Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-03-09

eide"
The witness shook his head decid-
eddy.
Nothing whatever SIR" he said pos
itively. Ills business was prospecting.
he was happy and contented why. he
was planning for trip abroad with
his daughter"
"Let us suppose for moment" con-
tinued Goldberg, that he did actually
stab himself in his daughters pres
cnce. What would you naturally ex-
pect her to dor
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, MIR. Royce"
he said.
Nov. 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-
Jays Office when he was stabbed. I
want to be very sure Of that identldca'
ton. Will you tell me how she was
dressed"
The witness paused for a moments
thought.
''She wore dress of very dark red"
he said at last, with some sort Of nar.
row dark trimming - black, possibly.
That's all l can tell you about IT.
"And the hat?"
II didn't notice the hat. sir. only
glanced ut her,"
But In that glance. Mr.. Rogers. did
you see nothing unusual, nothing which
suggested to your mind that possibly II
might not be Miss Holladay7"
Nothing. SIR"
"Some change Of demeanor, perhaps;
Of expression7"
The witness hesitated.
II thought she was looking not quite
30 well as usual" he said slowly. "She
seemed little pale and worried"
"Ah! Il was dark In the Office, waa
It not. at D o'clock yesterday otter
noon?"
1--WE had turned on the lights half an
hour before, sir"
us your Office well lightedr'
! II have q light over my desk. sir.
and there's another on the wall"
80 you could not see your visitors
face with absolute clearnessr
mo. sir. but quite clearly enough to
recognize her." he added doggedly.
"Yet you thought her looking pale
and worriedT'
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 suggestT
Again the witness hesitated In the eff.
fort at recollection.
mo. SIR" he answered finally. "Her
words, I think. were. is Mr.. Holiday
engaged at PRESENT."
1T was Miss Holidays voicer
II could not say, SIR" answered the
witness. again hopping the perspira-
ton from his forehead. II have no
wish to incriminate Miss Holiday un-
necessarily. I'm not sufficiently well
acquainted with her voice to swear
to It,"
swell, when you answered her ques-
ton in the negative, did she hesitate
before entering the private Officer
mo. sir; she went straight to It,"
rs there any lettering ON the doorY'
"Oh. yes. the usual lettering, 'Pri-
vate Office"
$50 that even If she were not &C.
quainted with the place, she might still
have seen where to go7'
Eyes, sir; suppose So"
"And you stated, too. I believe, that
you could have heard no sound Of an
alteration in the private Office had
one occurredf"
mo, sir; could have heard moth
Ing"
"You have been with Mr.. Holiday
a long time. believe. Mr.. RogersT"
"Over thirty years. sir"
And you are intimately acquainted
with his affairs7"
Eyes, SIR"
"Now. Mr.. Rogers. have you ever, in
all these years. run across anything
any item Of expenditure. any CORE
spondence, anything whatever-which
would lead you to think that Mr.. Hol.
laday was a victim Of blackmail or
that he had ever had a liaison with q
womanT'
mo. sirw cried the witness. mo,
sir! I'm willing to swear that such
a thing Is not possible. should in
evitably have found 1t out had 1t ex-
listed"
THAT will do for the present." said
Mr.. Royce. Il shall want to recall the
witness. however, sir"
The coroner nodded, and Rogers
stepped down. still trembling from the
effects Of his last outburst I confess
that, for my part, thought we were
very deep In the mire.
The Office boy was called next, but
added nothing to the story. He 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 en-
ployed recently and did not know Miss
Holiday.
Then the physicians who had attend
ed the dead man were called and tes.
titled 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 as Rogers
had noticed, certainly more than five
minutes, 80 that the blow must have
been struck before the woman left the
tun0r OfT3oo