Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-29

utes. thought perhaps Mr.. Holiday
| was getting ready to accompany his
daughter, and l didn't wish to detain
him"
And you found him, us you say,
lying forward across his desk with a
knife In his throat and the blood squirt
ing out. Did you recognize the knife?"
Eyes, sir. 1t was his knife-a knife
he kept lying on his desk to sharpen
pencils with and erase and SO on"
SHARP, was it?'
at had one long blade. very sharp.
| sir"
The coroner picked up knife that
was lying on the desk before him.
"Is this the knife?" he asked.
Rogers looked at it carefully.
"That's the knife, sir" lie said, and
1t was passed to the jury. When they
| had finished with it, Mr. Royce and
examined it. 1t was an ordinary one
| bladed erasing knife with ivory ham
| die. 1t was open, the blade being
| about two inches and half in length,
| and, as soon convinced myself, very
| sharp indeed.
"Will you describe Mr.. Holladay's
| postion?" continued the coroner
"He was lying forward OH the desk,
with his arms outstretched and his
head to one side"
| "And there was great deal Of
blood?'
ooh. great deal! Some one appar-
emily had attempted to check it, fol. n
little distance away there was hand.
kerchief soaked in blood"
The coroner picked up handker-
chief and handed it to the witness.
rs that the handkerchief" he asked.
Eyes, sir" said Rogers, after mo-
ment.
as it mans or woman's handker-
chief?'
ooh, a woman's, undoubtedly"
The jury examined it, and SO did we.
1t was small square of fine cambria,
with no mark that could see, soaked
through and through with blood-un-
questionably woman's handkerchief.
Then Rogers told the rest Of the story
| how he had summoned aid and in.
formed the police.
"Now, Mr.. Rogers" said the coroner,
when he had finished, there is one
point more Has there been anything
in your knowledge of Mr.. Holiday or
his business to suggest the idea of sui
cide?"
The witness shook his head decid-
eddy.
| "Nothing whatever, sir" he said pos
itively. Ills business was prospecting.
he was happy and contented-wby, he
was planning for trip abroad with
his daughtes"
LET us suppose for moment" con.
tinued Goldberg, "that he did actually
stab himself in his daughters pres
ence. What would you naturally ex-
pect her to do?"
II should expect her to give the
alarm-to summon aid," replied Rog-
ers.
Certainly = unquestionably." And
Goldberg nodded to my chief. II turn
the witness over to you, Mr.. Royce"
he said.
"Now. 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.. Holla-
days office when he was stabbed.
want to be very sure Of that Identified
ton. Will you tell me how she was
dressed!
The witness paused for moments
thought.
"She wore dress Of very dark red"
he said at last, with some sort of mar
row dark trimming - black, possibly.
That's all 1 can tell you about it,
"And the hate"
81 didn't notice the hat, sir. only
glanced at her."
"But in that glance, Mr.. Rogers, did
you see nothing unusual nothing which
suggested to your mind that possibly 1t
might not be Miss Holladay?'
Nothing, sir"
"Some change Of demeanor, perhaps;
of expression?"
The witness hesitated.
II thought she was looking not quite
so we'll as usual" he said slowly. "She
seemed little pale and worried"
"Ah! 1t was dark in the Office, was
It not, at 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon?"
eve had turned on the lights half an
hour before, sir"
sis your office well lighted"
II have a light over my desk, sir,
| %1,o
$50 you could not see your visitors
face with absolute clearness?"
mo, sir, but quite clearly enough to
recognize her." he added doggedly.
"Yet you thought her looking pale
and worried?"
Eyes, sir; that was my impression"
"And when she asked for Mr. Holla-
day did she use the words my father,
as your evidence would suggestY
Again the witness hesitated in the eff
fort at recollection.
mo, SIR" he answered finally. "Her
words, think, were, is Mr.. Holiday
engaged at PRESENT."
"It was Miss Holidays voice?"
II could not say, sir" answered the
witness, again hopping the perspira-
ton from his forehead. Il have no
wish to incriminate Miss Holiday un-
necessarily. I'm not sufficiently well
acquainted with her voice to swear
to it,