Barbour County index., 1910-08-10

some one higher up on the stairs.
There were no marks of powder. The
bullet, 3S caliber, had been found in
the dead mans clothing, and was
shown to the jury.
Mr.. Jarvis was called next but his
testimony amounted to little. He had
been summoned by telephone to Sun !
nyside, had come over at once with /
the steward and Mr.. Winthrop, at !
present out of town. They had been
admitted by the housekeeper, and had |
found the body lying at the foot of
the staircase. He had made a search
for weapon, but there was none
around. The outer entry door in the
east wing had been unfastened and
was open about an inch.
l had been growing more and more
nervous. When the coroner called
Mr.. John, Bailey, the room was filled
with suppressed excitement. Mr..
Jameson went forward and spoke a
few words to the coroner, who nodded.
Then Halsey was called
Mr.. Innes," the coroner said, will
you tell under what circumstances
yOu saw MI. aIuO1U tn0
night he died?'
L saw him first at the Country
| club" Halsey said quietly. He was
rather pale, but very composed. Il
| stopped there with my automobile for
| gasolene. Mr.. Armstrong had been
playing cards. When I saw him there
| he was coming out of the cardroom
| talking to Mr.. John Bailey"
THE nature of the discussion
was it amicable?"
Halsey hesitated
They were having a dispute" he
said. Il asked Mr.. Bailey to leave the
club with me and come to Sunnyside
over Sunday"
Isn't it a fact, Mr.. Innes, that you
took Mr.. Bailey away from the club
house because you were afraid there
would be blows?"
The situation was unpleasant"
Halsey said evasively
''At that time had you any suspicion
that the Traders bank had been
wrecked?"
mo"
What occurred neXt?"
Mr.. Bailey and I talked in the bill
lard room until 2:30."
And Mr.. Arnold Armstrong came
there, while you were talking?"
Yes. He came about half-past two
He raped at the east door, and 1 ad.
mitted him.
| The silence-in the room was in
tense. Mr.. Jamieson's eyes never left
Halsey's face.
will you tell us the nature of his
errand?"
"He brought a telegram that had
come to the club for Mr.. Bailey
He was sober?"
= Perfectly, at that time Not earl
5 ier"
WAS not his apparent friendliness
a change from his former attitude?"
= yes. I did not understand it."
How long did he stay?"
about five minutes. Then he LEFT
: by the east entrance"
> what occurred then?"
1--WE talked for a few minutes, dis
cussing a plan Mr.. Bailey had il
mind. Then / went to the stables
y where I kept my car, and got it out
Leaving Mr.. Bailey alone in tn,
It billiard room?"
my sister was there"
Mrs. Ogden Fftzhugh had the cour
:. age to turn and eye Gertrude through
e her lorgnon.
Il "And then?"
# 81 took the car along the lower road
e not to disturb the household. MI
It Bailey came down across the lawn
e through the hedge, and got into tn
It car on the road"
e Then you know nothing Of MI
IL Armstrong; movements after he lef
n the house?"
le Nothing. I read of his death Nor
d, day evening for the first time.
t. "Mr. Bailey did not see him on hi
n way across the lawn"
a. Il think not If he had seen hir
10 he would have spoken of it."
Thank you. That is all Miss Gel
n trude Innes."
E. Gertrudes replies were fully as COZ
i, else as Halsey's. Mrs. Fitzhugh sui
jected her-to a close inspection, con
y, mencing with her hat and ending wit
her shoes. l f1atter myself she foun
n nothing wrong with either her gov
n or her manner but poor Gertrude
o. testimony was the reverse of CON
forting. She had been summoned
E. she said, by her brother, after M
lie Armstrong had gone. She had waite
r. in the billiard room with Mr. Bale
De until the automobile had been read.
)? Then she had locked the door at tn
I'd foot of the staircase, and, taking
st lamp, had accompanied Mr.. Bailey t
the main entrance of the house, an
81 had watched him cross the lawn. II
x stead of going at once to her room
Id she had gone back to the billiar
TT room for something which had bee
IN left there The cardroom and billiar
k room were in darkness. She ha
Id groped around, found the article sh
d, was looking for, and was on the poir