Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-09-25

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When Dr. Audrey came in; about
four o'clock or half-past. He asked me
if had done it, and / said l had not;
and should feel obliged if he would find
some one else, as l did not like such
things to be laid to me-"
''Did he make any other remark about
the consulting room ; was anything miss
ing from there?"
Yes; he said prescription was gone"
Ibid he describe the prescription"
yes; he said it were written on the
bottle papers"
What do you mean by the bottle pa
pers?'
"A pile of square papers, white, that
stood on the little side counter"
'Can you show me what the papers
were liker'
Exactly like that sheet on the table,
pointing 10 a sheet of thin white paper
which 1 had purposely laid on the table
near where she was to sit. DIR. Haw-
drey tried to pass it off afterwards" Mrs
Bates volunteered ''he said it must have
been the shaking of carts passing or the
cat, and offered TO rise my celery if
would stay But l refused, SEEM it were
not the first time he had laid temptation
in my way-gving ME half crown to
buy a fourpenny arrand, and not askin'
me for the change till two days after
wards-which l kept it back to prove
him."
That is enough. DR.. Audrey, l shall
conine my questions to events connected
with the latter part of the evidence. Tell
me. if you please, what you know about
the broken bottle of arsenic"
ut was blue bottle, labeled in large
letters arsenic, poison On going into
the consulting room l found it in frag
ments on the floor, with the powder wide
ly scattered"
How did you account for it's being
there?
81 believed that Mrs. Bates had taken
it down from the shelf on which it stood,
and that it had slipped from her fingers in
putting it back"
you attributed the accident to acct
dental cause?"
Not entirely. 1 believed that some one
had been in the ROOM
"Why?"
Because of the missing prescription"
Tell me about this prescription"
1T was a prescription jotted down with
lead pencil on the pile of paper re-
ferred to, that l intended to make up
later on
1T is your habit to make notes on this
pile of paper?"
1T is"
Have you ever been able to trace that
missing prescription"
mo; have never discovered any trace
of it,
Here the note under Sir Roand's hand
at me, and, taking a folded sheet of brown
paper from under my notes, opened it
and handing a sheet Of the bottle paper to
DIR. Awdrey, said
us that the prescription, DR.. Audrey ~
never saw a man more astonished in
my life.
Good gracious. yes ~ he exclaimed.
Where did you find it?"
"You shall hear presently" said l, fix
ing my eyes on Lynn Yeames.
Every one at the table looked at him,
seeing my eyes so fixed and, though he
continued to meet our gaze, his blanched
cheek told the terror he felt. l carefully
handed the sheet of paper to Sir Roland.
why, what does this mean?" he asked
looking from one to the other; then.
catching a significant glance from me, he
took up his notes again quietly. Mr..
Keene," he said, tell me what took place
on the occasion of Mr. Yeames visit on
the day of Mr.. Flexmore's death"
Il was taking lunch when he called, -
said l, lin the next room. before sitting
down to make out the will in accordance
with Mr.. Flexmore's wishes. He had
been induced to make the alteration
through DR. Audrey"
''Dr. Audrey wished the will leaving
property to him to be revoked !" exclaim-
ed Sir Roland
He did, said l and l explained Aw-
drey's reasons, and all about it fully
Then / continued I'm the new will the
name of Lynn Yeames was to be substi-
| tuted for DIR. Awdreys. l had the draft
of the first will, and intending to copy
it after lunch. had imprudently left II
on the table in this room. Mr. Yeame,
came in here; was in the next room
You see the blind to the half-glazed door
1t is Opaque from this point of view it i,
transparent from the other side Stand
ing by the door before entering, l saw
Lynn Yeames reading the draft of Mr.
Flexmore's first will. He was at ono,
led to conclude that this was the seconC
will commanded by Flexmore. With tn,
belief that l was making out a will which
would beggar him he went away and yot
can see that he had the strongest induce
ment to delay me and prevent Mr.. Flex
more signing a second will"
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