Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-11

about the last man whom any one would try to
/ decoy. IN the heart of London and in broad
| daylight. The idea seemed to be az prepos-
ferrous TO me as it did to him. He told me
could carry the money to the solicitors myself
if liked. an offer which l laughingly declined;
and so we parted.
Did you see the direction in which he went
away?
Yes. I turned to watch him and his COM
panion. They went into Cranbourne alley.
That was the last you saw of them?
Yes. There was one thing which / observed
on my way toward Chancery lane which. it has
| since occurred to me-, might have some bearing
upon my poor friends fate. As L passed
small Italian coffee house a few doors from the
spot at which Hatrell and parted L noticed
man standing in the doorway, looking down the
street IN the direction OF Cranbourne alley, and
1t seemed to me. on after consideration. that he
was standing there for purpose. on the watch
| for some transaction in the street. He had a
more intent look than a casual idler would have
! had. L crossed the road almost Immediately
after l observed this man, and L dawdled
little on my way to ST. Martins lane. looking
at one or two shops. AS / waited at the corner
| with my face toward Longacre hanson
| passed close by me, and | recognized the man
| being driven in it as the same man had seen
| at the door of the cafe.
Should you know the man if you were to see
| him again?
! I'm afraid not 1t was tho expression of his
| face that struck me-not the face itself. He
/
4 perate hurry. The cabman was driving very
/ fast; the wheel almost sraZed me as the cab
| shot round the corner.
| In what direction was the cab going?
| Toward st. Giles church.
! That would be in the direction of Denmark
street, would it not?
| Yes. 1t is the way to Denmark street
walked over the ground this morning.
| The witness appeared deeply affected, but
| gave his evidence i'll a straightforward and bus
/ inesSike manner.
| You had known the deceased from boyhood
| you say. Did you know anything i'll the his
! tory of his life calculated to throw any light
| upon his reasons for accompanying this for
! eign woman to Denmark street?
Nothing
| You had never heard of his having relations
with person called Antoinettc?
No. never heard of any one b. that name.
But have heard OF him speak OF a girl in
Paris with whom he WAS in love two or three
years before his marriage.
Do You suppose that there was an intrigue
between him and that girl?
/ think not. He spoke OF her quite frankly,
and on one occasion in the presence of his
wife. to whom he was most devoted. l re-
member that upon that occasion his romantic
passion for the French woman was ioked about
by husband and wife, ] do not for moment
believe III any dishonorable connection in his
past life.
Gut you think that Aatoinette may have been
the name of the girl he admired?
j think it very likely.
And that the name was used rs a lure to get
him to the house in Denmark street?
have no doubt that 1T was so.
When did you first hear of his disappearance
Early the following day. when received a
telegram from his wife asking for information
about HIM. Mrs. Hatrell knew that her hus-
band was to lunch with me on Monday. and
| naturally applied to me when first she took
alarm.
p,ap,bor of The 4; ~, Of soI;o;to-s =, T ;,o,,
Inn Fields gave evidence as to the appoint
ment made by the deceased for the payment
OF the purchase money, IS ,S65. and the eXecu-
ton of the conveyance. This witness described
| the arrival OF Colonel Macdonald with the
message from the deceased, and the surprise
| that was felt at Mr.. Hatrells non-arrivaI, it
! being known to the firm that he was a man of
| punctual and businesslike habits. and particu-
| Iariy anxious TO pass into possession of the
| property i'll question.
The bank clerk who cashed Mr. Hatrell's
| check, deposed to the amounts and numbers
OF the notes, and stated that the police were
| already III possession of these numbers and on
| the alert to discover any attempt that might be
| made to dispose of the notes either i'll England
| or on the Continent
Mrs. Moore. the landlajy of the house in
| Denmark street. described the appearance and
characteristics of the foreigner who engaged
| her second-loor back bed room on the Thurs
day preceding the murder.
He was Il very civil-spoken man. lie looked
| quite the gentleman. He spoke English like a
| foreigner. and believe he was q Frenchman
| His way OF talk was quite different from a Ger
man gentleman. in the tailoring, who occupies
| my first floor. L should certainly have put him
/ down as a FrenchEan. and he told me he was a
| French Swiss. from the neighborhood of Neu-
| ehGtel and that he worked for Mr.. Walker of
! COrnhIil. L couldn't have wished for q more
| respectable ledger. He offered me week
rent IN advance as he was a stranger, and did
/ not hesitate about taking hin"
| There was nothing repulsiye in his appear
| ance. nothing that set you against him?
Nothing. He told me that he should want
! no attendance, as he was used to waiting upon
himself. If he wanted cup of tea he would
| take the teapot down to my back kitchen-I
! don't burn any tire In tie front room i'll sum-
mer time-and would boil up my kettle. All he
would want would be for me to clean his room
| once or twice week.
Dad he bring any luggage?
Only one small pOrtmanteaI. The police
| have taken that away. 1t was opened in my
| presence and there was nothing i'll it kept an
old pair OF trousers, brush and comb and
| three empty bottles that had held chloroform
Were you at home OH the day Of the murder?
| Yes. was indoors all that day.
let You did not see or hear the deceased
I come into the house?
| L was IN my back kitchen most of the day
doing my weekly wash.
Could yOu not hear people go in or out of
the street door when you were in the back
| kitchen.
/ Yes, could hear them going along the pas
sage and upstairs. but wasn't likely to take
notice OF woo went out or came i'll. The men
! from the tailor's workshop used to go in and
| out and up and down at all hours. There are
! other dodgers in the attics and an old lady and
gentleman III the parlors. / might have no
tced stranger sstep, perhaps, if l had been
| on the listen for knew the footsteps of most
OF the dodgers. but was very busy with my
| wash and didn't take much notice.
| What was the state of the room when You and
| Mr.. schmidt broke open the door?
The deceased was lying on his back stabbed
! through the heart There was a chair living on
the floor beside the bed as if it had been
| knoc kcd over III a struggle. The bed curtain
Was drawn. A counterpart and blanket had
been dragged off the bed and placed round the
deceased so as to sop up the blood, and the
| knife was sticking III the wound.
| Was there anything to indicate that the muir
derers clothes or hands were bloody when he
left the room-any smears upon the door or
traces OF bloody footprints on the floor?
There wasn't a sign of anything of that kind.
Inc police examined the room.
Where did you find the sponge?
About three yards from where the body was
lying.
Should you know your ledger if you were to
see him again?
l could swear to him anywhere.
John sandman. journeyman tailor, deposed
to having seen the Frenchman go down stairs
sometime on Monday afternoon. He took no.
ticc of the fact as on FRIDAY and Saturday the
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