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"
Do
I
?
"
was
all
Belknap
replied
.
The
struggle
and
excitement
of
a
great
murder
trial
!
Belknap
and
Jephson
,
after
consulting
with
Brookhart
and
Catchuman
,
learning
that
they
considered
Jephson
's
plan
"
perhaps
the
only
way
,
"
but
with
as
little
reference
to
the
Griffiths
as
possible
.
And
then
at
once
,
Messrs.
Belknap
and
Jephson
issuing
preliminary
statements
framed
in
such
a
manner
as
to
show
their
faith
in
Clyde
,
presenting
him
as
being
,
in
reality
,
a
much
maligned
and
entirely
misunderstood
youth
,
whose
intentions
and
actions
toward
Miss
Alden
were
as
different
from
those
set
forth
by
Mason
as
white
from
black
.
And
intimating
that
the
undue
haste
of
the
district
attorney
in
seeking
a
special
term
of
the
Supreme
Court
might
possibly
have
a
political
rather
than
a
purely
legal
meaning
.
Else
why
the
hurry
,
especially
in
the
face
of
an
approaching
county
election
?
Could
there
be
any
plan
to
use
the
results
of
such
a
trial
as
this
to
further
any
particular
person
's
,
or
group
of
persons
'
,
political
ambitions
?
Messrs.
Belknap
and
Jephson
begged
to
hope
not
.
But
regardless
of
such
plans
or
the
prejudices
or
the
political
aspirations
of
any
particular
person
or
group
,
the
defense
in
this
instance
did
not
propose
to
permit
a
boy
as
innocent
as
Clyde
,
trapped
by
circumstances
--
as
counsel
for
the
defense
would
be
prepared
to
show
--
to
be
railroaded
to
the
electric
chair
merely
to
achieve
a
victory
for
the
Republican
party
in
November
.
Furthermore
,
to
combat
these
strange
and
yet
false
circumstances
,
the
defense
would
require
a
considerable
period
of
time
to
prepare
its
case
.
Therefore
,
it
would
be
necessary
for
them
to
file
a
formal
protest
at
Albany
against
the
district
attorney
's
request
to
the
governor
for
a
special
term
of
the
Supreme
Court
.
There
was
no
need
for
the
same
,
since
the
regular
term
for
the
trial
of
such
cases
would
fall
in
January
,
and
the
preparation
of
their
case
would
require
that
much
time
.
But
while
this
strong
,
if
rather
belated
,
reply
was
listened
to
with
proper
gravity
by
the
representatives
of
the
various
newspapers
,
Mason
vigorously
pooh-poohed
this
"
windy
"
assertion
of
political
plotting
,
as
well
as
the
talk
of
Clyde
's
innocence
.
"
What
reason
have
I
,
a
representative
of
all
the
people
of
this
county
,
to
railroad
this
man
anywhere
or
make
one
single
charge
against
him
unless
the
charges
make
themselves
?
Does
n't
the
evidence
itself
show
that
he
did
kill
this
girl
?
And
has
he
ever
said
or
done
one
thing
to
clear
up
any
of
the
suspicious
circumstances
?
No
!
Silence
or
lies
.
And
until
these
circumstances
are
disproved
by
these
very
able
gentlemen
,
I
am
going
right
ahead
.
I
have
all
the
evidence
necessary
to
convict
this
young
criminal
now
.
And
to
delay
it
until
January
,
when
I
shall
be
out
of
office
,
as
they
know
,
and
when
a
new
man
will
have
to
go
over
all
this
evidence
with
which
I
have
familiarized
myself
,
is
to
entail
great
expense
to
the
county
.
For
all
the
witnesses
I
have
gotten
together
are
right
here
now
,
easy
to
bring
into
Bridgeburg
without
any
great
expense
to
the
county
.
But
where
will
they
be
next
January
or
February
,
especially
after
the
defense
has
done
its
best
to
scatter
them
?
No
,
sir
!
I
will
not
agree
to
it
.
But
,
if
within
ten
days
or
two
weeks
from
now
even
,
they
can
bring
me
something
that
will
so
much
as
make
it
look
as
though
even
some
of
the
charges
I
have
made
are
not
true
,
I
'll
be
perfectly
willing
to
go
before
the
presiding
judge
with
them
,
and
if
they
can
show
him
any
evidence
they
have
or
hope
to
have
,
or
that
there
are
any
distant
known
witnesses
to
be
secured
who
can
help
prove
this
fellow
's
innocence
,
why
,
then
,
well
and
good
.
I
'll
be
willing
to
ask
the
judge
to
grant
them
as
much
time
as
he
may
see
fit
,
even
if
it
throws
the
trial
over
until
I
am
out
of
office
.
But
if
the
trial
comes
up
while
I
'm
here
,
as
I
honestly
hope
it
will
,
I
'll
prosecute
it
to
the
best
of
my
ability
,
not
because
I
'm
looking
for
an
office
of
any
kind
but
because
I
am
now
the
district
attorney
and
it
is
my
duty
to
do
so
.
And
as
for
my
being
in
politics
,
well
,
Mr.
Belknap
is
in
politics
,
is
n't
he
?
He
ran
against
me
the
last
time
,
and
I
hear
he
desires
to
run
again
.
"
Accordingly
he
proceeded
to
Albany
further
to
impress
upon
the
Governor
the
very
great
need
of
an
immediate
special
term
of
the
Court
so
that
Clyde
might
be
indicted
.
And
the
Governor
,
hearing
the
personal
arguments
of
both
Mason
and
Belknap
,
decided
in
favor
of
Mason
,
on
the
ground
that
the
granting
of
a
special
term
did
not
militate
against
any
necessary
delay
of
the
trial
of
the
case
,
since
nothing
which
the
defense
as
yet
had
to
offer
seemed
to
indicate
that
the
calling
of
a
special
term
was
likely
in
any
way
to
prevent
it
from
obtaining
as
much
time
wherein
to
try
the
case
as
needed
.
Besides
,
it
would
be
the
business
of
the
Supreme
Court
justice
appointed
to
consider
such
arguments
--
not
himself
.
And
accordingly
,
a
special
term
of
the
Supreme
Court
was
ordered
,
with
one
Justice
Frederick
Oberwaltzer
of
the
eleventh
judicial
district
designated
to
preside
.
And
when
Mason
appeared
before
him
with
the
request
that
he
fix
the
date
of
the
Special
Grand
Jury
by
which
Clyde
might
be
indicted
,
this
was
set
for
August
fifth
.
And
then
that
body
sitting
,
it
was
no
least
trouble
for
Mason
to
have
Clyde
indicted
.
