Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-01
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CHAPTER XVII.
a Hint Of Scandal.


a Hint Of Scandal.
N giving the gist Of what happened
at the inquest, have only one ex-
cuse-to recall to the reader the
events Of the night Of Arnold Arm
stfong's murder. Many things had
occurred which were not brought out
at the inquest and some things were
told there that we're new to me. Al
together. It was . gloomy affair, and
the SIX men In the corner, who con-
st1tuted the coroner's jury, were evi-
dentay the merest puppets in the
hands Of that allpowsrful gentlemen,
the coroner
Gertrude and I cat we'll back, with
our wells down. There were num-
Der oe people I knew: Barbara F1tz-
hugh. In extravagant mourning-she
always went into black on the slight
est provocation. because It was becom-
lne-and MI. Jervis. the man who
had come over from the Greenwood
clnb the night Of the murder. Mr..
Harton was there. too. looking i'm
patient - the inquest dragged, but
alive to every particle Of evidence.
From Q corner Mr.. Jameson was
Watching the proceedings intently.
Dr.. Stewart was called frat. His
evidence was told briefly, and amount
ed 70 this: On the Sunday morning
previous, ct quarter before Ave, he
had been called to the telephone. The
r.
ssked him 70 come ct once to Sunny
sida - there had been An accident
there, and Mr.. Arnold Armstrong had
been shot. He dressed hastily, gath
sred up some instruments, and drove
10 Sunnyside.
He was met By Mr. Jarvis, who TOOK
hin at once 70 the east wing. There,
tust AZ he he'd fallen, was the body of
Arnold Armstrong There was no
need OF the instruments; the man was
dead In answer to the ooroner's
QuestSon-no. the body had not been
moved. save to turn It over. It lay
1T the foot OF the circular staircase.
Yes. he believed death had been in.
btantaneoua. The body was still some.
what warm and rigor mortis had not
set In. Il occurred late In cases of
sudden 0oath No. he believed the
probability Of suicide might be elm
mated: the wounds could have been
sef4hdicted. but with difficulty, and
there had been no weapon found.
The doctors examination was over.
but he hesitated and cleared his
throat.
"Mr. Coroner" he said, AT the risk
Of taking up valuable time. I would
ike to speak of an incident that may
o. may not throw some light ON this
matter
The audience was alert at once.
kindly proceed. Doctor" the coro.
ner said.
Ny home Is IN Eng1ewood. two
miles from Casanova" the doctor be-
gan. In the absence of Or. Walker.
a number Of Casanova people have
been consulting me. A month ago
fve weeks. to be exact-a woman
whom had never seen came to nv
once. She was in deep mourning ana
kept her veil down, and she brought
for examination child. a boy Of six.
The little fellow was III; It looked Ike
typhoid, and the mother was frantic,
she vanfed permit to aaunit the
younsstsr to the Chil6ren's hospital
In town here, where am . member
of tho star. and gave her one. The
incident would have escaped me, but
for DUBIOUS thing. Two days before
MI. Armstrong was shot, was sent
for to 90 10 the Country club; some
one had been struck with q golf-ball
that had gone Wild. II was late when
lett was on foot, and about mile
from the club. on the Clayburg road.
! met two people. They were disput.
ing Violently. and had no difficulty in
recognising Mr.. Armstrong. The wom-
an. beyond doubt was the one who
had cqnsulted me about the child"
At this hint Of scandal, Mrs. Ogden
f4tshugh eat up very straight. jamie.
son Wa looking slightly skeptical.
ard the coroner made q note.
The Childrens hospital, you say.
doctorf" be asked
Yes. But the child, who was en-.
tarsd. a. Lucien Wallace. was taken
away BY his mother two weeks ago.
have tried to trace them and failed"
All ct once remembered the tele-
gram sent to Louise by some one
signed F. 1. W-presumably DR..
Walker. Could the yelled woman be
the Nina Darlington Of the message?
But It was only idle speculation. had
no way Of finding out. and the inquest
was proceeding.
The report Of the coroner's physi-
clan came next. The post.mortem ex-
animation showed that the bullet had
entered the chest in the fourth left
intercostal space and had taken an
obiiQue course downward and back
ward. piercing both the heart and
lungs. The left lung was collapsed.
and the exit point of the ball had been
found in the muscles Of the back to
the left Of the spinal column. It was
improbable that such wound had
been self-inf5cted, and its oblique
downward course pointed to the fact
that the shot had been fred from
above. In other words, as the MUIR
dered man had been found dead at
the foot Of staircase, 1t was prob.
able that the shot had been fired by
some one higher up on the stairs.
There were no marks Of powder. The
bullet. Q IS caaiber. had been found in
the dead mans clothing. and was
shown to the jury.
Mr.. Jarvis was called next. but his