Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-04-24

I done tole you de truf."
Il don't doubt that, old man." said
the coroner, depressing with an eff
fort an inclination to smile. "Now
tell us your last name."
Wright, sab. I jes' calls myself
London Wright, sah.''
"Well, London, we want to get out
OF you what you know about this
murder
"Lordy,. boss, doan know nuthin'
bout it. clar ter goodness didn'
bab nuthin' ter do wild it. Mars John
always done treat me well.''
Nobody thinks you had anything
to do with it, London" the coroner
said, reassuringly, 'but there is some
information that you can give us.
perhaps. Tell me, were you at home
the day before Mr.. Wright was
killed?"
eyes, sab; wus dar.''
Ibid anybody call on that morn
ing?"
"Yes, sah.'
Who was it?"
'Well, young Mr.. Wright wus one.
! Tudder man I doan know who he
wus."
"Nr. Wright had two visitors
then?"
Eyes, sah.''
'Who got there first?"
"Dis udder man,
"Can you tell me what this other
man looked like?"
No, sab. I did'n see him; I on'y
heyrd him. You see Mars Wright
he sem me ter clean the gun up fur
him, 'caise he gwine huntin' mex day,
an he tole me soon's got it fixed
ter fetch it ter him in de library.
Wen I done git it cleaned an tecls
it ter him, foun' de library doah
wus shut an locked, an ! hearn two
1 pussons talllin' in dar kinder low.
Wen I knocked, Mars. Wright he
coined ter de doah an he holler froo
ter bring de gun back later; dat he
wus busy den. Well, go out ter de
stable an feed de bosses, am in bout
half er hour went back an glib Mars
Wright de gun. De stranger who
eber he wus, wus done gone"
You have no idea who he WASP"
"No, sab. guess Mars Wright mus
hab let him inter de house hesef
caise axed all de niggers bout him.
and dey didn nobody pear to know
nutin bout him"
what made you ask about him p
"Well, you see, us cullud folks likes
ter know who comes ter de house, an
I oil Ii ALL 4
ober in de kitchin monst ourselves
ooh, see. Well, how long was it
before young Wright put in an ap
pearance?"
HE come amos soon's I done gil
Marster de gun, fur let's him in
myself TO 1 goes out"
did he seem troubled"
eyes, sab. He looked mighty orn
resty, an he was mighty swif' too
fur he jes' said, 'Whar's my father?
an wen 1 tole him in de library, HI
pushed me outen de way, an he wen
right in. I wus so surprised like da,
l stood dar in de hall an hearn al
dey say ter one anudder TO knowet
wat wus dom. But 'clar dey tall
SO loud an cited dat couldn' hep it
an de doah wus open, too"
"What did they say?"
"Fust Mr.. Herbert he speak kinder
sof'-like, an he tell he pa dat HI
come ter him fur ter git hep. He sa,
dat he wife an he baby wus a-starvin
an dat he couldn' beg from nobod,
else; dat he didn' keer fur hissef' blu
! he couldn' STAN fur ter see den
hongry, an SO he come ter he pa flu
Z some hep. Ole Mars Wright h
answer kinder temtious-like, an sa,
dat he hearn tell huff bout dat. H
E say Mr.. Herbert ain got no bushes
ter marry ginst he will, an dat h
mus teck de sequences OBJ 1t. De
Mr.. Herbert he git mad an tell h
4 pa dat he gwine hab somethin' any
= how, dat he was clean stracted III
: he jes' boun' ter hab it. Den Mar
John order him furm de house, III
. tell him he aim got no more time tie
talk wild him, fur he wus agittiI
ready ter go huntin' de mex day."
4 "What did young Wright do then?
HE jes' crump he hat on he hal
and rush out, an he mos knock m
ober de hat rack as he got out"
"Did he threaten his father?"
mo, sab; he didn' say nuthin', bu
he jes' look desprit, kinder S if h
;. didn' know what he wus dom NJ
didn' keer."
London was then excused, yer
much to his relief, and he left tn
: witness stand with the air of ma
= who had just escaped deadly peri
The other servants We're examined
. routine, but nothing of importanc
was added to London's testimony.
There was perceptible stillnes
. in the assemblage when the next wi
8 ness, Herbert Wright, was called, an
I all heads turned to look at him as h
made his way to the witness stan
IT He was not nervous, though he w;
s. the very picture of forlornness. Il
le appeared to take only a vacant int
u est in the investigation, and w,
le either careless or oblivious of his ow
is danger. At the moment he took h
IS seat every mind there was revolvir
IS the probability of his having been IL
"a guilty cause of the present TRACED
"a With rather bored air he waite
Z the coroner's questions. After givin
" his age, name and other formal j,
IS formation, such as is required on o
a casions of this kind, he was asked IL
u following question:
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