Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-07
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The Attorney General-Now. in all
the questions have asked and you have
answered, there are two subjects upon
which no definite information has been
forthcoming. Give your best attention to
them. Are you aware that before or at
the time Of the prisoner g engagement with
your mistress he had been or was engaged
to another LADY, Take time. You have
said that You were in the confidence of
your mistress, and that she used TO speak
freely to you. At any period during these
communications did she refer to another
engagement
witness-It vas IN this way, and I
can't answer the question in any other.
The Attorney General-Answer It ~
best you can.
said! II wonder IL Mr. Layton, before he
saw me, was ever in lover" That was the
way It was first introduced. did not
know how to answer her without running
the risk Of hurting her feelings, but she
pressed me, and 1 was forced to say I
thought It very unlikely that gentleman
as good looking as he was should not have
had his fancies. She pressed me further
until said there were very few men of
his age who had not been in love. She
appeared distressed at this, but soon
frightened up, and said: "What is that to
me no long as he is miner" But it..weighed
upon her mind, as was proved by her tell.
ing me at another time that she had asked
Mr.. Layton whether he had ever been In
love and that he would not give her any
satisfaction, which, to my mind, was quite
as good as confessing that he had been
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and me took place in the early days, and
for some time after her marriage she did
not say anything more about IL. But
when she was laid on a sick bed NEE;
within few months of her being muir
The Attorney General-Do not say
that. 1t is for the jury to decide. Say
within few months of her death.
Witness-Well, within few months
of her death she told me ut least half a
dozen times that she had discovered that
he had been in love with another lady,
and that she believed he was 30 when he
married her. She said it was wicked and
abominable, and that il she saw ''the
creature" she would kill her.
The Attorney General--Supposing this
to be true, your mistress never discovered
who this other lady wass
Witness-Never to my knowledge.
The Attorney General-As to your mis-
tress' a chment to her husband, did it
ever, in your knowledge, grow weakerS
Witness-I don't exactly know how to
describe 1t. She loved and hated him all
at once. She was torn to pieces with love
and jealousy.
The Attorney Generals that nil you
can tell US upon this subject?
Witness-That is all.
The Attorney General-I come now to
the second subject. 1t is concerning the
prisoners family. You have informed us
that not one was present at the wedding,
and that not one recognized the union BY
sending wedding present. Now, are
you aware whether he had parents, or
brothers or sistersf
Witness-All that heard was that hc
had father living. But did not hear
that till more than o year after the mar
riage.
The Attorney General-who told you
them
Witness-My mistress. Although she
confded nearly everything to me, she
kept this to herself for long time.
The Attorney General--Did not her
father, Mr.. Beach, speak about its
Witness-I never heard him; had
very little to do with him. / had under
stood, at the time of the marriage, that
Mr.. Layton's father was abroad, but
had reason to believe afterward that this
was not so-that he was in England.
The Attorney General-Did the pris-
oner ever speak Of itp
Witness-I never heard him.
The Attorney General-Did the pris.
oner's father never come to the housei
Witness-Never.
The Attorney General-Do YOU know
whether he is alive at the present timer
Witness-I heard that he was dead. Nv
mistress said SO.
The Attorney General-Did the prisoner
60 into mourning?
Witness-He wore Grape upon his hat
for several weeks.
The Attorney General--Now, concen.
trate your attention upon the day and
night of March 25. Iwish you to mar
rate, concisely, all that passed, within
your own knowledge, concerning the pris-
oner and his wife from the morning Of
March 25 until the morning Of the 26th.
witness--Af10 10 o'clock in the morning
of the 25th my mistress bell rang, and
went to her room. My instructions were
never to enter her room in the morning
until she rang for me- There We're two
bell ropes, one on each side of the bed, SO
that ON whichever side she was lying one
of them was within reach of her hand.
The Attorney General-StOp moment.
Did the prisoner and his wife occupy one
room9
Witness-No.
The Attorney General-For how long
had this been the cases
Witness-For good many months.
Ever since things began to get worse be-
tween them.
The Attorney General-Proceed. You
heard your mistress bell ring, and you
entered her room at 10 O'Clock.
Witness-She said that she had passed
o very bad night, that she had had dread
full dreams, and that she was afraid some
thing terrible was going to happen to her.
She asked me If her husband was up, and
l told her that he had just entered the
breakfast room, that 1 had met him on
the stairs, and that he inquired whether
she were awake, as he wished to speak to
her before he went out. My mistress said
that she also wished to speak to him, and
she asked me il / knew where no was
going OF course did not know, and /
told her so. She often asked me ques-
tions which she must have known very
well were not possible for me to answer.
] washed her, and tidied up the room, and
then she desired me to go and tell my
master to come to her. / knocked at the
door of the breakfast room three or four
times, and receiving no answer, opened
1t. My master was sitting at the table,
and he started up when entered, just as
II had aroused him from a dream. His
face was very pale and he held letter in
his hand. i noticed that he had not
touched the breakfast. ! gave him my
mistress message. He nodded and went
70 her room at once. The moment he en-
tered my poor mistress began to talk, but
he stopped her and ordered me out.
"Keep in the next room" I" my mistress
said to me; II may want YOU" went
into the next room and remained thera