The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-04

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a chair on the piazza He would insist
upon dancing with me when we had
music at the hotel and was forever pes
tering me with invitations to go out in
his boat. Thank heaven, never did
that, or / might not be alive to tell the
tale.'
Once more the judge repr.manded
the witness. She continued:
1.-THE Quarrel which occurred in my
presence y...s on the LIST of September.
Low do remember it? Because on
that morning the prisoner asked me to
be his wife, which promptly refused"
This caused sensation in the court.
I'm the afternoon went out to walk
with Mr.. Norton. We sat on bench.
Mr.. Norton asked me to be his wife.
accepted him.
This caused greater sensation than
the first announcement. While there
had been rumors that / and the dead
man had been counting Miss Temple,
nothing definite had been known be-
fore the lady told it upon the stand
She continued:
'The prisoner came by and began to
abuse Mr.. Norton, calling him the most
outrageous names. think they would
have fought had not been there. Mr..
Norton finally gave me his arm and led
me away"
This ended the direct examination,
and my lawyer took up the witness.
Her testimony in brief was as follows:
1.-THE men quarreled about me. The
prisoner pretended to quarrel about
the dog, but any one could see that he
was angry because i had refused him
and accepted Mr.. Norton
1t was evident that nothing to my
advantage could be extracted from this
witness, SO my lawyer let her leave the
stand. In spite of the fact, apparent
to all, that this woman was prejudiced
against me and hoped to see me hanged
for the death Of the man whom she
had loved, her testimony was bound to
tell against me because it explained
more fully the cause of Ill feeling be-
tween myself and Norton. 1t supplied
motive for the supposed murder.
The next evidence was cumulative.
A waiter at the hotel swore that he had
heard me quarrel with Norton, charg-
ing him with having kicked my dog
Psyche. He claimed that Norton jeer-
ed at me, saying that he would kick
the brute whenever she came in his
way. Then he said that he heard me
reply, IF you hurt my dog again, you
do it at the peril of your life." Cross
examination did not shake this evil
dence.
A boy swore that he had been fishing
off the end of the hotel dock until 10
o'clock on the night of the 18th and
that my boat was afioat there, tied by
rope. He distinctly remembered that
all four oars were in the boat. They
were in the boat and not in the oar=
locks. No cross examination.
The next witness was the hallboy of
the hotel. He testified:
II am ON night duty in the halls of
the Lakeside hotel / knew the de-
ceased very well; also the prisoner.
They had rooms on the same hall. Mr..
Norton on the night of the 18th went
to his room about IL o'clock. / know
about the time because am obliged to
register my presence at certain places
at special hours. carry a watchman's
clock for this purpose. The keys are
at the different places. / was fixing
my clock at IL when Mr.. Norton pass
ed me and went to his room. About
five minutes later the prisoner passed
me in the hall on his way to his room,
as thought. Ten minutes after, hear
ing loud voices at the end Of the hall,
went there and heard the two men
quarreling in Mr.. Norton's room. A
moment later the prisoner came out of
Mr.. Norton's room and went to his
own. He banged his door after him.
At II o'clock 1t was my duty to be In
the vicinity again, and on my way
there l was passed by the prisoner,
who was fully dressed. He spoke to
me as he went by and said he was go
ing out for walk. When got around
again at l o'clock, noticed light in
Mr.. Norton's room and in the prison
MS. This was against the rules, and
It was my duty TO see that the lights
were put out, / knocked at Mr.. Nor
toms door, but got no answer. tried
the knob. The door was not locked. I
went In. Mr.. Norton was not there. l
turned the light down to a taper. I
lad the same experience at the other
room and turned that light to a taper