The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14
and found the nurse with him, giving him
his medicine. He was still sitting before

his medicine. He was still sitting before
the fire
Was he in his usual SPIRITS"
What was the character of your con-
versation with him? I understand that
Mrs. Courtenay, your sister, was out at
the time. Did he remark upon her alb
sence?"
Yes. He said it was a wet night, and
he hoped she would not take cold. for she
was often so careless of herself.
The coroner bent to his paper and wrote
down her reply.
And you did not see him alive AGAIN.
mo"
you entered the room after he was
dead, I presume?"
mo. IL hadn't the courage, she
faltered. They told me he was dead
that he had been stabbed to the heart
Again the coroner bent to his writing.
What l. wondered, would those present
think if I produced the little piece OF
stained chenille which I kept wrapped IN
tissue paper and hidden in my fuseebox?
TO them it, Of course. seemed quite
natural that the delicate woman should
hesitate to view a murdered man. But
il they knew of my discovery they would
detect that she was an admirable actress
that her horror of the dead was feigned,
and that she was not telling the truth. J.
who knew her countenance so Well saw
even through her veil how agitated she
was, and with what desperate resolve
she was concealing the awful anxiety
consuming her
zone witness has told us that the de-
ceased was Very afraid of burglars, OBJ
served the coroner "Had he ever spoken
to you on the subject?
Often AT the country house some
years ago a burglary was committed and
one of the burglars fired at him but
missed him. I think that unnerved him,
for he always kept a loaded revolver in a
drawer of table beside his bed. In adj
dition to this he had electrical con-
trivances attached to the Windows, so as
to ring an alarm.
But it appears they did not ring, SAID
the coroner, quickly.
''They were out Of order, the servants
tell me-. The bells had been silent for a
fortnight or So"
TT seems probable, then, that the muir
derer knew of that" remarked DR.. Dip
lock again writing with his scratchy quill.
Turning to the solicitor, he asked: Have
you any questions to put to the witness?'
None was the response.
And then the woman whom mad loved
so fervently and well turned and re-seated
herself She glanced across at me. Did
she read my thoughts?
Her glance was a glance of triumph.
Medical evidence was next taken, Sill
Bernard Eyton being the first witness
lie gave his opinion in his habitual sharp
snappy voice. terse and to the point
In technical language he explained The
disease from which his patient had beer
SUFFERING and then proceeded to describe
the result of the post-mortem, how the
wound inside was eight times larger thar
the exterior incision.
That seems very remarkable!'' ex
claimed the coroner, himself a surgeon o
no mean repute, laying down his pen ant
regarding the physician with interest sud
denly aroused. "Have you ever seen
similar wound in your experience, ST
Bernardo"
''Neverp' was the reply. my friends
Doctor Boyd and Doctor Farmer, wer
with me, and we are agreed that it is ut
terly impossible that the cardiac injurie
I have described could have been cause
by the external wound
Then how were they caused?'' aske
the coroner.
Il cannot tell. Il -:
There was no cross examination. T. fol
lowed, merely corroborating what m
chief had said. Then, after the polio
surgeon had given his evidence, DR.. Dip
lock turned to the twelve Kew tradesme
who had been summoned and sworn a
jurymen, and addressing them said:
Il think. gentlemen, you have hear
sufficient to show that this is a NOR
than usually serious case. There are Gel
tain elements both extraordinary and mys
FERROUS. and that being so I would sugges
and adjournment, in order that the polio
should be enabled to make further ir
Guiries into the matter. The deceased wa
gentleman whose philanthropy was prof
ably well known to you ALL and we mu:
all therefore regret that he should hay
come to such a sudden and tragic en-,
You may, of course, come to a verdict tt
day if you wish. but would strongly lrs
adjournment-until, say, this da
week.
The jury conferred for a few moment
and after some whispering the foreman,
his fellow-jurymen acquiesced in the CO
oners suggestion, and the public rose al
slowly, more puzzled than ever.
(To be continued Monday