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THE GEORGIAN’S MAGAZIME PAGE |[) a y S ey Mayme I and Her Folks k p, CHANGES L. GARSIDE. . ta uen much ingenuity, a great I f time and more moral cour tltan bysander John Appleton K .. .sassed to assemble together K for the great reform B ~.l t „ n which he had engaged. B "ith, he did not know till ■ h snubbed by a galaxy of B headed clerks from a self- B man into a. worm of the B .he first material he must I ( H •ardboard. B . llo t know if it were sold by B or by the pound, and much B H inrriment was shown by the B ..f cold, blond-headed clerks B when asked. ■ is greater humiliation when | , tiie silks to work it with, ■ n ,,t daring further repression, he ■ • i> his purchases home without u pa-, cardboard stamped. ■ m.t know if he should go to s store to get that sort of ~r to a foundry. Rather h,, would mark out the let .. "J pms df. in his den. lie laboriously a needle back and forth and I to the fat pillow cushions ,• opposite him. . ago." be said, "it was Pic- Europe. Then it was the better Writ' - I-’riend. The next day it was p Us, ~f (trover Cleveland, though i a Democrat in the family. v ~p tin installment plan! . ■ -■ ti egg beater in the kitch- ■ beat ten eggs at once; a . , u , .z< that is never used and . . H „. vine trimmer, though there n ,,, «;is an apartment bouse with a : , ii,e growing in it. ■\\. iiaien't a bicycle in the family hi,t ' has bought a bicycle pump. Til( il'. n are grown, but she yes ... bought a patent nursing bottle ~ aiso an adjustable bird cage, th ,gii «o don't own a bird. All on th, installment plan.” I.\ sander John pointed with his at the walls. "Look at these mottoes! She hangs them there for nr She says they will lift me from my maa riallstic plane! “If mottoes help, she needs one, and j I hav made this to hang in her room." j He bit off the thread, and proudly hold before the gaze of the pillow cush ion ladles a piece of cardboard on which had been worked in purple and '•son and pale blue (a man’s idea ot harmony in colors) these words: “BEWARE OF AGENTS.” An appropriate Up-Lift motto for mother! r . / What food so delectable as a dish of I / Faust Spaghetti? Its savory aroma 1 / tempts appetite and helps digestion. I / It feeds the hody well. \ j AT YOUR GROCER S \ / In sealed packages 5c and 10c \ MAULL BROS.. St. Loui«. Mo. 111, ,1 J 1 W' W J? ■ 27- i { —ir 1 1 \4MBKjI \ > z A-1 ?”T [ -J I W ■, |Oz? jdkwi i n r n ■i v -- —T?.£ ..•Lx? Will You Send Them Right Up ? "TS this the outfitters? This is Mr. I Horne, at the Oxford. I’m packing to leave on tonight’s limited. Find I need a couple of dress shirts. Will you send them right up?’’ "Sure, Mr. Horne. Is there anything else ? I’ll have them up to you inside of half an hour.” Your tradesman will always respond to an “eleventh-hour” call on the Bell Telephone.” When You Telephone—Smile j|Ql southern bell telephone AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY “The Line’s Busy—l’ll Call You Later” * By Nell Brinkley 11 —■ - - ■ " '■ -I II 1.1- ■ 111 ■ ■ ■■ '■ r —dJSK- —A »wll\ WA -I sdPw/?V nA JO IWiyE A ; A* B 1 M >\s\ l ; ' ImJ >: T A I fW® fIV P W' il r.r I i If ol 4* w 'x I yC> --L.' . -..-- - u , Il «b»'J ' ———*>• Yoj can never tell how it is when you call a girl on the phone. You may think you are Mr. Right, while you are only Mr. Wrong. Mr. Right, as far as the girl is concerned, may be visiting her right at the minute she gets your call and so she has no time for you—you’ll have to call again later. | “THE CASE OF OSCAR SLATER" Sherlock Holmes in Real Life By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE | TODAY’S INSTALLMENT. A correspondenpe, which was produced, showed the arrangements which had been made, long before the crime, for his emi gration. though it should be added that the actual determination of the date and taking of the ticket were subsequent to the tragedy. This hurrying-up of the departure cer- tainly deserves some scrutiny. Accord ing to the evidence of his mistress and of the servant, Slater had received two letters on the morning of December 21. Neither of these was produced at the trial. One was said to be from a Mr. Rogers, a friend of Slater's in London, ' telling him that Slater's wife was both ering him for money. The second was said to be from one Devoto, a former ■ partner of Slater's, asking him to join him in San Francisco. Even if the letters had been destroyed, •j.e would imagine that these statements - to the letters could be disproved or orroborated by either rhe crown or the ■ defense. They are of considerable im portance, as giving the alleged reasons why Slater hurried up a departure which had been previously announced as for JanuaA 1 can not find, however, that in thejaetual trial anything definite was | ascertained upon the matter. Another point had already been scored against the prosecution in that the seven trunks, which contained the whole effects of the prisoner, yielded nothing of real importance. There were a felt hat and two cloth ones, but none which corre sponded with the Donegal of the original description. A light colored water-proof coat was among the outfit. If the weapon with which the deed was done was carried off in the pocket of the assassin's overcoat—and it is difficult to say how else he could have carried it— then the pocket must, one would suppose, be crusted with blood, since the crime was a most sanguinary one. No such marks were discovered, nor were the police for tunate as to the weapon. It is true that ' a hammer was found in the trunk, but it was clearly shown to have been pur chased in one of those cheap half-crown sets of tools which are tied upon a card, was an extremely light and fragile in strument, and utterly incapable in the eyes of common sense of inflicting those terrific injuries which had shattered the old lady's skull. It was said by the prosecution to bear some marks of having been scraped or cleaned, but this was vigorously denied by the defense, and the police do not appear to have pushed the matter to the obvious test of removing the metal work, when they must, had this been indeed the W'eapon, have certainly found some soakage of blood into the wood under the edges of the iron cheeks or head. But a glance at this puny weapon would convince an impartial person that any task beyond fixing a tin tack or cracking a small bit of coal would be above its strength. It may fairly be said that before the trial had begun the three important points of the pawned jewel, the supposed flight and the evidence from clothing and weapon had each either broken down complete!) or become ex ceedingly attenuated. Let us see now what there was upon the other side. The evidence for the pros ecution really resolved itself into two sets of witnesses for identification. The first set were those who had actually seen the murderer, and included Adams. Helen Lambie and the girl Barrowman. We wish to call your attention to the. fact that most infectious diseases, such, as whooping cough, diphtheria and scarlet fever, are contracted*when the child has a cold. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will quickly cure a cold and greatly lessen the danger of contract ing these diseases. This remedy is famous for its cures of colds. It con tains no opium or other narcotic and may bo given to a child with implicit confidence. Sold by all dealers. (Advt.) NOTICE -CHANGE OF SCHEDULE, WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R. Effective Sunday, December 8, 1912, Train No. 94, Dixie Flyer, will leave At lanta at 8 a. m. instead of 7:42 a. m.. as heretofore. Train No. 73, Rome Ex press. will arrive Atlanta 10:20 a, m. in stead of 10:05, as at present. All othe" I schedules remain the same. C E. HARMAN. General Passenger Agent. f A<l vi i The second set consisted of twelve peo ple who had. at various dates, seen a man frequenting the street in which Miss Gilchrist lived and loitering in a suspi cious manner before the house. All of these, some with confidence, but most of them with reserve, were prepared to identify the prisoner with this unknown man. What the police never could produce, however, was the essential thing, and that was the least connecting ling between Slater and Miss Gilchrist, or any expla nation how a foreigner in Glasgow could ever know of the existence, to say noth ing of the wealth, of a retired old lady, who had few acquaintances and seldom left her guarded fiat. It is notorious that nothing is more tricky than evidence of identification. In the Beck case there were, if I remember ! right, some ten witnesses who had seen the real criminal under normal circum stances. and yet they were all prepared to swear to the wrong man. In the case of Oscar Slater, the first three witnesses saw their man under conditions of ex citement, while the second group saw the loiterer in the street under various lights, and in a'fashion which was always more or less casual It is right, therefore, that in assigning due w’elght to this evi dence, one should examine it with some care. We shall first take the three peo ple who actually saw the murderer. There seems to have been some dis crepancy between them from the first, since, as has already been pointed out, the description published from the data of Adams and lambie was modified after Barrowman had given her information. Adams and Lambie said: “A man between 25 and 30 years of age 5 feet 8 or 9 inches in height, slim built, dark hair, clean*shaven, dressed in light gray overcoat and dark cloth cap." After the collaboration with Barrow man. the description became: "Twenty-eight or thirty years of age; tall and thin, clean shaven, his nose slightly turned to one side. Wore one of the popular round tweed hats known as Donegal hats, and a fawn-colored over coat, which might have been a water proof; also dark trousers and brown boots.” Apart from the additions in the second inscription, there are. it will be observed, two actual d’scropancies in the shape of the hat and tie color of the coat As to how far either of these descrip tions tallies with Slater it may be stated here that the accused was 37 years of age: that he was above the medium height: that his nose was not twisted, but was * depressed at end. as if it had at some lime been broken, and finally that eight witnesses were called upon to prove that, on the dale of the murder, the accused wore a short but noticeable mustache. I have before me a verbatim stenograph ic report i f the proceedings in New York and also in Edinburgh, furnished by the kindness of Slmughnesry & Co . solicitors, of Glasgow, who ate still contending for the interests of their unfortunate client. I will here compare the terms of that identification in the two courts: HELE:< LAMBIE. NEW YORK. .JAN ITA RY 2«, 1909. Q. "Do you see the man here you saw there'."' A. "One is very suspicious, if any thing " "Describe him " A. "The clothes be had on that night he hasn't got on today—but his face I could not tell 1 never saw ills face." (Having described c peculiarity' of walk, she was asked): Q. “Is that man in the room?" A. "Yes. he Is sit," Q. "Point him cut ' A “1 would like to sa ■ \fter some pressur- and uitminent she panted lo -later 'Aho lad been led past he.- in .1 e < urtidor b( tween Iwo officers, when bo*l> she and Bairowmuii hud ex claimed: "That is t’ e tcan," or "I could needy swear that Is >rr man > Q, "Didn top say you did not see Ik*. Il HI W 111 <• ’" A "Neither I did. I saw the w’alk.” The reader must bear in mind that Lambie’s only chance of seeing the man’s walk was in the four steps or so down the passage It was ’.ever at any time shown that there was any marked pecu liarity about Slater's wall; Now take Helen Lambie’s identification in Edinburgh. May 9, 19C9: Q. “How did you identify him in America?" A. "By his walk and height, his dark hair and the side of his face?' Q. “You w’ere not quite sure of him at first in America?" A. "Yes, I was quite sure." Q. "Why did you say you were only suspicious?” A. "It was a mistake." Q. "What did you mean in America by saying that you never saw his face, if. in point of fact, you did see it so as to help you to recognize it? What did you mean?” A. "Nettling .” On further cross-examination she de clared that w’hen she said that she had never seen the man's face she meant that she had never seen the "broad of It,” but had seen it sideways. UNCERTAIN WITNESSES. Here it will be observed that Helen Lambie’s evidence had greatly stiffened during the three months between the New’ York and the Edinburgh proceedings, in so aggressively positive a frame of mind was she on the latter occasion that, on being shown Slater’s overcoat and asked if it resembled the murderer's, she answered twice over: "That is the coat,” although it had not yet been unrolled, and though it was not light gray , which was the col or of her own original description. It should not be forgotten in dealing with the evidence of Lambie and Adams that they are utterly disagreed as to so easily fix a thing as their own proceedings after swearing that Lambie walked to nearly the end of the hall, and Lambie that she remained upon the door mat. Without deciding which was right, it is clear that the incident must shake one’s confidence in one or other of them as a witness. In the case of Adams the evidence was ’ given with moderation, and was substan tially the same in America and Scotland. "1 couldn’t say positively. Tills man (indicating Slater) is not at all unlike him.' Q. "Did you notice a crooked nose?" A. "No." y. "Anything remarkable about his , walk?" | A. "No." Q. “You don't swear this Is the man you saw?” A “No. sir Hr resembles ihe man. that is all I can say." In replj to the same general questions in Edinburgh, he said: “I would not like to swear he is the man. I am a little near-sighted. He re sembles the man closely.” Barrowman. the girl of 15. had met the man presumed to be the murderer in the street, and taken one passing glance at him under a gas lamp on a wet De cember’s night difficult circumstances for an identification. She used these words in New York: “That man Here is something like him.” which she afterward amended to “very like him." She admitted that a pic ture of the man she was expected to identify had been shown to her before she came into the court. Her one point by which she claimed PILES CURED AT HOME BY NEW ABSORPTION METHOD. If you suffer from bleeding. Itching, Dliii.l or protruding piles, send me your address, and I will tell you how to cure yourself at home by the new obsorplion treatment, and will also send some of this home treatment free for trial, with ref erences from your own locality If re quested Immediare relief and permanent cure assured. Semi no monev, bur t..|| others of this offer Write today to Mrs M Summers, Box P, Notre I'ume. Iml (Advt i to recognize the man was the crooked nose. This crooked nose was not much i more apparent to others than the pecul iarity of walk which so greatly Impressed i Helen Lambie that, after seeing half a dozen steps of it, she could identify it with confidence. In Edinburgh Barrow man. like Lambie. was very much more 1 certain than in New York. 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