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of wearing. How did these objects
come into Charlotte's possession p
had her husband returned them to her
at the time of their separation These
questions could be answered only by
conjecture
All this mass of evidence having
been submitted to the judges, the OFF,
GERS of the police were directed to seek
out three persons whose testimony
appeared to be important. These
were the old wood cutter who accom-
panied the lady when she called at the
baths of Podewil Cecile, the French
femme de chanbre, and the country
girl who had conveyed the letter to
Madam Bergfeldt, (under the name
of Madam Waltheim) at Muhlbach.
The wood -cutter was nowhere to be
found AS to Cecile, she had quilted
her mistress's service on her return to
Berlin, and was now married. In
countenance and figure she was to-
tally different from her mistress No
suspicion attached to her, and she
could furnish no information calcula-
ted to throw light on the subject of
inquiry The girl who brought the
letter to Madam Won Bergfeldt, was
traced out, and she stated that in
1918, she was in the service CT Mad
anne Wunderlich, at Muhlbach She
recollected that some time in the
month of July, gentleman called on
her mistress, who then desired her to
take letter to a. lady, whose NINE
she had forgotten. After reading the
letter, the lady went with her to Mad
am Wunderlich,h The girl described
the gentleman to have been tall and
thin, with dark moustaches. He wore
a green hunting coat, lightcolored
pantaloons, and boots with spnrs
This description correspondent With
the dress and appearan e of Edward
Won Bergfeldt.
These examinations being termina-
ted, the case was deemed to be suffi :
GENTLY established to warrant all or
der for the trial of the accused before
the criminal court of Coblentz.
On the day fixed for the trial, an
immense crowd thronged every ave-
nue. leading to the court. Madame
Won Bergfeldt was conducted into the
presence Of the judges. She was
dressed in deep mourning, looked very
pale, and, though evidently deeply
affected, she was still struggling to
repress her emotions.
The witne Uses, fortg-three in num-
Der, were examined. Their testimony
confirmed all the particulars already
narrated, and though no new facts
we've disclosed, yet the interest excl
ted by the trial ontinued to increase.
/ At the close of the examinations, the
advocate for the accused entered upon
her defence. He delivered long aud
eloquent address, in the course Of
which he ingeniously set forth every
argument that could turn to the ad
vantage Of the prisoner. He dwelt
earnestly on the fact Of there being no
positive proof that the body foun on
the steps Of st. Joseph's Chapel, was
the body Of Edward Won Bergfeldt. -
Referring to the annals of criminal
Jurisprudence, he adduced the cases
Of several persons who had on circum-
stantial evidence, been condemned and
executed for murder, and whose pre-
sumed victims were subsequently, dis
covered to be living He concluded
by expressing regret that the accused
had determined to remain silent under
the charge brought against her, and
to withhold all explanation respecting
the events of that fatal day: but, I'M
accountable as that determination was,
he observed, that it on5ht not to be
regarded as an evidence of guilt
The advocate had just closed his
address, when a messenger hastily en-
tered the court, and presented billet
to the President, which the latter read
aloud, 1t contained the following
words: e.d
" | entreat to be heard Immediately.
| can prove the innocence of the ac-
eused |"
Let the person be brought into
court" said the president.
The utmost curiosity and agitation
now prevailed, and several voices were
heard to exclaim, Doubtless it is Ed
ward Won Bergfeldt !"
TAe unexpected witness presently
appeared He was a man of tall stat
ure, and of military barring. AS soon
as Charlotte beheld him she uttered a
piercing shrek, Having, not with
out some difficulty, made his way
through the crowd, the stranger at
length stood before the judges
My namc,p said he, is George
Won Rothkirch, and | am an officer in
the Sd dragons. The lady, whose
innocence / am enabled to prove, is