Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-02
CHAPTER XIII.

Wutu GOulIey WUkc Oh Tue MoKuiuS
OF his trial he lay. for some moments
thinking over the strangeness OF his
position. He had been definitely as
sured by Cooley that nothing could pre-
vent his being proved innocent, yet
how difficult it was TO believe this when
he was lying on a prison bed in a pris-
on cell with all the grim appurtenances
of a convict's life before him. The
very books upon the shelf, the spy-hole
in the door, even his bedclothes, re-
minded him that he was shut off from
his fellow men. AT the usual signal
he rose and dressed, and, having done
SO, tidied his cell in the customary
fashion. After this his breakfast was
served to him, and then he was per-
mitted a short period of exercise in
the prison yard. He had not long re-
turned to his cell before he was in
formed that it was time for him to set
off to the Court.
Never, If he lives to be a hundred,
will Godfrey Henderson forget the scene
hat met his eyes when he entered
be Court-the judge and the sherifs
BON the Bench, the jurymen seated in
heir box, the rows of counsel, and
yhe line upon line of eager-eyed spec
tators. When Godfrey made his appear
ance in the dock a sudden silence fell
upon the Court. The Clerk of Arraigns
rose and read over the charge preferred
against him, namely, of numbering one
Teresina Cardi, and this done he was
called upon in the usual manner to
plead. Advancing to the front Of the
dock, Godfrey looked straight before
him, and said, in a calm, strong voice:
Not guilty, my lord" The jury were
portant business had been completed,
The counsel for the prosecution rose
and told the story of the crime. He
described the engagement of the dead
Toman by the prisoner, his employ
nAent OF her for considerable time, and
then his hasty departure for the Cont
fent. 1t would be shown that he had
/received a letter from her whilst In
Egypt, and that almost Immediately
afterwards he had returned to Naples.
In the latter city he had invited her
to dine with him and had taken her to
the opera afterwards. He commented
upon the fact that the prisoner had
voluntarily admitted to the police au-
thorities that he had e~ndeavored to in
duce her to return to England. At that
time, however, it must be borne in
mind that he had not met the lady he
now desired TO make his wife. Whether
he had seen anything of the deceased
prior to their meeting in the Strand,
it was as yet impossible to say. The
fact, however, remained that his en-
gagement to the lady in the country
was ultimately announced. Despite
that fact, only ten days before the
wedding was to take place, he was
known to have met the deceased wo-
man at midnight, and had taken her to
her home in Burford street, leading out
of the Tottenham court road. By the
medical evidence, he would presently
call, he would prove that less than half
an hour afterwards she was brutally
murdered. Before half past twelve,
that is to say, within an hour OF the
cabman picking them up in the Strand,
he would prove that their prisoner had
returned to his hotel in Pacidilly, very
white and agitated, and had called for
search had been made at his residence,
with the result that a blood-stained
knife, which had been identified as
having been purchased by the prisoner
in Cairo. had been discovered hidden
beneath a bookcase in his studio. AS
for the motive of the crime, he would
point out that the deceased woman
wore a wedding ring. that She was
known to entertain a great affection
for the prisoner. and that the latter
was about to be married TO another
lady. What was more probable chan
that he should wish to have the other
woman out of the way before he could
do so? That was certainly only a con-
lecture, but it was one that carried a
large amount of probability with it.
He would now proceed to call the wit
nesses.
The first witness called was the pro-
prietor of the lodging house. who had
Identified the body. He was followed
by the German cabinet maker. who had
made the first and most important dis
covery. The police officer. who had been
called in when the door had been
opened. followed next. succeeded by the
doctor who had made the post mortem
examination. The question of iden-
tity and discovery having been set
tied. what the scounse next proposed
to do was to connect the prisoner with
the crime. The cabman who had pick
up them up In the Strand and had
driven them TO Burford street. was call