The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-02-14

ITS n good jury" replied the cor
oner. az he took the paper. Better
than usual. Are you ready. Mr.. Single
TOM
Yes" said the district attorney. oh.
wait n minute" he added, and he got
uD and came down to our table. You're
going TO put Miss Holiday on the
stand. I suppose
And expose her TO all this7" and our
junior looked around the room. Not
| II I can help ~"
II don't see how you can help u. An
alibfa the only thing that can rave
her from being bound over"
We'll cross the bridge when we come
| to IT," retorted Mr.. Royce. II 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 thoughtfuily. He had made
something OF n reputation. sinci his
election a year before. an a solver OF
abstruse criminal problems. and had
secured conviction In two or three
criminal cases which had threatened for
time to battle the police. He evil
IDENTIFY scented something OF the same
kind here. or he would have entrusted
| the case tn one OF his assistants. IL
| might be added that. while his succ ess-
cs had made him immensely popular
with the multitude. there had been.
about one or two OF them. n hint OF un-
| professional conduct. which had made
his brethren OF the bar look rather ask
ance ut him.
He nodded to the coroner after a mo-
ment. the room was called to order and
the first witness summoned.
IL was Rogers. the confidential clerk.
I knew Rogers. OF course. had talked
with min often In n business way. and
had the highest respect for him. He
had been with Mr.. Holiday much long
er than I had been with Graham n
Royce. and had. as Mr.. Graham had
pointed out. an unimpeachable reputa-
ton.
There we're the usual preliminaries.
name age residence and no on. Cor
onsr Goldberg. asking the questions.
lie was n really good cross examiner.
and soon came TO the core OF the mat
ter.
what L. the position OF your desk
In Mr.. Holidays Office" he asked.
There's an outer ONCE for the
clerks. opening from that. smaller
room where my desk IL placed. Open
Ing from my room was Mr.. Holidays
Had Mr.. HoiIadays once any other
door,"
mo. sir"
could entrance be had by the win
dows7"
"a. the w VII. S;,, open on the as.n ,,r'es
part OF the eighth floor"
The IRE escapes--
Are at the back OF tho building
there are none ON the street side
nothing but a sheer wall"
$50 that anyone entering or leaving
the private once must necessarily
pass hy your DESK
ssNasaaaa air"
Gould anyone pass without your
seeing him."
mo. sir: that would be quite impos-
sibie."
The coroner leaned back In his chair.
There was one point settled.
NOW. Mr.. Rogers" he said. will
you kindly tell us. I'm your own way
and with a. much detail as possible.
exactly what happened at your Office
shortly before o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon""
I could see that Rogers was deeply
moved. His face was very white. hs
moistened his lips nervously from time
To- time. and his hands grasped con-
yulsively tho arms OF his chair. Plain
~. the task before him was far from
an agreeable one.
We'll. sir" ne began. I've had a very
busy day yesterday. and were nj tho
office considerably later than usual.
but by o'clock We had closed up work
for the day. and all the other clerks.
with the exception of tho ofilco boy.
had gone home. had made some
notes from Mr.. Holidays dictation.
and had returned TO my desk To mr.
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.
should think. about ten minutes: then
she came out again. walked rapidly
past without looking at me, and. l
suppose. left the building. / finished
arranging my notes, and then entered
Mr.. Holidays Office To ask II he had
any further instructions for me. and l
found him lying forward on his desk.
with a knife sticking In his neck and
tho blood squirting out. i summoned
aid. but he died without regaining
consciousness--I should say no was
practically dead when ! found him"
I 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 II
inevitably led.
Now, let us 20 back a moment"
said the coroner. rs Rogers stopped
and mopped his forehead feverlshly.
II want the jury To understand your
story thoroughly. Mr.. Holiday had
been debating to your"
Yes"
And was quite well?"
"Yes-as well an usual. He'd been
suffering with indigestion for some
time past"
still he was able to attend TO bust
ness"
"Oh. yes. sir. There was nothing AZ
all serious I'm his illness
Continued Next Week.
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