The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13

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house, he had not found them In his s
posket on getting there and had been {
obliged to make use of the matches he
always carried on his person In order !
to find his way to the upstairs room /
where he felt positive he would find q |
candle.
This gave the coroner an opportunity
| to ask:
%And why did you expect to ind
candle thereY'
The answer astonished me and, l
have no doubt. many others:
ut was the room in which my wife
had dressed for the ceremony. 1t had
not been disturbed since that time.
My wife had little ways of her own.
One was to complete her toilet by
using u curling iron on little lock she
wore over her temple. When at home,
she heated this curling iron In the gas
let: but. there being no gas in the Moore
house, l naturally concluded that she
had made use Of a candle, as the curl
had been noticeable under her veil.
He had accounted for one candle in
!, the house. Could he account for the
: one found in the tumbler or for the one
lying crushed and battered on the
7 closet f1oor2
> He could not.
And now we all observed a change
of direction in the inquiry. Witnesses
were summoned TO corroborate Mr..
Jeffrey's statements statements which
Fit seemed to be the coroner's present
wish to establish. First came the gro
Ger who had sold Mr.. Jeffrey the can
dies. He acknowledged, much to jim
ny's discomfort, that an hour after MI.
Jeffrey had left the store he had found
on the counter the package which that
gentleman had forgotten to take. Poor
jimmy had not stayed long enough to
near his story out. The grocer finished
his testimony by saying that immedi
ately upon his discovery ne had sem
a. Tie candles to Mr. Jenrey's house.
= This the coroner caused to be EN-
- phasized to such an extent that W.
20 were oil convinced of Its Importance
:. But as yet his purpose YVES not eviden
save to those who were more In hi
- confidence than myself.
The other witnesses were men iron
10 Raucher's, who had acted as waiter
at the time of the marriage One Q
them testified that Immediately 0
Miss Moore's arrival he had been ser
10 for candle and box OF matches
~, The other, that he had carried up
- her room large candelabrum from n
drawing room mantel. A pair Of cur
ing tongs taken from the dressing tab
of this room was next produced, t
gether with other articles of toilet vi
~, which had been allowed to rema
there uncared for, though they were
,,, solid silver and Of beautiful design.
or5 The next witness was member
,sn- Mr.. Jeffrey's own household. chi
az was her name, and her good black ia
worked dolefully as she admitted tn
80 the package of candles which the q
Ger boy had left on the kitchen tai
n or
reg with the rest OF the groceries on
he morning Of that dreadful day WI
near smissus" killed herself was not to
terry found when she came to put the THU
and away. She had looked and looked
It, but 1t was not there.
very Further inquiry brought out the I
up? that but one other member OIL
household was In the kitchen WI
This these groceries were delivered and
ALMA this person gave great start w
the boy shouted out, 1.-THE candles I'll
roof were bought by Mr.. jeffrey" and
Sol ried over to the table and handed
was packages, although Chloe did not
, the her carry any of them away.
pped "And who was thls person
aver Miss futile"
When the murmur which had ha
this startling turn in the inquiry
subsidized the coroner drew
r. breath and, with an uneasy glanc
W the jury, who, to man, seeme'
wish themselves well out of this
he dismissed the cook and summ'
N q fresh witness.
Her name made the people stare.
Miss Nixon"
Miss Nixonl That was name
known In Washington; almost as
known as that of Uncle David or
of Mr.. Tallman. What could
quaint and characteristic little
have to do with this case of dou
suicide? A word will explain.
was the person who on the day b.
tween had made that loud exclamation
passed the box containing the ribbon ant
could pistol had been disclosed to the u
AS her fussy little figure came
of an ward some nudged and some lau
free possibly because her bonnet wat
nge of of this years style, possibly De-
General her manner was peculiar ana az
to Mr.. of oddities as her ATTIRE. put .ne
8 Miss not laugh long, for the niue iaoy
sitting was appealing, II not distressed
fact that she was generally kno'
possess one OF the largest Dan
a,,,,,ts an, fhn district made any