The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1899-01-31

medical man; he talked to the police.
A police officer had started for Grand
chester by an early train to hunt up the
owner of the card, and obtain as much
information as could be got in few
hours
The inquest was held at the chief no
tel in Milldale, in large dtning-room,
which was only used on civic and par
ticular occasions. Here, under blaze
of gas, the curate of st. Philemon,s
South Kensington, found himself for
the first time in his life face to face
with British jury and British coro-
ner.
Mr.. Hargrave, M. R. c. S., general
practitioner at Milldale, declared that
the deceased, name unknown, had died
from the effects of large dose Of laud-
anum There had been no post-rnor-
TEN, and he saw no necessity for one.
The color of the face, the odor OF the
lips, the abnormal GOODNESS OF the
corpse, were sufficient evidence as to
the nature of the poison. The bottle
found in the prisoners possession con-
JdlnGu lduQauuul. EOGuSdI1Ou.
The railway guard and station-mas-
ter stated all they knew about the ar
rival of the deceased at Milldale june
ton. Both described the prisoner as
violently agitated.
The constable who had been sent to
Grandchester was next examined.
He had found Mr.. Elsden, Of Briar-
gate-a man of sixty, stout, gray, bald,
in every attribute unlike the man de-
scribed so graphically by Mr.. Caul-
Geld. Mr.. EIsden had been able to Of
fer no suggestion as to the stranger
who had made such shameful use OF
his card.
The constable had afterward gone
to no less than four cab-yards, where
he had made all inquiries possible ID
the limited time. He had been unable
to find any cabman who had driven an
invalid lady to the station on the pre-
vious evening He had next hunted
out the only bath-chair proprietor in
Grandchildren, with the same result.
Time had not allowed him to visit the
numerous chemists shops in that thrlv-
ing city, and that remained to be done.
There was no evidence on Mr.. Caul-
fields behalf except the Vicar Of Fresh
mead's evidence as to his character and
antecedents, and to the fact that he on
ly parted with him at eleven o'clock on
the previous morning at the Freshmead
Road Station. Freshmead was seven
miles from Grandchester.
what was Mr. Caulfeld going to do
when he left your" asked the coroner.
HE was going to spend the day in
Grandchildren
HAS he any friends or acquaint-
ances in that city,"
mo He was going to look at the
cathedral and law-courts, and to spend
an hour or two in the Oldbury Lii
brary."
'.He was to dine somewhere, sup
pose?"
"He meant to dine at a restaurant.
There are a good many dining places
in Grandchester; he could take his
choice among them"
After this witness had been exam
ined the inquiry was adjourned for
week
At the close of the proceedings Mr..
Brockbank, the lawyer, asked if his
client might be released on bail, the
Vicar of Freshmead being prepared to
offer himself as security to any amount,
butsthe coroner replied that the case
was of too serious a nature to admit
of bail
So Mr.. Caulfeld went back to the
stony place whence he had come, whore
the utmost privilege that could be ac-
corded him was the liberty to see his
friends at stated hours, and to have
his meals supplied from an adjacent
hotel
His spirits would have assUredly
gone down to the point OF utter de-
spondency on that gloomy winter even
ing, when the moldy fly that had con-
veyed him to the George Hotel carried
him back to the Jail, had he not been
supported and sustained by the indom-
liable cheerfulness of his friend the
vicar.
what do you think of the case
now" he asked.
'"Think!" cried Mr.. Leworthy "Why,
that | shall have SO much to do in
Grandchester ferreting out this mys-
terry of yours during the next six days
that | don't know how the deuce my
parish work is to get DONE
won't you employ the police?''
FsOf course I shall: but shall en-