Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-12
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On the stairs and told me to keep her
door locked, as there were strange men
working on the roof"
What were they doing tbere?"
"Fixin' the tin"
"How many Of them?"
1.-TWO or three, l guess
'That will do, Miss Kenny"
So transparency puerile and nude OF
any mark was all this to John Greve
that he came to me at recess and in his
large patronizing way said, as he laid
his hand on my shoulder:
Harry, my dear fellow, you'll have
to get up some steam and make a show
of earning your retainer. By Jove, l
recommended you'll"
Daryl on the other hand was In the
best Of humor when we met in my
study.
Capital, capital" said he. Couldn't
be better. The two or three men on
the roof Is surprise. The evening pa.
pers are playing into our hands beau.
tifully.
"One of them says: The counsel
for the defense had to be walked up at
intervals and asked to say few words
and then went to sleep again That's
godsend. If Mrs. Prineveau is not
lulled into profound sense of security
by this time then I'm an Injin. Keep
your eye on her when come into court
and sit down by your side"
The next day, after a good deal OF
medical testimony about the aorta and
bullet wounds, all of which l let go
without word, Mrs. Prineveau was
called. 1t was rather late in the after
noon. She came forward richly but
plainly dressed, looked every inch a
dignifed but sorrowful widow and won
everybodys sympathy at once. When
she had seated herself In the witness
box with calm and prepossessing candor,
John Daryl came in through the crowd
and sat down at my side. / was watch.
ing her closely, and saw plainly enough
the muscles Of her mouth twitch and
her glance turn involuntarily toward
John Greve for reinsurance. But Meth,
err John Greye nor anybody else bu.
myself saw anything.
Her testimony, given in clear, di,
rect manner and with the low, sof,
convincing tones of a lady, was merely
corroborative of what we already knew.
She was carried over the facts and re-
stated them.
When the examination, without a
single exception on my part, had been
concluded, began the cross-examina.
ton.
Madame" said, SIT is in evidence
mat there was no clock in your dress
ing room, and that when you had put Mr..
Prineveaus vest upon him and he had
gone into his room, you called after
him and asked him to hurry as it was
eight minutes Of three. VIII you
kindly tell the jury how you knew
at that moment the exact time?"
The full import of this question, very
rapidly put, came upon her all at once.
According to Daryl's theory she had
looked at the silver watch before put,
ting it into Mr.. Prineveau's vest pocket,
and this was the first intimation she
had received that we were in full cry
after the watch.
There was dend silence in the court
room, caused by the curiosity of the list
cncrs to find out what this question had
TO do with the murder
saw her hand tighten on the rail In
front of her and her eyes dart from
Daryl to me with a quick CLEAN of
alarm. 1t was critical moment for
her, and she and the two men in front
of her alone knew it.
Then, to my establishment and cha
grin, she seemed to recover herself, and
with the same placid and candid voice
as before she said:
1.-THE clock on the church tower of
st. Mary's is visible from my window,
and saw the time on that. 1t was
eight minutes Of three
Adjourn the cross-examination,"
whispered Daryl, hoarsely, to me.
Your honor" | said, sit is now fif-
teen minutes of the hour of adiourn-
ment, and the witness is fatigued. |
ask you to let the further cross-exam.
ination of the witness go over till
morning"
! l heard the suppressed laugh that
went round the counsel table and was
echoed by the listeners in the court
room. But the adjournment was taken,
and the moment l got Daryl alone,
said: We'll, you see your theory didn't
work. What are we going to do now?"
To my surprise Daryl betrayed some
thing like excitement. 81 told you," he
said, that she was a smart woman. But
I'll beat her now or hang myself. Go
to your rooms and leave orders so that
l can see you any time before daybrcak
tomorrow. III be back there, sure"
What are you going to DOE"
Find those men that were working
on the roof"
And with that he darted off, and
had sickly kind of feeling that if he
kept his word he would hang himself
About three o'clock tho next MORN
ing he woke me up with an outrageous
ringing of the door gong. l slipped on
my dressing gown, rubbed wet towel
over my head and face and went down.
His long legs were stretched out in the
study.
Now, look here, - he began, at once.
Let me give you this as straight and
briefly as possible. That woman never
saw the church clock that day, for it
was impossible. She deliberately lied,
and that lie Is her doom.