| Show t 5 S 'S i 7 A ij t i J e u TI DEG br tf f t i KLEIN KLEINS 1 S AN AND D f 5 L V VS W f S ILLUSTRATION BY IONS f 1909 BV DY OW COMPANy S 13 SYNOPSIS S Howard Jeffrie Bankers Banker's son under 5 2 k f the evil of Robert Underwood I follow at Yale Talc leads ead a life Ute o of dis- dis x Ir marries the the- th daughter of a. a Ramt gambler gam- gam t t bler t ler who died In prison and Is disowned by hi his father lather He Is out of ot work and In Desperate straits Underwood who had hadS S once e been engaged to Howards Howard's step- step smother mother Alicia AlIcJa Is apparently apparent hi i prosperous prosper- prosper ous DUS circumstances Taking advantage o of Ma Intimacy with Alicia he becomes become a rort of ot social highwayman Discovering true character Alicia denies him the 55 house He sends her a note threatening suicide e. e Art dealers for tor whom he acted 03 as commissioner demand an accounting He Lie cannot make good Howard calls athis at athis athis his apartments in an Intoxicated con condiS condition condi condi- S Uon tion to request a loan of 2000 to enable tim him to 10 take up a business proposition y 1 Underwood tells him he is In debt up to toi i tie hIs eyes ces Howard drinks himself Into a maudlin condition and goes to sleep on a n. dIvan A caller Is announced and j 1 wood draws raws a screen around the tile drunken sleeper Alicia enters She d demands mands a promise from Underwood that he will not take his life lite He refuses unless she will renew her patronage This she refuses and takes her leave Underwood kills S himself The rEp report rt of t. t the pistol awakens awakens' awakens awa- awa kens kens' Howard He finds Underwood dead Realizing his predicament he attempts tel td i flee and Is la met by Underwood's od's t Howard Is turned over to to the police poUce f I S Capt CaDt Clinton notorious for his brutal i treatment of ot prisoners puts Howard f SF J through the third degree and finally getsI gets I 1 an alleged confession from rom the harassed man Annie Howards Howard's wife declares her 5 belief beHe eV ef In her husbands husband's Innocence S S 'S f CH CHAPTER XI Continued j Not Not this lady said ald the boy The other la lady y I 1 think she sal said Jeffries S j S t o or Jenkins or something like that that- S i The captain waved his hand tow toward rd I i the door S 5 all right go right go Well We'll find findt t her all right 1 4 The boy went out and the captain turned round to An Annie be rather a pity i If It isn't S you he said with a suggestive a smile S S' S How so BO she demanded The The captain laughed S Well Veil you see a woman always gets the jury mixed up Nothing fools S i a man like a pretty face Cace and 12 times S 1 Is 12 You see If they quarreled about you your you your husband md would stand S some som chance Patronizingly he added Come Mrs Jeffries you'd bettel better better bet bet- ter tel tell the truth and I can advise I you who to go to S Annie drew herself up aud and with S said dignity Thanks Im I'm going to the best lawyer law S. S yer yer I 1 can get Not one of ot those courtS courtroom courtroom court court- S room room politicians politicians' r recommended commended by a police captain I am going to Richard 5 Brewster Hes He's the man Hell He'll soon oon S get my ray husband out of at the Tombs Reflectively she she added If It my father 5 1 had bad had Judge Brewster to defend him Instead of ot a legal shark hed he'd never have been railroaded t to jail Hed He'd beC be C alive to to day Capt Clinton guffawed loudly The I Idea of ot Judge ex-Judge Brewster taking the theS' theS S' S J f f case seemed t to 1 amuse amus him hugely 1 Brewster he laugh laughed d boisterous boisterous- t t-S t 54 ly lYe never be bo able to get Brewster Firstly hes he's too expensive S Secondly hes he's old man Jeffries' Jeffries lawyer lawT lawr law law- T r t yer He wouldn't touch your case I with a ten foot pole Besides he added in a tone of ot contempt v ster's no good in a case of this kind S. S J j Hes He's a constitution n lawyer lawyer one on pf 9 them International fellers lIe He dont don't S know nothingS nothing nothing- S j Hes the only lawyer la I want Sh sha S.- S. 5 retorted determinedly Th Then n she went wenton on on Howards folks must come come to his S rescue They must must st stand nd by himS him him they must must must- S 5 he captain grinned 5 f.- f. j j l. l Prom rom From what I hear he said old man Jeffries wont won't raise a finger to save saye hl hi his scapegrace ce son from going to the chair h lr Hes He's done dane with him for good gool and all aU Ch Chuckling aloud and talking to himself himself him him- self rather han than to his vis- vis vis a he ho muttered muttered s. s y t V That That rt Ui convince e the Jury p argue g e tH that t- t i boy l be much g good d' d i if his own owl go back on him him v r rA I A Annies Annie's eye flashed A s Precisely exclaimed Buthis But Buthis Buthis his own wont won't goback on him Ill I'll se see to It that they dont Rising and turning toward door Uw-door she ask asked d Have you anything more to say to tome tome tome me captain 2 No replied the tile captain hesitate You Youcan can go Of c course course urse you'll be cal called ed later for the trial You canI can see your husband husband In the Tombs when hen I you wish No man is so hard that he has not nota a soft sort spot somewhere At heart Capt Capt Clinton was no not an unkind man Long service in the police poUce force torce and anda a mistaken notion of the proper method of pt procedure in treating his prisoners had hardened him and made him brutal Secretly he felt sorry for or this plucky energetic little woman who had such unbounded faith in her good nothing good nothing for hus husband and and was ready to fight all aU alone in his def defense Eyeing her with renewed interest he demanded What are Y you U going to do now Annie reached the door and drawing draw draw- J ing g herself hersel up tip to h her lr r full height turned and s said ld t v vIm Im Ini going Mo t undo undo all nU you OU kave have d done me Ca Capt t. t G Clinton Im I'm going to free tree my h husband and prove his his' innocence before t the e whole hole world I dont don't know now how Im I'm going to do it but Ill I'll do It IL Ill I'll fight you cap captain to the Jast last ditch and Ill I'll rescue my poor husband from your d clutches it If it takes v. v SI I in the tho world hl l possess Quickly she opened t thed e j and disappeared 5 hi ff fl S. CH CHAPTER PTER XII S i iThe Y The AI dearly lo loves los s a sensation sen sen- and the bigger and l more bloodcurdling bloodcurdling bloodcurdling blood blood- curdling It Is the better Nothing Is Ismore Ismor Ismore more mor gratifying on arising gh Jn ih the morning and sitting down to partake partake of a daintily served break s d han to glance hurriedly over t tie the liage of ones one's favorite favorito newspaper see It Jt I covered with startling headlines It II matters little what has happened app ed durIng during dur duro I ing the tho night to shock tb the co community so long as it satisfies one appetite etite for for- sensational news It Itt t m be a fatal conflagration a fearful railroad wreck wreak a a. gigantic bank robb robby robbery tb a her horr mur murder er or even a iP scandalous dalous divorce case All one n ls 1 that It be something big wit with 1 column I h. h after column of harrowing d derails The Thc newspapers are fully v wha ili a Is expected of them but it 1 t-n t t. t always easy to supply the demand demond There ar are times when the m nir polis lan Jan languishes or news of an description There are no disastrous eg es s trains run without mishap b burts burt's burglars burglars' r l s go on a vacation society lead leaderS Qt t with do- do corum In corum-In In a word the cuy y Is d deadly adly dulL dulls Further consider Ion j of ot tho the tariff r remains main the most t t trilling topic I the newspapers can q i to o write I about abouL f J I S J rj I S la tJ lJ I a ass rass s L t ere Robert nobert Under Under- r In society and andS anda S a 11 vart art connoisseur The t tile trie e crime was committed was one of at the most fashionable of ot New Yorks York's hostelries The presumed assassin was a col college ege man and the son son of oC one of the most wealthy and influential of oC New Yorks York's citizens I r True ue this Howard Jeffries the son was a black sheep He had been mixed up In all ai kinds of oC scandals be be- fore His own father had turned urne l him out of oC doors and he hc was married to lo a awo wo woman mn whose father tather died in prison Could a it better combination of circumstances cir cir- dr cn for a newspaper r be conceived con can The Thc crime wast was discovered too too- toolate late for the morning papers to tomake tomake tomake make make make- mention of ot It but the afternoon papers fired a broads broadside de that shook shoo the town All Alt the evening p papers rs had big bi- scare heads head's stretching sketching across the entire front p page ge with pictures of the principals involved and long Interviews interviews inter interviews views with the coroner and Capt Clinton There seemed to be no doubt that the police had arrested the right man and arid in all quarters of the city there was universal sympathy for Mr Ir Howard Jeffries Sr It was terrible to o think th that t this splendid fd upright man whose whole career was with without ut uta a single stain who had served his country gallantly through the civil war should have such disgrace brought upon uvon him in his old age Ever Everything hing pointed to a sp speedy edy trial and quick conviction Public Indignation tion was aroused almost to Jo a frenzy and a loud clamor went up against the laws law's delay Too many crimes of ot this nature screamed the yellow press had been allowed to sully the gooc good name pC of the city ity A fearful tearful example example ex ex- ex am ample vIe must be made no matter what the standing and Influence nce of the prisoners prisoner's pris pris- otters oner's family Thus goaded on the courts acted acte I with promptness Taken before a magistrate Howard was at once committed to lo the T Tombs TOmbs' to await trial and the district attorney set to work work- work Impaneling a jury fury Justice he promised would be swiftly done One newspaper stated positively that the family would d no not f Interfere b but t would abandon the scapegrace son to his his' I richly deserved fate tate Judge J Br Brewster the famous lawyer It was said had already al already al- al already ready been approached ed by the prisoners prisoner's prisoners prisoner's prison prison- I ers er's wife but had declined ed to prison I take the case Banker Jeffries also also- wa was quoted as saying g that the man un under erl j arrest was iio longer a son of or his As s one paper pointed out it H seem seemed d' d da a farce and a waste of money to have any ary trial at all The assassin had hadnot no not only only been caught re red handed handed but had actually confessed Eed Why waste tithe time over a trial i True one paper timidly suggested that it it might have been a case of at suicide Robert Underwood's financial affairs it w went nt on on to say were wore in a critical condition and the th theory ory of or suicide suicide was borne out to tOI some ext extent nt by an Interview with Dr Bernst Bernstein in professor of psychology atone atone at atone one of ot the universities who stated that he was by no means convinced of the prisoners prisoner's guilt and hinted that the alleged confession iI have been forced from Croni him him by th the i e while in a hypnotic state tile i ory ry bel belittling as It i did their pet vet 13 sen sensation i f. f did not suit the policy of ot the yellow press so th the l learned arned professor sor at once became the target for tor edi editorial di tonal attack The sensation grew In n Importance as is the day for the trial approached All New York wa was agog with excitement excitement excite excite- ment meat The handsome handsom Jeffries mansion man sion siem on Riverside drive was besieged by callers The guides on the sightseeing sight seeing coaches shouted through their megaphones That tho the house where the murderer murderer mur mur- derer of nob Robrt It Underwood lived The l Immediate me late vicinity of ot the house bous the day that the crime was made public public pub pub- lic lie was thronged with curious pee peo Jeo pIe The blinds c if l t th the house were ere drawn drawn down as if to shield d the the inmates in mates fro from observation but there were several abs In front of the main entrance anti anti- and passers by stopped ed on the sl sidewalk ewall pointing at the house A number of ot newspaper per men stood in a group gathering fresh Cresh material for forthe forthe the next edition A rep reporter rte approached pp- pp ap preached d rapidly y from Broadway and joined ills his Colleagues Well boys boy he hes he's fd cheerily Anything Anything Any thing g doing say pay ay my p paper is going to have a bully story morrow to-morrow Complete Complete Com Corn account by Underwood's valet He te tells ls how he caught the the murderer just as he was vas escaping ng from rom the apartment Well We'll have pictures and everything Its It's fine Anything doIng do do- Ing lag here he hc demanded t Naw grunted the others in di disgruntled dis grunt ed tones I We V saw the butler said one reporter re reo re- re porter portel and tried to get geta a story from him b but t he flatly refused to talk All he would say Bay was that Howard Jef Jef- fries files w was s nothing to the family that his bin father didn't care a n straw what became of him I pr tt tough t tr exclaimed a another other l reporter leporter e orter lIes Hes hl his son after after aft aft- fter ft- ft er all 5 Oh you oU don dont don't t know w old Jeffries chimed In In a t third 1 Wh When ll once he mal makes es U up ills 1115 mind y you u as lS well try to move a house bouse The afternoon was getting o on 0 i If f their papers were vero to print anything more that d day y they must has hasten tel down town Lets make one attempt to get a n talk tall out of tile the old man suggested suggested suggested sug sug- one ent enterprising scribe All cAll right cried the others in iu chorus You go ahead Well We'll follow follow fol fol- to- to low In a body and back you up Passing through the front gate they rang the bell and after a brief r et parley parley parley par par- ley were admitted to 10 the house bouse They bad d hardly baldly disappeared s eared when a cab V up and stopped at theA the thc theA A young woman heavily veiled paid the driver and walked through the gates toward tb the house I Annie tried to feel brave but her hor heart her when she saw this thi splendid home with all nIl Its evidence of wealth culture and refinement It was the first time she had over entered its gates although in a measure she Bhe was entitled to look upon It as her own home Perhaps never so much muchas a as now sho realized what a deep gull gulf lay between her husbands husband's family and arid herself herself- T This ls was a world she ha hac never known a known a world of ot and luxury She did not know how she had summoned up courage enough tc come collie Yet there was no time to b blost bE lost Immediate action was sary sari Howard must must have the best besl lawyers that money could procure Judge JUdg Brewster had b been en deaf to hex hei entreaties He had declined to take the case She had no money How Howard's Howards Howards Howard's ards ard's father must come to hl his assist assistance ance She would plead with him and insist that it wa was his duty to stand standby standby standby by his his' son She wondered how hots' he would receive her If he would pul pUI her out or be rude to her He might tell the servants to shut the d door orin In her ner face tace |
