Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-22

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EsrS;s7sS opinion that Bernard should not
Ssss&SasJ only be hanged, but drawn and quar-
tered, as the crime amounted to ipari-
eide. 0'-'N'''N' t'''
| durham attended the inquest as Sir Simon's
lawyer, and executor, and Miss Plantagenet at
tended it with him.
beryl was also present with Inspector Groom
He looked pale and somewhat worried. and
when his eyes fell ON the withered, resolute face
OF Miss Berengaria, he WINGED, knowing she
was firm friend to his cousin.
| AS yet the body of the young man had not
been found, and both Durham and Miss Plantag
ehet were certain that Bernard was still alive
Mrs. Gilroy was also present with Lucy, and
these sat in the body of the court near Miss
| Berengaria.
Inspector Groom, who was called first, de-
tailed how. he had been summoned in to see the
body of the baronet, and related what evidence
he had gathered, and gave also the names of
| the witnesses he proposed to call. Amongst
these were Jane and the cook, also the page for
these three domestics had frequently seen the
soldier who had courted Jane, and who was be-
lieved to be Bernard Gore.
After Groom a doctor, who deposed to
| having examined the body, and gave it as his
opinion that the deceased had been strangled
some time after ten o'clock Before being
stranged he had been rendered unconscious by
choroform thus had fallen an easy victim to
the assassin. Mention was made of the ban
dana handkerchief with which the stranguaton
had been effected, and it was produced in court;
but the handkerchief STEPPED in chloroform
which had been bound round the mouth was
missing. 1t white according to the
evidence of the housekeepcr, and had been loos-
ened from the mouth by Bernard himself when
she brought him up to look on his victim.
Julius Beryl deposed that Bernard and Sir
Simon were at variance, and Mrs. Giroy gave
evidence about the quarrel which had taken
place at the Hall when the young man had been
turned away She that Bernard then
made use of threatening language and had hint
ed he would throw his grandfather out of the
window. She also explained the cause of the
quarrel and the name of Alice mentioned,
much to the wrath of Miss Plantagenet
Afterwards the housekeeper went on to state
that Bernard had visited in Crimea Square. She
had never seen him, as he was always smuggled
out Of sight by Jane when she was heard ap-
preaching the kitchen. But on the night of the
murder Gore had presented himself at the door
after ten o'clock and had intimated that Sir ST.
mon desired to see him, having sent down a
message to the kitchen to that effect.
! Coroner: ''Who carried the message?
| Mrs. Giroy: "The page, William. Mr.. Gore
was alarmed and left the house at once, refusing
to come up. Afterwards he had apparently
changed his mind, for he came to the door. /
took him up to Sir Simon and left them alone"
| Coroner: 'Did you see the meeting~
| Mrs Gilroy: "No, / pushed Mr. Gore into
the room then went down to wait. But l think
Sir Simon was disposed to be friendly. Mr.. Gore
remained upstairs for about fifteen minutes,
then left the house hurriedly. ] saw him 60 out
of the door. l called after him. He did not
answer I then ran upstairs, and found Sir
Simon dead. / came down again and, ran out
in pursuit of Mr.. Gore, crying out, Murder!'
He was almost on the doorstep and came into
the house with me. He denied that he had
killed his grandfather and loosened the two
handkerchiefs. Then the police came and he
| escaped"
| Lucy Randolph, also gave evidence as to the
quarrel. "Bernard had fiery temper" she
said, weeping, "and when Sir Simon spoke bad
| ly of Miss Malleson, he threatened to throw Sir
| Simon out of the window. | did not hear him
Use the word strangle. / saw him wheR
| he came to the kitchen at Crimea Square and it
was only two days before the murder that Mrs.
Gilroy recognized him by the description given
| l,y the housemaid/ am quite friendly with Ber-
nard."
This evidence led to that of, Jane, the house
maid She was shown photograph of Gore and
swore positively that it was the face OF the
vounr soldier who had courted her. Before Sir
Simon came to Crimea Square she had met him
in the Park. He was in the uniform of the new
ly.forrned Imperial Yeomanry. He made love
| to her and asked if he might come to the house.
He also seemed to be very inquisitive about Sir
Simon. He came many times, and was, intro
duced to the cook. Also William, the page, saw
him. He called himself Bernard, nothing more.
and did not make use of his name of Gore.
The cook and the page also identified the pho
tograph as that of Mr.. Gore. Evidence was then
o;yen by an officer of the Imperial Yeomanry
as to Gore calling himself Bernard alone He
was known as Corporal Bernard. On the night
Of the murder he had obtained leave of absence
to dine with a friend and had left the barracks
before FIVE 1t was between five and six, accord
ine to the cook, that Bernard was in the kitch-
len. S,
that Gore had dined with him at his house on
Camden Hill There was another mutual friend
! present Bernard had arrived at seven at the
house and had left it at ten o'clock. Witness
nroduced Sir Simons letter stating that Gore
was courting the housemaid Jane, But Durham
s,Tore that Bernard had denied this, and said
that he had not been near the house "Ihdeed,
added the witness,l "he did not know the where
abouts Of the house till told him"
In summing up the Coroner was quite the
side Of the prosecution and public opinion was
with him.
BIASED both by the evidence and by the Coro-
ners speech, the jury brought in verdict of
guiNv against Bernard Gore.