Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-09-17
CHAPTER X.

jury Oh men, CHOSeH VIII the care
full selection always made by the COZ
oners officer, and with such extraordl
nary happy reuslts, sat solemnly ant
listened to the evidence after hearing
the coroner's preliminary address, ant
viewing the body OF the deceased.
Witness by witness, all were ex
amned John Whyley told all ht
knew, and produced the lfe-pre
server; Richmond Charley, brought
from her fathers bedside whore he
lay perfectly insensible gave her &C
count OF the proceedings, and directly
after joined Janet Heath, who was
her companion and sat down to try
once more to disentangle her thoughts
which from the time she had left the
surgery with the bottle Of choral till
she was alarmed by the persistent ring
ing Of the doctors night-bell, had been
In state OF wild confusion.
Hendon Charley gave his evidence
How he had been spending the even
ln,1 with gentleman OF his acquain.
lance, and on letting himself In with
his latch,key he had heard voices In
the surgery and gone there.
Mr.. James Poynter, the gentleman
with whom Hendon Charley had been
dining corroborated the last witness.
and seemed disguised that he had not
a better part to play, especially after
his announcement to the coroner that
he was a great friend Of the family,
For some reason Of their own, the
sapIent jurymen exchanged glances
several times during the evidence OF
the last two Witnesses and shook their
heads, while one man began to make
notes on the sheet of paper before
him with very scratchy pen where
upon two more Immediately caught
the complaint, and the foreman regret.
ted to himself that he wasn't M mandy
with ink AZ he could wish.
The surgeon was of course very
important witness, and he told how
the man upon whose body the inquest
was being held had undoubtedly died
of an excessive dose Of hydrocyanic
acid, of which poison there was
naturally enough, bottle in the doc
tors surgery; but how 1t had been
administered, whether by accident,
purposely, or with suicidal intent, It
was impossible to say. and apparently
the only man who could throw any
light upon the subject was Doctor
Charley himself who was now lying
In precarious state, perfectly insen-
slble from the pressure Of bone upon
the BRAIN and too feeble for an oper.
alton to be performed.
Mot tho only man." said one Of the
jury; three men were seen by the
policeman to leave the surgery"
The coroner said Exactly" and
there was murmur Of assent; while,
after stating that II was impossible to
say how long Dr. Charley would be
before he could appear, and that 1t was
quite possible that he would never be
able to give evidence at all, the sur
geons evidence came to an end,
Elizabeth Gundry was called; and a
frlghtenedlooting smudgy woman
came forward. trembling and fighting
hard not To burst into tears, hysterical
p''b'hb ii'N h'Nh VIZ nv iihNh w
her time since tho foggy night that her
voice had degeneratcd into an appeal.
ing whine. She was smudgy looking
but undoubtedly clean; only life In
underground kitchens, and the ingram.
ing of London blacks with the baking
process Of cookery had given her skin
an unwholesome tinge, which her rcd
dened eyes did not improve,
Questioned, she knew nothing but
that she thought she had heard the
doctors bell ring; but that she always
put her head under the clothes II she
did hear It, and she did SO that night
Further questioned why. she said with
sohs that twas very large house
and nobody was kept but her and Bob
and she was that tired when she wen
to bed that she thought 1t weren't fat
to expect her to get up and answer tn,
nlghtbo and so she never would hea
It II II rang II warnt her place; 70
though she did houscmaids work an,
there was two sets of frout.door steps
she considered herelf cook"
Here there was furious burst O
sobbing, aud the foreman of the iur,
wanted to know why.
Now he being pleasant looking
man, won upon Elizabeth Gundry NOR
than the coroner did that gentleman
being suggestive of an extremely shar
rafting terrier grown fat SO Elizahet
Informed the fireman that her grie
was of course, partly ON account 0
master, and she thought II very shock
ing for there to be a murder in "ou
house," but what she wanted to l1noN
was what had becme OF Bob, whom sh
was sure one OF those bad men ha
struggled away under his coat
or course, this brought Bob to tn
front, and, growing garrulous now
Elizabeth informed everybody tina
Rob was a regular limb, but eyidentl
a favorite; and since Bob ha
answered her out of the surgery +,
garding his supper Bob had not bee
seen or heard of, and ii was he
opinion that he had been killed so