Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-02-11
CHAPTER VIII.

.,;,o+p and who really looked DIS
n. as n piece Of porcelain, the
,-S.,rr+s we're not removed to the jail
1,.a Gordon of sleuths was appointed
,o+roI their apartments. The hotel
,nogamant was sorely wroth, and
..s.1 10 insist upon the departure of
10 Harcourts. but Harcourt came
lawn handsomely with an enormous
,o,n+ Of cash, and the Modified man
-.,,an+ became less censoriOus. Ear
+, that afternoon, Mrs. Harcourt fell
r,-y m with a seemingly malignant
hrsr-2n outgrowth of their long resi-
i,r,a IN India, so her husband said.
7hare was a brief preliminary hearing
1870 in the Harcourt apartments.
uvv name is Harold Harcourt, and
live IN the Hill district, in India" at
,.stod the witness, when called. [
am q Years of age and have been mar
+,l 10 my wife for the past six years.
21a is a, and we have been travelling
FIR her health during the past two
rsarg following the accidental drown
7g of our baby son. My Wife's mind
I,g never been perfectly clear since
Ha narrowing moment when she pulled
MIR dead son out of the clutches of a
ra8cherous pool not fifty feet from
her bedroom window. At the advice of
musicians, we have gone from country
70 country, seeking novelty and change,
boDing to restore her to her normal
state Ny occupation? Why, I have
none | receive a large income from
Inherited properties, so does my wife,
and jointly we own several rich dia-
nOnd mines We never saw the young
woman, Miss Lancey, l believe her
name is, at all I am positive my wife
never did until last evening. Why we
should be held like this is incompre-
hensible to me. On this card you will
j find the names of number of London,
and Calcutta firms, who will give you
any references of me you may desire.
The night of the murder of Cerisse
Wayne we were in Milwaukee as our
hotel bills and receipts will show. The
following afternoon late we arrived and
went to the Directory Hotel. That
evening I was trying to explain to my
wife some changes was contemplate
Ing in my Indian estate and was
Saetching the plans with the idea of
keeping her amused, as she had been
PARTICULARLY fretfuI and nervous all
day. The room was close, and insult
tera0le with the smell of steam pipes,
50 we had raised the window wide and
hung high the shade. | drew out my
wallet to get a memorandum and in
doing so pulled out by accident little
photograph of my wife that I always
carry with me, and some important
passports The wind sent the curtain
Ayhg and Whisked these papers out
u my hand. 1 hurried to the window
and saw them light on an opposite fire
escape and tried to recover them. AS
Tue MOTEL clerk has probably told you
lie papers were not recovered"
AoW / trust, gentlemen, that my
wife and will be allowed to proceed
without any further reference or en-
'HgIement in this most undesirable
affair"
wasn't there a letter dropped out
Vi Your WalIet?" asked Larry Morris,
%tP2nS forward. IF you please, I'd
3~.. sunni TWO EXHIBITS IN evil
a.. ne produced the picture and
~, lhaC mad been hshed from
~'s IRE escape and proceeded to relate
40" they had been acquired
HaTcourts face flushed with pleas
,Ia 1,+.,1 u ''l9 p!loIos ldpn' "Hen
we letter was handed to him he paled,
ir5istfr.... 'I'' IL 'sII OF WIN anger was
orTb;- us I'D ne
rTv,,..~ On insult ne missed.
co,r+ ~ ,,,.,|. o"i VIE name MT. t1aF-
NV, n.. +,c' ltl7 court.
co,rt ~ -. I,eI name MIS- f1ar-
IL .. Sc
~ ,.''' ll"''le
..Di, ,''SS7'
t,-a,, YOU ever see this letter be-
=, me hotel register was brought into
w ~. room and as expert testimony
~, .''I 10 the effect that the signature on
~,- 'Ss'SIer tailed with the conforma-
w" OF the writing not only on the let
y. mat had been picked up in the
...-'t-Foom, but with those found in
s wayne death chamber, Mr.. Har-
". Wa, was requested to make copies of
.o~SI He did this with great trepida-
-, '''' OUT the results were very unlike
VIC originals.
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