The Red Cloud chief., 1905-11-10

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ton In the negative. did she hesitate
before entering the private office"
mo, sir; she went straight to IT,"
as there any lettering on the door2"
'Oh. yes. the usual lettering. 'pri-
vate Office"
80 that, wen If she were not ac-
quaintcd with the place, she might still
have seen where to COZ
Yes. sir; | suppose So"
"And you stated. too, | believe. that
you could have heard no sound Of an
alteration in the private office had
one occurrcd?"
mo, sir; | could have heard moth
ing"
"You have been with Mr.. Holiday
a long time, I believe, Mr.. RogcrsY'
cover thirty years, sir"
"And you are intimately acquainted
with his affairs?"
Eyes. sir"
"Now, Mr.. Rogers. have you ever, In
all these years, run across anything
any item of expenditure, any CORE
spondcnce. anything whatcvcr-which
would lead you to think that Mr.. lIol-
laday was n victim of blackmail or
that he had ever had a liaison with II
womanY'
mo, sir" cried the witness. mo,
sir! I'm willing To swear that such
a thing Is not possible. | should in
evitahly have found 1t out had II eS-
listed"
"That will do for the present" said
Mr.. Royce. 81 shall want to recall the
witness, however, sir"
The coroner nodded. md Rogers
! stepped down, still trembling from the
effects Of his last outburst. | confess
that, for my part, l thought we were
very deep In the mire.
The Office boy was called next, but
added nothing to the story. lie had
gone to the chute to mail some letters.
The woman must have entered the
office while he was away. He saw her
come out again, but, of course. did
not see her face. He had been ON.
Holiday.
Then the physicians who had attend.
ed the dead man were called and ties
tilted that the knife blade had pene.
trated the left carotid artery and that
he had bled to death-was dead, indeed
before they reached him. 1t would
take perhaps ten minutes to produce
such an effusion of blood AZ Rogers
had noticed, certainly more than five
minutes, 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 ex
were both bolted on the inside, preclud
ing the possibility of any one swinging
down from above or clambering III
from below. Nothing in the office ha,
been disturbed. There was other evil
dence of an immaterial nature, ant
then Miss Holidays maid was called
WAS your mistress away from hom'
ner.
Yes, sir. She had the carriage or
dered for 3 o'clock. She was driver
away shortly after that"
"And what time did she return"
about g, sir. Just in time to dres
for dinner"
Did you notice anything unusual Il
t her demeanor when she returned?'
The maid hesitated, fearing doubles
that she might say too much.
| Miss Holiday had complained Of
headache in the morning" she said
after II moment. "She was lookin
bad when she went out, and tn
drive made her worse instead of better
She seemed very nervous and Ill.
advised her to lie down and not dres
= for dinner, but she would not lister
{. She always dined with her father an
did not wish to disappoint him. Sh
was in a great hurry, fearing that he
7 get back before she was ready"
"There's no doubt in your mind tha
I she was really expecting him?"
4 "Oh, no, sir! She even went to tn
t door t. look for him when he did n,
come. She seemed very uneasy aboV
him."
!; That was one point in our favor &c
tainly.
"And when the news Of her father
g death reached her how did she BET
@ it?"
"She didn't bear it at all, sir" a
) swered the maid, catching her brea
to choke back a sob. "She tainted DEF
away. Afterward she seemed to be
n a kind Of daze till the doctor came"
"That Is all. Have you any que