The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-01-12
TIlE SUNDAY MORNING NEWs. JANUARY n. 1850

partner, arrived on the scene. Here is his
evidence on what followed
@. What time did you return to your
office in the mornings A. Somewhere
between half past seven and eight O'clock
q. Did the Office boy come down to call
you? a. Yes. sir.
Q. Did you go into the Office Immediate
iy by the way of the front doors A.
/ @. What did you see upon entrance into
the front doory A, / did not see anything
unusual wheni entered the front door.
Y, DID you go on upstairss A. / did.
I " pa you see anything unusual then,
and what? A. saw the drawers in both
instrument cases and my private book
I case thrown open and the things all out.
I q. What room was thats a. One was
( IN the laboratory, the bookcase and the
instrument cases were in the extracting
1 or operating ROOM
4 @. What did you do then? A. went
down to look for some one to go up with
Q. Who did You sees A. Gus. Reid; /
! told him | thought something was wrong
upstairs. and wanted him to come up
with me.
This action of the doctor seemed strange
to the jurors who questioned him regard
ing it. He accounted for it thus
@. You say that you went up one story,
and then came back and went to the
door TO look for somebody, ard found
Gus. Reid; how did you know that you
needed Gus. Reid or anybody elses A. |
didn't know
Q. Why did you call somebody thenS
A wanted some company.
u by Juror Lawshe-What was the
l company for? A. Well, ! thought from
the locks OF things there must be some
thing going on, and / wanted some one
TO help.
O. Il was light enough to see some dis
arrangement of the room? A. Yes, on
the second story.
@. BY Juror Pownell-Did you call for
the parties ia the third story. or make
any demonstration whatever, In order to
discover whether there was something
wronga A Not until after 1 called Mr..
Reid.
Q. By Juror Pieison-Did you call up
stairs then before you and he went up2
A. did.
Q. BY the Coroner Didn't you get any
| answer A. No, sir.
Y. What aid you say then to Mr.. Reid2
a. l told him there was something wrong
going on upstairs.
O. By the Coroner-Did you examine
the case where the money drawer is to
see II there had not been some one trying
to open it? A. l did.
Q. Did it show anything? A. No, sir.
THE TWO WOMEN.
Druggist Paterson saw DIR. Shannon
beckon. his curiosity was excited and he
followed them upstairs He gives the
best account of the discoveries they made
and copy it as follows from the steno-
graphic report of the testimony
@. By Juror Pierson-Did you follow
them up the third story stairsS A. Yes,
sir.
q. What did you see there? A. l fol.
! lowed them up and everything was quiet
you could hear nothing, and Shannon
was the first, If recollect, then Reid, and
then l came after Re1d. In going along
looked in Miss Pursel's room to the
right, and | saw lot of clothing there.
@. Where? A. On the floor, lying on
the floor, and her trunk was open, the lid
was thrown open.
Q. Which room is that? A. The back
bed room.
@. They didn't say word to you while
you were up thereY A. No, sir; there was
nothing said, it was so quiet. After we
got in the room we stood there for a min
| ute. and think said to Shannon-I saw
this body lying there-and ! said pick her
up.
@. What was the first thing you saw as
you entered the room? A. This body ly-
ing there by the window
Q. That turned out to be Miss Pursel:
A. You conld not tell who it was at the
time.
@. How was she lyingg A Up and down
this way she was lying, her head near The
window, and her feet away from it dag
onally.
Q. BY Juror Sterling-Was her cloth.
ing disturbed or laid smoothly down.
A. No, sir; you could not see anything:
all | could see was the arm extended, like
that, and the dark hair on the head
@. Was her face covered up? A. Her
face was down on the floor; she was lying
on her stomach.
@. BY Juror Walker Was her face
covered up? A. She. was lying on her
face.
@. Was anything under her face? A.
| didn't notice anything.
Q. Didn't you NOTICE any handkerchief
under the face? A. No, sir.
q. Did you see any cloth when he pick
ed her up? A. No, sir; except her hair
was down in front of her eyes.
Q. BY Juror Pownell-Was she perfect
ly unconscious A. She didn't move
Q. Did she move when Shannon picked
her up? A She struggled from him 10
get loose
Q. Was her eyes open or closeds A.
Her back was toward me, and when she
was turned around her eyes were open.
@. BY Juror WalKer-Did she make
any moves A. She said "let me go. let
me go" and the next words were run.
Myra, rum
Q. Who did she mean by that? A. Mrs.
Kniffin; and then she got TO moaning.
O. BY Juror Pierson-How was she
dressed? a. All / saw was the night
dress.
/ @. Did she walk from there to bed? A.
She didn't move.
Q. After she was picked up? A. No,
Shannon had her in his arms
Q. BY Juror Lawshe - Was the bed
mussed-up in the room where she was
found? A. No, it was not touched.
Q. By Juror Pierson-You say the room
was mussed-up; hows A. Things were
scattered over the floor l think there
were papers and books and one thing and
another. 1 didn't stop TO examine the
room very closely.
Q. BY the Coroner-Did you see the
bed where Mrs. Kniffin laid How was
the bed standing. up close to the doorg
A. When | first saw Mrs. kniffin the bed
was pushed over against the bureau;
clear over. Then afterwards, when DR..
Shepherd came, we moved the bed so
that he could get behind TO examine Mrs.
! Knifiin.
O. Were the bed clothes amooth? A.
No; they were just like they would be if
u person occupied the bed. The bed had
been used; it was the only bed that had
been used.
O. Did it look as if there had been any