"Here in Cottonton, but he is intending to leave to-night for New
York, I found out this morning. Of course, he was not able to leave
before this as he had to stay in the vicinity, being a witness at the
trial, but his leaving so soon now simply seemed to confirm my
suspicions, and I thought it time to bring the matter to your
attention."
"Miss Dana," said the district attorney, rising, and holding out his
hand to her. "I have done the best I could to convict Robert Wood of
the murder of Samuel Ellicott, because I really believed him guilty,
and my oath of office bound me to do my duty; but, if he is innocent,
I believe it as much my duty to right the wrong done him. You have
built up a careful case, and I myself shall ask for a stay of
sentence until after this new evidence can be presented to the Grand
Jury. I believe you have saved an innocent man, and I feel your
future as a great detective is assured."
It was unnecessary for Mr. Harlow to apply for stay of sentence in
the case of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _vs._ Robert Wood.
Within an hour after Mary Dana had left the district attorney's
office, Gustave Pinchot was under arrest, and, sitting in the same
chair which Mary had occupied, was confessing his crime.
The day that Robert Wood was discharged, with no stain upon his name,
Quincy and Mary took her father to Cottonton.
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