The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-29


remained in the room with the deceased and
Mrs Cawthorns during the prisoners ab-
sence. This fact was not unimpOrtant, as It
tended undoubtedly to narrow the field Of
inquiry when they came to investigate the
circumsi ances of the crime
The prisoner returned to the drawing
room, and told deceased that his room was
In readiness. He theraupon said goodnight
to Mrs Cawthorne and turning to the
prisoner said: Il suppose shall see you by
and by evidently referring to the nightly
visits which she mid h m when he was un-
we'll for the ur~ose of administering to
him any medicine thas he might need In
the eour g Of half an hour Mr.. Mauleverer's
valet. who had attended him while be was
preparing for rest informed the prisoner,
who had in the meah time been sitting in
the drawing room with Mrs. Cawthorne,
that his master was ready to see her, and
she at once went up to his room.
"Eow, gentlemen continued Hawk, speak
ing in more solemn tones than he had hither-
10 used, 1--WE cannot tell you what happened
turing the interview The prisoner alone
survives it What we do know is that she
remained for a quarter OF an hour in the
apartment of the deceased Her own ac-
count of the way in which she spent that In
terval was given, after she had been duly
cautionel 10 the officer of the law by whom
shs was arrested. According to her state
ment she read chapter of the Bible as her
custom was, to the deceased. She then gave
him powder of kind which he was in the
bit of taking at times II was a powder
IF bromide Of potassium, medicine whiche
As you are probably aware, gentlemen Of
the jury. is frequently used for patients of
an epileptic tendency. He took the medicine,
she says, quite readily, made no remark on
taking it, and, saying he was sleepy, bade
the prisoner goodnight She at once left
the room and presently she herself retired
TO rest
The next piece Of evidence to which Hawk
called attention was somewhat remarkable
one. About half-past eleven o'clock, or an
hour and half after the prisoner had left
he deceased, one of the younger housemaids
f the hall, who was passing along corridor
not fan from the room occupied by Mr. Mau-
leverer, heard, as she declares, a sharp cry of
pain. Unfortunately tho girl, instead of
ascertaining the cause Of his cry, fed hastily
20 the servants hall. Her account Of her
,nduct was that "shs believed she had heard
ghost. 1t appeared that popular tradition
'eclared Great Lorton Hall to be haunted,
and as a consequence the servants were con-
tinually imagining that in certain parts of
the house they heard various mysterious
sounds Mr. Mauleverer's room, as il hap
pened, was somewhat remote from the other
sleeping apart nents which were occupied
that night The girl never thought that 1t
-ould have been from her master that this
cry of agony proceeded, and so the unfortu-
nate man was left to struggle alone with
ath-to which he too soon fell q victim
The next morning at the usual hour the
valet of the ceased, John Green by name,
went into his masters bedroom. He imme-
diately saw that something dreadful had hap
pened. The bedclothes were in great disor-
der, as though the deceased had been strug-
Cling violently On looking more closely at
him Green saw that Mr. Mauleverer was
quite dead. He was lying with his face
buried in one of the pillows, and he had ap-
parently died in convulSions. In one Of his
hands was clutched n bed curtain which In
his agony he seemed to have torn from its
fasteningz The household was at once
alarmed The prisoner OH learning what
had happened professed extreme grief, and
sent messenger forthwith to summon the
EedTcSl I1dli AI NhIElCAy VI A@lttlc
Lordon. Dr. Carrick, who would be called
before them as a witness, undoubtedly fell
INTO great mistake He came TO the con-
clusion ON seeing the body, that Mr..
Mauleverer had died possibly Of suffocation
in fit of epilepsy and he gave a certificate
In accordance with that belief. In excuse
for him it might he said that he had not the
slightest reason to suspect foul play, while
he was aware that deceased was af.
ficted by epilepsy Fortunately for
the ends Of justice, however. suspicious
were aroused; and on the day after Mr..
Mauleverer's funeral, at which the prisoner
at the bar attended as chief mourner, his
body was exhumed, and on an analysis OF
discovered that his death was really
due to a larg@ dose of strychnia.
Ali the evidence that could be obtained
pointed to the conclusion that this poison
must have been administered somewhere
about the time when the prisoner last saw
the unfortunate man. How could 1t have
been administeredi The answer to that
question was clear. Two persons only had
access to Mr. Mauleverer about the time
when he unquestionably took the fatal dose.
One of these was Green. the valet, and the
other was the prisoner at the bar. Now, in
Green's favor certain facts could at once be
alleged. One of these was that he had never
been in the hab of administering drugs to
the deceased, and any att 'mpt he might
make to do so could hardly have failed to
arouse Mr. Mau,sverer's suspicious. TIE
prisoner, on the other hand, constantly mixed
and gave him his medi cine. Next, all their in
quiries o ntei to the conclusion that Green
had absolu ely nothing to gain by Mr..
Mauleverer's death. The prisoner, on the
contrary, as he should show them presen tly,
had everything to gain by It. provided 1t
took place within certain period of time.
Lastly all inquiries which had been made
led to the belief that Green had not been in
the possession Of any poison at the time
when the murder was committed. The
prisoner, it would be conclusively proved,
did possess poison, and poison exactly SINH
lar to that found in the body of Mr. Mau-
leverer, few days before the death Of that
gentleman.
Surely in these circumstances it was clear
that, inasmuch as, according to all known
laws, either Green or the prisoner at the bar
had given the fatal dose to the deceased, it
was the latter whom they had the best rea-
son to suspect But the law mercifully de-
manded in cases of this kind that some mo-
tive should be shown some reason which
was likel. to have led the accused person to
resort to desperate crime. He was sorry
to say that there would be no difficulty in
meeting his requirement Of the Law on the
present occasion. He would bring forward
evidence to show that violent quarrel had
taken place between the deceased and the
prisoner at the bar shortly before the date Of
the murder. The quarrel was due to love
affair between the prisoner and a gentleman
of whom Mr. Mauleverer did not approve as
a pretender 10 the hand of his niece There
had been painful scenes between Mr.. Mau-
leverer and the prisoner, and witnesses, who
were strongly prejudiced In favor of the
latter, would give evidence showing that
there was in reality a very bitter feeling
on her part with regard TO the il-usage
from her uncle. This was not all,
however. II would be shown that Mr..
Mauleverer, having executed a viii by
which all his vast wealth passed unrsservedly
10 the prisoner, had within week or two of
ais death givea instructions for the prepara-
lion Of a second will under which, in the
5VeuJ OL Her HdrI ing tuo S-nbl5t1dn to
Ferred to, she would receive only compare
lively small legacy, whilst the rest Of his
state would be devoted to charitable pur-
poses This viii had not been signed at the
ame of Mr.. Maulevereris death, in conse-
Iuence Of the temporary absence FROM Eng
and of his usual legal adviser, by whom it
lad been prepared. But the prisoner at the
1ar knew OF its existence, and knew further
= = L..
he attorney returned from abroad Here
,hen they had what all must ie / to be a
trong motive for the commission Of this
rima. He did not wish to press hardly
Ipon the prisoner, whose youth and good
ooks were well calculated to prspossess most
,ersons in her favor. But thu Jury had a
rfv n, Il diecharra and a ona,Id ,,r,t SO h.,..