Telegram-herald., 1886-09-12

plant at rile throaf ani q few Hou - b.
fore bis iasts he tai a's9 hse1 afiilrtei ~
IsLt efiautg seizure. which aecasialat
salae --sas.ae-s to himself and bis medical
adviser i1 al his illnesses 90 would he
proved fo the jury beyond dispute. the
PRISONER at the tar hai been his chief be
m Zat an ST SAY hs sole attendant She
rroi-ssed ro be- devoted O. him. and there
could te uo doub1 thaf Mr. Mauieverer
erl.rfa nst a sincera at-achment for her
TIE iutY D. frosted would bear one fact iR
mlaj .- elicn maHv witnesses would bear
testimony That was thar tbe pri oner. on
the eccasions ga whit1 SIR Mauleseger suf-
fered from iloess. invariably administered
I'd him ans mediclne be- might requr ~ with
her oau hands IN fact, it could be proved
that tae d-c-assi had often alluie % her
iaknglg as his ~b-st nurse amt doctor in
chief He Mr Hawk. now "a isred 70 cali
their tention Co r. date of great Importance
the evening 0f Tuesday. th- 24-h ~ October
last On thar day Mr. Mauleverer was not
very well lie dined az an earlier hour than
u,ua rs oclock-Hith the prisoner az the
bar ami with LAZY named CaWthorne. who
was resi- lent in the house ia the capacity II
companion 20 the prisoner Nobody else
was s'aviny az the ball at the time except
the servants nor hsd Mr Maulevcrer sean
any visitors for more than a fortnight
After dinner 10 would he proved that the
prisoner at the bar read % the deceased for
half am hour or more. and that she then
paved 20 him on the piano until about nine
o'cock Al which time complaining of IA
tigue be- expressed a desire 20 retire 20 rest
When BE- EXPRESSED this wish the prisoner az
the bar said sh. would go up 10 his room
g.. o !. I'll. 4
and everything in readiness for him. She
irIt the apartment for a few minutes, osten-
,ibly for this purpose bat in reality, as be-
suggested on the part of the prosecution. to
prepare the fatal dose Of poison which was
undoubtedly administered to the man very
soon afterwards At all events. she had an
opportunity az that tune, II she wished it. of
possessing herself of this poison Mr. Maui
everer in the meantime remained in the
drawing room with Mrs Clwthorna II so
happened. however, that man 5 servant who
had been summoned for some trivial purpose
remained in the room with the decease and
Mrs Cawthorne during tho prisoners alb
sence. This fact was not unimportant, il
tended undoubtedly TO narrow the field of
inquiry when they came to investigate the
circumstances Of the crime
The prisoner returned TO the drawing
room. and told deceased that his room was
in readiness Hs thereupon said goodnight
20 Mrs Cav thorne, and turning 10 the
prisoner said: Il suppose l shall see you bv
and bv' evidently referring to the nightly
visits which she paid him when he was un-
we'll for the rurnOse of administering to
him any medicine that ne mi .ht need In
the course of half an hour Mr. Mauleve'.er's
valet, who had attended him while he was
preparing for rest. informed the prisoner.
who ha in ,ha mean time been sitting in
the drawing room with Mrs. Cawthorne,
that his master was ready 70 see her, and
she at once went up 10 his room
"Now. gent emen continued Hawk, speak.
inz in more solemn tones than hs had hither-
10 used. 1--WE cannot tell you what happened
during 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 tlat in
terval was given. after she had been duly
cautione Z, % the officer of the law by whom
she was arrested. According to her state
ment she read a chapter of the Bible. as her
custom was 20 the deceased. She then gave
him a pow ler of "A kind which he was in the
habit of taking at times. 1t was a powder
Of brom le Of potassium, medicine which,
as you are probably aware, gentlemen of
the jury is frequently used for patients of
an epieptic tendency. He took the medicine
She says. quite readily, made no remark on
taking il, and, saying he was sleepy, babe
the prisoner goodnight She ct once left
the room, and pres sntly she herself retired
10 rest"
The next piece Of evidence TO which Hawk
called attention was a somewhat remarkable
one. About half-past eleven o'clock, or an
hour and a half after the prisoner had left
the deceased. one Of the younger hou,emaids
of the hail. who was passing along a corridor
not far from the room occupied by Mr.. Mau-
leverer, heard as she declares. a sharp cry Of
pain Unfortunately the girl, instead Of
ascertain.ng the cause OF his cry, fed hastily
70 the servants hall Her account of her
conduct was that "she believed she had heard
a ghost Il appeared that popular tradition
declared Great Lorton Hall to be haunted,
and as a consequences the servants were con-
tinual y imagining that in certain parts Of
the house they heard various mysterious
sounds Mr. Mauleverer's room. as it hap
poned. WIS somewhat remote from the other
sleeping apart nents which were occupied
that ight. The girl never thought that it
could have been from her master that this
cry Of agony proceeded, and SO the unfortu-
nate man was left 20 struggle alone with
death--to which he too soon fell victim
The next morning at the usual hour the
valet 0f the deceased John Green by name,
went into bis masters bedroom He imme-
dia.eiy saw that somethng dreadful had hap
renel. TIE teiclothes We're in great disor-
der. a. though the deceased hal been strug-
Cling violently. On looking more closely at
him Green saw that Mr. Maulevcrer was
quite dead Tie was lying with his face
buried in one of the pillows. and he had ap-
rareutiy i.ei iu convuls ions. In one Of his
hands was ciu ched a bed curtain. which in
his agony be- seemed 10 have torn from its
flsfenia-s. The household was at once
alarmed Tie prison on learning what
had happened profssssd extreme -riaf, and
sent messenger forthwith % summon the
neartsf melira man. DR. Carrick, Of Little
Ior on Dr. Carric< who would be called
before .h H 1s witness, undoubtedly fell
into .fe p mistake Re came o. the con.
,lnsiou 5u seeing the BODY. that Mr.
Mauieve-sr bad died possibly Of suGoca'ion
iu a fif Of eaIensv. and ne gave a certificate
in 1c.ard iure with that belief In excuse
fsr hlm .t might 10 said that be- had not the
$50 .htast "a on 10 suspect foul rlay. while
he was aware that deceased was A.
f.ctei by epilepsy Fortunately Tor
fhe onls - irs'ice. however. suspicious
were aroused. and on the day after Mr
Nauiav rar's funeral. ~ which The prisoner
af +ae har attended as chief m0urner. his
body was eghumed and on au analysts Of
tae contents - the stomach 10 was
discovered fhst his death was really