ay, Mr. Brewster, you're a great constitutional lawyer--the greatest
in this country--and I take off my hat to you, but I don't think
criminal law is in your line."

Judge Brewster pursed his lips and his eyes flashed as he retorted
quickly:

"I don't think it's constitutional to take a man's mind away from him
and substitute your own, Captain Clinton."

"What do you mean?" demanded the chief.

"I mean that instead of bringing out of this man his own true thoughts
of innocence, you have forced into his consciousness your own false
thoughts of his guilt."

The judge spoke slowly and deliberately, making each word tell. The
police bully squirmed uneasily on his chair.

"I don't follow you, judge. Better stick to international law. This
police court work is beneath you."

"Perhaps it is," replied the lawyer quickly without losing his temper.
Then he asked: "Captain, will you answer a few questions?"

"It all depends," replied the other insolently.

"If you don't," cried the judge sharply, "I'll ask them through the
medium of your own weapon--the press. Only my press will not consist of
the one or two yellow journals you inspire, but the independent,
dignified press of the United States."

The captain reddened.

"I don't like the insinuation, judge."

"I don't insinuate, Captain Clinton," went on the lawyer severely, "I
accuse you of giving an untruthful version of this matter to two
sensational newspapers in this city. These scurrilous sheets have tried
this young man in their columns and found him guilty, thus prejudicing
the whole community against him before he comes to trial. In no other
country in the civilized world would this be tolerated, except in a
country overburdened with freedom."

Captain Clinton laughed boisterously.

"The early bird catches the worm," he grinned. "They asked me for
information and got it."

Judge Brewster went on:

"You have so prejudiced the community against him that there is scarcely
a man who doesn't believe him guilty. If this matter ever comes to trial
how can we pick an unprejudiced jury? Added to this foul injustice you
have branded this young man's wife with every stigma that can be put on
womanhood. You have hinted that she is the mysterious female who visited
Underwood on the night of the shooting and openly suggested that she is
the cause of the crime."

"Well, it's just possible," said the policeman with effrontery.

Judge Brewster was fast losing his te