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


told the iurv 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 nndress and had
,oen him get into bed on the night OF the
murder In the course of cross-examinatt0n
he swore that deceased, though apparently
somewhat weak, was cheerful and composed
when he left him He was then questioned
follows by Belmore: tsty
sDid YOU see any medicine or any bottls
that might have contained medicine OF any
Kind near his bed when you left himF
No"
GWhat medicine was in his room, as far as
you know. that nightP ION the table in the
dressing room there was box containing
the powders which he occasionally took
"Nothing else-no bottle, no powder Of any
kindi' Certainly not
Mr.. Hawk, @ c., here said that the prose-
rution produced the box Of powders, and
that evidence would be given regarding IL
Cross.examination continued; You have
described the condition OF Mr. Mauleversr
and of his bed when you entered his room
uext morning Dbl anything else in the
apartment attract your attention. "NO;
everything was as / had left it ON the pre-
tious night
@Was there a table near the bedF Yes;
there was one within reach, Of my masters
arm"
"What was on It when you left him at
nightf' "A copy of the Bible and bottle Of
water with glass
"What did Won find there iE the morning.
%The Bible and the water bottle and glass
HHad the g.ass been usedF ANo; it was
turned up on the top Of the bottle IpaFoic-
ularly observed that it was quite dry, and
that the water In the bottle had not been
touched" IHl
"In what glass was Mr.. Mauleverer IN The
habit Of taking his mediciner miss Stan
cliffe always used a particular glass which
was kept on his drawing room tablas
"Had that glass been used on the night Of
October PAR II think SO We found that
there was a little water and slight sediment
at the bottom Of the glass yshen we exam
ined the room the next day"
@Was any care taken Of itF@ ~No, SIR
Miss Stancliffe told me that she had given
her uncle one of his powders before she left
him, and / concluded that che glass had
been used for that purpose
GAnd it was wsshedf' EYes; by Mis-
Stancliffe's orders" Bensation in courtl
81 did not ask by whose orders il was
done; but 1 should 5e glad to know what
were the exact words Miss Stancliffe used
when she gave yeu these directionsp @Shs
said, Have everything tidyin the bedroom
and dressing ROOM
@And when was thatT' @Some time on the
morning of the 25th.
GBefore or after DR. Carrick had seen the
deceasedp 81 am not quite certain; after
Dr. Carrick's visit, believe" 4
@Now, SIR on your OATH was not every.
thing left untouched until after the doctors
visitF II believe SO.
"And he might have examined anything
and everything in the room il he had wished
to do sof' aOh. certainly
SBy the way, there is one other question.
Are you troubled with rats at Great Lor~
tonP Oh, the rats is awful sir.' daughter
in COURT
Mary Tavlor, the maid. deposed to the
time at whiGn Miss Stanclifbe retired to ress
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 dis ressed and gave orders that the
doctor was to be sent for Immediately. She
went to her uncie's room instantly upon
hearing OF what had happened
Cross-examined-- Have you ever heard
MISS OCdncliIIe 64DfeSS any III VIII UONafu9
her uncler Never, sir.
"You are quite sure Of thatF Certainly,
sir. So far as l could see she was very fond
of him, even at the time when he was not
very kind to her."
''Wasshe in the habit Of praying before
she retired SO restF eyes, SIR She always
read little in the Bible and prayed was
often in the room when she did So
ibid she read and pray on that particular
nightr "She did, sir.H (Sensationl
Nov. Miss Taylor, be good enough to tell
il you have ever known Miss Stancliffo to
possess any poisonlH ''Yes, sir; about two
weeks before Mr.. Mauleverer,s death she
showed me small packet one night and
said that it was poison which she had pro-
cured that day at Little Lorton and that is
was to be used for the poisoning Of rats Her
uncle, she said, had desired her to procure
IT."
Anything elseFu "She told me that shs
was 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 did not mean to use
it at oncel' Yea; she told me that she was
afraid to trust any Of the servants wiEh ie,
and she would keep it until DR.. Branksoms
returned, as he would know how il ought to
be used ;"
@Have you seen that parcel sincel" NO,
sir.S
&wouId you know it againf' Il think
should. sir"
DR.. Carricl. an amiabIs country pracd.
tioner, was the next witness called. He was
unmistakably nervous, and gave his evidence
In so uncertain manner, that even the
good-natured judge lost his patience at last
and told him sharply that be was not serv-
In the prisoner by his equivocating answers.
This only made the poor man worse, ant
saw that Mr. Belmore in his cross-examina-
tion was terribly bothered by him He
could not give any reason now for coming
to the conclusion that Mr.. Manlevefer had
died of epilepsy He was quite satisfed
that he had been mistaken in thinking 80.
"We bave heard. DR.. Carrick,p said Bel
more. athat Mr. Mauleverer was In the
habit Of taking certain powders prescribed
BY your "Yes. sir; bromide Of potassium
@Whers were these powders preparedF'
In my own surgery, sir.
is this producing box zone OF The boxes
n which these powders were containedF'
'lt Is the last box that supplied 10 Mr..
hauleverer He had one before This y
How do you know that tais il the last
OoxT by the date written ripon it in INV
,wn handwriting
Now. how many powders wouli such
box as that contaiR1s Eighteen
Just open the box and tell US how many
ron find there nowp II find there are four
n it.
Sand how often would Mr.. Mauleverer take
me Of shese powdersF @Tvhen required,
1r. Perhaps, on an average, one every sec
md or third nights
aone every second or third night said
5elmore. He whispered word to Harding.
vho forthwith made calculation Oh
heet Of paper.
@Fourteen powders are gone; that would
ndicate that the box had bean In uss. DR..
sa ck, Tor at least twenty-eight days BE-
death Of Mr. Mauleverer Be good
nousa. SIR, to tell me what Is the date writ.
en- on the box a. that on which il was sup.
lied from your surgeryT sseptesnber q,
@Ahi that Is just thirty three days befors
ne night OF this fatal event Now must
sk you, DR. Carrick, TO pay particular at.
entlon to the questions am about TO put TO
cus and to remember that the life Of fei
0w-creatrre may depond -upon your an.
weFs Who prepared these poqdersys aI
70 50 myself, sir / have no iispenserp
4And where did you prepare theJnf' sTn
~ own dispensary.
The drug. Isupposs. Is . perfectly simple
ne--the powders. I mean, had not to Be-
OnsE ERnded Of different drugsf 2No: all
cd odo was % weigh the bromide Of potas-
um and make each dose up IN 4 separate
iees cf paper in the usual manner
Continued on 4th paps.