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Clyde
was
in
accord
with
this
wish
of
the
Griffiths
,
although
no
one
who
talked
with
him
sufficiently
or
heard
him
express
how
sorry
he
was
on
his
mother
's
account
that
all
this
had
happened
,
could
doubt
the
quality
of
the
blood
and
emotional
tie
that
held
him
and
his
mother
together
.
The
complete
truth
was
that
his
present
attitude
toward
her
was
a
mixture
of
fear
and
shame
because
of
the
manner
in
which
she
was
likely
to
view
his
predicament
--
his
moral
if
not
his
social
failure
.
Would
she
be
willing
to
believe
the
story
prepared
by
Belknap
and
Jephson
as
to
his
change
of
heart
?
But
even
apart
from
that
,
to
have
her
come
here
now
and
look
at
him
through
these
bars
when
he
was
so
disgraced
--
to
be
compelled
to
face
her
and
talk
to
her
day
after
day
!
Her
clear
,
inquiring
,
tortured
eyes
!
Her
doubt
as
to
his
innocence
,
since
he
could
feel
that
even
Belknap
and
Jephson
,
in
spite
of
all
their
plans
for
him
,
were
still
a
little
dubious
as
to
that
unintentional
blow
of
his
.
They
did
not
really
believe
it
,
and
they
might
tell
her
that
.
And
would
his
religious
,
God-fearing
,
crime-abhorring
mother
be
more
credulous
than
they
?
Being
asked
again
what
he
thought
ought
to
be
done
about
his
parents
,
he
replied
that
he
did
not
believe
he
could
face
his
mother
yet
--
it
would
do
no
good
and
would
only
torture
both
.
And
fortunately
,
as
he
saw
it
,
apparently
no
word
of
all
that
had
befallen
him
had
yet
reached
his
parents
in
Denver
.
Because
of
their
peculiar
religious
and
moral
beliefs
,
all
copies
of
worldly
and
degenerate
daily
papers
were
consistently
excluded
from
their
home
and
Mission
.
And
the
Lycurgus
Griffiths
had
had
no
desire
to
inform
them
.
Yet
one
night
,
at
about
the
time
that
Belknap
and
Jephson
were
most
seriously
debating
the
absence
of
his
parents
and
what
,
if
anything
,
should
be
done
about
it
,
Esta
,
who
some
time
after
Clyde
had
arrived
in
Lycurgus
had
married
and
was
living
in
the
southeast
portion
of
Denver
,
chanced
to
read
in
The
Rocky
Mountain
News
--
and
this
just
subsequent
to
Clyde
's
indictment
by
the
Grand
Jury
at
Bridgeburg
:
"
BOY
SLAYER
OF
WORKING
GIRL
INDICTED
"
Bridgeburg
,
N.
Y.
,
Aug.
6
:
A
special
Grand
Jury
appointed
by
Governor
Stouderback
,
of
this
state
,
to
sit
in
the
case
of
Clyde
Griffiths
,
the
nephew
of
the
wealthy
collar
manufacturer
of
the
same
name
,
of
Lycurgus
,
New
York
,
recently
charged
with
the
killing
of
Miss
Roberta
Alden
,
of
Biltz
,
New
York
,
at
Big
Bittern
Lake
in
the
Adirondacks
on
July
8th
last
,
to-day
returned
an
indictment
charging
murder
in
the
first
degree
.
"
Subsequent
to
the
indictment
,
Griffiths
,
who
in
spite
of
almost
overwhelming
evidence
,
has
persisted
in
asserting
that
the
alleged
crime
was
an
accident
,
and
who
,
accompanied
by
his
counsel
,
Alvin
Belknap
,
and
Reuben
Jephson
,
of
this
city
,
was
arraigned
before
Supreme
Court
Justice
Oberwaltzer
,
pleaded
not
guilty
.
He
was
remanded
for
trial
,
which
was
set
for
October
15th
.
"
Young
Griffiths
,
who
is
only
twenty-two
years
of
age
,
and
up
to
the
day
of
his
arrest
a
respected
member
of
Lycurgus
smart
society
,
is
alleged
to
have
stunned
and
then
drowned
his
working-girl
sweetheart
,
whom
he
had
wronged
and
then
planned
to
desert
in
favor
of
a
richer
girl
.
The
lawyers
in
this
case
have
been
retained
by
his
wealthy
uncle
of
Lycurgus
,
who
has
hitherto
remained
aloof
.
But
apart
from
this
,
it
is
locally
asserted
,
no
relative
has
come
forward
to
aid
in
his
defense
.
"
Esta
forthwith
made
a
hurried
departure
for
her
mother
's
home
.
Despite
the
directness
and
clarity
of
this
she
was
not
willing
to
believe
it
was
Clyde
.
Still
there
was
the
damning
force
of
geography
and
names
--
the
rich
Lycurgus
Griffiths
,
the
absence
of
his
own
relatives
.
