Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-05-05


the suspicious It had given rise to. In
answer tosa question put by a superin-
tendent Of police, who represented the
Commissioner, he stated that he had
never spoken to the deceased for the
reason that he knew nc English or Ital-
ian. and she was not acquainted with
German. He had heard her 60 out on
the night in question, and return short
ly after midnight, but whether she was
accompanied by any one, he could not
say. He also deposed to the position
of the body when they opened the door,
and to the mysterious fact that the
hands were missing.
The next witness was the police
constable on the beat, who had been
called in by the landlord. He gave evil
dence as to the opening of the door, and
the discovery then made. He was fol-
lowed by the doctor who had made the
post-mortem examination, and who de-
scribed the nature and situation of the
various wounds and the conclusions he
had drawn therefrom. Then came the
first sensation of the afternoon, wi.en
the well known artist, Godfrey Hen
derson, was called. In answer to the
various questions put to him, he de-
posed that he had known the deceased
for upwards of year; that he had en-
ployed her for the model of his picture,
"a Woman of the People, and had al
ways found her a quiet and eminently
respectable girl. He had been compell-
ed to dismiss her, not because he had
any fault to find with her, but because
he was going abroad. That was not the
last he had heard Of her, for, while on
the Nile at Luxor, he had received a
letter from her, informing him of her
address, in view of any future work he
might have for her. At Naples he had
again met her, when he was on his way
back to England, and had taken her to
the opera in her mothers company.
On the night of the murder he had
again met her in the Strand, quite by
accident, when, finding that she was in
serious trouble he had offered to help
her. She would not accept his assist
ance, however. Noticing that she was
in most unhappy state, and not liking
to leave her alone in the streets, he had
called a cab and escorted her to her
abode on Burford street He did not
enter the building, however, but bade
her goodbye in the street, after which
he returned to his hotel. He was I'M
able to assign any motive for the
crime. and added that the only person
he would have believed could have
committed it was man named Dardini,
an Italian, who was in love with the
girl, and who had attempted his (the
witness's) life in Naples, on the nigAt
of the visit to the Opera. Whether the
man was in England he was unable to
say. Whether she had been in want of
money at the time Of his last seeing
| her, he also was unable to say. She
had declared that she was in work, that
was all he knew of the matter.
ION hearing that she was married,
did you not inquire the name of her
| husband?" asked the coroner.
81 did," Godfrey replied, "but she re-
fused to tell me-"
did not that strike you as being
Singular"
NO" Godfrey replied. When she
| informed me that he was dead, I did not
press the matter.
you are quite sure, 1 suppose, that
she was not married when you met her
in Naples?"
! 81 feel convinced that she was not;
but l could not say so on my oath"
"And when you opened the box
which you say was sent you at your
| country residence, were you not shock
ed at the discovery you nader"
Naturally l was"
And what conclusions did you come
| to-"
Il gathered from it that my old
friend had been murdered"
What caused you to recognize her
hands?''
| "A certain mark above the knuckle
of the second finger, the result, should
say, of burn"
At this point, Mr.. Cooley, who had al
/ ready informed the coroner that he was
| appearing on behalf of the witness then
| being examined, asked an important
question.
| ''On making this terrible discovery,
what was yeur immediate action?'
Il sent for my prospective father-in-
law. Sir Vivian Devereux, and for the
police officer in charge of Detwich. 1t
was at once agreed that we should COM
municate with the authorities and that
I should render them all the assistance
in my power
Pardon my touching upon such a
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