The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-07

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L L ,;a ever sysat saw you prior to the day
A.. No. / am sure he did not. I was
Especially careful to keep out Of his
9. You are certain that on the sew.
eral occasions when you say you entered
him while +kkcre9
A. T did Tot say entered his rooms
on several occasions.
Q. What did you sayf |
|. A. I said I never was In his rooms
but once, and that was upon the day
| Of his arrest.
@. I understand. Were you not as
sisted in your search for Mr.. barrow g
murderer by certain library books which
you discovered NJ. Latour had been read
A. II don't quite understand.
@. NJ. Latour obtained some books
from the public library for hall use, Civ
ing his name as-as-
:. A. Weltz. Yes, they did assist me.
There were some also taken under the
@. Exactly. Those are the names, I
to these bookss
A.. I met Latour at the library by
accident, and he at once struck me as a
man anxious to avoid observation. This
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saw that he signed his name as "Weltz"
on the slips. The next day I saw him
slips s7Rizzi.1' t This wa was y long Before
the murder, and was not at work upon
a 9GXEo, ease into which I could fit: this
in my own mind, however, that he was
guilty of some crime, and 80 put him
down in my memory for future refer
Ience. During. my work upon this present
case this incident REQUIRED to me, and
* followed up the suggestion as one
upon the subject.
| G., Did you peruse the books NJ. La
tour borrowed under the names of Weltz
and Rizzi9
A. I did not.
Q. Did you not look at any Of them7
A. No.. It did not occur to me to
examine their names.
!, @. You probably noticed that there
were several Of them. Among the pile
was one by Alexander Wynter Bl yth
entitled t:Poisons, Their Effects and
Detection Did you notice that9
A. No. I did not notice any Of
them.
@. But after you because suspicious
of M. Latour, did you not then look
up the slips, find this work, and read it,
A. No.. | have never seen the book
! work existed.
' @. Oh! Then the perusal Of the
books had no part in the tracking of
M. Latourq
: A. None whatever. :~
: @. Do you ever play cardss
A. Yes, sometimes, to pass the time,
Q. Do you play for money!
i Lust enough to make it interesting.
Y @. Are you familiar with the house
3 in which Mr.. Darrow was murdered9
:. A. I have only such knowledge OF
' it as I acquired at the examination
: Immediately after the murder. You
3 Twill remember I entered but the one
/ room.
r @. And the grounds about tho house,
q Surely you examined themg
Y A. On the contrary, did not.
O. Did you not even examine the
+ eastern side Of the house?
81 A. I did not. I have never beer
. within the gate save on the night In
= question, and then only to traverse the
+ front walk to and from the house il
company with Messrs. Osborne and Al
len. I was convinced that the solution
a of the problem was to be found within
v the room in which the murder was com
!. mitted, and that my notes taken thu
Ia night Of the tragedy contained all tn
data could hope to get. T.
IS @. Was not this a rather ~,singula
assumption9
A. For many doubtless it would be
=. but I have my own methods, and
~ urably successful in most cases. (Thi
10 10 last was said with good-natured smil
=, - and a modest dignity that completed.
20 won the audience.)
e At this point Maitland" dismissed
d M. Godin and the court adjourne
N for the day. That night M. Godi
k made his first call upon Gwe1
~ Their interview was private, an
J. Gwen had nothing to say about
further than that her caller had no
ID hesitated to inform hef that he wa
1T that. he considered he had earned il
N Maitland questioned her as to what h
"a had claimed as his due, but Gwen, wit
r her face alternately flushed and asher
n begged to be permitted to keep silence
~ This attitude was, of course, not will
~ ~ out it's significance to Maitland, and
~ was easy to see that M. ~Godin's visj
a aa had much displeased him. But he we
If not the only one who was displease
IA that night. I regret that my promis
a.. of utter candor compels me to bear wi
he ness to my own foolishness; for whe
~ Maitland found it necessary to take J.,
SIS annette into the back parlor and to r.
of main there alone with her in earne.
TT, conversation one hour and twelve mil
MS utes-l happened to notice the exa,
nd time-it seemd to me he was gettin
unpleasantly confidential, and it nettle
We me. You may fancy that I was jealou
but it was, most likely, only pique, Q
he at the worst, envy. T was provoke
Up, at the nonchalant ease with which tn
M fellow did offhand q thing I had bee
le- trying to- work myself up to for sever
en- days, and had finally abandoned fro
20, sheer lack Of courage. Why couldn't
carelessly say to her, t'Miss Jeanett
ler a word with you If you please, al
%, ~ then take her into the parlor and. Ia
~ a "whole history Oh, it: was env
~ ~ that's what it was And then Il
~ 8. change in Jeanettel If he had not be
an making love to her-well, I have oft
yas wondered since if it were all env
r. after ALL 49,
sar The next morning M. Latour's trj
ose was resumed, and Maitland again put
Of Godin upon the stand. The object
us / this did not appear at the time, t
ase think the judge fully understood
Maitland s first act was to show t
ing judge and jury a glass negative and
rse letter, which he asked them to exami
cry carefully as he held the articles befc
be them. He then passed the negative
ich I'M. Godin, saying: s'tPlease take II
Ind by the lower corner, between yc
ep- thumb and forefnger, SO that you m
EN- be sure not to touch the, sight Of