Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-04-19
4fashington Stan|lar'
BEAUTIFUL JIM.
By JOHN STRANGE WINTER.
CHAPTER XVII.
THE VERDICT.

THE VERDICT.
The hour of the inquest had come, and
all Walmsbury and the adjacent neigh
borhood was in Q state of the widest ex-
element.
The great criminal lawyer who had
come down from London to watch the
case on behalf Of Beautiful Jim had given
him as his cue two words, absolute
silence" and upon that line his client be-
havcd.
There was q stormy sceno with one Pri-
vate Leader, who swore and foreswore
himself until he was threatened with con-
tempt of court, and was finally bundled
unccremoniously out of it as a witness
who was nothing better than an idiot;
and his unwilling and confused evidence
was the only evidence which bore In any
way against the character Of tho dead
mans friend, James Beresford.
On tho other hand, there was the testi.
mony Of the officer commanding the regi-
ment that since the time Capt. Owen and
Lieut. Beresford had been in the service
they had been ON terms of unusual init
macy; that. on his oath, he believed they
had never either quarreled or had any
approach to quarrel during all the years
they had been officers Of his regiment, and
that, so far As he knew, Lieut.. Beresford
had never had any quarrel or unpleasant
ness with any other Of his brother officers
Then came the evidence Of the other
officers whose quarters were ON the came
landing, namely. the doctor, young Man
ners and Tommy Earle.
The doctor stated that he occupied Q
room overlooking the barrack yard, and
next to that Of Mr.. Beresford. He was,
therefore. the furthest away from the
room in which the murder had taken
place. It was Capt. Owens invariable, or
almost invariable, custom to spend the
fords room. Ho frequently joined them
tired. He had had dangerous case under
his care for some days previously, and
had not had much sleep the two nights
before.
But you were invited to enter Mr..
Deresford's roomr
Certainly"
And by whomr'
"Well-practically BY both Of them.n
Can you give US the exact terms Of
the invitationT
"Oh, yes, answered the doctor, quietly.
II went up the stairs with Capt. Owen;
Mr.. Beresford was immediately behind
rs. Isaid: Well, I'm of to bed; good
night. Ill Of you Whereupon Capt.
Owen returned: 'OhI don't 60 to bed yet.
come In and smoke . pipe with u.s. Mr..
Beresford supplemented the invitation by
taking hold Of my arm. Yes, come In
for half IN hour; there's good chap he
said.
'But ron did mot gof'
II did not. I told them that was
dead tired: that had been up the greater
part Of two nights with . bad case in
hospital, and wanted to get to bed while
had the chance" d.. Foster answered
$50 bade them good night and went into
my own ROOM"
"And that was the last time you saw
Capt. 0wenf'
"Alivc," replied the doctor.
And you heard no auarreling Or any
dispute between themr
mot . word"
could any such quarrel have taken
place In ueut. Beresfords room without
your knowledgsr
Il think not"
But. being very tired. did you not fall
asleep immediately7 Did you 60 to bed at
ouceT'
Il did; but not to sleep. In fact. !
1871 NoRs' VWoA ~ " 1ss OWo 1OO&0.
1ow long eltee W: tnatF
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tsrms thsmf5 s1
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lie door cpen and Cart. own ~: wei.
ss.n ~ see's nsn'' 0ooo n'en'' ol0
Ibid L,eut. Bsresford mako any replyr'
..von h ~ .sI 60 or n ~ 90 70 hi. c
rncr.Ss "-'
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. hs.d Lin s..1s s about the
evwy nisht fcr voeis n.st-onee or tVics
seross az door: then one boot dronned IN
efter the other. ma them / hssrd lin cat
ersst." $3.50 : - - -
ssThrou~b thu v.11,.
Tho doctor smiled.
.sThc walls - not parr,cularlv thick
and there is. / believe. oniv = isth and
plaster PARTITION between his room and
uiae. anu ~ our cots STAND IN the same
peGltiou. With ouly IL pxtition betwssn,
team hear 4 essak voey distinctly"
'.Ycu en- haaR voices plainly througn
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