Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-08
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did you 90 to bedi AfAA e@
Witness--I can't be quite exact - to
the time, but II was about 10 O'Clock.
Tho Attornsy General-Where was
your bedroom situatedi f4N $50
Witness-IOn the second hoof.
Tho Attorney General--And your mis-
tress'f 1854
witness--On the flrst fioor.
Tho Attorney Generally going out Of
your bedroom door into the passage and
leaning over the balustrade, could you 80
down to the ground fioori
witness-Yes, pretty clearly. It was q
straight view.
The Attorney General-You went to
bed, you soy, at about 10 O'Clock. Be
fore you retired had your master returned
homeS
witness-Yes. Twas undressing when
heard the street door open and close.
Then heard q carriage drive away. !
stepped out Of my room softly and looked
over the balustrade to mako sure that IL
was my master. At the moment looked
down saw him turning of the gas In the
hall.
The Attorney General--And you saw
nothing morc9
Witness-No.
Tho Attorney Gcneral--And heard moth
ing moref Z,
remained in the passage on the second
floor, bonding over the balustrade, and 1t
seemed to mo to be very long time be-
fore my master made any movement.
should say five or six minutes passed be-
fore heard him, very, very softly, ascend
tho stairs TO the first floor. Perhaps was
fanciful, through being alone 40 long in
my own room; but the silence in the house
and then the sound Of my master coming
up the stairs much more quietly than was
usual with him made mo nervous, don't
know why. fancied all sorts OF things.
The Attorney General-Never mind
your fancies. Did you hear any other
footsteps besides those Of your masterf
Witness--I am not sure. can't say.
1t never entered my mind that anybody
could be with him, and yet could not
help fancying things. To speak the truth,
was 90 upset that went into my own
room and locked the door. listened with
my ear ut the bedroom door, and heard
the handle Of the door Of my Mistress
room being turned.
The Attorney General-And theni
Witness--I was already partially un-
dressed, and went to bed.
Tho Attorney General-Did you sleep
soundlys
witness-No. I woke up suddenly
with the idea that the street door had
been opened and closed again. lay in
bed frightened, but hearing nothing more
presently fell asleep again.
The Attorney General-There were no
cries, no voices loudly raisedf
Witness-I heard none.
The Attorney General-Did you sleep
soundly after thatP
Witness-No. was dozing of and
waking up the whole of the night-a
hundred times, it seemed TO me. How
have reproached myself since that when
saw my master put out the gas in the
hall did not have the courage to go down
to himi
The Attorney General--At what time
In the morning did you usually risef
Witness-At 7;80, unless my mistress
required me earlier.
The Attorney General-Was that the
hour at which you rose on the morning Of
the 26th Of Marchf
Witness-No; rose much earlier, at
0 or 0:15; can't say exactly to a minute,
because did not look at my watch.
The Attorney General-Then, after
dressing did you 60 down stairs?
Witness-Yes, with o candle In my
hand. IT was dark.
The Attorney General-Any sound in
the housei
Witness-None
The Attorney General-Did you listen
at your mistress bedroom doorI
Witness-I stood there for O moment,
but heard nothing.
Tho Attorney General-After that what
did you dor
Witness-I went down to the hall.
The Attorney General-To the street
doors
Witness--Yes.
The Attorney General-On which side
of the hall was the coat rack'
Witness-On the left from the house, on
the right from the street.
The Attorney General-Did you look at
itS
Witness-Yes.
The Attorney General-What did you
observe,
Witness-That my masters ulster was
hanging up in its usual place.
The Attorney General-You are positive
that II was In its usual placer
Witness-Yes.
Tho Attorney General-Would you rec
ognize the ulster agains
Witness--Most certainly; 1t Is a coat Of
q very peculiar pattern.
The Attorney Generals this It!
ulster produced.)
Witness-Yes.
The Attorney General-was the pris-
oner's hat hanging in its usual placer
Witness-No, 1t was not there.
The Attorney General-Did you look at
the street doorf
Witness-Yes.
The Attorney Gcneral-Did you observe
anythingi
witness-Yes, something surprising.
The Attorney General-Whata
Witness-That the chain was not up
and that 1t was not locked, as was alway!
done by my master himself when he re
turned home late. On other occasions i
was done by servant. Then, thought
it could have been no fancy of mine that
heard the street door open and shut In tn
middle Of the night.
The Attorney General-proceed with ai
account Of your movements after the dis
covery.
witness-I was alarmed, and I con
sidered for little while what ought t
do. Then it suddenly occurred to me tina
the door Of the bedroom my master occu
pied was not quite closed when I hai
passed it on my way downstairs. wen
up quietly to convince myself, and l say
It was not shut touched it with m
hand very gently and timidly, and
swung open. Thinking 1t my duty to az
quaint my master with the circumstance
of the street door chain not being up,
ventured to step into the bedroom and I
call, "Sirr" held the candle above m
head, and to my astonishment saw tha
there was no one in the room, and tha
the bed had not been occupied during th
night. went boldly into the room an
convinced myself. No one was there, n
one had been there. The bed was just q
1t had been made on the previous da,
Now really alarmed, hurried to my mi
tress bedroom and knocked at her dool
There was no answer. knocked agai
and again, and still there was no answer
opened the door and entered Nv mi