The Washington times., 1910-03-16
CHAPTER VI.
The Sheriff's Testimony.

THE prisoners attorney rose.
= Pickering ghost Of a smile played
around the corners OF his mouth
e He departed from the usual rule and
made no opening statement tu the jury
To him u seemed unnecessary
= III call the sheriff of the county
~he announced.
Z The sherim-a stout, good-natureG
looking man with a broad. genial, nom
sest face-had been seated quietly I'm the
body Of the courtroom outside the rail-
ling, an unnOticed spectator
Now he rose and made his way, with
some difficulty. through the crowd.
As ne went lac nodded to the judge,
s1nc counsel, and some of the urymeu.
He did not look at StOrme, nor did
-Storme look p nun.
He took the stand and was sworn.
He settled himself comfortably i'm the
sChair. threw one Les over the other, and
waited for the qUes tiCn-
Sheriff, began the counsel Tor the
.sr ing TO the jury just where YOU were
"a > o'clock on "Wednesday morning OF
~ twenty-third Of May last. go
The sheriff looked around and smiled.
ON Monday night Ju Tuesday night
and "Wednesday night, the twenty
first, twenty-SeCCnd and tWcuty-thiUd of
last MONTH he replied deliberately and
with an evident relish of the situation,
~ was in the green room OF the Mon
ltauk Club I'm this City-on each night
from 10 O'Clock i'm the evening until
after 3 o'clock the next morning"
When you r--y Wednesday night. ID
sBJu mem right on morning."
q III explain that said the sheriff
-'When ! say Monday night I mean that
i began Monday night At 10 and ended
Thursday morning at .. ON Tuesday
might ] began st % and ended Wednes-
day morning AT - And so on. I was
fhere three nights ana mornings, be
sbinning with Monday night"
- VIII you state Just what YOU were
doing"
T. certainly" responded the sheriff
eve were playing cards We were dis
DOSiHE OF some Old scores tLIt Ne had
waited for several months 90 pay off.
- WAS anybody with YOU II SO. state
TO the jury just who IL was
- ''Yes,v returned the sheriff. leaning
forward I'm his turn as all witnesses
have a way Of doing, there were three
people with me. making four altogether
--three of us played each night ard
the fourth man looked on and kept Us
company"
And these four
These four" ContmUCd the sheriff
were myself and Jonn r Cassidy, the
hardware merchant, and II. StaulCiEh
Storme, the prisoner at the bar"
John r Cassidy is here?"
Hes here assented the witness.
sand the fourth man-who was he?"
inquired the attornc..
The sheriff was plainly embarrassed,
but he nerved himself nevertheless for
The ordeal.
The fourth man" he bcsan, looking
neryously around. tine fourth man wds
was the-thc-the judge presiding at
this trial
: He bIurted this ou in "a desperate
sort Of way, and yet an apolosetuc
air. too
There was proIop sed litter in the
court room AT the judges expense The
Judge raped for order. but al the same
time Eodded in a dign lied way in con-
frmatiOn OF the testimony
Ills honor, then. vas the man who
was looking Ou7' inquired the counsel,
anxious to place the court IN the most
favorable light, and expecting an affirm
ative answer TO the question
The sheriff looked first al the counsel
and then at the iudCe-at the judge and
then al the lawyer again.
He didn't know just what TO do The
Judge turned red
u don't thiuN. Mr.-er- err ne said
10 the counsel FOR the defendant. that
ms ut all necessary To go into that.
Proceed with the next question. he
continued. pounding with his gavel to
check the incipient mcTrlmenU
1-he sheriff leaned hack I'm mis- chair
with a sigh of relief. Order was re-
WAS the prisoner there on each oc-
casione" resumed the counsel
q bit ratified.
Every night
Every night replied the sheriff. He
svas the first man on hand. and the last
man 10 leave. He was with us all the
fime."
How far is tie MOntauk Club from
the Mordaunt Bark
IT'S n good three miles. replied the
EhoTiff
Take the witness" concluded tho
counsel for the defense as he settled
pack in his seat with satisfaction writ
ten on his face.
The district attorney rose with
frOWn- There was a loud buzz of con-
versation IN the court room, which his