The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 13, Number 6, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 10 June 1920 — Page 3

HouJSI Whispers £ IV 'Wiliam uw~<w JohflStOn t£iZZi Irwin Myett

CHAPTER XXlll—Continued. —l6—* No sense of shame nor of guilt possessed me. I was aware of having done wrong to no one. A clear conscience kept assuring me that it was msifortune and not error on my part that had brought me here. At every point in the strange chain of circumstances I felt that I had acted « s a man of honor should have acted. My sense of innocence Mipheld me even though the dellberntesJmilld oll9 plotting of evil men might rahke it appear to the judge, to the jurors, to the whole world that I was a murderer. Even though I should be sentenced to death for killing a woman I never had seen the knowledge that at every point I had done what I still believed to have been right, brought me strong comfort and tilled me with new courage. | Yet It was'with lack of interest that I listened to the monotonous questioning that formed a part of the selection of a jury, “So fur ns I am concerned," I had said to my counsel in our last chat, ■ "any sort of a Jury will do. Unless we succeed in upsetting the evidence Against me with a crash that all the world can hear it makes no difference." I. “I "vess you are right,” he od, despondently, it seemed tb me, “and if the worst happens, we always can take an appeal." His reply convinced ipe that he. too, was anticipating the result, which I long ago had decided to be the only outcome, unless something 1 unforeseen happened—a verdict against me of murder in the first degree. I. heard, almost with amusement, the district attorney, with eloquent oratory, tell the jury the crimes he expected to prove against me, even smiling a little at the picture he painted of a gangster seeking employment in nn npartmeqt occupied by families » of wealth that he might find opportunities for plundering them, and when he was surprised in the midst of his burglarizing, brutally choking the unprotected woman whose home he was despoiling and then ns she lay there, helpless and insensible, shoot- . lng her through the heart. In fact, I quite agreed with all he said, even to his most strenuous adjectives—except for the one sact — that 1 knew I was not the man he was talking about. It had been n brutal, cowardly murder, and I was fully as anxious as the district attorney •could possibly be to see thd miscreant who had killed Miss Lutan brought to book. The testimony that was to come, I devoutly hoped, would glvp some due that would lead to the urimaskipg of the real murderer. The first witness called was one of the .detectives who had me. He told concisely, as though repeating a well rehearsed story, of having been summoned to the Granddeck and finding there the body of Daisy Lutan. lie said that ehehad been shot through the heart. “Was there anyone in the apartment when you arrived?” ‘ “Yes, a doctor.” “Anyone else?” “Yes, Mr. Wick, the superintendent of the apartment, and the prisoner.” “What did they say? How did they explain their presence there?” “They said they had heard a shot and had come in to investigate.” - He told of examining the body, questioning the physician and of making a search of the apartment for the murderer, but finding no one else there. “Wlvat did you do then?” “My partner and I followed the prisoner to his apartment and placed Idm under arrest. We searched his room and in the dresser I found a revolver with one chamber recently discharged.” -j \ “What made you suspect Nelson? Why did you arrest him?” “My partner and I talked it over, and we both were of the. opinion that it was an inside job. A burglar would Lave no chance to get into a building like the Granddeck and make his getaway. It was between the superintendent of the .building, who was a man of responsibility, and this young * fellow —who was only a caretaker.’; “Had anything in Nelson’s actions made you suspicious of him?” "I noticed that he was greatly excited." “Acything else?” “After Nelson had gone upstairs to his ovsn apartment, I questioned Mr. Wick. He said he had been in the elevator when he heard the shot. He had gotten out at the fifth floor, where It, seemed to have come from. At the door of Miss Lutan’s apartment he had found the prisoner.” “That's a"«l," said the district attorney triumphantly. * My attorney waived cross-examina-tion. The second detective was put on the stand and corroborated his partner’s evidence In every respect. Both of them told of finding blood on my coat. Thfl physician whop Wick had summoned gave a somewhat technical description of the millet wound, and the prosecution pur 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 he was brought In I never took my dyes from him. It be black enough for me If he merely stated the facts as they actually had happened, but I doubted If

he would be content with that. If, as I felt certain, Wick was in the employ of the conspirators, it was more than likely that they would seek to ; clinch the case against me with his j testimony. J He gave his name, James Wick, and hik occupation as superintendent of | the Granddeck. "How long have you been employed j there?” . "Ever since the building was opened." “Where were you employed previously?” Wick hesitated. I wondered if Gorman’s surmise that he had been in | prison were true, what he would say. j “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 his answer seemed to satisfy the district attorney, I was convinced from Wick’s nervousness that he was concealing something, that further questioning into his past might lead to unexpected developments. “Are you acquainted with the defendant?" “Very slightly.” f “How long have y®u known him?” I was listening ihfently. Would he admit knowing thar*l was a relative of old Rufus Gaston? “I don’t really know him,” Wick explained. “I’ve seen him two or three times. Mr. Gaston, one of my tenants, 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 caretaker would arrive at ten o’clock on the Sunday* morning that the Gastbns went away.” “And did the defendant arrive at J that time—at the time he was ex- j ported ?" “He did not. ' What first attracted ; my attention to him was that he j sneaked into the building earlier than | he was expected.” “You say lie sneaked in,” the dis- j trict attorney’s voice expressed a prop- I er Tiorror of such conduct. “Please explain to the jury what you mean by that.” < “Instead of announcing his arrival, he watched bis chance and waited till one of the tenants was coming in. He slinned in beside her and went I up in the elevator without being an- j nouneed. Naturally the elevator man j thought he was a friend of the young j lady tenant.” )JJ “How do you know he was not a friend of the young woman with whom he entered the building?” “I asked him if he was acquainted with her, and lie 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 hand to the jury as if to say, “You see, gentlemen,” and followed on with another question. “Was the defendant’s conduct in the building in any other way such as’to arouse your suspicion?” “He’d hardly got located before he began buzzing the telephone girl, asking her all kinds of questions about the other tenants In the building. He •kept trying to get her to go out to dinner with him.” “Did she go?” “Yes, she did. She reported his actions to me, and I suggested that she* f Leaned Forward to Listen to Every Word of Wick's Testimony. go with him and try to find out what his name was.” “What else do you know about the defendant?” “That’s all—except—” “Except what?” “What I saw on the might Miss Lutan 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 investigate. As the door of the Lutan i.partment 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 manner? Describe v.he position ha was standing to the jury." Again there was In the district attorney’s voice a triumphant ring. "Be was all excited and tremblylike," Mr. Wick went ou, "wul his

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eyes seemed to be bulging out of Lis head.” “What did he say?” "I asked him if he had heard a shot and he said that he had. I asked if it had not come from the Lutan apartment 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 together. He did not seem at all anxious 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, j I kept him there until the police' came.” > I had expected that my counsel would offer objections to Wick’s testimony, especially to his having said that I did not appear anxious to “go back” into the apartment, but McGregor contented himself with two questfons. “Do you pot know that Mr. opalNelson is a grand-nephew of Mr. Rurcfc Gaston? Did not Mr. Gaston tell you of this relationship?” “He did not,” lied Wick calmly. “How was 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 facing the door, straining my ears to catch any sound “Is That Your Real Name?" in the apartment. When I heard the i elevator stopping, I had looked around over my shoulder as Wick emerged. !. “He was standing,” said Wick, of j his own accord,, speaking direct to the I jurors, “with his back rtgoinst the ! door. Cue hand—his right hand—was | behind him. I thought at first he I might hate a revolver in it and drew ; one I always carry, but he had not. : It looked ns if he had just slipped out j of the door and was reaching behind | him to close it when I discovered him.” “That will be all,” said my counsel, to my great disappointment. Throughout the mixed medley of truth and lies that Wick had been telling, there had been manifest to me his deliberate purpose to discredit me and cast suspicion on me. I felt certain that an abler lawyer could quickly have riddled his testimony, but McGregor showed no disposition to take advantage of his opportunity. Nellie Kelly was called. Briefly she told of her job—switchboard operator at the Granddeck. She corroborated Wick’s story of my first arrival at the Granddeck and bore out his statements about my having chatted with her and also told of having gone to dinner with me. When I had begun questioning her about other tenants, she said, she excused herself and went to the telephone and called up the Granddeck for advice as to how she should answer. For some reason, she said, when she returned after phoning, the defendant had not questioned her*further but had seemed anxious to get away from the restaurant. “You -say,” said McGregor, as he began her cross-examination, “that your name is Nellie Kelly. Is that your real name?” My counsel’s unexpected question came as a thunderbolt to the opposition. The whole courtroom seemed to sense that something crucial was about to be brought out. The jurors J to a man leaned forward to listen for i her answer. The district attorney, I plainly puzzled, half rose in his seat and then subsided. Wick’s face went white, and the girl herself started and her eyes turned helplessly to Wick, as if seeking instructions as to how to answer. “Is that your real name?” McGregor repeated, this time a little more emphatically. “It is—that is—it was,” she stammered. “It was your name,” said Mej Gregor sarcastically, "and what might | be your name now?” “My name," the girl hesitated, as j Jf struggling with herself, and then t casting a defiant look in Wick’s diI rection, she answered with pride rathj er than With boldness, “my name is I Mrs. Edward Moore.” “The wife of Lefty Moore, the burglar 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 I eye. * "I’m Lefty Moore’s wife, and i I’m 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 confronting him, he was on his feet roaring objections. Throughout the whole courtroom there was a sibilant stir, and the judge began rapping for order. Close behind my counsel my mother had been sitting, accompanied by some 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 accompany her to court, for so far as I knew my mother had no women acquaintances in New York. This woman now, to my amazement, reached forward and plucked McGregor by the sleeve. As she pushed back her veil’ to whisper to him, to my utter surprise and consternation I saw that It was Barbara Bradford.

How hod Barbara come to be irittinit there in court at my mothers aide? Delighted as I was at seeing her. 1 wns puzzled and perplexed. I had sternly forbidden both Gorman and McGregor from making any plans to call her as a witness. I had urged her to keep silent and not become Involved in any way in the case. My eyes sought hers for an explanation, but after that one whispered word, thqt 1 was unable to hear, she had quickly drißvn her veil over her face. “Your hono#.” said McGregor, rising, “In view of this unexpected testimony, I should like to request a recess.” "Granted,” said the judge. “Adjourned until two o’clock.” CHAPTER XIV. Impatiently I waited for the recess to be over. I could not understand what was happening. Neither Gorman nor my counsel came near me. Even my mother made no attempt, so far as I could learn, to bee ine. The one glimpse I had had of Barbara there in the courtroom had fired me again with wild desires to see her. My feelings were equally divided be-« tween hoping she would and hoping she would not make any effort to, reach me—at least not until my trial was over. That something was happening to keep them all away—something perhaps v|tal to my freedom—l was certain. On no other ground could I explain the fact of none of them seeking me for consultation. Yet what it might be I could not possibly conjecture. Eagerly I hurried into the courtroom again as soon as the recess was iLver, at once turning my eyes to see if the girl I loved was there. Quickly I located her still sitting beside my mother. Her veil now was boldly thrown back, and as she gazed at me with sparkling eyes ami a confident smile, I felt sure that across the distance she was trying to send some message of good tidings. My mother’s face, too', I observed, now wore a happier look, and about Gorman 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 developments. The telephone girl was recalled to the stand and her cross-examination resumed. "Mrs. Moore,” began McGregor—and I observed curiously that his voice in addressing her no longer was harsh and sarcastic but merely suave and impelling —“you have testified here as a Mr. Spal : ding Nelson, accused of having murdered Daisy Lutan, have you not?” (TO BE CONTINUED.) LOW IN SCALE OF HUMANITY Cave Dwellers in the Canary Islands Practically Live as Do the Wild Animals. Principal cave-dwellers’ settlements in the Canaries are at Atalaya, in the island of Grand Canary. The name means the “Giant’s burrow,” and from a distance the place closely resembles a rabbit-warren or a honey comb swarming with bees. The caves are more or less in terraces on the side of a steep rock, overlooking a glen and river bed. Atalaya supplies the entire group of the Canaries with , clay pots, every cave having its own set of rude appliances for making pots, and the people display great ingenuity and quickness in the work. Men, women and children squat about at the entrances to their caves, kneading the clay with their hands into elegant jars and using their finger nails to apply decorative lines. These troglodytes, or cave dwellers, are almost like wild animals, having no morals, and very little clothing to boast of. During the summer the children run about almost niiked, an<j the woman the shortest of skirts. They are probably the last remnants of the aborigines of Grand Canary, who are known to have lived in caves 500 years ago. The cave dwellers are very different from the rest of the islanders, who look upon them as pariahs and would as soon think of intermarrying with monkeys'as with them.—Wide World Magazine. How the Python Kills. The python kills by contraction, says Prof. John A. Jordan, in the Wide World Magazine. IJe says he has heard many discussions as to how this is done, some men stating emphatically that the python must get its tail around some solid object to get a leverage. Most agree, however, that the giant python can overpower and kill almost any animal. Some declare that the width of its jaws will only allow of the passage of an animal about the size of a goat. This is not correct, says Professor Jordan for he claims he has killed pythons with the horns of a Topi hartebeest sticking out of the jaw, and the Topi weighs well over 200 pounds. Chautauqua or Circus. The manager was strolling about the big Chautauqua tent, which had just been set up in a'small Missouri town, and the boys were laying the plank seats, when the whir of engines was heard, and two automobiles appeared, racing furiously toward the Chautauqua grounds. They stopped side by side in the dust and smoke of heavily set brakes, and the drivers leaped from their seats and ran at top speed toward the astonished Chautauqua manager. to “I’m a butcher!” gasped the first. “I’m a butcher!” cried the second. . Then both together they shouted, “I want the contract to furnish meat for the animals!”—Youth’s Companion. Short Story About Shellac. Shellac Is the joint product of insects and plants and comes from India. The lac insects are about 1.25 of an inch long, a bright red in color. They suck the juices of plants, digest them and exude them in the form of resin, which soon encases the whole Insect. When the young insects have swarmed out, the resin is scraped -from the branches, ground, washed, mixed with colophony and orpiment, cooked slowly and drawn out Into the thin sheets we know as shellac.

RAIL PROBLEM IS NOT SOLVED OPERATION THROUGH FEDERAL MANDATE IS PROBABLE FOR SOME TIME TO COME. ROADS MUST HAVE BIG SUMS .New Equipment Needed Will Cost sl r 600,000,000 — Increased Freight Rates Seem Certain—Some War Time Rules to Be Permanent. By JAMES P. HORNADAY. Washington.—The railroad problem seems far from solution. The roads have been turned back to their owners, but it now seems certain that to a considerable extent they will be operated through mandate of the federal government for some time to come. The interstate commerce commission under the new transportation law has hroad powers and it is beginning to exercise them, not because it is particularly anxious to do it, but because both the railroads and the patrons of the transportation systems are asking it. The railroad executives who are spending most of their time here in consultation with the interstate commerce commission say the properties were turned back to their owners under most unfavorable conditions. They point out that during the calendar year 1919, the roads under government operation accumulated a deficit of $388,972,136. During two months of that year only, July and August, did the roads show a surplus. For those months receipts went ahead of expenses $G,241,488. The ._et loss to the government during the entire period of federal operation of the railroads was $905,000,000, to which must he added $20(1,000,000, the estimated cost of the six months’ guaranty ending September 1 this year, and the estimated payment to the short lines of $25,000,000. Claims growing out of depreciation aggregating $375,000,000 have been filed with the claims bufeau which succeeded the railroad administration. New Equipment Needed. Recently railway executives testified before the interstate commerce committee of the senate that the roads, in order to be fully equipped, must have 226,000 new freight cars, 9,000 new passenger cars and 3.4Q0 new locomotives. The estimated total cost of this new equipment is $1,600,000,000. During the present calendar year the car and locomotive shops, it is asserted, can produce not over 100,000 freight cars, about 3,000 .passenger ears and 2.000 locomotives. The total cost of this new equipment would be $610,000,000, according to the testimony of the railroad executives before the committee. It is agreed all around that sooner or later the federal government must pay in full the enormous bill due to federal operation of the roads. On and after September 1 of this year the roads must go it alone. In order to make both ends meet they have planned to charge the public more than it was ever charged before, more than it was charged during the war period, for service. At this time no increase in passenger rates is contemplated, but the roads have united in asking for increases in freight rates that will average not less than 20 per cent. These applications have already been placed off file with the interstate commerce commission and the roads have let it be known that within a short time they will file their new rate sheets. Unless the interstate commerce commission shall suspend these new rates they will become effective at once. New Freight Rates Seem Certain. It Is generally understood that the commission will permit the new rates to become effective, and possibly do so without the formality of hearings. Practically everybody concerned appears to realize that, unless the transportation system of the country is to go into the discard, the roads must be permitted to make enough money to lift them, so to speak, out of thq condition in which they now find themselves. Os course, in the end, the ultimate consumer has to pay the bill. It seems reasonably certain that the interstate commerce commission, in the exercise of the new powers granted it by the recent railroad legislation, ■ will make permanent some of the regulations that were in effect during the war. One of these regulations provided for the common use of rolling stock, nnd the railroad executives say that this common use is necessary if the • roads are to serve the public in the ! most efficient way. The railroad act J provides that whenever any carrier is j for any reason unable to transport the I traffic offered It so as to serve the pubI lie properly, the interstate commerce . commission may order the traffic dis- | trlbuted to other lines in such away as will promote the best service in the interest of the public. This is now being done by direction of the commission to a considerable extent. There is also a provision in the new legislation which authorizes the commission to require the use of any terminal facilities, including main track 1 or tracks for a reasonable distance out- ! side a terminal, by competing roads. This common use of terminals worked well during the war and is again being put into effect. Civil Service Pensions Coming. The government’s first civil pension roll will be established in 90

CURIOUS FOOTWEAR CUSTOMS. Footwear customs in various lands are as curious as they are varied. The Eskimo women, for instance, chew the leather from which they fashion their boots, whether it fte reindeer, seal or dogskin, in order to make It soft and pliable. When finished their gaudy boots are as grotesque as can be imagined. The Breton sabot makers spend their days in the forest fashioning their oddly shaped shoes from a solid block of wood, first roughly shat>-

davs. when the civil service retire m“nt set will become effective. The differences between the senate and house over the details of the legisla tion have finally been adjusted. Chief anting These differences was the ques •tion as to whether the base retirement age should be 65 or 70 Seventy was finally agreed on. The taking effect of the legislation will mean the, immediate retirement of about 7.000 men and women so old and feeble that : n some cases it has been necessary tc take them to their desks in wheel chairs. Nothing has exceeded the patience and generosity with which the aged and useless servants of the government have been treated, for not- - withstanding it lias been recognized In congress and in all the departments that the retention of so many inefficient ones was indefensible from the business point of view, it never has been seriously contemplated that they be dismissed until some provision could be fuade to take care of them. Even the present legislation will not provide luxurious living for any annuitants. for $730 a year is the maximum which can he paid to any person, and the clerk whose salary has averaged $1,200 a year must have remained in the government service for not less than 30 years to be entitled to that pension. The clerks as a body wanted the expense of the civil pension roll borne by the government, and congress wanted the clerks to pay for their own pensions. Contributed by the Clerks. It was inevitable that the system j could not be instituted without gov- j eminent assistance at the start, and , it finally has been determined that be- j ginning on the first day of the third j month next following the passage of j the act, and monthly thereafter : there shall •be deducted 2% per I cent from the base pay of all persons in the classified civil service, the same to be set aside by the treasury department for a civil service retirement and disability fund, for the law fontqins also a total disability feature. The act applies to all employees in the classified civil service who at the expiration of 90 days following the passage of the act shall lffive reached the age of 70 years and rendered at least 13 years of service, whether in the classified or unclassified list. Certain exceptions are made, however, as mechanics, city nnd rural carriers and post office clerks are made eligible for retirement at the age of sixty-five, and railway postal clerks, whose work is regarded as the most arduous performed by any government employee at sixty-two. of the District of Columbia are included, except school officers and teachers and mem--1 hers of the police and fire departments, who are or will be taken care of under other legislation. , Divided Into Six Classes. The employees are divided into six classes for pensionable purposes, stated as follows, the table covering length of service, percentage of salary constituting pension, and the maximum and minimum pensions allowed each class: Per cent Maxi- MiniService. of salary, mum. mum. 30 years or more 60 $720 $360 27 to 30 years ...54 648 324 24 to 27 years 4S 576 2SB 21 to 24 years ~ .....42 504 252 18 to 21 years .....36 432 216 15 to 18 year 3 30 360 ItsO An effort was made by the house to provide that whenever the employee’s contribution, with interest, has reached such a sum as at the age of retirement to purchase a larger annuity than that provided for in the law such an annuity might be granted, but the senate objected, For the purpose of computing the length of service of the employee the date of original employment is used, whether in the classified or unclassified service, and It is not necessary that the service should have been continuous in any one department or even that an employee should not have left the government service, provided he has been reinstated. Leaves of absence are not deducted, unless they exceed six months, and the employee is accredited also with the time he, may have spent beyond seas and in honorable service in the army, navy, marine corps or coast guard, except that in the case of an employee who is eligible for and elects to receive a pension under any law, or compensation under the warrisk insurance act, the period of such service upon which pension or compensation is based is not included. On leaving the government service prematurely for pension purposes, the employee is to be paid the amount of his salary deductions with 4 per cent compound interest, but upon reinstatement the employee must return this money with interest to become eligible again for retirement or any benefits under the act. Rival of the Spud. The calla lily, which was cultivated on. a large scale in Egypt, and probably In Palestine, thousands of years ago, was and is grown as a foodplant. It develops underground, fleshy tubers that somewhat resemble potatoes, though more elongated in shape. With preliminary boiling they may be cooked for the table by frying, baking or in 5 any other way that potatoes are cooked. Large areas are nowadays devoted in Florida to the culture of the calla for its tubers. It grows admirably in swamp lands that are useless for other purposes, the yield of a single moist acre being enormous. In olden times, in Egypt, calla tubers were one of the most important food crops. They were grown over extensive areas in each annual season of the Nile’s overflow.— Detroit News.

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