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"No.ro Ql.te syfef You know Aey
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VERY wca. I've A.oVn her tog
many wears. she often drove to the
Office In tho evening 10 take her father
home. I supposed tAat was What she
came for Yesterday
You looked Al her attentively ."
Rogers httchel tnpaQently in his
Cnair.
Il glanced at ner. as l always do.
he said, I didn't stare"
But you're quite sure II was Miss
Holladay2'
Absolutely sure. sir, Good Cod
he cried. his nerves giving way for an
instant. do YOU suppose I'd make an
assertion like that II l wasn't abso-
lutely sure"
No" said the coroner sooth!ngly:
no, l don't suppose any such thing
not Tor a moment. Mr.. Rogers, only
want the jury to see how certain the
Identification is. Shall l proceed?"
Go ahead. sir said Rogers. IN try
to hold myself together a little better.
sir
II can see h q strain this is for
YOU, said the coroner kindly, and III
spare YOU as much as l can. NON. after
Miss Holiday entered the inner Office.
how long did she remain there"
About ten minutes. l should say;
not longer than that certainly
Did you hear Il ound of CONVEX
sation. or any unusual noise of any
kind
No, sir, 1t would have been a very
laday's office has heavy walls and a
double door which completely shut off
all sounds from Within
Miss Holiday then came out?"
Yes. sir"
And walked past you?"
Yes, sir. walked past me rapidly"
Did You not think that peculiar"
why. sir. she didn't often stop to
speak to me. I was busy and so
thought nothing particularly about it"
did you notice her face? Did She
seem perturbed?'
NO. sir: / didn't notice. 1 just
glanced up and bowed. In fact. l didn't
see her face at all, for She had lowered
her VEIL
Her veil," repeated the oroner.
You hadn't mentioned that She wore
a Veil"
NO, sir; when she came into the Of
fee she had lifted it up over her hat
brim-you know how women do"
"Yes-so you saw her face distinctly
when she entered?"
Yes. sir"
But when she went out she had low
cred her veil. Was it a heavy ONE"
"just an ordinary Veil, should say"
But still heavy enough 10 conceal
her face?"
"Oh, yes, sir"
The coroner nodded. Now, Mr..
Rogers, how long a time elapsed after
the departure of the woman before you
went back into the inner o~ffice?"
Mot more than three or four min
utes. 1 thought perhaps Mr.. Holladay
was getting ready to accompany his
daughter, n 1 didn't wish to detain
him.
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Ing forward across his desk with a
knife in his throat and the blood
squirting out. Did you recognize the
knife?"
Yes. sir. 1t vas his knife-a knife
he kept living on his desk to sharpen
pencils with and erase and SO on"
sharp, was tt?"
1T had one long blade, Very sharp,
sir"
The coroner picked up a knife that
was lying on the desk before him.
rs his the knife" he asked.
Rogers looked al II carefully
That's the knife, SIR" he said. and
1t was passed to the Jury. when they
had finished with it Mr. Royce and L
examined 1t. 1t was an ordinary one
bladed erasing knife with ivory ham
die. 1t was open. the blade being
about two inches and a half In length,
and, as | soon convinced myself. very
sharp indeed.
will you describe MIR. Holladay's
position" continued the coroner.
He was lying forward on the desk.
with his arms outstretched and his
head to one side"
And there was a great deal of
blood?"
ooh, a great deal. Someone. appar-
entity, had attempted to check it. for "a
little distance away there was a hand-
kerchief soaked in blood"
/ The coroner picked up a handker-
chief and handed it to the witness.
rs that the handkerchief" he asked
Yes, SIR" said Rogers, after a mo-
ment.
rs 1t a mans or a woman's hand
~kerchief?"
"Oh. a woman undoubtedlv."
The ilrv yamined it and so did we.
1t was a small square of fine cambria
with no mark that | could sec, soaked
through and through with blood-un-
questionable a woman's handkerchief
Then Rogers fold the rest of the story
nov he had Summoned aid and in.
formed the police.
Nov Mr. Rogers" said the cor
oner when he had finished. "there is
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