The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-20
BY FREDERICK TREVOR HILL

tion and denunciation, demanding
the protection of the court. The
assistant attorney smiled derisively
as Dave poured forth his scorn for
the prosecutors cowardly tactics
and brutality, and exposed his pre-
tended fairness with singing
words, but the faces Of the jury
showed the official that he had
overshot his mark, and he fastened
to acquiesce when the coroner sug-
gested that the witness be sum-
moned as Mrs. Evans
Then the door behind the jury
box opened and Ainslee stepped
from the witness room and took
the stand. 1t was only few
heartbeats before her eyes found
Kay and Maddox, but it seemed as
though she had passed through
hours of desolation. The moment
she saw them, however, all her con-
fidence returned.
Mr.. Westervelt began his exam
ination with the gentle, deferential
method, and Maddox's coaching at
once put Ainslee on her guard. But
the questions disclosed no hidden
purpose, and she anwered without
the slightest hesitation. She told
of of her first acquaintance with
Lorimer and rapidly sketched their
married life and her subsequent
history down to the time of her
divorce.
For that case she had retained
Mr.. Maddox, had she not? Yes.
Mr.. Maddox was the man who sig
nailed to her moment ago, was
he not? (No, no! Let Mr.. Maddox
keep his temper and his seat! The
witness could say whether there
was any signaling or not Very
well, then! If Mr.. Maddox objected
to the witness answering, let it
goD Her counsel in the divorce
case was this Mr.. Maddox, whether
he signaled or not, wasn't he? He
was. And he was her present coun-
sci, wasn't he? Yes. And close
friend of Mr.. Kay Evans? Yes. A
life long friend? Yes.
The audience, which had fol-
lowed every word and look of the
witness. resulted and stirred as the
prosecutor paused before taking up
a new line Of examination.
Mrs. Evans was not under indict-
ment? No. Nor accused of this
murder? No. She was not afraid
of of answering any ques--- She
was afraid of nothing? Very well,
then kindly tell the jury if she had
ever been in the apartment in
which Mr. Lorimer died? Yes,
many times. Would it be possible
for any one to enter the house by
the front door without summoning
the hall man or janitor? Yes; the
door opened from thei inside, and
the tenants had not keys, but the
hall man frequently left it open in
warm weather, and she had often
passed into the house without see
| ing anything of him. And in her
opinion, any one could do what she
had done? Certainly.
Had Mr.. Lorimer enemies? None
that she knew of. Was she not his
| enemy? No. She pitied him be-
fore he commenced his legal pro
ceedings, and despised him after
ward How much did she despise
him? That was impossible to say
probably not more than other
people she knew of, What people,
| for instance? She did not care to
say. How about Mr.. Maddox-he
despised. Lorimer, didn't he? She
did not know. He had expressed
himself pretty forcibly against him,
had he not? Not particularly so.
But as Mr.. Evans most intimate
friend and as her counsel, he must
have felt pretty bitterly against
Lorimer? Presumably he did.
The examiner paused and began
on a different tack. questioning her
, about her movements on the night
of the murder Again and again
Maddox felt that the next question
must touch the dreaded hours of
the early evening and force Ainslee
| to deny or confess her visit to
Lorimer's rooms, and he knew she
would not deny it. Once or twice it
seemed as though the prosecutor
must be playing with the witness
in order to ensnare her the more
completely, so closely did he skirt
the subject, but always at the cru
cial moment he shot past the point
in a wirl of aimless Kay's express
| sion was ag0nizing to behold dur
ing these moments of awful sus-
pense, and Dave prayed that no one
might notice 1t. Certain at last
that the danger was over, he bent
forward and spoke few words Of
encouragement in Kay's ear, but
the next question renewed his
anxiety.
Ito be continued)