The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-15


How much was put on?"
About three feet"
AT whose orders were those curtains
spIiced?"
Mrs. Stevens
Was there any furniture moved out
before the first OF the year?''
Yes, sir Mrs. Stevens took a mirror.
some chairs and a sofa She was going
to have a dinner Thanksgiving day and
needed them"
who has a key to the store?"
Miss Alsbaugh and Mrs. Stevens.
when did you meet Miss Albaugh?'
AT the store about 20 o'clock
Did you notice any footprints on the
doorstep"
NO, SIR
Was there a lamp in the store?'
Yes. sir
Where is il kept?"
''On a shelf il the work room
WAS it not there when you entered
the room?'
NO, sir"
why did you go into the rear room? %
Force OF habit, I guess"
What did you see when you entered
the ROOM"
Il saw light
Then what did you do?''
called Miss Alsbaugh.''
What did you see?
There was a light in a box in the
room. The box was a paper one and in
it was the lamp with paper piled ali
around it. The fame was about a foot
from the top OF the box"
Was there anything attached to the
lamp"
Yes. sir: string which led out OF the
top of the box and TO the rear door
Was the box charred when YOU first
saw it,"
mo. sir. tDe lamp had been smok-
ing
What did you do when you first saw
this?
Started TO run
when you went out, what did you
do?"
Called Officer Peniwell''
What next?"
Miss Alsbaugh went to phone and
called up Mrs. Stevens and told her Of
the discovery"
who pulled down the shade in the
Window
Mr.. Stevens did, on my request"
Was this unusual?"
mo. sir We did this 10 protect the
colors OF the displays in the window,
for the awning would not work
rs II usual for the curtain TO be pull
ed down on the door,"
YES, sir
What, in your Judgment. is a fair
value of the stock when you invoiced
about December 15?"
About $3.50"
How much goods do you think were
sold after this invoice?"
4 have no idea"
What was the character OF the
goods-new or old stock
Both; mostly staple articles"
Were any goods taken out except IN
the course of trade9'
Yes. sir Some velvet was taken out
by Mrs Stevens and returned after the
first Of the year"
The witness then reiterated the testi-
mony she gave in direct examination
and stated further that the party was
TO meet at Behring's drug store before
going TO the theater. and when the store
closed she and Miss Alsbaugh decided
10 meet al the store before going to the
theater.
On redirect examination by Mr.. Eek
stein. Miss Hereford stated that she did
not add the figures of the invoice in
December and did not know the real
~
Stevens that the invoice OF the stock
showed its value to be about $500 she
iur,ner stated that the amount Of velvet
in the store amounted to oHe-ffth of the
total stock. and about two-thirds OF the
velvet was taken away before Christmas
and brought back after January l.
She stated that the business of the
store during the holiday season was fine
and about so worth of goods was sold
each day.
Mr.. Eckstein could not understand
how $40 a day business could be called
good until Miss Hereford explained that
this was not a good season of the year
for big sales.
Miss Dell Ausbaugh was the second
witness called. She stated that she had
been in the employ OF Mrs Stevens since
July Il She went 10 the store about 80.
She generally opens the store in the
morning and usually closes it at night.
She has a key
Mr.. Eckstein questioned her as follows:
Are there any other keys to the
store?"
Yes. sir: one other"
who has that key
Mrs. Stevens"
Did you ever see Mr. Stevens with
the key2"
Yes. sir; number OF times.
When you entered theroom was there
light in it,"
Yes. sir. in the work room one electric
light was burning"
was this unusual?'
Yes. sir; they are always turned out"
When you left the store at noon was
the Ight burning
No. sir
why did you look for the lamp II the
elecstric light was burning"
because we wanted to curl our hair
and it cannot b. done with an electric
lamp"
Did YOU find the lamp"
Yes. sir: n the box in the rear room
with paper and things piled around it and
a string attached and Leading to the rear
door
She stated that there was nothing IN
usual in Mrs. Stevens taking the velvet
from the store TO her home as this was
done all season. She thought that the
amount Of velvet IN the store at the tine
Of invoicing would amount to about 500
in value.
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