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"
Oh
,
must
it
?
And
if
I
bring
two
witnesses
here
to
swear
that
on
July
third
--
three
days
before
you
left
Lycurgus
for
Fonda
--
you
were
seen
by
them
to
enter
the
Lycurgus
House
and
take
four
or
five
folders
from
the
rack
there
,
will
you
still
say
that
it
'
musta
been
in
the
rack
at
the
Renfrew
House
'
on
July
sixth
?
"
As
he
said
this
,
Mason
paused
and
looked
triumphantly
about
as
much
as
to
say
:
There
,
answer
that
if
you
can
!
and
Clyde
,
shaken
and
stiff
and
breathless
for
the
time
being
was
compelled
to
wait
at
least
fifteen
seconds
before
he
was
able
sufficiently
to
control
his
nerves
and
voice
in
order
to
reply
:
"
Well
,
it
musta
been
.
I
did
n't
get
it
in
Lycurgus
.
"
"
Very
good
.
But
in
the
meantime
we
'll
just
let
these
gentlemen
here
look
at
this
,
"
and
he
now
turned
the
folder
over
to
the
foreman
of
the
jury
,
who
in
turn
passed
it
to
the
juryman
next
to
him
,
and
so
on
,
the
while
a
distinct
whisper
and
buzz
passed
over
the
entire
courtroom
.
And
when
they
had
concluded
--
and
much
to
the
surprise
of
the
audience
,
which
was
expecting
more
and
more
attacks
and
exposures
,
almost
without
cessation
--
Mason
turned
and
explained
:
"
That
's
all
.
"
And
at
once
many
of
the
spectators
in
the
room
beginning
to
whisper
:
"
Trapped
!
Trapped
!
"
And
Justice
Oberwaltzer
at
once
announcing
that
because
of
the
lateness
of
the
hour
,
and
in
the
face
of
a
number
of
additional
witnesses
for
the
defense
,
as
well
as
a
few
in
rebuttal
for
the
prosecution
,
he
would
prefer
it
if
the
work
for
the
day
ended
here
.
And
both
Belknap
and
Mason
gladly
agreeing
.
And
Clyde
--
the
doors
of
the
courtroom
being
stoutly
locked
until
he
should
be
in
his
cell
across
the
way
--
being
descended
upon
by
Kraut
and
Sissel
and
by
them
led
through
and
down
the
very
door
and
stairs
which
for
days
he
had
been
looking
at
and
pondering
about
.
And
once
he
was
gone
,
Belknap
and
Jephson
looking
at
each
other
but
not
saying
anything
until
once
more
safely
locked
in
their
own
office
,
when
Belknap
began
with
:
"
...
not
carried
off
with
enough
of
an
air
.
The
best
possible
defense
but
not
enough
courage
.
It
just
is
n't
in
him
,
that
's
all
.
"
And
Jephson
,
flinging
himself
heavily
into
a
chair
,
his
overcoat
and
hat
still
on
,
and
saying
:
"
No
,
that
's
the
real
trouble
,
no
doubt
It
musta
been
that
he
really
did
kill
her
.
But
I
suppose
we
ca
n't
give
up
the
ship
now
.
He
did
almost
better
than
I
expected
,
at
that
.
"
And
Belknap
adding
:
"
Well
,
I
'll
do
my
final
best
and
damnedest
in
my
summing
up
,
and
that
's
all
I
can
do
.
"
And
Jephson
replying
,
a
little
wearily
:
"
That
's
right
,
Alvin
,
it
's
mostly
up
to
you
now
,
I
'm
sorry
.
But
in
the
meantime
,
I
think
I
'll
go
around
to
the
jail
and
try
and
hearten
'
im
up
a
bit
.
It
wo
n't
do
to
let
him
look
too
winged
or
lame
tomorrow
.
He
has
to
sit
up
and
make
the
jury
feel
that
he
,
himself
,
feels
that
he
is
n't
guilty
whatever
they
think
.
"
And
rising
he
shoved
his
hands
in
the
side
pockets
of
his
long
coat
and
proceeded
through
the
winter
's
dark
and
cold
of
the
dreary
town
to
see
Clyde
.
The
remainder
of
the
trial
consisted
of
the
testimony
of
eleven
witnesses
--
four
for
Mason
and
seven
for
Clyde
.
One
of
the
latter
--
a
Dr.
A.
K.
Sword
,
of
Rehobeth
--
chancing
to
be
at
Big
Bittern
on
the
day
that
Roberta
's
body
was
returned
to
the
boat-house
,
now
declared
that
he
had
seen
and
examined
it
there
and
that
the
wounds
,
as
they
appeared
then
,
did
not
seem
to
him
as
other
than
such
as
might
have
been
delivered
by
such
a
blow
as
Clyde
admitted
to
having
struck
accidentally
,
and
that
unquestionably
Miss
Alden
had
been
drowned
while
conscious
--
and
not
unconscious
,
as
the
state
would
have
the
jury
believe
--
a
result
which
led
Mason
into
an
inquiry
concerning
the
gentleman
's
medical
history
,
which
,
alas
,
was
not
as
impressive
as
it
might
have
been
.
He
had
been
graduated
from
a
second-rate
medical
school
in
Oklahoma
and
had
practised
in
a
small
town
ever
since
.
In
addition
to
him
--
and
entirely
apart
from
the
crime
with
which
Clyde
was
charged
--
there
was
Samuel
Yearsley
,
one
of
the
farmers
from
around
Gun
Lodge
,
who
,
driving
over
the
road
which
Roberta
's
body
had
traveled
in
being
removed
from
Big
Bittern
to
Gun
Lodge
,
now
earnestly
swore
that
the
road
,
as
he
had
noticed
in
driving
over
it
that
same
morning
,
was
quite
rough
--
making
it
possible
for
Belknap
,
who
was
examining
him
,
to
indicate
that
this
was
at
least
anapproximate
cause
of
the
extra
-
severity
of
the
wounds
upon
Roberta
's
head
and
face
.
This
bit
of
testimony
was
later
contradicted
,
however
,
by
a
rival
witness
for
Mason
--
the
driver
for
Lutz
Brothers
,
no
less
,
who
as
earnestly
swore
that
he
found
no
ruts
or
rough
places
whatsoever
in
the
road
.
And
again
there
were
Liggett
and
Whiggam
to
say
that
in
so
far
as
they
had
been
able
to
note
or
determine
,
Clyde
's
conduct
in
connection
with
his
technical
efforts
for
Griffiths
&
Company
had
been
attentive
,
faithful
and
valuable
.
They
had
seen
no
official
harm
in
him
.
And
then
several
other
minor
witnesses
to
say
that
in
so
far
as
they
had
been
able
to
observe
his
social
comings
and
goings
,
Clyde
's
conduct
was
most
circumspect
,
ceremonious
and
guarded
.
He
had
done
no
ill
that
they
knew
of
.
But
,
alas
,
as
Mason
in
cross
-
examining
them
was
quick
to
point
out
,
they
had
never
heard
of
Roberta
Alden
or
her
trouble
or
even
of
Clyde
's
social
relationship
with
her
.
Finally
many
small
and
dangerous
and
difficult
points
having
been
bridged
or
buttressed
or
fended
against
as
well
as
each
side
could
,
it
became
Belknap
's
duty
to
say
his
last
word
for
Clyde
.
And
to
this
he
gave
an
entire
day
,
most
carefully
,
and
in
the
spirit
of
his
opening
address
,
retracing
and
emphasizing
every
point
which
tended
to
show
how
almost
unconsciously
,
if
not
quite
innocently
,
Clyde
had
fallen
into
the
relationship
with
Roberta
which
had
ended
so
disastrously
for
both
.
Mental
and
moral
cowardice
,
as
he
now
reiterated
,
inflamed
or
at
least
operated
on
by
various
lacks
in
Clyde
's
early
life
,
plus
new
opportunities
such
as
previously
had
never
appeared
to
be
within
his
grasp
,
had
affected
his
"
perhaps
too
pliable
and
sensual
and
impractical
and
dreamy
mind
.
"
No
doubt
he
had
not
been
fair
to
Miss
Alden
.
No
question
as
to
that
.
He
had
not
.
But
on
the
other
hand
--
and
as
had
been
most
clearly
shown
by
the
confession
which
the
defense
had
elicited
--
he
had
not
proved
ultimately
so
cruel
or
vile
as
the
prosecution
would
have
the
public
and
this
honorable
jury
believe
.
Many
men
were
far
more
cruel
in
their
love
life
than
this
young
boy
had
ever
dreamed
of
being
,
and
of
course
they
were
not
necessarily
hung
for
that
.
And
in
passing
technically
on
whether
this
boy
had
actually
committed
the
crime
charged
,
it
was
incumbent
upon
this
jury
to
see
that
no
generous
impulse
relating
to
what
this
poor
girl
might
have
suffered
in
her
love-relations
with
this
youth
be
permitted
to
sway
them
to
the
belief
or
decision
that
for
that
this
youth
had
committed
the
crime
specifically
stated
in
the
indictment
.
Who
among
both
sexes
were
not
cruel
at
times
in
their
love
life
,
the
one
to
the
other
?
And
then
a
long
and
detailed
indictment
of
the
purely
circumstantial
nature
of
the
evidence
--
no
single
person
having
seen
or
heard
anything
of
the
alleged
crime
itself
,
whereas
Clyde
himself
had
explained
most
clearly
how
he
came
to
find
himself
in
the
peculiar
situation
in
which
he
did
find
himself
.
