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Chapter 17

           ButasforClydestrikingherwithit,evenaccidentally,well,itwasdecidedatthattimeatleast,tocontendthathehadnotalthoughafterexhumingRoberta’sbodyatBiltzithadbeenfoundthatthemarksonherface,evenatthisdate,didcorrespondinsomedegreetothesizeandshapeofthecamera.

           For,inthefirstplace,theywereexceedinglydubiousofClydeasawitness.Wouldheorwouldhenot,intellingofhowitallhappened,besufficientlydirectorforcefulandsinceretoconvinceanyjurythathehadsostruckherwithoutintendingtostrikeher?Foronthat,marksornomarks,woulddependwhetherthejurywasgoingtobelievehim.Andifitdidnotbelievethathestruckheraccidentally,thenaverdictofguilty,ofcourse.

           Andsotheypreparedtoawaitthecomingofthetrial,onlyworkingbetimesandinsofarastheydared,toobtaintestimonyorevidenceastoClyde’spreviousgoodcharacter,butbeingblockedtoadegreebythefactthatinLycurgus,whilepretendingtobeamodelyouthoutwardly,hehadprivatelybeenconductinghimselfotherwise,andthatinKansasCityhisfirstcommercialeffortshadresultedinsuchascandal.

           However,oneofthemostdifficultmattersinconnectionwithClydeandhisincarcerationhere,asBelknapandJephsonaswellastheprosecutionsawit,wasthefactthatthusfarnotonesinglememberofhisownorhisuncle’sfamilyhadcomeforwardtochampionhim.AndtonoonesaveBelknapandJephsonhadheadmittedwherehisparentswere.

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