Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-10-14

"You have not told us what you did
when you heard that pistol shot"
II ran away rs soon as could move;
ran madly from the house."
"WhereY'
Home"
But 1t was half past 10 when you
got home'
WAS it?"
ut was half past 10 when the man
came to tell You Of your sisters death"
ut may have BEEN"
Your sister is supposed to have died
In few minutes. Where were you in
the interim?"
God knows. do not
A wild look was creeping into her
face, and her figure was swaying. but
she soon steadied 1t. I have never
tanned In the face Of dreadful humil-
iatiOn.
Perhaps 1 can help you," rejolned
the coroner not unklndly. Were you
not In the Congressional library look
ing up at the luncttes and gorgeously
painted WALSH
'IT' Her eyes opened wide In won
dering doubt. III l was l did not
know 1t. l have no remembrance Of
it."
Your condition Of mind and that of
Mr.. Jeffrey seem to have been strange
ly alike" remarked the coroner.
mo. no." she protested.
"Arguing a like source"
mo, no." she cried again, this time
with positive agony. Then. with an
effort which awakened respect for
her powers Of mind, If for nothing
else. she desperately added: II cannot
say what was in his heart that night.
but I know what was In mine-dread
Of TINT old house. to which l had been
drawn In spite Of myself. possibly by
the force Of the tragedy going on in
side 1t. eliminating in delirium OF
terror which sent me flying In an OPP
pOsite direction from my home and
into plnces I had been accustomed to
visit when my heart was light and I'M
| troubled"
Another question. Miss futile.
When you heard pistol shot sound
ing from the depths OF that dark IL
brary. what did you think 1t meantY"
Something dreadful; something su.
perstitiOus. 1t was night. you remem-
Der. and at night one has such h0rri-
bio thoughts"
F, Yet an hour or two later you de-
clared that the hearth was no load
| stone. You forgot its horrors and,your
| superstition upon returning to your
| own house."
1T might be-" she murmured, "but,
If so, they soon returned. I had reason
for my horror, If not for my supersti-
tion, as the event showed"
The coroner did not attempt to con-
trovert this. He was about to launch
a final inquiry.
Miss futile, upon the return of
yourself and Mr.. jeffrey to your home
after your final visit to the Moore
house. did you have any Interview
that was without witnessesT
NO"
did you exchange any wOrdsr
Il think We did exchange some
words; it would be only natural"
"Are you willing to state what
words?
She looked dazed and appeared to
search her memory.
II don't think can" she objected.
But something was said by you and
some answer was made by himY'
Il believe CO."
Cannot you say defnitelyT
I'VE did speak"
"In EnglishT
mo, in French"
Cannot you translate that French
for usr'
Pardon me. sir; 1t was so long ago
my memory fails me-"
us it any better for the second and
day"
"No-sir"
You cannot give us any phrase or
word that was uttered there!"
mo"
as this your final reply OH this sub
ject"
ut is"
simultaneously with her withdrawal
the CLEAN Of sensibility left the faces
Of the jury, and the dark and brooding
look which had marked their cOunte-
nances from the beginning returned,
and returned to stay.
The celebrity with which that jury ar
rived at its verdict was a shock to us
all. 1t had been quiet body. offering
but little assistance to the coroner in
his questioning, but when 1t fell to
these men to act, the precision WITH
which they did SO was astonishing. In