The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-03

naa Deen rieo co ner arm. Then the
/ doctor who taa actcd under the coro-
ner was called After a long and no
doubt learned description OF the bullet
wound which had ended the life of this
unhappy lady-a wound which he in
sisted. with = marked display OF learn
ing. must have made that end instan-
taneous or at least too immediate for
her 10 move foot or hand after 1.-THE
was asked If The body Showed any
other mark OF violence.
To this he replied:
There was q minute wound at the
base of one of her fingers the one
whieh is popularity called the wedding
finger
This statement made all the women
present stare with renewed interest:
nor was it altogether without point for
the men, especially when the doctor
went on to say:
1.-The hands were entirely without
rings. AS Mrs. Jeffrey had been mar
ried with ring. I noticed their alb
sence''
WAS this wound which you cLarac-
terize as minute recent one:'
sion such as would be made if the ring
she usually wore there had been drawn
off with jerk. That was the impress
SIGN 1 received from its appearance. /
do not state that 1t was so made"
A little thrill which went over the
audience at the picture this evoked
communicated itself TO Miss futile.
who trembled violently. II even pro-
duoed slight display of emotion in
Mr.. Jeffrey. whose hand shook where
he pressed it against his forehead But
neither uttered a sound nor looked up
when the next witness was summoned.
This witness proved TO be Loretta,
who, on hearing her name called.
eyinced great reluctance 60 come for
ward. After the coroner had elected
her name and the position she held in
Mr. Jeffrey's household he asked
whether her duties took her into Mrs.
Jeffrey's room. Upon her replying that
they did. lie further inquired If she
knew Mrs Jeffrey's rings. and could
say whether they were all to be found
on that lady's toilet table after the
police came in with news Of her death.
The answer Yves decisive. They We're
ornaments she was m the oany na0it
of wearing, with the exception of her
watch. That was not there.
Did you take up those rings:"
NO, sir
Did you see any one else take them
up?"
NO, sir; not till the officer did So
every well. Loretta. Sit down again
till we hear what Durbin has to say
about these rings
And then the man I hated came for
ward, and. though l shrank from &C
know lodging it even TO myself. l could
but observe how strong and quiet and
self possessed he seemed and how de-
cislve was his testimony.
But it was equally brief. He had
taken up the rings and he had looked
at them; ard on one, the wedding ring.
he had detected slight stain of blood.
he had called Mr.. Jefrey's attention
10 it. but that gentleman had made no
comment.
This remark had the effect of con-
centrating general attention upon Mr..
Jeffrey. But he seemed quite obliyi-
Gus of it; his attitude remained uri-
changed, and only from the quick
stretching out and withdrawal of Miss
Tuttle's hand could it be seen that
anything had been said calculated TO
touch or arouse this man. The coroner
east an uneasy glance in bis direction:
then he motioned Durbin aside and re-
called Loretta.
And now I began to be sorry for the
girl. 1t is hard to have ones weak
nesses exposed, especially if one is
more foolish than wicked But there
was no way of letting this girl off with
The Photograph of the
firfer marks