MONDAY. DECEMBER 13. '1913.
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
PAGE 5.
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Copyright. 1915. by A
CHAPTER VII.
The Card In the Fosket.
T.OVEIi entered the eonrtroDm
with sin air of assurance that
mizbt almost lie called jaunty.
He did not glance at the pris
oner as he walked qnicUly across the
courtroom, and Strickland did not
chnnze the attitnde of deject iou whK-j
had marked him for many hours.
Only rarely did Strickland raise his
head to listen to any of the testimony.
Since the ouiburst in which lie had
protested asaiust the proposed callin?
to the stand of his little daughter Dor
is he had seemed indifferent to his fate.
The spectators who had known him as
a happy, active business man. alheit
one upon whom the sun of prosperity
had not shone of late, noted ar.d com
mented uson the change which acute
mental and - physical suffering had
wrought in him.
Glover tooli the stand, and t lie clerk
put to him the usual formal question:
IH you solemnly swear that the tes
timony you are about to give will be
the truth, the whole truth and not bins
but the truth, so help you Grd?"
Glover nodded, and the clerk asked:
"What is your name?"
"Stanley Glover."
Then the district attorney began Lis
examination. The first question was.
"Mr. Glover, you were Mr. Trask's pri
vate secretary?"
"Yes, sir."
"On the nicrlit of June 24. after you
left the library with Mrs. Trask's
books, what did you do?"
I went upstairs to my room."
Iescri!e what occurred then."
"I began going over the books. Aleut
half an hour later I heard a shot: then
I heard Mrs. Trask scream and anoth
er shot tired. I picked up a heavy cane
I had in my room and rushed down
stairs to the library. Mr. Trask's body
was on the floor, and Strickland was
Mr. Trask's Body Was on the Floor.
standing at the other side of the room
with a revolver in his hand. 1 dashed
at Strickland with the caue and stru'-k
his arm. lie dropped the revolver an 1
fell to the floor."
"When you entered the room did you
see any sign of the other man?" asked
Gray.
".No. sir; the French windows at the
back were open, and he must have es
taped that way. While Mrs. Trask
was telephoning for the police 1 kept
waich ou Strickland. Then I happened
to remember what Mr. Trask had said
about giving Strickland the card with
the combination to the safe on it. and
I thought he might have it on him and
that if he did it would prove of value
to the police." '
Here Arbuckle. ever watchful of the
interests of the client who did not
wish to le defended, interrupted Glov
er's testimony. A witness mnt tell
what he knows of the case, but he
must not comment on his knowledge
i draw conclusions therefrom or make
inferences which may affect the minds
of the jury. The law makes the jury
sirjtiters of the facts in a rase, not the
witnesses. Therefore Arhnckle Inter
jected: I object to the witness stating what
lie thought."
Judge Dinsmore sustained Arbuckle
in his objection and directed that that
part of Glover's answer be stricken
from the record of the stenographer
and inferentially from the minds of
the jurymen.
Then the district attorney admonish
ed the witness.
"Just tell what you did and saw, Mr.
Giover." he said.
"Well. I began to search Strickland
px-kets."
Was that before the police arrived?"
jisked Gray.
Asia in Glover's eagerness to volun
teer information became apparent, and
he auswered: '
"Yes: 1 was afraid he irisht destroy
the card."
Thi time ArbuckJe made more vig
orous objection. Springing to his feet,
he shouted:
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ON,-
Jtoyelied by
Charles N.Lurie
sndFroin The Great Play
mtriean PrN Association.
"Your honor. I ask that the witness
be instructed to answer the questions
and no morel"
"Yes. strike out the answer." said
Judge Dinsmore. And then, with all
the stern disreity of the representative
and embodiment of the law. in cold,
measured tones he said to Glover:
"You must confine your answers to
the questions which are put to you.
You are not to volunteer and yon are
not to tell what passed through your
mind. Is that clear?"
"Yes. your honor." said Glover, and
the Judge instructed Mr. Gray to pro
ceed with the examination.
"Did you find the card in Strick
land's pocket?"
"Yes. sir
Gray passed a card to Glover, ask
ing. "Is this it?" Glover examined it
End said. "Yes."
Gray took the card from the wit
ness, said to the-judge. "I offer it in
evidence, your honor." and to the jury
and the crowded courtroom, latently
following every development of the
case, he described the card r follows:
"This people's exhibit A Is a visit
ing card. On the face is engraved in
OKI English type the name of 'Mr.
Gerald Trask.' P.elow that is written
in pencil for. Henderson place. I.omr
I'.rar.ch.' On the other .-ule is written
In words and figures 14 right -. 27
left Z.' Is there any question about
the handwriting. Mr. Arbuckle?"
"You'd better prove it." said Ar
buckle. Glover proved to be a competent wit
ness in this respect, being perfectly
familiar with Mr. Trask's handwriting.
As tire financier's secretary he had
seen it hundreds of times on letters
and documents. The inscriptions ou
both sides of the card, he testified,
were in the handwriting of the dead
man. There was absolutely no doubt
in hi'' mind about it.
Gray then asked:
"Do you know the significance of
these figures. '14 right 2. 27 left 3?'"
"Yes. sir," said Glover. "It's the com
bination to Mr. Trask's safe."
Here the fact that no one but Trask,
and Strickland knew the combination
of the safe, a fact already testified to.
imposed itself on the mind of every
one in the courtroom. Mr. Gray asked:
"How do you know?""
"When the police arrived I gave them
this card. We locked the safe and
ojicned it with this combination."
Here Gray held up the card so that
judge and jury, court attendants and
counsel for loth prosecution and de
fense and many of those further re
moved from the scene of the examina
tion could see that the card was torn.
The card was passed to the jury for
examination. Then Gray said:
"Now, Mr. Glover. 1 call your atten
tion to the fact that the card is torn
almost in half. Can you explain how
that occurred?"
"Yes, sir." said Glover. "As I took
"the card from Strickland's pocket he
snatc hed it out of my hand and started
to tear it in half, l'.efore he had torn
it all the way I managed to get hold of
it again."
With this testimony of Stanley Glover
the proceediucr-3 in the case of the ieo
ple against Kobert Strickland paused
for a day. The examinations of the
widow and the private secretary had
consumed much time, and the hour of
adjournment had arrived. Judge, at
torneys, attendants of the court, wit
nesses end spectators went to their
homes. The prisoner was taken back
to the Tombs, since in capital cases no
bond Is accepted. "All that a man
hath will he give for his life." the law
agrees with Holy Writ, and no bond
can be fixed so high that a man who
knows that he stands in danger of con
viction on a murder charge will not
forfeit it. So IJolert Strickland went
Lack to his cell to think of the wife
who had disappeared and the daughter
against whose apiearauee in court he
hud protested so earnestly. Whether
he ondered over the testimony given
against him on that day was not re
vealed. Heading in the later evening editions
the testimony of Mrs. Trask and Glo
ver, the city buzzed that night with
discussion of the case. It was the
leading topic, overshadowing even
grave international complications,
acute political matters, revelations of
"graft" in high places. High and low
talked of the Trask murder case, the
former interested lecause some of its
own ieople were involved, the latter
with the avid curiosity with which
each detad of a sensational HiiuderN
trhd is folio wed by the multitude.
"All of the newspapers, even the staid
old Evening Star, a stranger to big
type and flaring headlines, featured
the case. On the "yellower" journals
the "sob sisters" spread themselves
over many columns, with half tone and
line illustrations, in reporting and com
menting upon the testimony of Mrs.
Trask. All agreed in commending the
quiet dignity of the woman in widow's
weeds who had taken the stand to tell
the secrets of her life, and they ex
pressed much sympathy some of it
maudlin with the bereaved woman.
The case was meat and drink for the
sensational writers, and they availed
themselves of it to the full.
Dut Joan Trask knew nothing of all
this. She did not read the papers, and
she denied herself to interviewers. She
had told her story on the stamd. She
would add nothing to it for the sake of
spreading the sensation. Only a few
intimate friends did she tell how much
of an ordeal the giving of testimony
had been to her.
In passing from the courtroom she
had nenred the prisoner, and he had
raised his head just in time to catch
her eye. For a moment he had forgot
ten his own misery, and in his coun
tenance she read commiseration for her
and sympathy with her in her ordeal,
brought about by his own dreadful act.
Iespite her horror of the mas who had
shot her husband, she felt a momenta
ry pang of sorrow for him and regret
that ierhaps her testimony would aid
In the taking of his life by the law.
But the law had called upon her for
sir A x -s
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Tho Jury Examined the Card.
assistance in upholding its majesty
and she must obey.
When the trial of Kobert Strickland
was resumed the first witness to be
.called was Dr. Morgan, the physician
who had been summoned to examine
the body of Gerald Trask after the
shooting. He told of the summons and
of having established the fact that the
pistol had been aimed truly, the bullet
putting Trask beyond the possibility of
human aid.
"Dr. Morgan, in what condition did
you find Mr. Trask's body?" asked Dis
trict Attorney Gray.
"1 found two bullet wounds. One
was a slight flesh wound in the right
shoulder caused by a grazing bullet.
The other bullet entered the body just
above the left breast and lodged in the
heart."
"That's alL Dr. Morgan," said Gray,
and Arbuckle signified to the court that
he did not desire to cross examine the
witness.
With the testimony of Dr. Morgan
the case or the prosecution was closed,
and Mr. Gray resigned the leading
place in the proceedings to his oppo
nent, David Arbuckle. To the latter
Judge Dinsmore said:
"I'roceed with the defense, Mr. Ar
buckle." To this Arbuckle replied. "I'll eall
Miss Doris Strickland." And an at
tendant left the courtroom for the
3 oung daughter of the defendant.
Again the orderly proceedings of the
law were interrupted by impulsive ac
tion by the prisoner at the bar. The
dejection which had marked him gave
way to desperation mounting almost
to frenzy. Predominant in his nature
was the love of a father for his daugh
ter, the love which an eminent pro
fessor, learned in literature and psy
chology, has declared is the purest,
most disinterested affection known to
human beings.
With a cry Strickland sprang to his
feet.
His tones were broken a3 be address
ed Judge Dinsmore.
"No your honor don't let her testify
she's my little girl she's all I've got
left don't let her testify."
With the same cold, grave, judicial
severity that had marked his admoni
tion to Glover not to volunteer opinions
Judge Dinsmore addressed the pris
oner: "You must leave your case In the
hands of your counsel. He will protect
your interests."
"I don't want to be protected; pro
tect my little girL Don't briug her in
here!" said the unhappy father.
Dut his voice was stilled by the sight
of little Doris entering the room. The
child's face brightened as her eyes fell
on her father. Crying "Daddy!" she
hurried to his side and put her anus
around him before Arbuckle could
make gentle interposition and take her
ifway. As he separated the two Strick
land said ia a broken voice:
"No, no; take her out of here. She's
all I have left to me."
. . a . - l ..! , T '
11 is wwrus tui uiiuti'uea.
there, Doris." said Arbuckle to the lit
tle girl, and he took'her to the witness
stand.
Again Strickland made a futile at
tempt to spare his little girl the ordeal
of testifying.
"Your honor, I want to keep her out
of this; it's the only request I'vejri3?.
Thri !s mnr CnfnfT'i n: lin prt:-in of tb
country tUuu all .iher uiihuih- .ut tot?ther. aud
until the lant fi-w yrura wu n.iiHel to he
liicumlile. l ur a gret many yvara' doctors
un nuuucd It a local - dis -ow and lirracribed local
relUPtlles. i.u-1 l).oustuuti.v failing to euro with
local trcatuieutr prououncm It Incuratilc. Science
lias i.roven C'aturru to be a constitutional disease,
nutl tucrcforc requires constitution:.! treatment.
Uall's C'utarrb Cure, manufactured oy K. J.
i'ueiiey & Co., Toledo. Ohio. Is t!ie only Constitu
tional cure on tlie market. .It is taken luternally
In doies from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the STStem. They offer one hundred dollars for
any case It fulls to cure. Seud fur circulars and
testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Hull's Family Pills for constipation.
You're a man, your Donor, a father,
perhaps"
Had Judge Dinsmore's voice lost
some of its judicial timbre? It seemed
so to the audience, although the tone
of the aged judge were still even and
calm as he turned to the prlsouer and
said:
"I am powerless to help you. I am
merely an instrument of the law which
will mete out justice to you. The law
must le perm:itteJ to take its course
Troceed. Mr. Arbuckle."
And then Strickland seemed to real
ize, perhaps for the first time since his
arrest, that he was but an atom in the
eyes of the law not so much a it
sou with human feelings to be cons id
ered as a member of the community
with rights to be safeguarded and with
Ienalties to pay If he transgressed
against any of the rules which society
has set up for its own protection.
With a gasp he sank into his chair
and buried bis face in his hands. ier
mittlng the examination of the child
to go on without interruption.
(To be Continued)
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J Ledger. 4
Mrs. Fannie Jenks of Lincoln came
in Sunday morning to make a visit
with her father, A. H. Austin.
John Larsh, who spent several days
here on business, departed Monday
night for his new home at Rolla, Mo.
Mrs. Cecil Finlayson of Lincoln was
here Sunday to spend the day with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Chid
ester. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hall, wife and
son of Petersburg, Neb., were guests
of L. J. Hall last week. Also visited
other relatives in the neighborhood.
Leola Graves who has been visiting
with her sister, Mrs. Harry Royal at
Lincoln for the past few weeks re
turned home yesterday.
J. W. Kfnser of Plattsmouth came
down Monday morning and com
menced the work of plastering the
new Morton building on the south
side of the street.
The story about where the oil well
will be located that was published in
several papers around here is brand
ed as false by those interested in the
promotion of oil. Mr. Baker has in
formed us that no one knows where
the well will be sunk. He says that it
is just as likely to go one place as an
other. Mrs. A. Delaney was taken to the
hospital in Omaha last Sunday morn
ing by Dr. Houston who found that
she was suffering from 41 very severe
case of appendicitis. She was operat
ed upon that forenoon and at last re
ports was doing very nieel3 although
it will be some time before she fully
recovers.
Fred Clark was thrown down when
his legs became tangled in the lines
of the team he was driving yester
day, and it was thought for a time
that he had one of his legs broken.
When medical aid was summoned it
was found that it was just a small
fracture. Dr. Houston says that he
had a bigger job sewing up one of the
mules that hurt itself than he had
looking after Fred.
Pedigreed Duroc-Jersey Boars for
Sale.
I have two Spring Boars sired by
Model Wonder, out of choice dams.
Also, will sell 3 bred sows, bred to
Dreamland King, a good son of King
the Colonel. These sows are bred
for March litters. I intended to
keep these for my own use but have
too many. See me at Mynard.
W. B. Porter.
ll-29-4twkly-2td.
Box Social at Bestor School Dec. 18.
The pupils and teachers of the Bes
tor school in school district No. 42,
six miles west of this city, will hoH a
box social at their school house on
Saturday evening, December 18th. A
program will be rendered by the pupils
at 8 o'clock. Everybody invited. The
ladies are requested to bring boxes
and the gentlemen their pocketbooks.
Sophia Hild.
P. A. Meisinger and wifed rove in
today from their farm home and spent
a few hours here with relatives and in
looking after some trading with the
merchants.
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For Infants and Children
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Alwavs bean
the
Signature of
Christmas Gift Suggestions!
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Here you will find many useful gifts, not found elsewhere in the city. New
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reputation with the Christmas shoppers.
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Stationery!
Our Holiday line is unquestion
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mean more t han you can get else
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Parisian Ivory Toilet
Articles!
Brushes, Ctfrnbs, Trays, Mir
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Safety Razors, Thermos Bottles and Carafs, Military Hair Brushes, Shaving Mirrors and'
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Phone 186
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We Wish You
A Merry
ChristmoLS
While extending "the compli
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Just think!
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Mr. and Mrs. Thilip Schaefer of
near Nehawka were visitors in the city
Saturday and were pleasant callers at
this office.
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OUR STORE HAS THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
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PUBLIC SALE
The undersigned will sell at Public
Auction at his home, eight miles south
of Plattsmouth and four miles east of
Murray, on the Mark White farm,
commencing at 10:30 o'clck a. m., on
MONDAY, DECMUER 20TH,
the following described property:
One span gray mares, 11 and 12
years old, weight about 2,250.
One span mules, 6 and 10 years old,
weight about 2,000.
One fresh cow, coming 3 years old,
and calf.
One 4-year-old cow, will be fresh in
January.
One yearling heifer.
One fresh cow and calf.
Ten head shoats, weight about 80
pounds.
One brood sow.
Farm Machinery, Etc.
Three wagons, one nearly new.
On buggy.
One bob-sled.
Five sets of work harness.
Two sets of double buggy harness.
Two Avery walking cultivators.
One John Deere walking cultivator.
One riding lister.
One good disc.
One riding cultivator.
One two-section harrow.
One one-row stalk cutter.
One Hoosier walking drill.
Twenty-three rods heavy six-foot
Page wire.
One 6-foot Deering binder, good as
Public
3 PURE
DUROC JERSEY SWINE
AT HODGE'S FEED YARD
Malvern, la., Safurdajr, Dec. 18th
1 O'CLOCK SHARI
HEADi
20 Spring Males
These hogs are the tops of 117 bead. They are the big boned, long
bodied, big type kind. ' TLey are as large as any we have seen this fail.
Nearly all are sired by Highland Chief, by Helen's. Chief by Ohio Chief
an exceptionally long bodied, heavy boned bog.
HIGHLAND CHIEF beaded the first prize young herd and first get
of boar at Illinois State Fair 1911, and in tur n be sired the third prize
gilt and fourth prize young hend.
Most of these Gilts wtll be bred to Critic Gano, by Critic Wonder
by Critic 11, out of Col. Gano dam.
TERMS Cash or bankable note bearing inter
terest. On such notes 8 months time will be jjiven.
V.
Write for Catalog to V. L.
i Col. N. G. Kraschel
Auctioneers - L. A. Talbot t
S E. H. Matthews
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of our Chocolates. We are exclusive agent- for
Liggett's Chocolates, Johnston's Chocolates, (iuth
Chocolates
80c and $1.00 the pound
Fountain Pens Waterman!
Fountain Pens are more than ornamental they
write they do not leak, and ttiey are guaranteed
faultless. Prices $1.00 and up.
Traveling and Mani
curing Sets!
All put up in beautiful leather
cases. For both ladies and ;eii
tlemen. Phone 186
new.
One new John Deer check row.
One King press drill, eight foot.
One heavy Emerson hay rake, good
as new.
Three good 14-inch walking plows.
Two iron beam double shovel plows.
One walking stirring plow.
One set buggy harness, one single
harness.
One new force pump.
One new suction pump.
One walking lister.
One good heating stove.
Household' furniture and many other
articles too numerous to mention.
Lunch Will Be Served on the (.round
at Noun.
TERMS OF SALE All sum? of fid
and under, cash in hand; on all sums
over ?10 a credit of six to eight
months will be given, purchaser giv
ing note with approved security. All
property must be settled for before
being removed.
C. R. REEVES.
Wm. R. Young. Auctioneer.
W. G. Boedcker, Clerk.
Owes Her Good Health to Chamber
lain's Tablets.
"I owe my good health 1o Chamber
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Crookston, Ohio. "Two years ago I
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I took thr?e bottles of these Tablets
and have since been in the best of
health." Obtainable everywhere.
Read the want ads in the Journal.
Sale!
BRED
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30 Spring Gilts
L. GASTON
Gaston. It. F. I)., Malvern. Ia.
Clerk Fred Dnt bin
