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Show k num. ittiiiMiiH. j kll.t Harbaia Aub, of Niw Vork, may be mora tinned aaallilt llian tin mug, but ber vaalllatl'in It falnilated ti rati tome doubt upon lha ijueatlon, She waa the oomplalamg wltneaa .igalnil oca Walter U. P). l.angerman, a Uolham man boul town, acoutli.g him of criminal aataull. The rata waa brought to trial before He. rorder Ocfl, wbo, al theoouoluelon or lha evidence, roundly charged the jary In terme prejudicial lo lha "ex. uitlta" defendant, and a vtrdlot ot gulllt waaeoun rendered, l.angi.rmau tteadlly maintained bit Innooen.e, but bit word waa unsupported ly otuer leatlmony; bealdee, hla prevloua record waa all again.! him, for till r.pulaMon waa anylblng but eevory. A week ago ba waa broiiuhl before lha eourl for eenteno. Then entued one ol lha moat eenea tlonal aoenee Ibal aver occurred In a eourl of tbla or any other country a cl max wnrlny Ike dramatic pan ot e Hardiu. Iutlaadof lending the o.n-vlcted o.n-vlcted men lo )all for bla crime, Ihe order waa made boiling lha woman w.lneea In cuelody for perjury. Hha bad oinfeete.l tu the Jud.a, who II ep. pean bad inmt lingering double that everything waa not alralgblforward, thai aha bad falealy charg.d lha da-laudanl da-laudanl that la laol iba waa a wlllll.g partner lu aud had oonaeuled t i the arlma with wbloh ba ato. d akarg.d. Ifaleudaut, atlorueye and audience ware overcome by lha extraordluary turn tha oaaa had taken Ilia alluallou waa draruatio lu tba extreme. Yeelerday'l dltpalrhee, however, Indicate that auolber aceoa li lu be addtd to a play which II waa Uioughl had reached lie deuuu.meiit. M lae Aub It aow reported aa ulaimlag Ibel lu oonleealug heraelf guilty uf perjury tha really committed perjury. Her preaant aiory la that lha evidence given by her at Ihe Ulal ot Langeroiaa waa true and that Iba later denial of It to Judge Uull waa not Irua. How the came ta make tha eonlaaolon or wby alio did It aha aaama tu ba noahle to tell. Tba matter will no doubt le-oelva le-oelva venlllatloo wban tba oaae agaluel her It celled, al eanwhile Laagermau, by lilt own atateiuente and bare a libertine and a acouadral, It prelly tura ot eaoape from Iba penalty which tha Jury't verdict had prepared for blui. |