Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-12-20

room began to fill again. At last the
coroner and district attorney came In
together, and the former raped for Or
der
1.-The inquest will continue" he said,
with the examination Of John Brooks,
Miss Holidays coachman."
can give Ills evidence in few words
His mistress had driven directly down
the avenue to Washington square.
There she had left the carriage, bid
ding him wat for her. and had contin-
ued southwark into the squalid French
quarter. He had lost sight of her in
moment and had driven slowly about
for more than two hours before she re-
appeared. She had ordered him to
drive home as rapidly as he could, and
he had not stopped until he reached the
house. Her gown Yes, he had no.
ticed that it was a dark red He had
No, he Had never before driven her to
that locality.
Quaking Mt heart, l realized that only
one person could eAtlica:e Frances Hol-
laday from the coil woven about her.
II she persisted in silence there was
no hope for her. But that she should
still refuse to speak Was inconceivable
unless
''Ihat is all +" said the coroner. "Will
you cross examine til witness. Mr..
RoyceY"
My chief shook his head silently.
and Brooks left the stand.
Again the coroner and Singleton
whispered. together.
I'VE will recall Miss Holidays
maid" said the former ut last.
She was on the stand again in a mo
ment, calmer than she had been, but
deadly pale.
Are your mistress handkerchiefs
marked III any way?' Goldberg asked
as she turned to him.
Some of them are, yes, sir. Will
her initials. in the form of mono
gram. Most of them are plain:"
DO you rccogfize this one:" and,h,
handed her the CHASTITY piece Of evi
! dencc.
held my breath while the woman
looked it over, turning it with trem
bling fingers.
"No, sir!" she replied emphaticall
as she retGrned it to him.
v "Does your mistress possess an
Eandkerchiefs that resemble this one?
q "Oh, yes, sir. It's an ordinary can
brio handkerchief Of good quality. sue
: as most ladies use:''
t breathed long sigh of relief. Her
/, at least fortune favored us.
t ",rhat is all. Have you any que!
i tons, Mr.. Royce?"
l Again our junior shook his head.
r "That concludes our case" added til
S corener. Have you any witnesses
d summon, sir?'
t What witnesses could we have
S Only one, and fancied that the jur.
J. men were looking at us eSpectantl
If our client We're indeed innocen
r. why should we hesitate to put her G
l the stand. to give her opportunity
II defend herself, to enable her to shatte
t. in a few words, this chain of circun
le stance SO firmly forged about her!
she were innocent, would she not nat
ID rally wish to speak in her own b
half? Did not her very unwillingne'
u to speak argue
ASK for recess" l whispered. &c
:. to Miss Holiday and tell her that Ill
y, less she speaks
But before Mr.. Royce could answ
Or a policeman pushed his way forwar
to from the rear of the room and hande
n note to the coroner.
a. "a messenger brought this momel
ngo, sir" he explained.
The coroner glanced at the supe
scripffon and handed 1t to my chief.
"It's FOR You. Mr. Royce" he said.
saw that the address read
For Mr.. E7yco.
Attorney 1or the Defense.
He tore it open and ran his ey'
rapidly over. the Enclosure. He rel
it through second time. then he
out the paper to me with an eXpresslt
of the blankest amazement. The no
read:
The man Rogers Is lying. The WON
who was with Holaday wore gown
dark green.
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