The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-04
CHAPTER u.-Continued.

posltlVely. his business was pros
peerlng; he was happy and contented-
WY, ne ne. was Sap planning FOR trip abroad
Let us suppose for moment
continued Goldberg, that he did actu-
ally stab himself in his daughters pres
her to do9N
~ should expect her to give the
alarm-to summon aid, -" replied Rogers.
certainly - unquestionably, and
Goldberg nodded to my chief. Ct turn
the witness over to you, Mr.. Royce"
he said.
Nov, Mr.. Rogers" began our
junior impressively, "you know, Of
course, that this whole case hinges, at
present, on your Identification Of the
woman who, presumably, was in Mr..
Holladay's office when he was stabbed.
| want to. be very sure of that identi-
fcation. Will you tell me how she was
The witness paused for a moment g
thought ht ,roro . aro.. 80 ,.ou,. !. 49, , ;,
row dark trimming black, possibly.
That's all can tell you about it,"
~ didn t notice the hat, sir. only
glanced at her,
''But in that glance, Mr.. Rogers, did
might not be Miss Holladay7"
Nothing, sir. ~
Some change Of demeanor, perhaps,
OF eXpressiOn2'
The witness hesitated. So
81 Thought she was looking not quite
so we'll as usual,' he said slowly. 'She
seemed little pale and worried.
'Ahl 1t was dark in the office, was
it noty, at O'Clock yesterday after
I'VE had turned on the lights half an
''Is your office. we'll lightedq',
81 have light over my desk, sir,
and there s another on the WALL
$50 you could not see your visitor 8
face. with absolute clearness7"
"No., sir; but quite clearly enough to
recognize her, he added doggedly..
and Worried" :.
'r.Yes, sir; that was my. impression: "
"And when she asked for Mr.. Holla.
day, did she use the words my father,
as your evidence would suggest?'
Again the witness hesitated in the ef-
fort at recollection.
mo, sir" he answered finally. "Her
Words words, | think, WERE re-, is Mr.. Holiday
ST was Miss Holladay's voices"
.''I could not say, sir, !" answered the
witness, again hopping the perspira-
ton from his forehead.
~ have no wish to incriminate Miss
fciently we'll acquainted with her voice
to swear to it,
ton in the negative, did she hesitate
before entering the private office9o
!"ENo,, sir; she went straight to It,,
vate Office.' -
$50 that, even if she were. not &C;
quainted wit III the PLACE, she might still
have seen where to go7"
"And you stated, too, I believe, that
you could have heard. no sound Of an
alteration il the private office, had
Ono, sir; T could have heard moth
7'You have been with Mr. Holiday q
long time; T believe, Mr.. Rogers9" = =
cover thirty years, sir. - .
,..'And yoI are intimately acquainted
with his affairs7''
Eyes, sir"
all these, years, Fan across anything
any item of expenditure, any CORES
would lead you to think that Mr.. Holla
day was victim Of blackmail, or that
he had, ever had liaison with g
"No, sir!N cried the witness. "No
sir! I I'm willing to swear that such, g
thing is not possible. I should in
s syitsb'5by have found it out had it OK y:
"That will Do for the present." saii
the witness, however, sir.'
The coroner nodded, and Rogers
stepped down, still trembling from the
effects, Of his last oqtburst. l confess
that, for my part, l thought we were
The office.boy was called next, but
had gone to the chute to mail some let
tiers; the woman must have entered the
office while he was away. He saw hel
see her face. He had been employed
recently, and did not know Miss Hol
laday.
Then the physicians who had at
tended the dead man were called, and
testified that the knifeblade had pene
trated the left carotid artery, and that
d dc h'q bef foee Il tRey Ssa raached G him.
would take, perhaps, ten minutes tc
produce such an effusion of blood as
Rogers had hoticed-certainly more
than five, 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 he had exam,
ined the windows, and that they were
both bo1ted on the inside, precluding
the possibility of anyone swinging
down from above or clambering UP
from below. Nothing in the office had
been disturbed. There was other EVIL
dence Of an immaterial nature, and
then Miss Holiday IS maid was called.
HWas your mistress away from home
yesterday afternoon7' asked the cor:
oner.
eyes, sir; she had the carriage or.
dered for 8 clock. She was driven
away shortly after that - -"
"And what time did she return7'
"About 8, sir; just in time to dress
for dinner :
"Did you notice anything unusual
In her demeanor when she returnedq''
The maid hesitated, fearing doubt
less that she might say too much.
"Miss Holiday had complained of a
after a moment. "She was looking
badly when she went out, and the drive
made her worse instead of better. She
seemed very nervous and i'll. I advised
her to lie down and not dress for din
ner, but she would not listen. She
always dined 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.