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

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SHE WAS SLENDER AND GRACEFUL
OF FIGURE.
into the room. Decidedly her appear
ance OH the stand was thus far the
most interesting event of the trial.
Warde studied the face of the young
woman with not little curiosity, for
the secluded life which her taciturn
father had forced his family to lead
made her the object of much specu-
lative curiosity throughout the COM
munity. She was slender and graceful
OF figure, with rather pale face, re-
fined features and dark gray eyes.
Although dressed in mourning, the
expression of her face was naughty
and self-possessed, rather than sor
rowful. 1t would have been somewhat
difficult to imagine her as having shed
many tears over the crime that had
been committed. Warde fancied that
her features contained the proofs of
domestic tragedy; for the face that
ought by right of youth and beauty
to have been soft, was somewhat cold
and emotionless; and one gifted with
psychologist powers might have been
able to construct q family history
with its secrets, it's injustices, its
cruelties in the set lines of that young
| girls fair and beautiful face.
1t was soon evident that whatever
sympathies she had were enlisted in
behalf of her brother. Several times
in the course of the examination she
seemed on the point of saying some
thing condemnatory of her father,
but the tragic character of his death
restrained her. Her self-possession
was faultless in it's frigidity, and she
answered all the questions put to her
with the clearest precision.
After the usual preliminary ques-
lions she was asked: What were
the relations existing between your
father and your brother?"
"My father entertained a feeling of
the most uncompromising hostility
toward Herbert; in fact, he seemed
being on earth"
''And your brother-how did he feel
| toward your father?" asked the coro-
ner, promptly.
'.rhat you had better ask him."
did he ever express himself vim
dictively toward your father in your
presenter"
'No; he has complained at times
of my fathers treatment, but that
| was all"
''Do you know OF any reason why
he should have been interested in
bringing about your fathers death p
II do not. He could hardly have ex-
pected my father to leave him any
| thing"
Have you examined your fathers
wil?"
mo, sir; have not given the sub
ject a thought"
"You do not know then, whethe,
he left a will or not?"
i ST do not"
do you know. Miss Wright" aske,
the coroner, quietly, what kind o
watch your father had?"
eyes, sir"
Describe it,"
| ''It was plain gold watch with
out any ornamentation whatever.
don't think it had even his name OF
it. 1t was presented to him few
years ago by Creole friend of his"
| "Was there any sort of Inscription
on it?"
"Yes; the French word 'Amitie
was engraved inside the case"
you would know the watch then i
you saw it?"
Certainly"
From q small bundle which hat
been handed him by the chief of pc
J lice the coroner took out tw'
watches. One of these he examine,
for moment and then passed j
to the witness with the question
"Can you identify this watch?"
Eyes; it is my fathers"
did this other one also belong t.
him?"
A second watch of handsome de
sign was handed to her, which sh
was positive she had never seen be
fore. This watch had no Inscription
of any kind, but it bore the numbe
5000 and was of Swiss make.
The coroner then handed her pal
Of sleeve buttons, a diamond pin an
pocket knife. Miss Wright ident
fed the sleeve buttons and the knit
as her fathers, but did not think tn
pin was his. He never wore jewelr
OF any kind, and she had never see
the pin before.
While this part of the examinatio
was going on, Miss Wright was ner'
GUS and wore a startled air, whic
might be interpreted either as a
admission that she had been. subject
ed to u line Of examination that sh
had not sxrsetsd. or . fear thar Sd