Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-12-22


No; there was no reason for locking it.
20. You were absent from the pavil-
ion some length Of time. NJ. stangerson
and your A. About an hour.
20. It was during that hour, no
doubt, that the murderer got into the
pavilion. But how? Nobody knows.
Footmarks have been found in the
park leading away from the window
Of the vestibule, but pcne has been
found going toward It. Did you notice
whether the vestibule window was
open when you went out? A. don't
remember.
IN. Stangerson--It was closed.
20. And when you returned?
mile. Stangerson--I did not notice.
IN. Stangerson-It was still closed.
remember remarking aloud, Daddy
Jacques must surely have opened it
while we were away
20. Strangel Do you recollect, NJ.
Stangerson, If during your absence
and before going out he had opened it?
You returned to the laboratory at
o'clock and resumed work?
Mile. Stangerson-Yes monsieur.
20. And you did not leave the labo-
ratory from that hour up to the mo-
ment when you entered your chamber?
m. Stangerson-Neit my daugh-
ter nor /, monsieur. We were engag
ed on work that was pressing, and we
lost not moment, neglecting every
thing else on that account
80. Did you dine In the laboratory !?
A. For that reason.
&c. Are you accustomed to dine in
the laboratory? A. We rarely dine
there.
20. Could the murderer have known
| that you would dine there that even
ing?
IN. Stangerson-Good heavens!
think not 1t was only when we re-
turned to the pavilion at 8 o'clock that
we decided, my daughter and I, to dine
there. At that moment / was spoken
to by my gamekeeper, who detained
me moment to ask me to accompany
him on an urgent tour of inspection in
part of the woods which had de-
cided to thin. I put this off until the
next day and begged him as he was
going by the chateau to tell the stew
ard that we should dine in the lab
| oratc1y. He left me to execute the
errand, and l rejoined my daughter,
who was already at work.
80. At what hour, mademoiselle, did
you go to your chamber while your
| father continued to work there? A. At
| midnight.
20. Did Daddy Jacques enter the
yellow room in the course of the even
ing? A. To shut the blinds and light
the night light
30. He saw nothing suspicious? A.
He would have told us if he had seen.
Daddy Jacques is an honest man and
| greatly attached to me.
20. You affirm, NJ Stangerson, that
Daddy Jacques remained with you all
| the time you were in the laboratory
| IN. Stangerson-I am sure of it.
| have no doubt of that
20. When you entered your cham
Der, mademoiselle, you Immediately
shut the door and locked and bolted
It? Was not that taking unusual pre-
cautions, knowing that your father
and your servant were there? Were
you in fear of something? A. My IA
Their would be returning to the cha
teau, and Daddy Jacques would be go
ing to his bed. And, in fact, did
fear something.
20. You were so much in fear of
| no hnrrnxryad du
jacques revolver without telling him
you had done so? A. That is true. l
did not wish to alarm anybody, the
more because my fears might have
proved to have been foolish.
20. What was it you feared? A.
hardly know how to tell you. For
several nights 1 seemed to hear, both
| in the park and out of the park,
| around the pavilion, unusual sounds,
sometimes footsteps, at other times
the cracking Of branches. The night
before the attack on me, when | did
not get to bed before 3 o'clock in the
| morning, on our return from the Ely
see / stood for a moment before my
| window, and / felt sure saw shad-
ows.
20. How many? A. Two. They
moved round the lake. Then the moon
became clOuded, and l lost sight of
them. At this time of the season every
year have generally returned to my
apartment in the chateau for the win
ter, but this year / said to myself that
would not quit the pavilion before
my father had finished the resume of
his works on the Dissertation of Mat
ter for the academy. l did not wish
that that important work, which was
to have been finished in the course of
few days, should be delayed by a
change in our daily habit. You can
well understand that did not wish to
speak of my childish fears to my IA
Their, nor did / say anything to Daddy
Jacques, who, l knew, would not have
been able to hold his tongue. Know
ing that he had a revolver In his room,