The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-14

on the Nth did you receive a letter
az the village postofiiceT
Yes
e. From whom
e From my sweetheart
WAS there anything in the letter re-
ferring 10 the deceased
lie knew ! was not happy. and he
thought my aunt would lend US a little
money 20 set US housekeeping,
- Did you ask herr
q" Yes
" 'When?'
q" 'On the night before she died
as that the cause OF the quarrel"
She spoke very bitterly 10 me. and
called me names-and called him names,
too l could not help answering her
" Deceased was rich2'
" i believe so; have seen her counting
out money. She was always angry when
that occurred
&c What wages did you receiver
- None
" Nothing at alp
" Nothing at au
you anything?
She never gave me a penny
As only you and deceased were liv-
ing at the farm the life must have been
lonely one. Had you no visitors.?'
-" None
" In general way, how did you pass
the eveningsg
7 sewed and aunt told fortunes with
pack Of cards; she used to tell mine
sometimes. Hers was often good: she
said she would live 10 be a hundred.
Mine were always bad; she said 1 would
come to a bad end
Did this occur frequently
1t was a regular occurrence, and
whenever the cards did not come up to
please her she used to go out. I have
heard her say to herself, 4 must go and
have my fortune told must go and have
my fortune told!'
Now. Lewis" said Bartlett. breaking
off at this point, you will observe that
the most important portions OF Rose
Meadowfeld's evidence were extracted
from her after she had said that she had
nothing more to tell
1T is easily explained I said. "She
was reluctant to bring her sweetheart into
the affair"
That Is the construction I put upon it:
but naturally il went against her The
doctors evidence was important; he testi-
ned that the deceased had been killed by
sunocation; that pillow had been pressed
tightly over her face until the breath had
been squeezed out OF her. The pillow on
deceased's bed was in its usual place, I'M
der her head and there were no signs of
1t having been used for this purpose. 1t
was quite smooth; there was not a crease
In II; neither was there any disturbance
of the bed clothes The doctor argued
that If the pillow had been under her head
all the time she was being smothered IL
would have been tumbled about by her
struggles. The inference, therefore, was
that the pillow had been removed from
under her; that It had been used to com
pass her death; that after the deed had
been done II was shaken out and smoothed
ana replaced in its usual position; and
that the bedclothes had been arranged
so as to make II appear that she had died
a natural death. Are you positive that
this was not the case? he was asked. or
that she did not meet her death accident
ally? 1 am positive that she was murder
ed he replied. He spoke decidedly, and his
theory about the pillow and bed clothes
appealed to the common sense of the Jury.
who accepted II at once as more than
probable. With very little hesitation they
pronounced their verdict The old woman
had been murdered, and the only person
In the house who, according to the evil
dence presented to them, could have com
mitted the deed. was Rose Meadowfield.
She was arrested that day and brought be-
fore the magistrate, and committed to
prison upon the capital charge.
(To be Concluded)