Chapter 27

           Thedrearyaftermathofagreatcontestandagreatfailure,withthegeneralpublicfromcoasttocoast—inviewofthissternlocalinterpretationofthetragedy—firmlyconvincedthatClydewasguiltyand,asheraldedbythenewspaperseverywhere,thathehadbeenproperlyconvicted.Thepathosofthatpoorlittlemurderedcountrygirl!Hersadletters!Howshemusthavesuffered!Thatweakdefense!EventheGriffithsofDenverweresoshakenbytheevidenceasthetrialhadprogressedthattheyscarcelydaredreadthepapersopenly—onetotheother—but,forthemostpart,readofitseparatelyandalone,whisperingtogetherafterwardsofthedamning,awfuldelugeofcircumstantialevidence.Yet,afterreadingBelknap’sspeechandClyde’sowntestimony,thislittlefamilygroupthathadstruggledalongtogetherforsolongcomingtobelieveintheirownsonandbrotherinspiteofalltheyhadpreviouslyreadagainsthim.Andbecauseofthis—duringthetrialaswellasafterwards—writinghimcheerfulandhopefulletters,basedfrequentlyonlettersfromhiminwhichheinsistedoverandoveragainthathewasnotguilty.Yetonceconvicted,andoutofthedepthsofhisdespairwiringhismotherashedid—andthepapersconfirmingit—absoluteconsternationintheGriffithsfamily.Forwasnotthisproof?Or,wasit?Allthepapersseemedtothinkso.AndtheyrushedreporterstoMrs.

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