Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-19

ayes"
"By the way, do you know that he
Is in China?"
II was not thinking. I meant that;
he had left this part of the country."i
"Then you have not learned that he
is in China?"
mo; may have heard it, but do
not recall it.'
Have you not within the last,
month received letter from China p;
| ST have not
II hope you will reconsider that
answer, colonel; for / have in my
| possession an affidavit from the letter
carrier who delivered your mail, In
which he swears that he delivered to-
you letter bearing the postmark OF
China, which attracted his attention
on account of its rarity"
Il shall admit nothing"
Did you not receive letter from
Tom Morris i'll China, telling you that
he had stolen the agreement from
Wright and handed it to your clerk
Hillsman, to give to your"
81 did not"
"Did you not make such a state
n1ent to Hillsman in the presence Of
Irving Warde, the city editor Of the
Gazetteer"
Il decline to answer
"On what ground?"
That the answer might be preju-
dicial to me-"
"oh, then, will not press it. Did
you, or did you not, pay Tom Morris
to steal that agreement from
Wright's safe?"
81 demand the protection Of the
court from this brutal examination"
said franklin, aggressively. II am
not on trial, and"
IF it please the court, will ask no
questions that are not justified by
the testimony in my possession. The
witness has not replied to my last
question"
"No!" Numbered Franklin.
Did Mr.. Wright notify you few
days before he was murdered that he
desired to have all his property
placed back in his name? 2"
mo"
SIS this your watch ?" said Mr..
Everett, quickly, handing to the wit
ness the unidentified watch which.
had been pawned by Herbert Wright
on the day of the murder.
Franklin changed countenance per-
ceptibly, but answered promptly: ut
is not
rs this your diamond pin?" hand
ing him the pin that had never been
identified.
sit is not"
son the day that Mr.. Wright was
murdered, were you in the Bayou
Woods at ALP
NO.
you were out there the next
day?"
Yes"
did you see anyone that day with
arctics on?"
II did not?"
Did you wear pair of them your
self?''
II did not"
When was the last time you saw
John L. Wright alive?"
Il Let me see. think it was the
day before he was killed."
II ~ VI WcIc you AOG present
when Wright was killed?"
Il suppose as the court offers NO
objection, I shall have to answer that
question. I was not present"
rs this your pistol?" asked Mr..
Everett, handing him the weapon
with which it was supposed Wright
had been killed.
| Tt is not"
ibid you have possession Of it at
any timer"
81 did not.''
have only one more question to
ask" said Mr.. Everett, in q most i'm
pressive mapner, while an intense,
silent expectancy pervaded the court
room. "The witness has the legal
right to decline to answer it."
We'll, what is it2" asked FRANKLIN,
turning slightly pale.
Did you murder John 7. Wright?"
Franklin sprang impetuously from
his seat. crying furiously: 'This
passes all the bounds Of tolerance,
and ] shall hold you to account for
tt
Here the court, amid the widest
Kind of excitement, said: "The quss-
tion.is not proper" but the utterance
OF the judge was like q reproof to .
storm at sea.
Men and women arose from their
seats, so'intense was the feeling. It
was. "a slime when pistols were pre-