Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-11-23

TINT he had ever had liaison with a
woman
mo. sir" cried the witness. mo,
sir! I'm willing to swear that such
thing Is not possible. I should in
evitably have found it out had it ex-
listed"
e"rhnt will do for the present." said
Mr.. Royce. II shall want to recall the
witness. however, sir"
The coroner nodded. and Rogers
stepped down, still trembling from the
effects Of his last outburst. I confess
that, for my part. thought we were
very deep in the mire.
The Office boy was called next, but
added nothing to the story. He had
gone to the chute 10 mail some letters
The woman must have entered the
Office while he was away lie saw her
come out again, but. Of course, did
not see her face. lie had been en-
ploycd recently and did not know Miss
Holiday.
Then the physicians who had attend.
ed the dead man were called and ties.
titled that the knife blade had penc.
tratcd the left carotid artery and that
he had bled 10 doath-was dead. indeed
before they reached him. it would
take perhaps ten minutes to produce
such an effusion of blood as Rogers
mad noticed, certainly more than five
minutes. so that the blow must have
been struck before the woman left the
inner office.
The policeman who had responded
to the alarm testified that be had ex
amincd the windows and that they
were both b0ltcd on tho inside. preclnd.
ing the possibility of any one swinging
down from above or clambcring III
from below. Nothing in the Office had
been disturbed. There was other evi
dence Of al mmaterial nature. and
then Miss Holidays maid was called
WAS your mistress away from home
yesterday afternoons" asked the coro.
ner
eyes. sir. She had the carriage or.
dered for o'clock. She was driven
away shortly after that"
And what time did she return"
About 6. sir. Just in time to dress
for dinner"
did you notice anything unusual in
her demeanor when she rcturned:"
The maid hesltated, fearing doubtless
that she might say too much.
Miss Holiday had complained OF n
headache in the morning." she said,
after II moment. "Shc was looking
bad when she went out, and tine
drive made her worse instead of better
She seemed very nervous and i'll. |
advised her to lie down and not ,lres,
for dinner. but she would not listen
She always dincd with her father and
did not wish to disappoint him. She
was in a great hurry, fearing that he'd
get back before she was ready"
There's nc doubt in your mind that
she was really expecting him."
ooh, no, sir. She even went to til.
door TO look for him when he did no
come. She seemed very uneasy abou
him."
uut WAS O1e point III our favor Ger
tainly.
And when the news of her father.
death reached her how did she beal
it,"
she didn't bear it at all, sir" an
swered the maid. catching her breatl
to choke back sob. "She tainted dead
away. Aftcrward she seemed to I've III
a kind Of daze till the doctor came"
That is all. Have you any ques
tions to ask the witness. Mr.. Koyce?'
"Only one said my chief, leaning
forward. knew what it was and helt
my breath. wondering whether it were
wise to ask II. do you remember thu
gown your mistress wore yesterday
afternoon" he questioned.
"Oh. yes, SIR And the witnes.
Frightened. ut was a dark red broad
cloth. made very plain. with only {
little narrow black braid for trim
ming"