from purely pro- fessional reasons—in order to have notes to help me in my work. Monk pulled out a small thick note. book and began to turn over the leaves. “Oh, no, don’t,” said Clara, at the sight of it; “put away the book. I would rather you told it to us instead.” Monk could not help smiling. “I shall not use the book for long, Mrs. Viller; but I think it is best to get to the end of the story—the sooner the better. And it will save me much time if. I may be allowed to read a few | pages.” So Clara gave her permission and Monk read: “June 23—Not possible to obtain per- ° mission to see Sigrid.—Tried, therefore, to see old Frick. Ill! comnidn’t see me— 1 don’t believe much in that illness, In the afternoon went to see Evelina’s counsel, and asked him about the let- ter which had been delivered to him in | gourf at the time when he asked for : postponement. = He refused again to { give me any information about the let- ter or its contents; he was bound to secrecy, he said. I think very much - | uch thing | hangs on this letter; some one must must happen, and I succeeded in as- § 1 se, have given the lawyer weapons to use, not only in defence of Evelina, but against Sigrid. Who can it be? 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