Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-24

How many of these bits or wax, al
eighth of an inch high and a siXtieth o
an inch wide, are there?"
over twenty"
Are any of them broken"
Not one"
The wax is in exactly the condition
in which you found it the Tuesda!
evening after Mrs. Craig's death?"
1T is
You have not attempted to fit th'
ring to the impression in the waX?"
mo. sir: the jury can do that"
We will consider another matte
now. You do not feel at liberty t.
speak of the circumstances unde'
which you found these rings?"
Il do not. l consider my compac
with Mr.. Sem a sacred and binding
one"
Whose wish was it that it should
be made?"
1T was Mr.. Senn's."
You swear that the rings were found
in his possession"
Il swear that they were found un'
der circumstances which justify the
possession, and, that he admitted to mt
the reaSonableneSs of such a conclu-
sion. He also promised and agreed
conclusion that they have been in his
possession"
Your compact with him is under
stood to include these conditions?'
Certainly"
You will state fully the circum
stances attending the finding of the
rings. if the defense denies having had
them in possession, or renounces the
statements-in any way or in any de-
greenwich Sem has signed?"
Il WILL"
You arrested Mr.. Sem for this
crime. l believer"
Il did"
Did he submit quietly?"
He did not; he resisted desperate
ly."
What desperate thing did he at
tempt to do?'
He saw the rings. He made an at
tempt to destroy them"
ITO what extent did his resistance
20? Do you think that your life was
in danger"
~ do"
That is all. Mr. Aldrich, you may
take the witness" .aa .-- &c
Mr.. Aldrich was not at his ease, and
he did not counterfeit a lf-possession
he did not feel.
You positively identify the broken
ring the ring with the biOod-red stone
With the one Mrs. Craig had worn for
yeas"
= do"
You are not certain that the other
ring which has been shown here today
is the one which made the impression
upon the waX?"
II am certain. l have counted the
golden leaves. and l have counted the
impressions they made; l have exam
ined the impression and the ring which
made it. side by side, under a powerful
glass. They are alike in every line
in every detail. l am sure
why not have applied the ring to
the wax yourself, them"
Because the testimony Of the wax
shall be fresh and undOubted; because
I will not blot out the track a thread
has made. nor deepen line left by the
ring: because my hand shall not add
the weight of a grain TO the record the
heavy hand Of Murder left behind him;
these are the reasons why the jury
shall have the opportunity to test the
ring and the wax first, before another
has done the same"
You prefer not to state the circum-
stances under which you recently founc
the rings?"
Il prefer not to; IT is the wish oi
your client that l should not
Were you engaged in an act whicf
was in any degree criminal when yor
found them? Had you been mistaken
in your suspicious regarding Mr.. Sem
and failed to find the rings, would youl
act in looking for them. or attempting
to find them and secure them, have
made you criminally liable?"
Mr.. Aldrich. you are asking ques
tions which are risky to your client ant
your cause. l shall not refuse to an
swer any question you may ask me
nor shall | allow the attorney for thu
prosecution to interpose an effective
objection to my answering any, if cal
prevent his doing So am here to tel
the truth. the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth But there is compac
between Mr. Sem and myself, a com
pact to which you are tacitly a party
the integrity of which a train of ques
tions like this will certainly endanger.
rs that your answer
NO, sir: that is not my answer.
shall not dodge nor evade any question
YOU may think it wise and right t.
ask. This is my answer: l was no
engaged in an act in any degree crimi
nal when | found the rings; l had NJ
suspicious regarding Senn'S connection
with this murder until after | ha(
found them: l was not looking for tn
rings. and | had no reason to expect t
find them when l did; l had never Seei
Sem until after finding them"
Aldrich waited long before askin'
the next question. If he had INTENDED
asking more questions in the direction
which his examination of Prier ha'
taken. he recognized the dangerou
character of the ground upon which n
had ventured, and wisely withdrew.
You said that you believed your lif
to he in danger when you ARRESTED
Sem. did you not"
Il said that during the Struggl
which resulted from his resistance.
believed my life to be in danger"
"Will you tell us whether Senn's lif
was in danger. too"
He was resisting an officer who hat
authority for his arrest
That is not the question: was he il
danger of being killed.
Il did not mean to let him escape