New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-04-11

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with him often in a business way and
had the highest respect for him. He
! had been with Mr.. Holiday much lon
ger than I had been with Graham s.
Royce and had, as Mr. Graham had
! pointed out, an unimpeachable reputa
| ton
There We're the usual preliminaries-
| name, age, residence, and so on, Coro
ner Goldberg asking the questions. He
was really good cross examiner and
| soon came to the core Of the matter.
"What is the position of your desk
| in Mr.. Holidays Officer" he asked.
''There is an outer Office for the
clerks; opening from that a smaller
room, where my desk is placed. Open
| ing from my room was Mr.. Holidays
private Office
]. Had Mr.. Holidays Office any other
door?'
mo, sir
"Could entrance be had by the win
! dows?"
1.-THE windows open on the street
side of the building. We occupy a
j part of the eighth floor"
''The fire escapes
care at the back of the building
there are none on the street side
nothing but sheer WALL
$50 that any one entering or leaving
by your desk?'
Necessarily; yes, SIR
NCould any one pass without your
seeing him?"
/ mo, sir; that would be quite impos-
sible''
The coroner leaned back in his chair.
There was one point settled.
Nov, Mr.. Rogers he said, will
you kindly tell US, in your own way
and with as much detail as possible,
exactly what happened at your Office
shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon?'
I could see that Rogers was deeply
moved. His face was very white, he
moistened his lips nervously from time
to time, and his hands grasped con-
vulsively the arms of his chair. Plain
~ the task before him was far from
an agreeable one.
well, SIR" he began. 1--WE had a
very busy day yesterday and We're at
the Office considerably later than usual,
but by 5 o'clock we had closed up
work for the day. and all the other
clerks, with the exception of the Office
boy, had gone home. I had made some
notes from Mr.. Holidays dictation
and had returned to my desk to ar
range them when the outer door OPEN
ed, and Mr.. Holidays daughter came
in. She asked me whether her father
was engaged, and upon my saying no
opened the inner door and entered his
Office. She remained, should think,
about ten minutes, then she came out
again, walked rapidly past without
looking at me and, suppose, left the
building. finished arranging my
notes and then entered Mr.. Holladay's
Office to ask if he had any further in
structions for me, and [ found him
lying forward on his desk with knife
sticking in his neck and the blood
squirting out. summoned aid, but he
died without regaining consciousness.
should say he was practically dead
when found him.
I felt rather than heard the little
stir which ran through the room. There
was an indefnable horror in the story
! eyitably led.
"Now, let us go back a moment" said
the coroner as Rogers stopped and
mopped his forehead feverishly. 81
want the jury to understand your story
thoroughly. Mr.. Holiday had been
debating to you?'
'sYes.''
"And was quite we'll?
Eyes; as well as usual. He'd been
suffering with indigestion for some
time past"
''StilI he was able to attend to bust
ness %
'sOh, yes, sir. There was nothing al
all serious in his Illness
'sYou then left his Office and returned
+ to your own. How long had you been
, there before the outer door opened ?'
! mot over five minutes"
aAnd who was it entered ~
{ Miss Frances Holiday, the daugh-
ter of my employer"
You're quite sure? You know her
well 2"
Every well. I've known her for many
i years She often drove to the Office in
the evening to take her father home
Z I supposed that was what she came
{ for yesterday"
GU looked at her attentively?''
Rogers hitched impatiently in his
chair
9 IT glanced at her as l always do
. he said. 81 didn't stare"
: But you're quite sure it was Miss
Holiday 2"
] Absolutely sure, sir. Do you sup
!. pose I'd make an assertion like that il
wasn't absolutely sure?''
q No. said the coroner soothingly
+ mo. don't suppose any such thing
not for a moment, Mr. Rogers, only
e want the jury to see how certain the
I Identification is. Shall proceed p
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