Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-11-03
= Serial Sturg.
FIVE MILLION POUNDS.
BY T. wEMYss REID.

BY T. wEMYss REID.
CHAPTER Kill
THE VERDICT.
It Is not necessary to weary my readers
with the whole Of the evidence which was
given in support Of Hawks statement The
counsel for the crown had recapitulated the
facts only too faithfully, and all that he had
told the jury was borne out by the witnesses
The first to be examined was Green, the
valet, who told the story Of how he had
assisted Mr.. Mauleverer to undress, and had
seen him get into bed on the night Of the
murder. In the course Of cross-examination
he swore that deceased, though apparently
somewhat weak, was cheerful and composed
when he left him He was then Questioned
as follows by Belmo'e:
aDid you see any medicine or any bottle
that might have contained medicine Of any
kind near his bed when you left himf"
GNon
? sWhat medicine wits in his room, as far as
Won know, that nighti' @On the table in the
dressing room there was box containing
the powders which ho occasionally took"
Nothing else-no bottle, no powder Of any
kindl' Certainly not"
Mr.. Hawk, &C, here said that the prose-
cution produced tho box Of powders. and
that evidence would be given regarding It.
Cross-examination continued: @You have
described the condition Of Mr.. Mauleverer
and Of his bed when you entered his room
next morning. Did anything else in the
apartment attract your attention. @No;
everything was as had left it on the pre-
vious night.
sWas there table near the beda" eyes;
there was ono within reach Of my masters
arms
GWhat was on It when you left him at
nightp "A copy Of the Bible and bottle Of
water with glasa"
@What did you find there in the morningP
"The Bible and the water bottle and glass.
GHad the glass been usedl" mo; it was
turned up on the top of the bottle. partic-
ularly observed that it was quite dry, and
that the water in the bottle had not been
touched
ain what glass was Mr.. Mauleverer In tho
habit Of taking his medicine?" 9Miss STAN
cli1e always used particular glass which
was kept on his drawing room tabla"a
aHad that glass been ussd on the night Of
October e4l" II think so We found that
there was little water and a slight sediment
at the bottom of the glaas when we exam
ined the room the next day"
aWas any care taken Of It'll" mo, sir:
Miss Stancliffe told me that she had given
her uncle one of his powders before she left
him, and I concluded that the glass had
been used for that purpose.
aAnd It was washedp eyes; by Miss
Stancliffs's orders" CSensation in court)
II did not ask by whose orders Il was
done; but should be glad to know what
were the exact words Miss Stancliffe used
when she gave you these direc tionsp @Shs
said. Have everything tidy in the bedroom
and dressing room"
aAnd when was thats" "Some time on tho
morning Of the 25th."
Before or after DR.. Carrick had seen ths
deceaseda" Ut am no. quite certain; after
Dr.. Carrick's visit, believe"
aNow, sir. on your oath, was not every
thing left untouched until after the doctors
visit?r u believe so"
aAnd he might have examined anything
and everything In the room if he had wished
to do sol" 1Oh, certainly"
@By the way, there is one other question.
. Are You troubled with rats at Great Lor.
toni! Oh, the rats is awful SIR" daughter
in court)
Mary Taylor. the maid. deposed to the
time at which Miss Stancliffe retired to rest
on the night Of the oath. She was then
quite calm and composed She was dressing
in the morning when witness took her the
news Of Mr.. Mauleverer's death. She seemed
greatly distressed and gave orders that the
doctor was to be sent for Immediately. She
went to her uncle's room instantly upon
hearing Of what hal happened.
ross-examined-"Have you ever heard
Miss Stancliffs ex,ress any Ill will towards
her unclen Never, SIR"
"You are quite sure Of thatp Certainly,
sir. So far a. could see she was very fond
of him, even at the time when he was not
very kind to her."
WAS she in the habit Of praying before
she retired so restY' eyes, SIR Sho always
read little in the Bible and prayed. was
often in the room when she di So"
ibid she read and pray on that particular
night" "She did, SIR" Bensation)
"Now. Miss Taylor, be good enough to tell
II you have ever known Miss Stancliffe to
possess any poison2' eyes, sir; about two
showed me a small packet one night and
said that it was poison which she had pro-
cured that day at Little Lorton and that IL
was to be used for the poisoning of rats. Her
uncle, she said, had desired her to procure
it,
"Anything elssY" "She told me that shs
wa, nervous about having it in her posses
sion and that she meant to put it away in
some very secure place"
@Did she say why she dill not mean to use
it at once7" "Yes; she tod me that she was
afraid to trust any Of the servants with it,
and she would keep it until DR.. Branksoms
returned, as he would know how it ought to
be used"
Have you seen that parcel since" @No,
sir"
3Would you know it again." II think I
should SIR"
DR.. Carrick. an amiabl, country practi =
toner, was the next witness called. He was
unmistakab'y nervous, and gave his evidence
in so uncertain a manner, that even the
good-natured Judge lost his patience at last,
and told him sharply that he was not serv-
ing the prisoner by his equivocating answers.
This only made the poor man worse, and I
saw that Mr. Belmore in his cross-examina-
ton was terribly bothered by him. He
could not give any reason now for coming
to the conc sion that Mr. Mauleverer had
died Of epilepsy. He was quite satisfied
that he had been mistaken in thinking So
ave have beard, DR.. Carrick," said Bel
more, @that Mr.. Mauleverer was in the
habit Of taking certain powders prescribed
by youl" ayes, sir; bromide Of potassium.
"Where were these powders preparedF'
ain my own surgery, SIR"
us this" producing box) zone Of the boxes
in which these powders were containedW
ut is the last box that I supplied to Mr..
Mauleverer. He had one before this"
"How do you know that this is the last
boxw @By the date written upon it in my
own handwriting"
sNow. how many powders would such q
box as that containl" Eighteen"
@Just open the box and tell US how many
YOU find there now?' ~ find there are four
in it.
aAnd how often would Mr.. Mauleverer take
one of these powdersP "When required,
sir. Perhaps, on an average, one every sec
ond or third night"
@One every second or third night" said
Belmore. He whispered a word to Harding,
who forthwith made a calculation on q
sheet Of paper.
Fourteen powders are gone; that would