The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-20

aroused her. mat afternoon she haC
put her closet to rights, but the next
morning she found everything there in
the greatest disorder.
On cross-examination Judge Good6
sought to find out just what was the
nature of the relations between the de.
PENDANT and the witness.
"Was he not your accepted lover?"
yes"
And what were your feelings to
ward him o.
my feelings have undergone &
change, but there was a time when
loved him"
troduced 70 Alilliken in August, 1898
and within a month or two after thai
he shoyed signs of his growing fond
ness for her.
in his bearing toward her he was
never anything but a perfect gentle
man. Miss Phillips admitted that il
there had not been some special bono
between them she would never have
gone alone with him to Cabin Johr
bridge, for she had never been there
with any one else.
AN EMBARRASSING QUESTION.
"Now, is it not a fact, Miss Gertrude
asked Judge Goode, as kindly and gent
~ as he could, that. even though il
was not tacitly admitted, it was under
stood that in course of time you would
become man and wife,"
This was almost too much for the
young woman. Her eyes filled will
tears and she shranl< back yisibly from
the embarrassing gaze of the crowded
court room. She faltered for a mo
ment, and then
81 really-don't know, Judge" she
replied in an almost inaudible voice.
Though she was ON the stand les:
than a half hour, it must have seemed
much longer to her. for she was mad,
to rehearse many Of the personal de
tails Of her life, such as a young woman
naturally does not care to talk about
in public She told of the intimacy
that had existed between Millilen anC
herself; the terms that she used wheT
she wrote to him: how she selected his
neckties; of the quarrel that took place
between them. and of the estrange
ment that followed and lasted until the
occurrence of the Fourth of July. For
tunately for her self-possession, it was
not asked as to what the quarrel was
about There had been other quarrels
she said, but none so final as tina
one"
This concluded her examination, anC
Mr.. Fred d. Mckinney was mex
called.
MIR. M'KENNEY'S VERSION.
Mr.. Mckinney testified that he wa
not acquainted with the defendant, bu
recognized him on that fateful Jul,
night. He was asleep that night at hi
home. two doors west of Judge Phil
lips house, on Rhode Island avenue
lie was awakened by the cries Of tn
ladies in Judge Phillips house. il
looked out Of his front window just a
colored girl ran by
For heavens sake" said Mckinney
| whats the matter?"
please come help Judge Phillips
He's got a burglar upstairs"
Mr.. Mckinney hurried to the house
Mrs. Phillips and the young ladies wer
in the parlor, and they begged him t
go to the assistance of the judge, as h
had caught burglar, who had tried Z
chloroform Miss Gertrude in her bed.
When he reached the third floor b
found the judge in the back room.
'sThe man is on the back roof sat
Judge Phillips.
That's a good place to keep him,
replied Mr.. Mckinney, and then il
turned down the gas and drew Judg
Phillips out of range of the windo,
lest the burglar might shoot him.
Shortly after that, continued Mr.. Nc
| Kenney, he heard a policeman wills
tie. When the policeman entered til
room he called to the burglar" to com
| in off the roof. This the man did in tn
meekest manner possible. 1T was Mi
lilen. He had his coat turned insid
| out and his shoes tied together an
| hung over his shoulder.
NO RESISTANCE OFFERED.
The witness described the details c
| Milliken's arrest, in which he assiste
the officer.
when the policeman went out on tn
roof for the supposed burglar" sal
| Mr.. Mckinney, Il went with him, tai
| ing very good care to let him go on
/ first. however"
Milliken offered no resistance to mi
captors, especially when he saw tina
each one of them had him covered wit
a revolver. He held up his hands Will
Mckinney held revolver close up t
| his ear.
On the way down stairs the prisone
called out, Judge, Judge!" in m eX
cited manner. and when the part
reached the patrol box he asked Nc
| Kenney to take message for him t
Judge Phillips, or to secure him an in
terview with the Judge. This the wit
ness refused to do.
Mr.. Mckinney said that when h
| was first awakened that night it wa
ten minutes to o'clock. The event
of which be had testified occupied per
haps an hour. The next morning n
made a close examination of the prem
Uses, and on the grass in front Of tn
| house he discovered a handkerchie
and a broken bottle.
1t was impossible to say what tn,
bottle had contained, though there wa
a very pungent odor about the cork
According to the label il had hell