The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-02-14

Yes" said the district attorney. oh,
wait a minute" he added, and he got
up and came down to our table. You're
going to put Miss Holiday on the
stand, / suppose
And expose her to all this" and our
Junior looked around the room. mot
if 1 car help IT."
Il don't see how you can help it. An
alibi's the only thing that can save
her from being bound over"
Wen cross the bridge when we come
to it," retorted Mr.. Royce. Il think
the case against her will soon die OF
hamilton"
"Oh, very WE'LL" and Singleton abrupt
ly went back to his desk. biting his
mustache thoughtfully. He had made
something of q reputation, sine. his
election a year before, as a solver OF
abstruse criminal problems, n had
secured a conviction in two or three
criminal cases which had threatened for
a time to battle the police. He evil
IDENTIFY scented something Of the same
kind here, or he would have entrusted
the case to one of his assistants. 1t
might be added that, while his success
es had made him immensely popular
with the multitude. there had been,
about one or two of them, a hint OF I'M
professional conduct, which had made
his brethren of the bar look rather ask
ance at him..
He nodded to the coroner after a mo-
ment. the room was called to order ana
the first witness summoned.
1t was Rogers, the confidential clerk.
I knew Rogers, Of course had talked
| with MIN often in q business way, n
| had the highest respect for him. He
had been with Mr.. Holiday much long
er than I had been with a Il
Royce, and had, as Mr.. Graham had
pointed out, an u~nimpeachable reputa-
| ton.
There We're the usual preliminaries,
name, AGE. residence n SO on, Cor
oner Goldberg, asking the questions.
He was a really good cross examiner,
and soon came to the core of the mat
ter.
What is the position of your desk
in Mr.. Holidays Office" he asked.
'"There's an outer office for the
opening from that. a smaller
Ing from my room was Mr.. Holidays
private Office"
Had Mr.. Holidays office any other
door,"
No, sir"
Gould entrance be had by the win
dows?"
side Of the building. We occupy q
part of the eighth floor"
The fire escapes
Are at the back OF the building
there are none on h street side
nothing but a sheer WALL"
so that anyone entering or leaving
the private office must necessarily
pass by your desk?"
Necessarily: yes, sir"
Gould anyone pass without your
seeing him?"
NO, sir; that would be quite impos-
sible."
The coroner eaned back in his chair.
There was one point settled.
Now, Mr.. Rogers" he said, will
o kindly tell US. in your W way
and with as much detail as possible,
exactly what happened at your Office
shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon?"
could see hat Rogers was deeply
moved. His face was very white, he
moistened his lips nervously from time
to time, and his bands grasped con-
vulsively the arms Of his chair. Plain
ly. the task before him was far from
an agreeable one.
We'll, SIR he began, I'VE had a very
busy day yesterday, and were at the
office considerably later than usual;
but by 5 o'clock we had closed up work
for the day, n all the other clerks.
with the exception of the office boy.
notes from Mr.. Holidays d~ictation,
and had returned to my desk to ar
range them, when the outer door OPP
ened and Mr.. Holidays daughter
came in. She asked me whether her
father was engaged, and upon my say
ing no., opened the inner door and en-
tered his office. She remained, I
should think, about ten minutes: then
h came out again, walked rapidly
past without looking at me, and, l
suppose, left the building. l finished
arranging my notes, and then entered
Mr.. Holidays Office to ask IL he had
Any further instructions for me, and I
found him lying forward on his desk,
with a knife sticking in his neck and
he blood squirting out. I summoned
consciousness should say he was
practically dead when I found him.
l felt, rather than heard, the little
stir which ran through the room.
There was an indefinable horror in the
story and in the conclusion to which 1t
inevitably led.
Now, let us go back a moment
said the o as Rogers stopped
and mopped his forehead feverishly.
Il want the jury to understand your
story thoroughly. Mr.. Holiday had
been debating to your"
Yes"
And was quite well?"
"Yes-as we'll as usual. He'd been
suffering with indigestion for some
time past
Still he "a able to attend to busi-
ness?"
ooh, yes, sir. There was nothing at
all serious in his illness"
Continued Next Week.
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