The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-08

5ther.s The prisoners coat in which I
Ioupd the ehandlserchief,la lay over a.chair
"a. the library at;the time. gave the
handkerchief to the police"
The sensation which, these wordspro-
1duced was so,gpeatsthat order was with
difficulty preserved in the room. The
aprisoner, was sobhing. His sister, COM
3lrletely. .dazed, satlike,a statue.
! "Did you find any weapon in the
room asked .thescorOner.
:,s"Ifouud: a,heavy cane of black wood, "
said the witness. 1T was CON-
Lealed behind a a.rowAof,books ona shelf.
in the fatal wound Hfoundsa bit of dark
substance about, as large as half the
spib, of pen. twas ra.smau fragment
lfrom,the cane. gavesboth to the po-
lice.," s.
FS"Preble. .swhat,do yousthink Of this7"
II whispered.
II think we'nthaveta confession be-
sfore long"
GIsIf Morrison. should confess sat any
rpoment it wouldn't surprise me-" I
zfhispered.s.
ae.s.WoLAln't it?" queriedsthe detective.
tsyvcll, II would surprise .me, beyond
x@casurq"
~ AYou think Morrison will rely upon
tAis. alibi?" Idnauired.
e s"His alibi?" echoed Preble. "What
EdoeS that amount,to?"
XVI "Why, it. seems to me that the time
kof the murder is approximately fixed
yby the bursting out of the moon," 1 re-
Splied. "We know by two witnesses
That Morrison could not have reached
home before that moment. But imme-
1liately after It his sistersaw him. There
iceunot be soimuch as a minute unac-
sGeunted for. If you believe her"
~ xssH have alreadyiteld you that l do"
"Then her brother is innocent"
E."It does not follow. The doctor
Aoesn't know just twhen he was sum-
siuoned. The houseIeeper doesn't know
bust when she was awakened. 1t all
srests on thel sisters btestimony. Now,
jla us grant, that she was aroused by
gthe moonlight fallingsonher face. How
s|do we know that ray was moving to-
sward her across the gloom before 1t
Hell upon her face as she lay asleep?
you have been supposing.a all along that
sthe light struck into herieyes as soon
1as the moon came out. But il may
!have fallen on the other side OF the
lbed, and moved gradually toward her
jfor half an hour before il touched her
4 "Thus, we do not know how long her
brother had been in the house. We do
mot know that il was the front door
(which the girl heard to shut. 1t may
;Aave been the library door closing be-
hind the murderer, who, after u quar-
;rel with his father, had struck him
down"
"But the motive?"
"Is there no connection between this
Crime and the series OF robbcries that
have made this locality place OF ter.
'ror in the last year?" demanded Preble.
"Supposc that the prisoner was the
highwayman. and that his father
learned OF it,
That Is only guess"
"Is IL? Then listen TO this Witness y
1t was a sergeant OF police who took
thc stand. lie testified that, in com.
pony with two policemen, he had
searched the Morrison honse.
He hrd found conccufrd there certain
articles which the coroner would find
In package upon his desk.
The coroner opened the package. and
the witness identified the contents
There were two gold watches, some
scarf pins and other jewelry Of small
value. and two empty pocketbooks.
The watches and some of the jew
e!ry had been Identified as belonging Il