The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-08

'iiI' llItS Ii,Nh bttll NlISt lT1tIuS.. ne
had asked him to stay at the Hall for
some weeks. Richard COTE had lent
him considerable sums of money, and
witness had lost 10 him at cards
On being disturbed by his father,
soon after o'clock. they had broken
up. Quarter Of an hour later he parted
With the deceased at the bedroom door
which was on the opposite side of the
corridor to witness, some thirty yards
higher up; and he had heard no noise
until the morning. when his valet told
: i'm that Goffe was dead.
What did YOU do ON hearing the
neWS?' Justin MARROW asked.
] ran into The room to see if it was
true
You We're there alonc""
Quite alone
And for considerable timc?"
WAS too stunned to know for how
long, Max answered.
During the course of the morning
You returned to the ROOM
l was asked to find an address and
mad to search deceased pockets for it,
DID You find among his letters or
belongings any o fthc | O Us which
you and Mr., Burbasc gave him few
hours preViouSly?'
No; l neither saw them nor any
money, Max answered.
You Were aware that independent
OF the money won from you and Mr..
Euiba&e, he had Il cOusidera Bile sum in
possession.
I'VE both saw he had some gold"
You knew he had cashed a check
fer Il large amount the morning he
left Cambridge"
Il WAS with him at the time Max
admitted aftcr Il slight pause
THE greater part of the money was
paid him in gold -
Il believe so" ....
And YOU saw no trace of il about his
rooms on the two occasions you We're
there alonc?"
NO. Certainly not: 1t had been
taken already" he answered, ;ngrily
"On what kind of paper We're the
| O Us written which you and MI
Burger gave the dcceased?"
ON ordinary notepaper, found in n
desk in The smoking room"
Would YOU say it was similar TO
this Mr.. Justin MARROW asked, hand
ing him the burnt slip taken from the
CRATE in Dunstan's bedroom.
Max thought it looked extremely like
When the EeNt witness presented him
self, the jury looked ut him with
curiosity that WAS followed by repul-
sion; fer all had heard of, though none
mad previously seen The counts valet,
who seldom, If ever, ventured beyond
tli@ boundaries of the pack.
His evidence was brief. on leaving
the counts apartments al about
O'Clock in the morning, he had seen
Dunst2n Burb@ge quit the deceased
room and enter his own. Jrbuno had
not hcard any noise either before or
after Nh. HurbaSc left The deceased's
room.
When Dunstan WAS called every one
present glanced at this tall, slight
young man, with his long coloriess face
lighted by gentle gray eyes, which gave
it an expression of INDIGESTION almost
TO weakness, whilst present
~ every ear was strained to catch his
low. heSitating voice as il replied to the
searching questions put to him.
He gave his age as four-and- twenty
and his profession as that of an
chemist. but admitted he had
at one time studied anatomy with the
intention of becoming Il doctor on the
night that Richard COTE met his death.
witness had played cards with him ana
Max. He had MEYER before gamblcd
but on this occasion he was acting un-
der excitement.
Caused by drink" said Justin Mar
low
Partially"
You admit you drank freely whilst
playina?"
More than ] habitually drink, but 7
was not drunk.
you lost heavily ana yet continued
20 play. Does not that show You had nc
control over your impulses, over your
ACtionS?"
Il was merely excited" Dunstan an
ewered
Dunstan had given al! the ready mon
ey he possessed. together with some l.
T. * + he lprG:,G,aI Ion i, 10,
room he and his friends had
gone together to the great corridor on
which their bed rooms opened They
said good night to Max ut his doc,
and when witness was about to leave
deceased, the latter asked him to come
into his room. lie then returned to
Dunstan the |. O. Us bearing his name
and said that in the morning he would
hand Max those he had signed They
continued to talk in Il friendly manner
for about three-Quarters of an icur
when witness lett the deceased and
went TO his own room. where he burnt
the ]. @. Us in the CRATE He subse-
quently went TO bed ana slept soundly
for Il few hours. He heard no voices
no sounds of any Kind. Four unoccu-
pied rooms lay between him and that
Of deceased.
Dunstan woke about 6, and acting
ing. he left the house. 1t Was true he
had not mentioned this decision to amy
one the night before, and he refused
to say why he had made it. as it con-
cerned another person. ana had no
bearing on the case.
He had intended to return to town
out while on his way to Balwash Sta
ton he remembered Il farmhouse some
thirty miles from the han. which
Il 20, IL, 4. -
whose loneliness ana quietude appealed
to him. He had gone there, where he
remained until he read in an old week
~ paper of the murder Of Richard
LIOffe and the suspicious that surround
ed himself, when he had immediately
set out for the hall, and given himself
up to Inspector Foundes
Mr.. Justin MARROW quickly rose to
dispel the favora BILE impression mo-
made on the jury by this ex-
PLANTATION. With a professional air of
clearing their minds of prejudice, Great
ed by sentiment, he briefly summarized
the case against Dunstan Burbage
On the morning Of the murder the
latter had lost heavily at cards, and
given promiSsory notes to the deceased.
He was in a state of excitement and
had drunk freely. Some time later he
was seen to leave the deceaseds room
with papers in his hand, presumably
the I. Q. US he had written. a few
hours afterward Richard Goffe had
been found dead, his death being due
to poison skilfully administered by one
having knowledge of chemistry and
with which Dunstan Burbage
admitted he had some acquaintance.
Before the murder was discovered he
had left the hall, stating that he was
returning to London; but he had in
reality secluded himself in n farm
house, and Notwithstanding the hue
and cry raised for him. had remained
there until he learned that he had been
seen to leave the deceased's room. He
then came forward with an explanation
Of this incident which he had nothing
but his own word to support. The ashes
Of what were no doubt his I. 0. U.shad