The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-06-11

/ stTulSnt Tor the police, leaving tine
blood stained cudgel precisely where
he had found 1t In the grass. This wit
ness was not cross examined, and the
police officer whom he had summoned
soon replaced him In the box.
When the finding Of the body and Its
exact position when found had been
duly demonstrated to the satisfaction
of the court. and counsel for the de-
Tense had put couple of questions.
counsel for the crown informed his
lordship that he proposed to take the
medical evidence later. He would now
trace the prisoners connection with
the crime, adducing In the first place
what he conceived to be an adequate
motive for its commission. Mr.. Rich
ard Vale was thereupon called. but
added little to the evidence which he
had given at Marylebone. The only
difference was a cross examination
more rough than telling. In which dis
graceful admissions were accompanied
with a dissipated smirk. but which
ELECTED no essential point In the pris-
oner's favor. ~..s
On the other hand, this witness was
again the peg upon which were hung
the threatening letters. The letters
were once more indisputed, and pas
sage In one of them caused the first
sensation of the trial. II warn you"
ran the text, that | would rather
bang than starve. Unless you pay me
| shall dc one or the other. and don't
| you rely ON lodging me much longer.
for ! am hunting you day and night
and will do till I drop" The dead
mans landlady and club porter gave
supplementary evidence. The latter
had forwarded the letters to deceased
and had caused the police to put a
stop to prisoners lettering near the
club.
4 Now came workingman whose
face Tom had quite forgotten. but he
swore to the prisoner as one Of the
two men to whom he had said good
night as he passed them at the stile in
the Finchley road on the night Of
Thursday. the 9th ult.. about half
past 10. and 1t seemed that at the in
quest he had sworn to deceased as the
other.
Toms old friend and enemy. the
hackney coachman. first swore to the
prisoner as the man who had stopped
his coach overnight and was then ex-
4 animal M 60 hn Efaf nf
prisoner In his house next morning
and bis ultimate flight therefrom.
Tom saw his counsel's eyelids witch
ing before he rose. and he anticipated
one at least OF the three successive
points now scored In his favor.
when the prisoner sat at your
breakfast table" began culliford. did
you then or at any subsequent moment
notice anything In the nature of q
blood stain upon his clothes or per-
SOM
"Ns. sir; can't say that I did"
"Can you say that you did not?'
Witness hesitated, but told the truth.
NO." said he; II saw no signs of
olosd upon him either then or after
ward"
You saw no signs of blood upon the
prisoner either then or afterward. You
are quite positive, however, that the
man who waylaid your fare In the
Finchley road was the prisoner In the
dockr
quite positive"
Then didn't you recognize him In
the morning when your brother-in-law
brought him 70 your housei"
"No. sir; l did not"
what! Not when he was sitting al
rour own breakfast tableT'
Il did not"
"Nor yet when you gave him the
newspaper and he read you an account
OF the very crime with which he stands
indIctedi You suspected nothing. saw
nothing suspicious In his manner, moth
ing familiar In his facet"
mo: not then didn't"
"You suspected nothing and did not
recognize him then, yet az a word from
your wife you identified the prisoner
with the man who stopped your coach,
and you have so identified him ever
SINGER
witness made the necessary admls-
sion. but attempted TO explain mat
tiers. whereupon CullIford cut him
short and, having gained the advan-
tagc which Tom had forcseen. passed
on to one that was less apparent.
ITO return to your fare" said coun-
sci "Did you notice any vaIuables UP.
on his outer personT A watch chalni
Ringsy A breastpIn In the stockT'
IL saw q watch chain and a pima
diamond pin"
Mr.. Sergeant Culliford sat down IN
expectedly, but with an expression so
satisfied that Tom lost much OF the
next evidence chat Of the coachnian's
wife) in endeavoring to account for II.
He had not succeeded when the court
adjourned for luncheon, for the hour
Of acute perceptions was over and had
left him dazed 50 that the venerable
turnkey who had charge OF him In the
dock had to take him by the arm to
make him leave 10.
The principal witnesses Of the after
noon were Mrs. Adcock, Jonathan But.
terrified and the dImlnutive householder