The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-18

in. Ny sister was alone. She was natur-
ally mucl vexed at what had taken place
"Nill YOU tell me exactly what she saliF
Again Beginald Carne hesltated.
~ really doa't think" he said after
pause, that my sister meant what she
said. She was indignant and excited, and
l don't think that her words could be taken
as evidence"
1.-The jury will make all allowances, Mr.
Carne. Ihave to ask you 70 tell them the
words
Il cannot tell you the precise words, he
! said, "fOr she spoke tor some little time.
She began by saving that she had been
/ grossly insulted by her cousin, and that she
/ must insist that he did not enter the house
| again, for if he did she would certainly
| leave it. She said he was mad with passion;
| that he was in such a stats that Sae did not
| feel her life was safe with him. am sura,
| gentlemen, she did not at al mean what
she said, but she was in passion
| herself and would, 1 am sure when she
| was ol, have spoken very differently"
| There was deep silence IN tle ROOM AT
| last the coroner said:
Just two questions more, Mr.. Carne, and
| then we have done. Capt. Mervyn, YOU
| say, had left the room when you entered it.
Is there any other door to the drawing
| than that at which you were standing"
| mo, sir, there is no other door; the win
|
feet fCom the ground have no doubt he
went out that way. l heard him gallop off
| minute or two later, so that he must have
run straight round TO the stables
'In going from the drawing window
to the stables, would he pass under the win
| dow Of your sisters roomH
mo-" Reginald replied. "That is quite
| the other side of the hnue."
| Then, in fact, the glove that was found
| there could not have been accidentally
| d 'opped on his way from the drawing
| to the stableP"
at could not" Reginald Carne admitted,
| reluctantly.
''rhalk you; if none of the jury wish to
ask You any question, that is all we shall
| require at present"
The jury shook their heads. They were
altogether too mortified at the turn matters
| we're taking to think of any questions to
| the point. The chief constable tnen called
| tde gardener, who testified that he had
| Yep5 tho lawn on the afternoon of the day
the murder was co nmitted, and that hal a
| glove beel lying at that time on the SPOT
| where it was discovered he must have no.
| ticed il.
When the man had done. Capt. Hendricks
| lntimate1 that that was all tle evidence
that he had at present to call.
Now, Capt. Mervyn," the coroner said,
you will have an opportunity of explain
| ing this matter, and, no doubt, will be able
| To tell US where you were at the time Miss
| Carne met her death, and to produce wit
| nesseS vino will at once set this mysterious
affair, as far as you are coIcerned, at
| restn
| Ronald Mervyn made n step forward He
was still very pale, but the look of anger
| WITH which ne had Il st heard the evidence
against him had passed, and his face was
grave and quiet.
| 81 admit SIR y ha haTar1 in n cta vvoioa
the whole facts that have been testified. l
| acknowle lge that on that afternoon l hal
| serious quarrel with my cousin, Margaret
| Carne The subject is a painful one to
touch upon, bat am compell3d to do So
! mad almost from b9yhood regarded her as
! my future wife. There was boy and girl
| understanding between us to That effect.
and alth )ugh no formal engage nenU had
| taken place, sac had never said anything to
| lead me to believe chat she had changed ner
| mind on the subject; and | think may say
| that in both OF our families it was C )usi l.
| cred probable that at some Tina or other we
| should be married.
| On that afternoon I spoke sharply to her
| i admit that--as 90 her recel wing the at
| tentions of another man; and upon her
denying altogether my right to speak to her
| on such subject, and reputiating the idea
| OF any engagement between us, certainly,
| l admit IL with the greatest grief
| lost my temper. Unfortunately had been
from a child gIven to occasional fits Of
passtol. 1t is long since have done SO, but
| upon this occasion thu sud1enness OF the
shock, and tAe bitterness of my disap-
! Dointment, carried me beyond myself, and
/ l admit that | used the words that Lieut.
| Gulston has repeated ~ you. But declare
| that had no idea whatever, even at that
moment, of making any personal threat
| against her. What was in my mind was to
| endeavUr in some way or other to prevent
| her marrying another man"
Here he paused for minute So far the
effect OF his words had been most favorable
ami as he stopped, his friends breathsd
more easily, aud the jury furUively nodded
TO each other with an air of relief.
| AS to the glove" Ronald Mervyn went
| deliberately, 81 ca mot account for its
| being il the place where it was found.
| certainly hal both gloves on when | rode
| over here, how lost il, or where | lost it,
n wholly unable to say. | may als) add
| that | admit that ! went direct from the
| drawing room to the stable, and did not
| pass round the side of the house where the
| glove was found" He az lin paused "As
| to where l as between l o'clock and $3.50
delce whatever.n A gasp of dismav broke
from almos- every one IN the room.
1T was becoming dark when mounted
my horse" hs said, land | rode straight
away; aud it is my custom, as my fellow
officers will tell you, when | am out of
spirits, or anything has upset me, to ride
away for hours until the fl, has left me,
and have sometimes been out all night.
1t was so on this occasion.
mounted and rode away. l cannot say
which road I took, for when ride upon
such occasions, l am absorbed ia my
thoughts and my horse goes where he will.
or smyself, | do not know exactly at what
hour got home. bat asked the stableman,
who took my horse, next morning, and he
said the clock over the stable gate had Just
struck half-past three when 1 rode in | do
not know that l have anything more to
say"
The silence was almost oppressive for a
minute or two after he had finished, and
then the coroner said: THE room will
now be cleared of all except the jury"
The public trooped out in silence. Each
man looked in his neighbor's face to see
what he thought, but no one ventured up
on word until they had gone through the
hall and out into the garden. Then they
broke up in little kaots and began in low