Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-13
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course was under oath! Still, couldn't
i tell her all about 1t now?
I believe that Hallie's respect for me
had taken leap with the news of my
position, and when explained that !
was still under oath and couldn't tell
anything until / told it from the wit
ness stand, she looked at me with posi-
tive awe.
She stayed to luncheon, and 1t was
trying but most exciting meal. Alas
for my elaborate salad; We might
have been eating india rubber for all
we knew or cared. For Halle poured
forth all the history of the trial, from
the time left the court room, and I
would not have stopped her had 1t
been possible to do so.
It seemed that the afternoon of the
opening day q man who was waiter
at the Poodle Dog was put on the
stand. This was the new witness Mr..
Dingley had spoken of. He told how
Mr.. Rood had been at supper In the
restaurant at about midnight, how Mr..
Montgomery had come in with another
gentleman, and gone up to the table
where Rood was sitting. While he did
so the other gentleman sat at table
near the door. Mr.. Rood and Mr.. Mont
gomery did not have supper together,
the waiter said: did not even drink to.
gether. They talked only for few min
utes, and he thought they were disa.
greeting because, though their voices
were not loud. they sounded angry
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turning his chair, and said II won't
hear anything from you. and though
he had not finished supper, paid his
bill and went out of the restaurant
Mr.. Montgomery had waited few mo.
ments before he followed him. The
gentleman who had sat near the door
had been the last to leave the restau.
rant.
"And then" said Halle, warming to
her narrative, "they called the man
who had come into the Poodle Dog
with Johnny. and what do you think! It
was Willie FELTON,"
! mot the one who went to dancing.
4 school with us and had such red
cheeks?' wondered.
His cheeks aren't red now" said
Halle: land he has c,rinkles all
around his eyes, just like an old man.
He has been awfully dissipated. And,
oh Ellie, you should have seen him sit
| ting up there looking at Mr.. Dingley
and looking at Mr.. Jackson, and biting
his nails, and never daring to look at
Johnny Montgomery. He said he had
met Johnny about, twelve o'clock that
night by chance on Montgomery street
! They had walked little way together
4 and Johnny had said. ~ am going away
I tomorrow and Willie FELTON, asked
Twas he going to the races. Johnny
laughed and said No, am going to
some place I've never seen before and
! I'm not coming back until everybody
has forgotten me- He behaved queerly,
seemed to be very much excited; al.
though, Willie said, he was sure he
hadn't been drinking.
CAS- they came to the Poodle Dog
Johnny said, There is some one here
l want to speak to- And after they
were inside. he said, Excuse me for a
moment so Willie FELTON, took table
near the door, saw Johnny talk with
/ Rood, saw Rood upset his chair as he
went out, and Johnny follow him out
of the door. When he himself got out.
side, he said that Rood was nowhere
/ in sight and that Johnny was stand
ling looking up Montgomery street. He
seemed to be very angry. Willie said
| Where are you going?' and Johnny
turned on him and said, I'll tell you
where I'm going-I am going about
my business!' and then he walked
away up the street in the same direc.
ton that Rood had taken.
"While he was telling about it," Hal
HE went on. "Mr. Jackson kept inter,
rupting, saying, Object, your honor,
and making it awfully hard to follow
the testimony. Then another young
man was called and he didn't tell any
story They had hard time even max
ing him answer questions. But he did
tell that he knew the quarrel between
Rood and Johnny began three years
ago at the time Of the California Bark
shortage when Johnny said that nJod
had lied himself out of prison a "a an
innocent man in.
ooh" I cried I'm so glad!
Halle looked as if she thought
was crazy: but explained that what
| really was glad of was that the quar-
rel had been Rood's, and not Johnny
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Johnny to be in the right at least that
once.
WELL" Halle declared, she does
need good word, must say
This morning. she Informed me, had
been awfuIly stupid-just cross-exam.
lining, and interrupting; but finally they
did call some one new-a Mexican
woman. Ar she testified that for two
years Carlotta valencia's friends bad
known her as Mrs. Rood. and then
mother wouldn't let me stay any
LONGER" Halle lamented, because she
said the woman wasn's proper per.
son. But wanted awfully to hear what
else she said!"
Here Abby came in and remarked
that if we were going to talk all day
we would better go somewhere else
and give Lee chance to clear off the
table.
/ The garden had lovely places in
which to sit SO we went out there and
!, took the rustic bench in the shade OF
the cypress hedge.
1 "But what does Johnny Montgom
ery's lawyer say?" asked, for that
was really the point Of interest fol-