The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-29

ls considerable Ills aiibi could not be
g0insald So his name failed to be
pubdcly hroachcd On connection with
The shooting. though his influence over
Miss Tuttlc could not BE- forgotten.
suggesting 20 some that she had acted
as his hand in TIM deed which robbed
him Of an undesirable wife. But this
I would not believe. preferred TO ac.
cept the statement that she had stop.
ped short Of the library door In her
suspicious visit there and that the rib.
bon tying. which went for so much.
had been done at horne.
Finding myself. with every new con.
siderati0n Of the tautalizing subject.
deeper and deeper Ia the quagmlre OF
doubt aud uncertainty. I sought en-
lightenment by making n mcmoran.
dun Of the special points which must
have influenced the jury in their YER
dict rs witness:
First-The relief s'lown by Mr.. JEFF.
frey at finding an apparent communl.
cation from his wifi limiting at suicide.
Second The possibility, disclosed by
the similarity between the sisters
handwriting. Of this same communica.
ton being a forgery substituted for
the one really written by Mrs. JEFFREY.
Thlrd.-rhe fact that. previous TO
Mr.. Jefrey's handling OF the book In
which this communication was said to
have been hidden. It had been seen IN
Miss Tuttles hands.
FOTrth.-That Immediately after this
she had passed TO the drawer where
Mr.. Jeffrey's pistol was kept.
Fifth.-That while this pistol had not
been observed IN her hand, there was
as yet no evidence 20 prove that Il had
been previously taken from the draw
or, save such as was afforded by her
own acknowledgment that she had
tied some unknown object presumably
the pistol, 20 her sisters wrist before
that sister left the house.
Sixth That II this was so, the pls-
tol and the ribbon connecting II with
Mrs. Je1rey's wrist had been handled
again before the former was discharg.
ed, and by fingers which had frst
touched dust, OF which there was
plenty In the old library
Seventh-That Miss Tuttle had ad.
mltted, though not till after much pre-
varication aud apparent subterfuge,
that she had extended her walk on
that fatal night not only as for as the
Moore house, but that she had enter.
ed It and penetrated as far as the H.
brary door at the very moment the
shot was fred within.
Eighth. THAT In acknowledging this
she had emphatically denied having as.
sociated the firing OF this shot with
any idea of harm to her sister: yet
was known 20 have gone from this
house IN condition Of mind 80 serious
that she failed to recollect the places
she visited or the streets she passed
through till she found herself again
in her sisters house face to face with
an officer
Niue,--That her 6rst greeting OF this
officer was a shrek. betraylng knowl.
edge OF his erraud before he had given
utterance TO word.
Ten.-That the candles found In the
Moore house were similar TO those
bought by Mr., jeffrey and afterward
delivered at his kitchen door.
Eleven. That she was the only mem.
ber OF the household besides the cook
who was in the kitchen at the time
and that 1t was Immediately after her
departure from tho room that the pack
age continuing the candles had been
missed.
Twelve.--That opportunities OF com
ing to az understanding with Mr. JEFF.
frey after his wifea death had not
been lacking, and It was not until after
such opportunities he'd occurred that
any serious inquiry into this matter
had been begun by the police To
which must DO added, not in way Of
proof but as an important factor 10
the 1aso, that he manner never open.
was such throughout her whole pub
lie examination as 20 make It evident
10 all that only half OF what had oc-
CURED In the Jeflreys' house since the
wedding had been given out by her or
by the man for whose release from a
disappointing matrimonial entangle.
ment she was supposed 20 have
worked and this though the suspicion
hanging over them both called for the
utmost candor.
Verify a serious list, and opposed to
this / had as yet little to offer but my
own belief In her Innocence aud the
fact, but little dwelt on and yet not
without its value, that the money
which bad come TO MIR jeffrey and
the home which bad been given her
had both been forfeited by Mrs. JEFF.
frey's death
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