The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-12

own the truth: only the truth" There was
.:"only the truth" urged the Recorder. Now
another pause. aud the witness said: i cannot
remember"
LEARNS THAT SHE TOLD Mo1ISEux's COUNSEL
OF THE PAPER
You see that gentleman next to the gentle
man with tn gold trimmed classes satd the
Recorder. pointing 70 DIR. Battle. DID he
NO air" an wered the witness.
We'll. did the gentleman with ne glasses
tMr. Carvalhol speak to you about IT.
mo. sir" said the witness
Vel DID ms Eeg,smpnt mi sting in If9nt
did he -peak to you about ~"
NO sir. he did not. rtplird the witness.
The Recorder stopped ani looked at the
woman and she ,nTpGI 70 oVE o aroS y. a nn
Don't pay any attention to these people. Now.
Mary. YOU know that these p"op,e did not
sregk to you aboutit Now. who did speak to
,The,e capG another Pause. nth The p witness
looked steadily at her hands Ihe Recorder
You havo, done nothing to be ashamed OF In
this matter. hay" your
TThhss Rd ma~ rT' rsams 3D. "You are good
girl. ana have been a gooi gtrl. and you arc
MOT accused Of anything. YOU know,
II have tried to be good girl" said the
witness her linz hing and the tears Just
ready to drop from her eyes. $500.
shouldn't sreak the truth. Is there'" went on
the Recorder
came fast She covered her eyes with her
handkerchief and sOhbed. Everybody was
leaning forward n catch everything that was
said and II was 50 quiet that on" could almost
eyes on the woman. She cried for minute or
do not be afraid" said the Recorder
There ia no one hero who will harm you. We
IRE all your Ir1nds here Al! ihH' We want is
The woman sobhed afreah.
You have nothing to secre'e have your"
"a trembling as the voice Of Prof Brophy when
he administers the oath in the court.
NO, sir. nothing at AL" was the reply. half
aobbed. The woman seemed TO recover little
then aud she wiped the tears from her eyes.
There Ia no objection. no renson why you
should not speak. is thetef' went on the Re
NO. sIr. there IL not" replied the woman.
shaking her head and again almost ready to
well. il there I. no renson then" said the
Recorder. Just tcIl Us now who spoke to you
There was a pause OF fully half minute.
The woman staricd to SPEAK SPEAK Gne S or tTGe
wheeled around in her chair.
Mr.. Weeks STOKE to me about IT,"
e, Ah fSa The ,d EeS1Tasr turn around
Mr. Weeks. hy the way. sat with a face rs In
expressive "a that Of any man In the room. As
ike big Sikh went up from All TAI tarts Of tho
room. The only people who didn't appear 10
t be Hs all affected by yTT the gG"rS at hs
sigh was followed Ivy little buzz The clerk
and the court officers raped hard for order
The Recorder leaned still further toward the
witness now. and said:
SHE THINKS THAT WAS LAST JANUARY.
'When. was it. Mary. that Mr.. Weeks spoke
Ant how did Mr.. Weeks know that you had
seen this papcr?"' went on the Recorder.
th ~ h. @sSG yd me he q hal ever seen any
Befors Sir. Weeks s i to " You about II, had
NO one else done SOP
You nre sure o' that" asked the Recorder.
an are YOU sure that you left three sheets in
Yes" said the witness II am positive"
Continuing with his soft persuasive voice.
the Recorder drew from tho witness statements
Office to see Molineux., Then h. so, bnck TO
the time that she had SPOKEN 70 Nr Weeks
Tor every detail; where the s c6nversai ST toSE
place; who was there; how she came 20
20 there; whcther she had read any
fore she had gone there: aud whom she said
that she had gone to SIR. weeE-'s oN,co 6"canse
time she went there she did not know that Mr.
Weeks was MoneuN's LAWYER. he asked her
ne ave. nsS Sone h to 70 not 60 the 9ce Of
ton. sh.toid the Recor Ter thai she had never
many times shoppug-thus dispn-ing OF tn.
story that had been given out that sho had
not be got over hero until Sha was Kidnapped
Tho Recorder returncdto her visit 10 the fac
he said ,ha, she Ind gone ihers for no,hiam NJ
all. he drew from h"r by the same method ~
corkscrew question descrih.l above that She
she happened 10 hc IN Newark and because
She symrathiz"d with him on account III tho
accu-ntion that had been made against him In
the newspapers.
RECORDER OPENS A NEW LINE OF EVIDENCE.
Finally he asked her II she hal ever received
my letters from Mplin"ur.. 81" said tina. she
He wanted To know what she had done with
Ihem. Sh" said she had generally Destroyed
wanted t TO Know what MSmeux had sn re 70 h me
when she expressed Sympathy, TO him Shs
.h- said:
y, He nay have sail not 70 worry; OF, some.
'nrs to talk about tho trouble. ana he didn't
well. now. Mary" said the Recorder. III
T 10y didn't cnre To- talk about the trouble why
h"Mell,r 50 ne witness. ~ cared to talk
Then the Recorder drcw from the witness
again he stat mont that shc hal been in tho
habit habit Of g"GS 70 th ie d,fw:rs IN Nr M,l nemx;
any Of the drawers after that October; II" !
'Sk"d her p"fsuasNely II she hadn't
alked with Nolineux about having orcnnd
p" drawers. She said that she hadn't
She said that she ha! read about the
y FrhruNry. During the latter " p ,arp'r II
he examination. the Recorder SCENE 10 be
armed with facts that hidn I come out In the
estimony The facts were in relation to a LETT
er or writing NJ Moln"uX's His manner o, |
questioning indicated that she had shown this
Writing or letter TO woman aud had DESTROYED |
III" Recorder led M To the thing gently |
IL asked her II she didn't have women friends
Who wcr" her conf lants, He asked her over
md over again II sh" hadn't shown AT enst one
" MoIlncuN- letters TO one woman. And nj |
asst >h" rememb ered that she had shown-not |
letter. hut an order for dress that MolinruS
al given her-to a woman. This was only |
Wer question after question had been |
ssed, aud after she had said over and over |
gain THAT sh" didn't remember having shown
NY OF MoncuNs letters 10 any one: after she |
Iad said that Mr. Weeks hal lever asked her
bout MOlineuNs letters to her: that neither |
10 nor Mr. MoliueuN had ever asked her where
cttcrs written by Moinoux were II was after
y" Recorder two or three mos had changed
h" subject To get her mind of and in conditIon
or better thinking In that lino.
Was II after YOU left Mr. Wccks's ONCE that
on destroyed the two sheets Of papcr?" asked
he recorder once.
No sir. II was mol. :" sho said
O. When did YOU last sea tho two shects thu,
on did not usei A. saw them at home.
g. And they were destroyed? A. | don't
7, now, hey were lost Al least. don't know