Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-07-29

the room r
Yes"
WAS the closet, or cupboard. or
whatever you call it. opened once or
twice, while 1t stood thereT A pause;
no answer. 81 will call it to your rec
election After Mr.. Smith had taken
the medicine out Of the closet, did he
shut the door, or did 1t remain openY'
HE shut it"
Then it was opened again for the
purpose of replacing the bottle, was
itT'
1T was"
DO you recollect how long 1t was
open the last timer
Not above a minute"
The door when open would be ex
actly between the light and the win
dow, would 1t not?'
1T would"
II forget whether you said the closet
was on the right or the left side of the
window"
The left"
Would the door of the closet make
any noise in opening lit"
None
Did you ever have the keyY'
Never"
who did,?
Mr.. Smith, always
At this moment the witness CHANGED
to turn her eyes toward the spot where
the prisoner stood, and the effect was
almost electrical cold. damp sweat
stood on his brow; his face had lost all
Its color. She no sooner saw him than
she shrieked and tainted. The coDse-
quences of her answers flashed across
her mind.
She had been so thoroughly deceived
by the manner Of the advocate, and by
the little importance he seemed to at
tach to her statements, that she had
been led ON by one question and anoth-
er till she had told him all he wanted
10 know.
During the interval (occasioned by
her illness) as to the proceedings, the
solicitor left the court 1t was between
A and 8 o'clock when the Judge re-
sumed his seat upon the bench, the
prisoner his station at the bar, and the
housekeeper hers In the witness box.
The court In the interval had remained
crowded with spectators, scarce one of
whom had left his place, lest during
his absence 1t should be seized by some
one else. The prosecuting counsel then
addressed the witness:
~ have a very few more questions
to ask you, but beware that you an
swer them truly, for your life depends
upon thread. Do you know this stop
peru
Il do"
ITO whom does It belongi'
ITO Mr. Smith,
when did you see 1t lastr
ION the night of Mr.. Thompson's
death"
At this moment the solicitor for the
prosecution entered the court bringing
on a tray watch. two money bags,
Jewel case. a pocketbook, and bottle
of the same manufacture as the stop
per: and having no cork in It The tray
was placed upon the table in sight of
the prisoner aud witness, and srom
that moment not doubt remained in
the mind of any man as to the guilt
OF the prisoner. :
A few words will bring my tale to
close. The house where the murder
had been committed was nine miles
distant. The solicitor, as soon as the
cross examination had discovered the
existence of the closet and Its situation,
had set off on horseback with two sher-
lff's officers, and after pulling down a
part of the wall OF the house, detected
| the place of concealment.
The whole of the property belonging
to Mr. Thompson was found there
amounting in value TO several thou
sand pounds; and, to leave no doubt, a
bottle was discovered, which the hedi-
cal man Immediately pronounced 10
contain the Identical poison which had
caused the death of the unfortunate
Thompson. The result was the mans
| conviction and execution-another cdse
Of the exposure of secret murder by
the overacting OF the murderer. Guilt
has an extraordinary tendency 10 ex-
pose Itself, and though it is not true
that murder will always out" 1t GER
tainly does often come 10 light In a
| way that shows the highest cunning to
be foolishness.-Waverley Magazine