The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-07-23
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leaving the house on that Tuesday !
morning he had an interview with his
wife which ought In some way to ac-
count for this tragedy. Perhaps he
will tell us about it, and perhaps he
will explain how he came to wander
through the Moore house while MS
wife lay dying below. At all events
we will give him the opportunity TO
do so and if possible to clear up mys-
teries which provoke the worst kind OF
conjecture. 1t is time The Ideas ad-
vanced by the papers foster supersti'
ton. and superstition is the devil. Go
and tell my man out there that l am
| going to X street. You may say we
| If YOU like" he added, with q humor
more welcome to me than any serious
concession.
Did feel set up by this? Rather.
Mr.. Jeffrey was expecting us. This
was evident from his first look, though
the attempt he made at surprise was
instantaneous and very well feigned.
Indeed, think he was In constant
state of apprehension during these
DAVIS and that no inroad Of the police
would have astonished him. But ex-
mediation does not preclude dread-in-
deed. II tends to foster it-and dread
was in his heart. This he had no pow
|, err to conceal.
! ITO what am indebted for this sec
! ond visit from your" he asked OF Coro-
, ner H., with an admirable presence OF
, mind. "Are you not yet satisfied with
what we have been able to tell you OF
a my poor wife's unhappy endY'
= ave are not" was the plain re-
\ sponse. "There are some things you
r have not attempted to explain, MT.
!. Jeffrey-for instance, why you wen'
, to the Moore house previous to your
= being called there by the death OF your
3 wife,"
% II was a shot that told, an arrow
which found its mark Mr.. jeffrey
=. flushed. then turned pale, rallied an(
AGAIN lost himself in a maze of con
- f1fcting emotions, from which he onl!
II emerged to say:
a "How do you know that was there
IN Have / said so, or do those old wall
A. babble in their sleep?"
- -"Old walls have been known to d
~ tbis.v was the grave reply. 'Whethe
~ they had anything to say In TINS cas-
M is at present quite immaterial. Ina
IN Won were where / charge you with D.
os ing is evident from your own name
Nav / then ask If you have anythin
, to saw about this vlsit2 When a pc
49, son has died under such peculiar CT
49, cumstances as Mrs. Jeffrey, everythir
hearing upon the case is of interest
rod the coroner"
Te "Mrs. Jeffrey's death was a stran
49,, one.- her husband admitted, with IL
DIV self control. 81 find myself as mu
Seu at a loss to understand 1t as you
,nis and am therefore quite ready to
NE swer the question you have so opel
the broached: not that my answer has 0
u bearing upon the point you wish
make, but because it is your due
o's NV pleasure. l did visit the MO
house. as | certainly had every ri
pen TO do. The property was my VIII
eoii and Il was for my interest to learn
lisp could the secret of it's many crimes
"Ah"
Mr.. Jeffrey looked quickly up. -
think that an odd thing for me to d
nm AT night-yes."
enc might is the time for such worl
os,I aid not care to be seen pottel
- en- around there IN daylight"
n he Nor Yet it would have been
'resh much easier. You would not have
p he 10 buy candles or carry pistol or
and II aid not carry a pistol. The
,na,s pistol carried there was the one
,oted which my demeDted wife chose 10
nam her life. do not understand this
wrist sion"
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