Американская трагедия

Chapter 14

           NewspapercorrespondentsandreportersandillustratorsfromsuchdistantcitiesasBuffalo,Rochester,Chicago,NewYorkandBoston,werealreadyarrivingaseverybodykneworsaw,toeitherinterviewormakesketchesortakephotosofClyde,Mason,thesurvivingmembersoftheAldenfamily,etcetera,whilelocallyMasonwastherecipientofundilutedpraise,eventheDemocraticvotersinthecountyjoiningwiththeRepublicansinassuringeachotherthatMasonwasallright,thathewashandlingthisyoungmurdererinthewaythathedeservedtobehandled,andthatneitherthewealthoftheGriffithsnorofthefamilyofthatrichgirlwhomheappearedtohavebeentryingtocapture,wasinfluencingthisyoungtribuneofthepeopleintheleast.Hewasarealattorney.Hehadnot"allowedanygrasstogrowunderhisfeet,youbet."

           IndeedprevioustoCatchuman’svisit,acoroner’sjuryhadbeencalled,withMasonattendinganddirectingeven,theverdictbeingthatthedeadgirlhadcometoherdeaththroughaplotdevisedandexecutedbyoneClydeGriffithswhowasthenandthereinthecountyjailofBridgeburgandthathebeheldtoawaittheverdictoftheCountyGrandJurytowhomhiscrimewassoontobepresented.AndMason,throughanappealtotheGovernor,asallnowknewwasplanningtosecureaspecialsittingoftheSupremeCourt,whichwouldnaturallyinvolveanimmediatesessionoftheCountyGrandJuryinordertoheartheevidenceandeitherindictordischargeClyde.

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