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

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@. A blow was given, yet neither
you nor any person acting as your ae-
complete gave it. Did Mr.. Darrow him
self give the blows "1
A. No, sir.
Q. 7 thought not. Did any person
: A. No, sir.
The audience drew a deep inspira,,
ton, as if with one aceord' They had
ceased to reason. Again and again had
within single syllable of the truth,
only to find ourselves at the next word
more mystifed than ever. It would
hardly have surprised us more If the
prisoner had informed us that Mr.. Oar
row still lived The excitement was
SO intense that thought was impossible.
so we could only listen with bated
breath for someone else. to solve the
thing for our beleagured and discour-
league, Maitland resumed.
@. A blow was given, yet no per-
son gave it. Was it given by any
thing which Is alives
| A. It was not.
You could have heard a pin drop, so
silent was the room during the pause
which preceded Maitland g next ques-
ton.
O.. Did you arrange some inanimate
window, or elsewhere, on the Darrow
estate so that it or they might wound
Mr.. Darrowa
A. No, no inanimate object other
than the hypodermic syringe already
referred to.
q. TO my. question: "a blow was civ,
en-, yet no person gave it.. Was it
given by anything which is aliveP' you
have answered.: "It was not Let
thing which was at that time alives
t A. It was.
There was stir all over the court
admission. The examination was ap-
preaching crisis!
I @. And you have said 1t was not a
!, person. Was it not an animala
IAN z. - an nina we all calculated with
the unanimity Of a Greek chorus. Sc
audible were the ordinations Of in
, bound audience that the crier's gavel
| had to be brought into requisition be-
} fore Maitland could proceed.
@. Did you train a little Capucir
monkey to strike this blow7
A. I did.
: A great sigh, the result Of suddenly
, relieved tension, literally interlardeC
with unconscious EXPLANATIONS, swept
over the courtroom and would not bt
gaveled into silence until it has duly
spent itself. Even the judge so fal
forgot his dignity as to give vent to {
half-stifed exclamation.
, Maitland proceeded:
O. In order that this monkey nigh
> not attack the wrong man after 20,
had armed him, you taught him to ODE,
, upon the cord by which you held him
,, A certain signal was to creep stealthil,
forward, another to strike, and still an
other to crawl quickly back with tn,
? weapon. When circumstances seemed
most favorable to the success Of you
: designs-that is, when Miss Darrow
voice and the piano prevented an.
slight sound from attracting attention.
you gently dropped the monkey in a
the window and signaled him what t
), do. When Mr.. barrow sprang to hi
o ened away. Is not this fairly correc
description Of what occurred9
A. It is true to the letter.
! O. And subsequently you killed tn
= monkey lest he should betray you b
=. exhibiting his little tricks at an inor
4 perfume moment in way to compromis
It you. Is it not sos
is A.. It is. T killed him, tho he wa
It my daughters pet
- We were stricken aghast at Mai
j. land 8 sudden grasp Of the case. Eve
S1d mea mas iHH a2G Maa Mh1 tne s1qld
g facts all along9 Had he simply bee
d playing with the witness for reason
r which we could not divine7 M. Godin
:: face was study. He ceased BORN
q holes in Latour with his eyes an
l. turned those wonderful orbs full upo
g Maitland, in whom they seemed to sin
n to the depths Of his very soul: Clear
ton of Maitland's power.
ID Browne, who thruout the trial ha
y glared at Maitland with an unfrien
3 Illness which must have been apparel
:, to every one, now lowered blacker tina
IL ever, it seemed to me. l wondere
- what could have occurred to still flu
70 Their displease him, and finally co
cluded it must either be some TRANSFER
thought which had come uncalled in
his mind, or else feeling Of envy
OF his rival g prominence in the case, ar
:, the deservedly good reputation he VI
N making. His general ill-feeling I,
course, charged to jealousy, for I cou
not but note his uncomfortable admir-
would have given his own life-or al
one else's for that matter-to posse
er her, and I decided to speak word
warning to George After sho
whispered consultation with Jenki
So and the prosecuting attorney, Maitla1
a. turned to the prisoner and said:
). the stand"
II It seemed to the spectators that t
TO affair was now entirely cleared I
s sGa they Fly th ssfl eTm the
Id uonement. They were, therefore, mu
taken aback when Maitland continue
* addressing the jury: 49, q.
ms "The evidence against the, prison
ID. had we not his confession. Apart FRI
ny ing evidence save such as has been Fl
'as ness, M. Godin. AS it is thru this e
IA brought within reach Of justice, it
ne to- him which may be puzzling to tn
the case. think he will enlighten
ar take the stand, -
he At this there was much whisper]
tly in the courtroom. Maitland's cou
Ike seemed decidedly anomalous. Ev'
lad one wondered why he should :.
Am at such pains. to. prove that VIII
had been already admitted, :
VS. resenting Latour, it would Sc