Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-12

we are into it and we might as well
carry it through"
II am afraid" said, chat we have
undertaken hopeless task. Let's divide
itup."
"Nou find out Mrs. Princveau's an.
tecedents and l will find out if Mr..
Prlnevcau wore that vest with the holo
IN it when he was killed. If he didn't
who made that hole in it and for what
| purposc?"
Rather narrow ground, I said, some
what hopelessly.
80. I've been on narrower and moro
slippery, and pulled out"
but tell me what kind of theory
can You invent that win enable Mrs.
Princveau to kill her husband with a
bullet on his left side, while she is sit
ting on his right?"
Daryl fell into his vacuous attitude,
stretched out his legs, thrust his hands
into his pockets, and cho,Scd Off q yawn.
Did You read all the testimony at
the coroacrs cyamin2tion?' he asked.
"Yes, all of it."
Ibid you notice anything peculiar
in the clements of time that entered
into it?'
mo. didn't"
| He pulled out of his pocket portion
of the verbatim report. "Lct me read
You little of it. This is the girl Rose
Kenny's testimony:
80. What time was it when your mas
ter and mistress left the house to ride?
"A. Eight minutes of three.
go. What makes you so particular as
to the time?
"A. heard Mrs. Princvcau call to
Mr.. Prineveau and say that was the
time just as they went out.
80. Wasn't there clock in the room2
"A. No, sir. The clock is in the din
ing-room.
"Therc the question of time stops.
| Now listen to Mrs. Prineveau's testi-
mony.
80. What time was it when the shot
was fired?
"A. Five minutes past five-sud-
| denly correcting herself = or about
| that.
docs it occur to you that this par
ticularity of time is unusual?"
"Ics;' somewhat. But what Is it's
signifcance?"'
"This-that something may have
been arranged to occur ut a particular
time, and Mrs. Prineveau had charged
her mind with it. Here is the coach
mans testimony:
so. Can you fix the exact time Of
the death of Mr.. Princveau?
GA. 1t was five o'clock.
SO. Do you carry watch?
"a. No.
80. Did Mrs. Prineveau have watch
with her?
"a. No, sir.
20. How then did you fix the time?
"a. Mrs. Prineveau looked at Mr..
| Princveaus watch when we were turn
| ing into Fourth avenue and said it is
five o'clock and that l must hurry.
Now here the matter is dropped by
| the examination just as it is getting
warm. Let's rccapitulatc," and Amos
Daryl picked up my paper weight for
illustration: First, Mr.. Princveau car
rics watch" and Amos Daryl put the
| paper weight down; 'sccond, Mrs.
Prineveau knew to minute when they
left the house" Mr.. Daryl picked up tho
mucilagc jar and placed it by the side
of the paper weight; third" and he
picked up a match receiver, ''shc was
anxious to know the exact time Just he
fore they reached the fatal spot" lie
put the match box down alongside the
paper weight and reached for an ash
receiver; fourth, she asccrtaincd the
time by looking at Mr.. Princvcau's
watch" Down went the ash receivers;
fifth, "and he picked up the ink bottle,
t''if sho asccrtaincd the exact time by
looking at Mr.. Prineveau's watch, and
that watch was carried in the
usual place on his left breast, then her
fingers were at his heart just before the
murder occurred" and down went the
ink bottle. The usually scattered utcn.
sis OF my desk were now in little
group covered by tho massive paw OF
my friend Daryl.
at is an interesting and n startling
theory" | said, ''and | see now to what
it leads"
81 doubt that" replied Daryl. Let
ne tell You to what it leads-insupcr-
able difficulties, for the woman las all
The clcws in her own hand, and will
battle us at every step of the search,
and have public sympathy in doiag it. "
Then if VIC cannot get hold of the |
facts to substantiabe your theory we are
on q wildSfooso chase
"Not altogether"
'WhJ, we haven't a leg to go on
without the facts"
30, yes; one leg"
"What is it?"
''The truth"
l shrugged my shoulders.
''Thc truth win develop its own facts,
and that is where Mrs. Princveau, like
all merely cunning people, is little
superficial Suppose we set out to as
certain if Mr.. Prineveau did not have
two waistcoats Of the same material,
one OF which it was alleged was pune
turcd by bullet and the other was
not. and we wish to learn if Mrs.
Prineveau did not have the opportunity
when the body arrived home, TO change
the waistcoats, we shall be baillcd by