The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-11-17
CHAPTER VI.

The lluiihuh 1920
sbufle of feet, the noise of jurymen
.alinp their places. the whispering Of
M ranor+ars Tho o,,ick tread
ne"spapet g. -
of pollceiheh passihs 20 anu ~ -
rustic of lawyers papers, and the Bang
ing Of doors ceased. and absolute silence
fell upon all as Div Dumbarton TOOK
s tns place eour asS'f n front aS o Of the ae Unhappy uni 1S'
woman, who was dressed IN piack ana
heavily yelled, sat her sollcltof, deoise
Coris, beside her George Bostock, WIN
Or. QuaVe ana ms son. her
and the servants were IN an ADJOINING
room, it being considered desirable ina
each Witness shouid pc eNaliliieu ou'
of the hearing OF the othefs.
After the prelmlnarles, lhciudlng the
calling Of the roll OF jurors the laenu-
tication of the deceased. and the state
ment regarding the cause of his Death
given by DR.. QuaVe, the coroner al
dressed the jury. These proceedings
he said, were held to inquire truly not
only how David Dumbarton came TO
his death. but likewise TO enable the
Jury to decide, If possible, by whom
that death had been caused.
Unhappily, they were all aware on
whom it was tina the gravest suspicion
had fallen. 1t would be idle not to sup.
pose that each and every one or them
did not know some of the circumstan-
ces Of the case, either by means OF
the press or in other ways, and it was
probable they had discussed the matter.
But he knew perfectly well that now
they had ceased to be irresponsible
members of society, and were there,
a sworn jury, to decide If this were d
case to be sent to another court, they
would nave no difficulty in dismlssing
from their minds all they had heard OF
read.
He wo,,td Law before them as briefly
and nlainlv as possible the statement of
this case Ru+ before doing so he would
have r. 80 barII some wears previous
70 The date op this fir. eedy.
TIC 5acaasaa pavi1 Dlmharton. had
snrra eiphtaan wears ago married a
Iadv about five years his junior.
Though their domestic life began in
~haDpiness. it was soon overloaded by
MISERY solely owing to the habits and
disposition Of the husband. After a
ueriod on which it would be too painful
:, antar David Durnharton deserted his
wife, only to strive to reioin her when
she had earned independence and fame
nv her industry and talents, This pro-
1ect she ouposed. not only for her own
sake. but for that of her child. A COM
nromise was then arrived at between
/ rshan and wife. For a certain sum
4 ne consented that q legal separation
! should be granted her, and having re-
4 caiyad this he left England, promising
n never more TO InOISSL net.
I unfortunate for himself, this promise
4 was not kent, for after a little more
4 than five years absence he returned
q 10 london and Immediately wrote q
Il letter which would be read in the
q course of evidence, 8. letter, as they
q would see, which contained more of 6
Il demand than q request. Whether al
a nnsWere had been made to his or not
n had vet to become Known.
The next principal fact was that OF
the night of the 2lst of September
81 David umbart entered his wife
u house in the Hoxton road, st. John
M Wood and was there found dead at he
a feet. they being the sole cupan o
d the room where the tragedy occurred
So while the knife which had u~ndoubtedl
IA caused his death was seen in her hant
ia They would hear the evidence, and
n would be for them to decide whethe
~ the case should be sent to anothe
" court or not.
III Before the examination of the wit
nesses began, plans Of the house wher
Id David Dumbarton met his death n
IA the garden surrounding 1t, were sub
W mitted to the jury, the draughtsma
W giving his testimony as to their &C
s curacy.
M ,rhen oIive ~Dumbarton was Gale,
M when summoning her strength to SUI
M3 prpgs her emotion and wear a sen