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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.»
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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? What
ean the motive be, and what is the ob-
fect?
I then spoke to the court attendant.
He had gh} the letter from 2 som g
misgionaire, with injunctions to deliver
it to the counsel for the defence, with-
out delay. I shall try to find the com-
missionaire, but that will perhaps take
some days—in the meantime, time flies,
June 28—MNow I have spent two days
in looking for the commissionaire. ¥
an with No. 1, and only when I got
up to 8 did I find the right man. He
had had the letter from a little news-
paper boy outside the grand café. At
Jast I got hold of the little newspaper
boy. Hg had received it from a “gen-
tlemen,” but whether the gentleman was
old or young, fair or dark, he could
pot remember—in
!
faet, nothing—and
“Didn't you see Sigrid at once?” asks |
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