Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-10-09
FIVE MILLION POUNDS
CHAPTER XIII.

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CHAPTER XIII.
THE RD1C
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
vaietsS who told the story Of how he had
assisted Mr.. Mauleverer to undress, and had
seeahimsget into bed on the night of tho
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 followssby Belmore:} {
d 4Did you $50 any medicine or any bottle
that might have contained medicine of any
kind near his bed when you left himl"
sNo."
sWhat medicine was in his room, as far as
you know, that nighta" ION the table in the
dressing room there was a box containing
the powders which he occasionally took"
nothing else-no bottle, no powder of any
hnd9' Certainly not"
Z. NkEs 54ASaWA, w, u610 o140 gudv Iuo HNO96s
cntion produced the box Of powders. and
Dissemination 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 I had left it on the pre-
vious night"
@Was there a table near the bedl" ayes;
there was one within reach of my masters
arm"
."What was on it when you left him at
;nighta" "a copy Of the Bible and a bottle Of
water with a glass"
"What did you find there in the morningf'
-"The Bible and the water bottle and glass. "
"Had the glass been useda" sNo; 1t was
turned up on the top of the bottle. l partic'
ularly observed that It was quite dry, and
that the water in tho bottle had not beer
touched"
"In what glass was Mr.. Mauleverer in the
habit of taking his medicinep @Miss Stan,
cliffe always used q particular glass which
was kept on his drawing room table"
"Had that glass been used on the night o.
October "a" II think so. We found thai
there was a little water and a slight sediment
at the bottom of the glass when we exam
ined the room the next day"
"Was any care taken Of itp mo, sir
Miss Stancliffe told me that she had giver
her uncle one Of his powders before she LEFT
him, and I concluded that the glass hat
been used for that purpose"
"And it was washedl" Eyes; by Mis-
Stancliffe's orders" %(Sensation In court)
II did not ask by whose orders IL wa
done; but I should be glad to know wha
were the exact words Miss Stancliffe uset
when she gave you these direc tionsa" "Sh.
said, Have everything tidy in the bedroom
and dressing room.'"
GAnd when was that" aSome time on tn
morning of the 25th."
Before Or after DR.. Carrick had seen til.
deceaseda" II am not quite certain; afte
DR.. Carrick's visit, I believe"
snow, sir. on your oath, was not every
thing left untouched until after the doctor
visits" II believe So"
"And ho might have examined anything
and everything in the room if he had wished
to do sol" ooh, certainly"
"By the way, there is one other question
Are you troubled with rats at Great Lor
toni" Oh, the rats is awful. sir" Laughte
in court)
Mary Taylor, the maid. deposed to tn
time at which Miss S~tancliffe retired to res
on the night Of the 24th. She was thel
quite calm and composed. She was dressing
in the morning when witness took her tn
news of Mr.. Mauleverer's death. She seemed
greatly distressed and gave orders that tn
doctor was to be sent for Immediately. Sh
went to her uncle's room instantly upo
hearing of what had happened.
Cross-examined-"Have you ever hear,
Miss Stancliffe express any i'll will toward
her uncle?' "Never, SIR"
"You are quite sure of thatT' Certainly
sir. So far as I could see she was very fon,
of him, even at the time when he was NO
very kind to her."
WAS she in the habit of praying befor
she retired so rest" eyes, sir. She alway
read a little, in the Bible and prayed. I wa
often in the room when she did So"
ibid she read and pray on that particula
night" "She did, sir" (Sensation.)
Nov, Miss Taylon be good enough to to
If you have ever known Miss Stancliffe t
possess any poisona" "Ycs, sir; about tw
weeks before Mr.. M .uleverer,s death sh
showed me q small packet one night IN
said that it WA poison which she had pr.
cured that day at Little Lorton and that
was to be usel for lii, poisoning Of rats. He
uncle, she said, had desired her to pro nj
It,"
Anything elser' "She told me that SD
was nervous about having it in her posse.
sion and that she meant to put 1t away i
some very secure place."
3Did she say why she did not mean to US
it at once7' Eyes; she told me that she we
afraid to trust any of the servants with II
and she would keep it until DR.. Branksom
returned, as he would know how it ought I
be used"
"Have you seen that parcel sincea" M
SIR"
@Would you know it againa" II think
should. SIR"
Dr. Carrick, an amiable country practi
toner, was the next witness called. He wa
u~nmistakab!y nervous, and gave his evidenc
In SO uncertain a manner, that even til
g%ood-natured judge lost his patience at last
and told him sharply that he was not sery
ing tho prisoner byh his equivocating answer;
This only a the poor man worse, and
saw that Mr.. Belmore in his cross-examins
ton was terribly bothered by him. b
could not give any reason now for comm,
to the conclusion that Mr.. Mauleverer ha
died of epilepsy. He was quite Statistic
that he had been mistaken in thinking so.
"We have heard, DR.. Carrick," said Be
more, '"that Mr.. Mauleverer was in til
habit Of taking certain powders prescribe
by your ayes, sir; bromide Of potassium.
"Where were these powders prepared
@1n my own surgery, sir"
us this" producing box aone of the boxe
in which these powders were contained,
ut is the last box that I supplied to MI
Mauleverer. He had one before this"
@How do you know that this is the Las