The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-20


believe that is correct.
Q.-Thon. MS YOU enter the hall. your recep.
ton room Is on the right hand side In frOnt4
A-1es. sir.
Q1,And west OF that2 Ais the room where
Q-And your laboratory Is where2 A.-woll.
that e the correct location for the workrOom.
,QW,,fou called II the laboratory. did you not
.Q.-well where was tho door Of the laboratoryi
Qut 81 % what ,,i, did yop enter itP What is this
Q.-Which is accessible from WHEREOF A
From here. From this room where had my
.Q.-Then you have subdlvided the front Of
the basement into i've parts. opening In and
out OF each other, and which hre only accessible
from tue hallway by tho door to the reception
Q.-Then where ia tho kitchen 2 A. tind-
ehStips shH re II on tne planIhst is the Kitchen in
Q;-Was there sleeping room there for one
o. the servants Ayes sir, there.
,.Q.-Between the kitchen and your roomf A.
Q,-were YOU accustomed to spend your time
in the evenings in your ofllcof A.-That de-
pended upon crcumstances. whcn Booths
| Theatre or Ntblo's were in operation went
thero and attended their patients. and have done
| that pretty regularly for good many years
.Q.-You were employed by the managers
Ayes. by Mr. Jarrett and Mr.. Palmer in the
Q.-Did you have anything to do with shutting
! up the basement at all. ordinarily A.-No. sir.
| Occasionally shut IL up but moi ordinarily.
| Q;-And You did not observe anything that
night2 A.-No sir.
| ,Q-As understand u, there was nothing but
servant and the laboratoryP A-No. sir.
Q-Look at tho next floor. and see II that is a
| substantially correct plan. Submitting onel
| Al think that Is correct.
Q;-By the way, this partition Of which have
| Just spoken between your ofice and tho
sleeping room. do you know what ita nature IT,
whether u is lath and plasterl Al think II 10
laih and plaster like the other rooms; a.. l..
divided In this wayf Indicating plan before
shn2wn,I A..nes. sir. ~
your right. That is connected by double slid
| ing doors with the back parlor Just imme-
diatey behind 1t. which Is OF the same width
Q.-There is a sliding door at tho end OF the
hall which communicates with little compart.
| mcnt called here . the buffers pantry 2" That
| Is so. is II not Al have no memory Of that.
I'm not certain whether 1t is sliding door or
Q.-It is the, room which was used BY your
wiie rs wash room. is II notP Ayes ah
Q-Then the back parlor is accessible by a
door from mat mat room AiLCertainly., IA.
| Q.-The room which your wife occupied Is In
tho r"nr OF thatY Ayes. sir
was sliding door with glass panes2 A-Yes.
0.-was the front parlor door generally shut
or open Mt night ? A..-Generally open.
Q.-Were these double sliding doors between
the front and back parlor left open or shut at
open sometimes. If II was warm and more
| pleasant TO have them 30; otherwise they were
shut
Q.-Was the door from the back parlor into
your wife's bedroom opon or shut at night
A.-GenerAlly left open.
Q.-Then It was not unfrcquently the case
thnt q person might walk from tho hallway
through the parors into your wires bedroom
without opening n door at all2 A.-Oh. gen
orally, when she was In bed. the doors were
Q.-rhat Ia what wanted to know. What
opportunities have you had TO obeerye whether
they were closed or not A.-Oh, very IRE
Quently have been called down stairs at night
and have bocn in her room before she went IL
Q.-7And when you went out she would shut
the doors upon yOuY A.-When l went out she
would close the doors.
,Q.-And you had a room in tho fourth noor
Q.-IIow long has that been the case 2 A
Ever since we have been in that house.
| Odd you have separate apartments before
you came to 1his uP, h2psSS Ave had in the
Q.-But you would often bo down in your
wiie's room aftor She had gone TO bed A
Not after she Was IN oed. generally. but some
thing might cause me to 10 there when she
o.-what time did she generally go to bed
Al should think generally from half-past IL
Q.-And what time did you generally go tc
bed2 A., Well, II had been ont to thetheatrc
out and was home about IL O'Clock.
Q.-Just at this time you were not in attend
| ance upon any theatrical performances, wore
you2 A.-No. There was nothing at Booths OF
Q.--MelI. Wnen you chtnc nOne ~ IL Q cloth
or so was your wife upi A.-Almost always II
'Q.-That is thero we're no, lights or indlca
| tlons OF her being up2 A.-No.
Q.-Now. on this night in question you SAL
you have some indistnct recollection, but yoi
are not sure you are correct in the impression
! that you went to a house in Twenty iourtl
. street2 Ayes. bad that impression and
think recollect the girl speaking TO me on th'
top step; hut whether l have caught It from
thinking IL over since cannot say, but II 10 IN!
impression that was there ,.,. 80, -
l v Inns No
'nS S%FoT 94FoT how io%St Two hoursa Al don,
, past 8 10 quarter Of 10.
Q-Tho indistlnctness in your memory /
Whether a,rs sop wers % NAY aops9 III Ten''
Mr. cHIrTENDEN AND MRS. HULL AGAIN.
Q.-Was that gentleman, Mr. Chittenden
I there before you went out2 Al think So bu
4 I'm not certain.
Q-And he was thore when you returned
Ss sHy SS sqE @ Ssds and RH oSRsa sPS
some papers he had brought up, and after tina
4 think. they played bezQue. ,,,
Q.-And what did you occupy yourself at thG
time Al think was looking over the pa
: | pers.
Ic yS9 TSR dd dSsn S 60 s"5 a5sa 'sSns 4s hS
I o-Xtrer you came into the house, how lon
A twenty minutes, or 1t might have been half II
oAna were you in the S back parlSr !. ,s when cher,
? the door with him and came back.
Q.-Where were you when she went 10 III
N door ? Al was sitting AZ the table.
y DIN the back pATlor2 A.-Yes.
y Q.-Then you simply saw them go Into III
, hall or did you follow them out A-No.
did not follow them, but ] think saw thel
a going along the hall toward the door.
Dwell, you must have arisen from the tab
- Il you saw them going along the hallt An
didn't.
. on. Ave minutes, should think; only sho
time.
Q-Was II a longer time than would be ord
narily occupied in going 20 the door2 An
a not longer than she ordinarily occupied.
should say five minutes as near that as ca
. recollect.
Q.-You we're still sitting in the room whe
~ she returned2 Al think so.
\, Q.-And how soon thereafter did you 20 dow
: stairs2 A.-Mithin n few minutes.
Q.-You did not say Good night" to yor
n wife when you went down stairs. because yo
Al We're intending to return to the pariorf A
? EQ.-YoH were intending to return2 A.
don't know,
;. Q.-What room did you 20 into to wash yol
\ teeth A.-That little closet lpointing II OF
n on the basement PLAN. went through TO y
:" workroom to get my toothbrush, and got Il
N caudle in tho hallway. Generally 1t is place
4 there, but sometimes on the epiece her,
~ nd than hnvinfr pnt thn punlla | m hrug