The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-05-22

officer stepped In She
"Wsuf9
,she shrlsked
"whau Hefore BE opokeFe &
"Yes. slr'
"Inst at sisht Of himT'
Eyes. sir"
Did lie wear his badge In plain
Yes; on his breast"
$50 that you knew him TO be a police
officerg"
"Tes"
"And Mise Tuttls shrieked at seeing
a police oficery
"Yes, and spraug forward"
did she say anythingl"
"Not then"
"What did she dog"
Waited for hltu to speak"
(which he didf'
"At once and very brutally. He ask
ed if she was Mrs Jcffroy's sister and
when she nodded aud gasped Yes, he
blurted out that Mrs. Jeffrey was dead;
that he had just come from the old
house in Wayerley avenue, where she
had just been found"
And NJ Tuttley'
"Didr dow what 10 say just hid
her face. She was leaning against the
newell post, SO it was easy for her to
do so. remember that the man stared
at her for taking 1t SO quietly and ask
ing no questions"
And did she speak at allT
"Oh, yes. afterward. Her face was
wrapped in the folds Of her cloak. but
heard her whisper as If to herself:
No. no. That old hearth is not a
lodestone. She cannot have fallen
there And then abe looked up quite
wildly nd cried: There is something
morei Something which you have not
told meF She shot herself. II that's
what you mean. Miss Tuttle's arms
went straight up over her head. II
was awful to see her. shot herselfT
she gasped. oh. Veronica, Veronica
with a pistol, he went on-I suppose
he was going to say, tied - her wrist
but be never got it out, n Miss Tut
tie at the word pistol clapped her
hands TO her ears and for a moment
looked quite distracted, so that he
thought better Of worrying her any
more and only degalIded Nv know IL
Mr. jeffrey kept any such weapon.
"Miss Tuttle's face grew very strange
at this. 'Mr jeffrey! Was he there's
she asked The man looked surprised.
They are searching for Mr.. jeffrey.
he replied. ISN'T he hereT No, came
both from her lips and mine The man
acted very impertinently You haven't
told me whether pistol was kept here
or not said he. Miss Tuttle tried to
compose herself but ] saw that /
should have to speak if any one did so
l told him that Mr.. jeffrey did have a
pistol, which be kept in one Of his bu-
reau drawers. But when the officer
wanted Miss Tuttle TO 90 up and see If
it was there she shook her head and
made for the front door. saying that
she must be taken directly 10 her sis
ter"
"And cid no one go up? Was no at
tempt made to see if the pistol was VI
was not in the drawerT
"Yes; the officer went up with me. ]
pointed out the place where II was
kept. and he rummaged all through it,
but found no pistol didn't expect
him to- Here the witness paused
and bit her lip. adding confusedly
Mr. jeffrey bad taken it. you see.
The jurors who sat very much in the
shadow, had up TO this point attracted
but little attention. But now they be
gan TO make their presence felt per.
haps because the break ia the witness
words had been accompanied by a sly
look at jimmy. Possibly warned by
this that something lay back OF this
hitherto tlmid witness sudden volu
bility. one Of them now spoke up.
"ln what room did you say this pis
tol was kept"
''In Mr., and Mrs. Jeffrey's bedroom
sir, the room opening out Of the sit
ting room where Mrs. Jedrey had KEPT
herself shut up all day"
Does this bedroom OF which you
speak communicate with the hall al
well as with the sitting roOmY"
No. sir; it is the defect OF the house
Mr. and Mrs. JEFFREY often spoke OF il
as q great annoyance. You had 20 pass
through the little boudoir In order tC
reach H."
The juryman sank back. evidently
satisfied with her replies, but we who
marked the visible excitement will
which the witness had answered thi'
seemingly unimportant question won
dered what special interest surrounded
that room aud the pistol TO warrant
tie heightened color with which the
girl answered this new inrerlocutor
We were not destined TO know at this
time. for the coroner when he spoke
again uesLcG d different subject
How long was this before Mr. JEFF
fires came ing
"Only few minutes ! was terribly
frightened at being left there alon,
and WIS on my way TO ask one OF thC
other girls 10 come zap ana stay with
'me when ! heard his key ln the loch
and came back lie had entered the
house aud was standing near the dOoi
talking 70 on officer, who had evidently
come IN with him IL was a different
officer from .he one who had gone
away with Miss Tutte SIR jeffrey
was saying What's that2 My wife
hurtn Dead, SIR blurted ont IA,
man. I bad expected 10 see Mr. JET
frey terribly shocked but not iu Sd
awful a way IL really frightened noe
TO see him aud / 1rued 20 run, bu