Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-07-08

deceased at the university, since that
time they had been close friends. He
had asked him TO stay at the Hall for
some weeks. Richard COTE had lent
him considerable sums OF money, and
witness had lost to him at cards.
On being disturbed by his father,
soon after / o'clock, they had broken
up. Quarter of an III later he parted
with the deceased at the bedroom door,
which was IN the opposite sic of the
corridor to witness, some thirty yards
higher up; and he had heard no noise
until the morning, when his valet told
him that Goffe was dead.
What did you do on hearing the
news?' Justin NARROW asked.
II ran into the room 10 see If 1t was
true"
You We're there a~lone2"
quite alone
And for "a considerable time?"
II was too stunned to know for how
long" Max answered.
During the course of the morning
you returned to the room?'
Il was asked to find an address and
had to search deceased pockets for It."
did you find among his letters or
belongings any o fthe / O Us which
you and Mr.. Burbage gave him a few
hours previously 2"
mo: / neither saw them o any
money, Max answered.
You were aware that, independent
! of the money won from you and Mr..
Burbage. he had a considerable sum in
possession.
I'VE both saw he had some gold"
You knew he had cashed a check
for a large amount the morning he
left Cambridge p"
Il was with him at the time Max
admitted after a slight pause.
The greater part OF The money was
paid him in goId?"
Il believe so"
And you saw no trace OF it about his
rooms on the two occasions you We're
there alone?"
mol! Certainly not! 1t had been
taken already" he answered. angrily.
ION what kind Of paper We're the
/ o U's written which you and Mr..
Burger gave the deceased
'On ordinary n~otepaper, found in a
desk in the smoking ROOM
Would you say it was similar to
this?" Mr.. Justin NARROW asked, hand
ing him the burnt slip taken from the
CRATE in Dunstan's bedroom.
Max thought II looked extremely like
1t.
When the next witness presented him-
self, the jury looked at him with
curiosity that was followed by repul-
| NiOliy III al Hdd DCdIu Ols AllObSA III
had previously seen the counts valet,
who seldom, If ever, ventured beyond
the boundaries Of the park.
His evidence was brief. On leaving
the counts apartments at about 9
o'clock in the morning, he had seen
Dunstan Burbage quit the deceased
room n enter his own. Lrbano had
not heard any noise either before or
after Mr.. Burbage left the ~deceased's
room.
When Dunstan was called every one
present glanced 1t this tall, slight
young man, with his long ~colorless face
lighted by gentle gray eyes, which gave
it an expression of indecision almost
amounting to weakness, whilst present
ly every ear was strained to catch his
low, h~esitating 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 hat Richard COTE met his death,
witness had played cards with him and
Max. He had never before gambled,
but on this occasion he wa. acting un-
| der excitement.
Caused by drink said Justin Mar
low.
Partially"
You admit you drank freely whilst
playing"
More than / h~abitually drink, but /
was not drunk"
You lost heavily and yet continued
| to play. Does o that show you had no
control over your impulses, over your
actions?"
Il was merely excited, Dunstan an
ewered.
Dunstan had given all the ready mon
ey he possessed, together with some /.
| o. us, to the deceased. On leaving the
smoking room he and his friends had
gone together to the great corridor on
which their bed rooms opened. They
! said good night TO Max at his door.
and when witness was about to leave
deceased. the latter asked him to come
into his room. He then returned TO
Dunstan the i. O. us bearing his name
and said that in the morning he would
| hand Max those he had signed. They
: continued to talk In a friendly manner
for about three-quarters OF an hour,
F., when witness left the deceased and
went to hfs own room, where he burnt
the j. o. It's iii the CRATE. He subse-
~quently went to bed and slept soundly
for a 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
on a resolution made the previous even
ing, he left the house. 1t was TRUE he
had not mentioned this decision TO any
one the night before, and he refused
to say why he had made il, as 1t con-
cerned another person, and had no
bearing on the s
He had intended to return TO town,
but while on his way TO Balwash Sta
4 ts..., n atr.nrNnhnrnn a Htnhnlr a nnf1C
thirty miles from the hall, which
he had seen a few days before, and
whose loneliness and qutetude appealed
TO him. He had gone there, where he
remained until he read I'm an old week
ly paper OF the murder of Richard
COTE 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 h favorable impression mo-
mentarily made on the jury by this ex-
PLANTATION. With a professional air OF
clearing their mind 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 prornissory notes TO the deceased
He was In q state OF excitement and
had drunk freely. Some time later he
wal seen TO leave the deceased's Dor
with papers In his hand. presumably
the L.0O. Us ne had written. A few