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• t i- ssIb-a. 'flfWOfM jV William Johnston ispers )0Tt*n9, [Ilujtrai IrwiixMycnf CHAPTER XXIII—Continued. —1S—“ No sense of shame nor of guilt pos sessed me. I was aware of having done^ wrong to no One. A clear con science 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 circum stances I felt that I had acted as a pan of honor should have acted. My •ense of innocence upheld me even though the deliberate malicious plot ting of evil men might make 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 filled me with new cour age. Yet It waa with lack of Interoat that 1 listened to the monotonous question ing that formed a part of the selection of a jury. "So far aa I am concerned.” I had aald to mj ceaaeel In ear teat chat, "may meet of a Jery will 4a Talent fee aacneed m apeetttag (ha evtdeare agatest aa» with a crash that ah (he nsrtd roa heat II SMhea aa dhhsa* i r nlcal description of the bullet wound, and the prosecution put In evidence the bullet extracted from t)ie 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 eyes from him. It would be black enough for me If he merely stated the facts 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 more than likely that they would seek to clinch the case against me with hla testimony. He gave hla name. James Wick, and hla occupation aa superintendent of the Graoddack. "How long have yon bean employed there r “Ever since the building waa apeeed.” ’Where wece yea employed pern [ v towel y T" W wk heal tn ted. I wondered If Oaf* man'll anwftaa chat he had haon tn petaan weee tree, what he *wwM my re Chat* he memmsmd I the eme*e9 nf Mr Meed m the 1 ■n de pm hewn ghem me | ^Thncn w* -“Snwn* "Vaenga whnif* "What I aaw gn We MflM tfiae Ln ten one wardered * "Teti t|te cirraemoaree - wed Ip the elevator coming down Cram the'Top Door. I beard the sound of • shot It memed to come from the fifth floor. 1 gat off there to In vestigate. Aa 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 aaw me he had stopped suddenly.” “What was his manner? 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 fils eyes seemed to be bulging out of his 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 apart ment and he said that It had seemed so to him. I wanted to keep my eye on him. to I took out my pass-key and suggested that we Investigate to gether. He did not teem at all anx- mmr mm wm Sm$ e%ai mqfM tv feme OMhe flam f* *Tff homo* the gM hmstemd ee if etruggtmg with bereetf. ewd theo meting a dvdaat leek In Wxt*a <h- rwrtteh. Mm aaewered with pride rath er then with boidnem. “my name Is ftfra. Edward Moore." “The wife of Lefty Moore, the bur glar Id Ring Slog, you mean, do you' not?” sneered McGregor. *1 ara," she replied with a proud lifting of her chin and a flash In her eye. “^’rn Lefty Moore's wife, and I’m proud that I am—his lawfully wedded wife and L don’t core 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 the Judge began rapping for or der. , Close behind my counsel my mother had been sitting, accompanied by some w'oman wearing a heavy veil. I had paid little attention to her hitherto, BOARD OF HEJU.nl ? TYPHOID SEVER APPEARED IN A WIDELY dCATTBREO AREA THROUGHOUT THE STATE SlULLPflX SHOWED UP STRONG Only Three Counties Reported Cates of Influenza During Th# Month of June 1 OT Mo a SoyNpame ww mo •eke on i opowei * Mi n repsp e MsDmuM km DMI 1 otm oodmspm kbg Mo raaoPL baas ego hod Ooreiod On bo D mm0m erne earn me eomoMSkp Skd \<* 1 M mkom—o eooDMt 0000mm mmm beg * PI t . • • I « ■*% %*4 Ml oeoesw*w*a pery Oh* •seme %0D *dPO psM Oi tm os GMi pmdBopF* Dm gmaoke So SON HN I ‘ V coy 00004 «mDDHFMI 00090m M j *Dboo saes 1 00000000 %S i So —•r IBHB | 1 waa smmor Columbia. Typhoid waa widely scattered over the state during the month of June, according to the Ifoports made during that month from the various counties to the state health department. The reports of contagious diseases for that month have recently been com ' piled and show 113 cases of typhoid, supposing that it waa some fibtel maid j Riehland county reported six of the whom ray mother had hired to accom- , cases, Greenville two, 8umt»*r IS < d • peny her to court, # for so far as I knew houn II, Cherokee II. The others my mother had no women acquaint- were reported from counties in pr.u. snces In New York. This woman thsally every section of the state, now. to my amssement. reached for- 1 Smallpox alee showed up heavily ward and plucked McGregor by the oa the monthly chart, though some of sleeve. As she pushed hack her veil the reports may have been h to whisper to him. to my utter our- from ether months. The report shows prise end const eras t Ion I saw that It was Barbars Bradford. Hew bed Barken cease to he Mtttng there In csnH at my Bt><' Doilghtetf ns I was at oeotag her. I I had esoseif fmhA m M i WmMm ■oo eod MrOreDor for MB MSftl Mg oop | pAkke Ik +% ^ bay ee o fit t *bmhhl 1 bod 0 SDhd kflP to kOOD DNDfl i mmJ tMri 1 kkroseo bboetoed •s OOP OOP IS dto ObOO My mpm W00000 boro 9*9 #9B enpommi tmm ksk efoas DDfi PD • bamosod mmm 4 OboS 1 oka saooee < M kORfL Oko bod 1 00000 PM cases of samllpos daring Jus Charleston reported IdE. Richland cegaty one Whoop lag csagh alee naked high la samher af casas. the total lap the month hetg 111 Of thane cmms ••artamherg reported BL Ckeewnris !• Tairkeid If. Shoot or M ftlifst II riertees ansae of pa! mgpe weee veperted Three af thasa were nposusd Ness ThledaSd and t • m* s from mlttaa sf see to srgt chief esecaUve Is a Wild Cat aeaocisllsa to fall privileges as chief of the United holds card No. 1 * “Tb4 Eighty-First division Wild Cats will hold their first reunion at Columbia, S. C, September 10 and 21,” savs the telegram to President Wilson. “We have Invited Governor Cox tb be our prlncial speaker. By Virtue of my authority as president of the Wild Cat Veterans’ association, of which you are a member, 1 appoint you a committee of one to urge Gov ernor Cox to accept our invitation.” In addition to a telegram from Mr % McGowan, Governor Cox has been In vited by Governor Cooper and by Jo seph D. Mlot, president of the Colum bia chamber of commerce. Gathering of The Clans The Clan MacMaster ef America mill hold a reqplon in Asbnry Park. N. oa Aufckst I. Notices of the gathering have been sent out ky Miss Katharine Mac Master, secretary of the American onnnisatkm. ef Ro^- vtlle, Md. htHle end Outfits | Federal reveaee officers four sUIla. destroyed eevea I me lessee, confiscated several and mode ewe tmperteet eirei Twe lUVrt whiskey ewtfim mi Isa la Alisa cwwaty. d ewe la is ▼( hone < » mw eed me l as- wERHRHB SnmwwS wan • •- mi ms w a 4 'a i at i » > ■ * » » w MM sseeSdkM |gf MB MW -»e •- ♦ ■ » ■ 4 m a ■ • <••• • 4 fifi * wk m had Ml tgim Lenaa ssnegRs * w •# sm ws ewe i «ad m'a* * is nm i R. . • » * mi BSfi | ‘4 mMuasamg «d emnd mu I apM na MMMM the N i sms sf fiig dMa md w*. Ms Seed "*liee * '*4 e wet yas ■ u hnwng Been mmsusmnd tn — • a *. .• a».i ^4 th«rs the Unasy Lwcwa He said thwi MW hwd Seen Ms! thrwwgk Mm ten ft. "Was there awynwn In the egwrt meni uhen yew errived T* "Yea a dertnr." ** Any ewe else?” “Yen. Mr. Wick, the superintendent of (he apertmeot. nod the prisoner.” "What did they asy? How did they explain their present* therer “They an Id they had heard s shot and had come In te Investigate.” He told of examining the body, questioning the physician and of mak ing a search of the apartment for the murderer, but finding no one else there. * "What did you do then?” "My partner and I followed the prisoner to his apartment and placed him under arrest We searched his room and In the dresser I found a revolver with one chamber recently discharged.” “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 have no chance to get Into a building like the Granddeck and make hit. get-» away. It waa between the superin tendent of the building, who was a man of responsibility, and this young fellow—who wee only a caretaker * * "Rad anything In Nelson's actions made yon sanpftctowa ef him T* "1 nestewf that he wan grwnfty an- filed* "Angdfinsd enasT* "dJkm fikdaas (had p* ins •we eewmkwmm. I < v * » Ehi mm in tm mm pasam mm m fiki m d ernanai m 4aem xeeae (hue 0$mm SeaMew oaki m '•• •* os Okie 000 MkS bo aS o* m * Mo OaMDMO *ori bao Dkk oko •epoi msD” toe say | ho eenkfioD kb * Mo DM m DM rnoep' e rckm okpoasaoS 1 0 9090 m ef OMDf Okhdorh T+mm amedhaa Nay ^4 • • hie m (he lie r — UJJ I Leaned Fo.rward to Listen to Every Word of Wick's Testimony. up In the elevator wphoat being an nounced. Naturally the elevator man thought he was a friend of the young lady tenant.” " "Hew do you know hf msfe not a fr*-*i ef tiw yowag wemaa with 1 mham he eaiered the haOdkRi?” "Y eeavd him if ha wue aafaniaied I mMfi haa and he and be waa Imsea jafumaH. Waaa I haned 1 eieuaiav meapasfi. I had beaked eeeaad I seen am abeeadev as Wtra eamapag "Me waa nev (‘vg aald w w% gg . am euns aeasadl gpees tea dNesi be We ( I Jnfufa ^tth Ms back agaiasi Dm * I dear. One hand—km right bead - was > | hekiad him 1 iheaghi at firm he j I might have a rev elver la M and drew | one I always carry, hat he bed aaL . It looked as If he had Jeat slipped eat J | of the door and was reacklag behind him te does It when I discovered | him.” "That will he all," said my counsel, to my greet disappointment Through out 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 sus picion on me. I felt certain that an abler lawyer could quickly have rid dled his 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 the Granddeck. She cor roborated Wick’s story of my first ar rival at the Granddeck and bore out his statements about my having chat-, ted with her and also told of having gone tp dinner with me. When 1 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 td how she should answer. * For some reason, she said, when the returned •fief phoning. 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What ^nd it tha In higher they foaad out? Eagerly 1 waited da> I BMl avaat la Masonic circles, veiopmenta. fed I cellos af tha Psaffic ladps mam The telephooe girl was recalled ta °* blcxX of Whaley street the stand sad her crose-examination i "■ """ resumed. Dllnd Held Ooed Meeting “Mrs. Moore." began McGregor— The first meeting of tha blind of and I observed curiously that his South Carolina, hold in tho chapel of voice In addressing her no longer was harsh and sarcastic but merely suave and Impelling—“you have testified here as a witness against Mr. Spal ding Nelson, accused of having mur dered Daisy Lutan. have you not?” (TO BE CONTINUED.) the Columbia Theological seminary was highly successful In every re spect. Addresses of welcome were made by the Rev. R R. Murchison of the semlnhryt, James ft. Spillman of the board of directors and R. J. Bla lock, mayor of Columbia. Responses were made by Alexander Gregorie of Yemassee and D. K. Breazeale of Belton. mm 09000% m os j MkS OkOo 4 • | DM ■ MD 4 mmm Mn I bek 0$ 4D0 baitikwk I s f EkSD M 0m , mo DB DM MMM Ik ERR 1 44m 04m4- DB ink «» ORk DDpr IB 0mm 0 Sham tho gpoe ■msoo oomei 1 •— • k ^ DM Emo 00 # Sb ORE *ti«S 40000000m 1 ho ] oms sms Eosiaoak kb SM » » • ■■B| edmw ss 000mm fimkp Is ibos ivsb 9km Chautauqua or Circus. The manager was strolling about the big ChautauqusL|.tent, which had^ Just been set up rfra small Missouri town, and (he boys were laying the plank seats, when the whir of engines was heard, and two automobiles ap peared, racing furiously toward the Chautauqua grounds. They stopped side by side In the dust and smoke of heavily set brakes, and the drivers looped from tbMr setts and ran at , certificates hod booo trsaspoMd top speed toward the astoolsbed Chao- 1 ooe bog to tho other, causing he tooqoo mansfrv Tm o hosehei fm a hosrfie Them both lopscVa* they oboooa w i « eomreoev ^< * t *'*4 n■+* mm m w fommS ChOMM la Aibor Bo will whlok there Is O emtle vtotory this MIL ho eotvod o letter from Boom wings M which tho nstloool Democratic mil tee naked Governor ►would bp available as a fore the November elections. Governor Cooper said that he had the matter under advisement aad la welting until Governor Cos appoints his campaign managers, and he win then take up the matter with tho Ohio governor. While no itinerary haa yet been discussed It Is likely that Gov ernor Cooper will visit some of tho Central Western states If he sees his way clear to leaving this state. Wrong Body In Coffin. Coliimhua,' Ohio, (Special).—When M. L. Walker opened a coffin sent blm by the war department he found the bedy not that of his aon, J. Wal ker, but instead that of James Wal ker, Sandy Springs, S. C. The death ker, Sandy Springs, 8. S. The death mis- geeped the firm. wyt%00A ffems DMhMttkflhJ Students ef Agriculture Seven hundred and twenty-five pft- pils studied agriculture in the puhUe schools of the state during the past session and have home projeota sup ervised bp agricultural teachers ac cording to the report submitted to John E. Swearingen, state undent of education, by Yard eon. state sepervleor ef j | take hath being on the same ship I tastrortloe Tho som of IttJME wee cam lug from Drool. Freer* Tho body J as ponded ta tho work. Tho post of sf the Coftombos hop N hoteg trashed Mr Fesersee's repast which eppMoo M psehoMr kos knee teas to fioeJE . eefp lo the saeam propers mesh M of CendMo meoaed ef CaOessOmb 1 eeDastei Mfeseet 4 w w i+mm earn * mm Dm Mb # . 0* 40mm ii» i «e»i m* odb oss