The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-08

nlRnef up, ana ne na0 NeaTu IL " MUSE
until the morning. when his valet told
him that COTE was dead.
What did you do on hearing The
news?" Justin NARROW asked.
II ran into the room to see if it was
true"
You we're there alone?'
quite alone"
"And for q considerable time?'
II was too stunned TO know for how
long" Max answered.
During the course of the morning
you returned to the DOM"
II was asked to find an address and
had to search deceased pockets for 1T
Did o find among his letters or
belongings any o fthe l o Us which
you and Mr.. Burbage gave him a few
hours previously?"
No: l neither saw them nor n
money" Max answered.
You were aware that, independent
of the money won from you and MIR.
Burbage. he had a considerable sum in
possession,
w both saw. he had some gold"
You knew he had cashed a check
for a large amount the morning he
left Cambridge"
Il was with him at the time" Max
admitted after a slight pause.
The greater part of the money was
paid him in gold??"
II believe So
And you saw no trace of it about his
rooms on the two occasions you We're
there alone?"
NO. Certainly not! 1t had been
taken already" he answered. angrily.
ION what kind of paper were the
1 O US written which you and MIR.
Burger gave the deceased"
ON ordinary notepaper. found in a
desk in the smoking room"
Would you say it was similar to
, l. ;~ ~ NJ, T,,-%;, NJ. ,1n, arha1 u,,l
Ing him the burnt slip from the
CRATE in Dunstan's bedroom.
Max thought 1t looked extremely like
When the next witness presented him
self. the jury locke at him with
curiosity that was followed by repul-
sion; for all had heard of, though none
had previously seen the counts valet,
who seldom. IL ever. Nentured beyond
the boundaries of the park.
His evidence was brief. On leaving
the counts apartments at about 2
o'clock in the morning, he had seen
Dunstan Burbage quit the deceased
room and enter his own. Urban had
not heard any noise either before or
after Mr.. Burbage left the deceased's
room.
When Dunstan was called every one
present glanced at this tall, slight
Young man, with his long colorless face
a ny 6SASAS 6tos ~ S7' EA'S
1t an expression of indecision almost
amounting to weakness, whilst present.
ly every ear was strained to catch his
low, hesitatlng voice as it replied to the
searching questions put to him.
He gave his age as four-and-twenty
and his profession as that of an
analytical chemist. but admitted he had
at one time studied anatomy with the
Intention of becoming a doctor. On the
night that Richard Gofre met his death
witness nae played cards With him and
Max. He had never before gambled
but on this occasion he was acting un-
der excitement.
Caused by drink?" said Justin Mar
low.
.Partially."
You admit you drank freely willis
playing"
More than l habitually drink, but
was not drunk"
You lost heavily and yet continued
to play. Does not that show you had ne
control over your impulses, over you
a%ctions?"
Il was merely excited Dunstan an
ewered.
Dunstan had given all the ready mon
ey he possessed, together With some l
O. Us, to the deceased. on leaving tn
smoking room he and his friends ha'
gone together to the great corridor OF
which their bed rooms opened. The.
said good night to Max at his door
and when witness was about to leaN
deceased. the latter asked him TO con
into his room. He then returned t
Dunstan the I. o. US bearing his nam
and said that9in the morning he woul
hand Max those he had signed. The
continued to talk in a friendly name
for about taree-quarters of an houl
when witness left the deceased an
went to his own room, where he burn
~ .l. 4 ~ Jv', tn, t1,a rlt JJn GlIlcE
quently went to bed and slept soundl
tor a few hours. He heard no voicel
40 sounds of any kind. -Four unocct
pied rooms lay between him and the
of deceased.
Dunstan woke about 6. and actin
" on u resolution made the previous ever
ing, he left the house. 1t was true h
had not mentioned this decision to an
one the night before. and he refuse
to say why he had made it, as 1t COZ
a cerned another person, and had u
bearing on the case.
t He had intended to return TO tow
Il but while on his way to Balwash St;
9 ton he remembered a farmhouse son
: thirty miles from the hall, whio
he had seen a few days before. al
whose loneliness and quietude appeale
to him. He had one there. where ]
remained until he read in AN old Wee
=. ly paper OF the murder Of Richa1
!, Goffe and the suspicious that surroun
~ ed himself, when he had immediate
: set out for the hall, and given himse
up to Inspector Foundes.
Mi. Justin NARROW quickly rose
dispel the favorable impression IN
mentarily made on the jury by this e
20 PLANTATION. With a professional air
e clearing their minds Of prejudice, cree
l. ed by sentiment, he briefly SUMMARY
the case against Dumstan B~urbage.
= On the morning OF the murder t
y; latter had lost heavily at cards. a
~ given pronissory notes to the deceast
- He was in a state of excitement q
had drunk freely. Some time later
was seen to leav" the deceased's roc
with papers In his hand. %presu:nai
Z. the /. O. US he had written. A f.
~ hours afterward Richard Goffe il
been found dead. his death being q
e to poison skilful!y administered by o
e having knowledge of chemistry a
"a anatomy, with which Dunstan Burba
y admitted he had some acquaintance