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Ab VOLUME XXXV" - LAURENS, SOUrH1 CAROLINA,. WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1920. 7, 190. NMBER51 '1H 134' Johns (Continued from Last Week.) I heard, ulmost with amisment, the .istrict attorney, with eloqiuent Oratory, tell the jury the erimes he OXpiected to prove atgainst moe, even 8n111Ing a little at the pilture he point ed (f 2t gjunw-ter senking etuployment 11 anl pamrtItwI. occitpId lby fii1lihies of wealth that hie mtight id c,ppor tunitles for plmitleiling tihetn, and VheI he was s-urprlsed in the midst of hi htirm ir . brilally choking the un itpr'ol(eted womtan whose hioiie he vas (eslinlig m111l then ns she lay there, ielpl'JSand insnr-lhn shloot ing her through the heart. In fact, I quite agreml with all he 'Said, even to his tilo strenluous ad jectIves-except for the (o fact that I knzew I was not th1 ilanin he was talking niott. It lil ben It ai bru tal, cowardly 1utr2dler, 11(d I was fully as an(Ixioul as the listricet attorneyI Couli possibly be to see IIthe 2221servalnt who had killed MIss Lut11222n brought te book. The testimony that was to eoile, I de-outly hoped, woul give some eie that wotild lend to the muisHing of the' real murderer. Tle lirst wltiss called was onle of the d(et(-lives who had arrested mne. lie told convisely, as though repent ing a well reli rs(d story, of h'aving lieeii stininoed to the Granddecc and1 tinding thi lre the body of Daisy Lultan. Ie said that _:Aihe had been shot th-oitgh the honrt. "Was there anyone in the apart ment when you arrived?" "Yes, n1 docto:." "Anyone else? "Yes, Mr. Wick. the superintendent of the apartment, and the prisoie." "What id they ay? How did they *xplni. their presene) there?" "1Thy said they had he-ard a shot and had come in to investigate." He told of examinig the body, questioning the physician and of mak Ing a search of the apartment for the inurderer, bitt finding no one else there. "What dio you dq then?" , "Miy partner andt I followed the prisoner to his apartment and pined him under arrest. We senrehed his room and in the drpsser I found n revolver with ona chamber recently discharged." "What made you suspect Nelson? Why did you arrest him?" "IMy partner id I talked It over, and we both were of the opinion that It was aln inside job. A burglar would have no chance to get into ai bullding like the Granidec stifl mlke his geta nwnay. It was bet ween fti superin tend(ent of the htilnlhlg, who was a Timn of responsibihlity, and this young "112ad .nny3hm1, in N('lsonl's 22(t1ons mad't. y'oi !Pu s its of hutm?" ci4tid." "'.' 'r >W'sOn hadu g;4no( uiSzpstah to hN! o212 2:part'2 en~t, I <2ue1 llonI .42251 2r. \p' !! si i1 he had1( 1e.2: tn the el vnt2r wheni2 h' 1w.rd~ the' shot. l11, hird' gotlin ont a.1 t the' lifth loi', whler'e 12u2! 24: i 1 :e i n k' or. '1 (,' 1 1..- ri ' l c orrIob'2 44 n42 d liA l2ni's erh~.ince in iicry ri 1.et. 11: '4'!' theai tr.1 h m 'l:nd.li. blood 'oni h' ,'2nmnti(2 ;1av\e 22 seinewhat1l1 14 - lih l d1ois."'11tion of thel hulet woundi4, U :.! Ilhe 14! (~'(enti p' u t~1)2 in evlenice th:e b~ulle*tintedl f:'om the holrly id terev'lv ~er (lie detectivet had' lu f..:. d.pointin ou tat they werC2e of al1 Ii.tI. Wick,"' s:dd1 the distrtit I h-aned'4 fornrd 24) list(1 22) everiy it 2. 2h-- 2:4.sesl he was2 brough2t In won i be .blck enough for me2( if hto roert ly std th 2Ie fact s ias 2hey ac tual' y hnd14 kni:'14tndl?. but I 4h:utedc~ If hue Tiould be content with that. If, as I felt cer'ta~in, Wick was in the m ploy' of the en~pliratore, it was more thne likely thalt they woutll seek to clint hi the caseu against mo with lis testimony. .. II gave his name. James Wick, and The. hispers -on _winMyer his Occupation 1i' S uperintendent of the Granddeck. "i(ow long have you beein en Iiployod thorm?" "T'ver 'since the building was opeiled(." "Whire w're you eimloy4l pre vlotrAly?" WV!-k 1esitnted. I wOIdered if Gor man's surmise that he hol been in prison were true, what he would %%y. "Before thint," he stamm'red, "1' was lII the employ of Mi. Kent in the West." "Who is Mr. Kent?" "Ife owns te Granddelc. Ile h1d known tne for years. lie brought ne on wiei le built this hulding." While his answer seeimed to satisfy the district attorney, I was (emivinceid froml( Wick's nervousns alint he w s cncivealing something, flint furtherI' questioning into Iib. past imight lead to linexpected deoveploieits. "Are you ucquitited with the de feudant?" "Very slightly." "Ilow long have you known himl?" I wais listening intently. Would he udmnit knowing that I was a relative of. old Itufis Gaston? "I lon't really know him," Vick ex pinilled. "I've seen hiu two or three tnies. Mr. Gaston, one of iy ten ants,'told me that he was going away and that he had given the key of h1s apartinent to a young inan inmed, Nelson whOm he" ht'& emloyed ats caretaker. Ile said that the care taker would arrive at tel o'clock on the Sunday morning that the Gastons went away." "And did the defendant arrive at that tine-at the tile lie was ex pected?" "He did not. W~hat first attrated my attention to hilim was ' that lie sneaked into the building earlier than lie was expected." "You say lie sneaked in," the dis trict attorney's voice expresseAl n prop er horror of such conduct. "Please explain to the Jury what you men by that." "Ilstend of announcing his arrival, he wattelid his Chance and walIted till one of tile tellints was coillilg in. le slipped in beside her and went u) in tie elevator without being an nouiced. Nnirally the elhvator iian thought he was ia friend of lie yoIng ladfy tenlant." "Ilow d& you know le was nlot a friend of he youing wvoimin with 'whoml ho vntered (III- buildini" "I isced 11h11m if lie was if-4''1uaintied with her, and he sald I' ws. Lat'r that saimlie day si' l-issed 1im inl th'e hall of tith ib'ulbing. I not hid that she did4 unIt se'k to hiui or 0 e11 onz The prio:;ieiuntor wv eud is hal i to thi jury 1a s it' to say3. "'You se,f' gen!. "Wsthe diefeniilhmut's 'oinliit ini lie'huling~ in any13 othler waiy such :is 1o ariousi~e your1 spilelon? "If [('d blyl got lovented before ha. lng her' all kluiuls of <questions out th other!~i'i tenanti ~ 121 the~ bu:ulin,. Ii' kep'ltr inig to get hetr, to go out to "'I li1 slie go?' ''Ye, she' dhl. Shle repor'ti' l hi n tI Ius to me, tiii I sug'i.estedu thai~ -. jgo withi himnd ry to3 i'hnd otl whlat h i mno' was."' "What (lse do0 you1 kniow~ :Inut tih' "F'xepItlt whia ?"' ''WhotI 1 aw on t he ightI i Ilss Lu -"Tfell the t'lrciumistaunces." "I waos in thle (levaftor coiming down firom the top) flor'. 1 hengld tihe souii~ of a shot. It fl'ueee to~ lEomoi firomi ft'hefi (loor. I got off there to in vest iiate. As thle door o1f in hdi ui "Whalit was lie dolig t heroe?" "J1 ust staniding ftheire. It looked to me as if lhe had just beenl comuing Out and that ')vhen lhe saw me lie hiad stoppedh suddenly." ."Whnt wa'is his malnner? Descrlibe flhe plosition in which lie was standing to the juiry.", Again there was in the dlstirict attorney's voice n1 tr'iumpIhanlt ring. * "Ite w~as 'all excited and trenmhly like," Mr'. WVick went on,, "and lils eyes seemed to be bulging out of Is he "Wlmt did he say?" "r nsited lfin it lie had heard if'shot and le siild that he haud. I asked if It had not como. from the Lutan .npart' ment and he sal I that it had seemed So to hiim. I wanted to keep mny' y on him, so I look out lily pamikey and suggested that we Investigate' to goflher. Ile did not seen at all inx lomis to go'back Into the apartm'ent WIlh m1e, bult the elevator mn31 '.wN. sttading thero, so lae came along'iRm(d awith; Will me when I found tile body. I khpt him tlel-ro until the polIep 1AM m al Copyright1920 IatSh eI Laurens. .C I hed expected that ilny counsel would offer objections to WN'ick'S tes tinony, especially to his having said that I d1i01 not appeir anxious to "go back". into tho apartinent, biut Al. Gregor contented bimuself with two qluestionls. "Do you 11ot know that Mr. Spial ding Nelson is a grnd-nephew of Mr. Rtufus Giston? Did not Mr. Gaston tell you of this reliati onship?" "He did lot," lied Vick cally. "I[ow was Mr.- Neison first standilng ---lhen yo got out ot' thie lvator when you first sow hin?" an 'I A Special [art Schaffi I-wool Suits----W $37.50 $42 ar W qu th pr Bt to - yc Iik '.M Narx~ to Cash Clothiers I recalled my attitud'e (1istinctly. I had bcen stinding facing tho door, strahiing my ears to catch any sonid in the apartmenL Whet) I heard the elevator stopping, I had looked around over my shoulder as Wick emerged. (To be continu ed.) Grm.'e's Tastcis(,, ciillT Tonio msterve. vitnilty and enity by purifyini' and v.\ richinis thie Loud. You Lnn :-on [.cl its St ientig *1)'1 , Iivi-oruting EIl eet Pricm %0:. Lot of ier & Mar ith Belted Coa .50 $47.50 e can tell you that e Hart Schaffner & tality, that the Styli at the prices are esent wholesale cosi it you'll have to see realize what remar >u can get here for $37.50 $42.50 If we were looking fo couldn't afford to qu e these. But we can , ut lower youir c1ghes itat it costs uz, Thiat's w. do. -SUITS ME" Ge COMMON WITCJIfAZEL FINE: FOR SORE EYES It is trrsig how illichly (.ye inl fbi inzniation is helpd by coliinmoni wvitchhlazel, cunnaphor, hlydiatis, etc., as inhls is : 1avoptik eye wash. One eoler'ly holy, who hadl hvewn troubledl wvith chronlic vyo inthunniationl for, minallypars, was greatly hIpe ll n two days. We guarant 'u a smiall Iottle (if LUtvoptik to help .\NY ('.-;\v wak, s trainal or inilanwd~ vyes. Aluniminu ye cup Fieldi11C.. l't am s 1ru'-1 Store. e mt x ts the Clothes Marx best %s are new, way below the clothes kable value $47.50 r' pr'ofit alone, ote ou ric. C