The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-19

instantaneous and very well feignei
Indeed. / think he was In constant
state OF apprehension during these
days and that no inroad Of the police
would have astonished him Bit ex-
pectation does not preclude dread in
deed it tends to foster it-and dread
was in his heart This he had no pow
er 10 conceal.
"To what am I indebted for this sec
ond visit from youf" he asked of Coro-
ner T., with an admirable presence OF
mind "Are you not yet satisfied with
what we have been able 20 tell you Of
my poor wife's unhappy endT
I'VE are not" was the plain re-
,ponse There are some things you
= 'e not attempted TO explain, Mr..
Jefrey-for instance, why you went
to the Moore house previous TO your
being called there by the death Of your
wife"
It was shot that told. an arrow
which found its mark Mr. Jeffrey
flushed then turned pale. rallied and
again lost himself in a maze Of con
ficting emotions. from which he only
emerged TO say:
How do you know that was there2
Have I said so or do those old walls
babhle in their sleepfr
"Old walls have been known to do
this" was the grave reply Whether
they had anything to say in this case
is at present quite immaterial That
you were where / charge you with be-
ing is evident from your own manner
May 7 then ask If you have anything
70 say about this visit2 when a per
son has died under such peculiar cir
cumstances as Mrs. Jeffrey everything
bearing upon the case is of interest to
the coroner"
Mrs. Jeffrey's death was strange
one" her husband admitted, with tar
dy self control. 81 find myself as much
at a loss to understand it as you do
and am therefore quite ready to an
swer the question you have so openly
broached; not that my answer has any
bearing upon the point you wish to
make, but because K is your due and
my pleasure. did visit the Moore
house, as | certainly had every right
to do The property was my wife's,
and it was for my interest to learn If I
could the secret Of its many crimes"
"Ahw
Mr.. Jeffrey looked quickly up. "You
think that an odd thing for me to doY'
eat night--yes
might is the time for such work. l
did not care TO be seen pottering
around there In daylight"
mo? Yet It would -have been so
much easier You would not have had
to buy candles or carry a pistol or'--
Il did not carry pistol The only
pistol carried there was the one wit&
which my demented wife chose to take
her life. do not understand this allu-
sion"
1T grew ont OF n misunderstanding
OF the situation Mr. Jeffrey Excuse
me If ~ supposed you would be likely
10 provide yourself With some means
Of defense in venturiug alone upon the
scene Of so many mysterious deaths"
II took no precaution"
And needed none. | suppose"
And needed none"
when was this visit paid. Mr.. JEFF
frey-before or after your wife pulled
the trigger which ended her life7 You
need not hesitate TO answer"
II do not" The elegant gentleman
before us had acquired a certain fierce
ness. "Why should II Certainly you
don't think that / was there At the
same time she was, 1t was not on the
same night even. So much the walls
should have told you and probably did,
or my wife's uncle, Mr.. David Moore.
Was lie not your Informant
NO Mr. Moore has failed to call
our attention TO this fact. Did you meet
Mr.. Moore during the course Of your
visit to q neighborhood over which
he seems to hold absolute swayT
Not to my knowledge. But his
house is directly opposite, and as he
has little TO do but amuse himself with
what be can see from his front win
dow / concluded that be might have
observed me going in"
You entered by the front door,
thenY
How elseT"
"And on what nightT"
Mr.. JEFFREY made au effort. These
questions were visibly harsEsing him.
The night before the Ohe-the ooe
whicb--ended all my earthly happi-
nesS," he added In a low voleS.
Coroner z. cast a glance at me. re
membered the lack q duet on the nest
! Of little tables from which the upper
one had been drawn forward 10 hold
the candelabrum and gently shook my
head The eOroners eyebrows went
/ up, but none OF his disbelief crept into
bis voice as he made this additional
statement
The night on which you failed &c
return 70 your own house"
/ Instantly Mr. jeffrey betrayed by a
nervous action, which was quite in
I voluntary, that his outward calm was
slowly giving way under a FIRE OF ques
tions for which he had no ready reply
1T was odd your not going home
/ that night" the coroner coldly pur
sued THE misunderstanding you had
with your wife Immediately after
breakfast must have been a very seri
Gus one, more serious than you have
/ hitherto acknowledged"
Il had rather not discuss the sub
ject," protested Mr. jeffrey. Then as
il be suddenly recognized the Udicia
character Of his interlocutor he hastily
added. Unless you positively request
me 10 do so. In which case ] must"