The morning call., 1894-07-31

Yes. l knew it, but L thought might
forget the number"
You knew it and yet you found it
necessary to nut Mrs. Martins address in
the drawer. Well. let that go. How many
servants had you in the house?"
Two Cinnamon.
''And what arrangements had you about
answering calls ?"
well. whoever was upstairs the other
would go to the door,"
"The chamberwork is all upstairs, is it
no;?"
"Yes."
NOW. when did Henry Martin call last?"
81 don't remember the date. l can't re.
member dates. But it was shortly before
ne died. He died February o."
How is it you came to remember the
date of his death when you can't remem-
Der anything ese?"
well, you see. 1 know 1t was February
q. for Mrs. john Martin specially asked
me to be sure and remember the date
Now tell US how many days before this
last call had he called?"
almost every day"
"Then, If this will was delivered Feb
Iudl9 IL HAdl VIZ w no ub JOuL AVucC pLOp-
ably on the 22d or 23d? ?"
Yes"
Mr.. Delmas cross-examined with ex-
emplary patience. "Tell us the story of
this last call over again." he said. "At
what hour in the day did you say it wasp"
st was between and In the morning.
| l remember that because / was cooking
! breakfast at the time"
"For whom were you cooking break
fast?"
II don't remember. For some of my
bohrders."
How was the morning? Bright or
rany?"
Il don't remember"
! The witness said that Mrs. Martin al
ways breakfasted in her room. Witness
would cook her breakfast and occasionally
take it to her. Mrs. Martin always
knocked on the floor when she was ready
for breakfast. Sometimes a Chinaman
would take it up to her. She had no regu-
lar hour for breakfast.
Now, on this particular day. when
Henry Martin made his last call, did Mrs.
Martin lake breakfastP If so, when?"
II don't remember" The witness made
| all these admissions of defective memory
! in the most matter-Of-cOurse way, accom-
panied by good-natured smile aud little
short jerk of the head toward her inter-
| locutor. "if she took breakfast that
morning l must have cooked it" she said.
did she take lunch?'
II don't remember. If so, cooked It,"
did she take dinner that evening and
br eakfast the next day?"
81 don't remember. If she had those
meals cooked them.'
What else did gou do for Mrs. Martin
| besides cook her meals ?'
81 made her bed and cared for her
room"
Now how did you learn that Mr..
Martin was sick ?"
Il heard it from Mrs. Martin just before
lie died. l was very much as:onished."
Now, are we to understand that Mr.
Martin hugged and kissed his sister-in-
law while you were making her room|
Yes, l told you before that he did. Let
me ask you. Mr.. Delmas, do you see any
thing wrong in a brother kissing his sis
ter ?'
"I'm not here to answer questions" re-
pied the famous lawyer.
"Of course not" assented the Judge.
"WelI, now," resumed Mr.. Delmas, 81
suppose you mean that Mr.. Martin greeted
his sister-in-aw in brotherly way?"
"Just brotherly way"
"With brotherly kiss?"
"Yes.''
And brotherly hug?"
just so'
when would he kiss and hug her?"
"Well, when he came to see her he'd put
his arm round her and kiss her. And
when he went away he always kissed her
good by."
"And hugged her?"
And hugged her,"
"But always in brotherly way?"
YES"
The witness denied that she had always
been very friendly with Mrs. Martin. 1T
was not until she got into trouble over the
autopsy business, when they accused her
of poisoning her husband, that l became
very friendly with her," she said. Mrs
Martin and she had known one another
for ten years. Mrs. Martin always called
her Jennie" but so did every one else.
Now, was it before or after the autopsy
business. as you call il, that Henry Mar
tin visited his sister-in-law?" asked Mr..
Delmas.
"Why. long before" was the surprised
reply Martin died long before the
autopsy business. and felt sorry for Mrs.
Martin over that"
"Yo You rode around occasionally with Mrs.
Martin ?"
"Yes. l went out riding with her once
or twice in carriage"
Then Mrs. Tibbets was called upon to
explain the reading of the mysterious
document when it was fshed out Of the hat
rack drawer. She said that she had also
read tne accompanying letter-that is to
say, she looked over the shoulder of Mrs.
Martin while the latter read it. So she
could swear that it was the same Identical
letter
''Then madam" said Delmas, you
must have read itfrom beginning to end ?"
mo, l didn't" persisted the witness.
Some parts didn't read. l saw it, yes
but Mrs. Martin kept the lower part
folded, and / didn't see that. But [ saw
the first part of it,"
Now. did not that strange letter make
any impression upon you?"
'No. / wasn't interested"
"Do YOU mean TO say that the words my
bow did not attract you?"
NO" was the cOmplacent reply. "Mr.
Martin always called the child S'hs boy"
"Now, have you ever stated 10 any one
that this was not John Martins child ?"
mo, sir; / had no right to DO so."
"You knew Senator John McMurray ?"
''Oh yes"