5/17 And I promised to use my influence." She stopped, still frowning slightly. He got drunk one night and--shot them both." There was another silence. "I did what I could," she said harshly, "but he had a bad record behind him, and the young assistant district attorney had his own record to think of, too. We appealed the case but it did no good. He was sent up the river and is in the death house now--and he sent for me to come to-day. |