The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-10-13

Qut OF consideration TOR MIS-. rlAF'
court whom her husband claimed was
delicate. and who really looked a.
fragile as piece OF porcelain. th'
Harcourts we're not removed to the jail
but Gordon Of sleuths was appointed
70 patrol their apartments. The hotel
management was sorely wroth. and
tried 70 insist upon the departure OF
the Harcourts. but Harc0urt came
down handsomely with an enormous
amount OF cash. and the mollided man
agement became less censorious. Ear
~ that afternoon. Mrs. Harcourt fell
very IN with a seemingly mallsnan,
fever--an outgrowth OF their long resi-
oence In India. so her husband said.
There was a brief preliminary hearing
az 1850 in the Harcourt apartments
Ny name Is Harold Harcourt. and
live in the Hin district. in India at
tested the witness. when called. 1
am IS years OF age and have been mar
ried TO my wife for the past six years.
She Is "a and we have been travelling
for her health during the past two
years. following the accidental drown
ing OF our baby son. Ny wife's mind
has never been perfectly clear since
the narrowing moment when she pulled
our dead son out OF the clutches OF
treacherous pool. not fifty feet from
her bedroom window. At the advice Of
physicians. we have gone from country
to country. seeking novelty and change.
hoping 10 restore her to her normal
state 1fy occupation2 Why. I have
mona receive a large income from
inherited properties 50 does my wife.
and Jointly we own several rich dia-
mond mines We never saw the young
woman. Miss Lancey. 4 believe her
name Is. at ALL. ! am positive my wife
never did until last evening Why We
should be held like this Is lncompre-
hensible 10 me. On this card you viii 4
md the names OF a number OF London. /
and Calcutta firms. who viii give you
any references OF me you may desire
The night OF the murder OF Cerisse
Wayne we were in Milwaukee as cur
hotel bills and receipts viii show. The
following afternoon late We arrived and
went 70 the Directory Hotel That
evening 7 was trying to explain to my
wife some changes I was contemplate
ing In my Indian estate and was
sketchlng the plans with the idea OF
keeping her amused. as she had been
particularly fretful and nervous all
day. The room was close. and insult
ferable with the smell OF steam pipes.
30 we had raised the window wide and
lung high the shade. I drew out my
wallet 10 get a memorandum and In .
doing 50 pulled out BY accident a little
photograph OF my wife that I always
carry with me. and some important
passports The wind sent the curtain ,
flying and whisked these papers out
Of my hand I hurried to the window
and saw them light on an opposite fire
escape and tried 10 recover them As 7
the hotel clerk has probably told you ,
the papers were not recovered"
Now. trust gentlemen. that my
wife and I will be allowed to proceed
without any further reference or en-
tanglement in this most undesirable
AFFAIR
Wasn't there a letter dropped out
Of your walletz- asked Larry Morris. :
stepping forward II you please. I'd !
like TO submit two exhibits in evil
dence" He produced the picture and /,
the letter that had been hshed from !
the FIRE escape and proceeded to relate 4
how they had been acquired
Harcourt's face flushed with pleas
ure at sight Of the photograph. When .
the letter was handed to him he paled. !
whether with fright or with anger. was :
indlstinguishable.
This Is an INSULT he Kissed.
What's your wife's name, Mr.. Har
cOurt7~ asked the court
MY wife2 Her manner Mrs. Har- =
court. Of course"
Her first manner =
''Narcisse~
Did you ever see this letter be- .
fore2' 81
The hotel register was brought into 4.
the room. and as expert testimony i
went TO the effect that the signature on :,
the register tailed with the conforrna- =,
ton OF the writing not only on the let u
ter that had been picked I'D IN the
courtroom. but with those found IN "a
the Wayne death chamber. Mr. Har- -
court was requested to make comics n
the documents and hand them 10 the NJ
court He did this with great trepfda-
lion. but the results were very unlike co
The originals.
A movement was begun to prove that ag
Mr.. Harcourt had painfully disaufaod or
his writing and the matter was throur, an
10 the experts again Of
The mans garter Johnny johnson IN
had picked up IN the closet OF NJ,
Wayne's room. and a second one. only fri
loo plainly its mate. In the same poId an
'merald and amethyst design. marked SCI
With the initial H" that he had found VIC
inside the threshold OF the FLANDERS bel
house at "a Briarsweet place. were prs
'hown to Harcourt- He disowDed these he
smphatically and declared he had brc
never seen either OF them before. her
Larry Morris. sworn next. told OF the hui
ne reasons for Betty's visiting the apr
tarcourt observation-disclosures sew hal
raj Photographic and sketches that tina
iad been made OF the late Mrs. Wayne. uni
emarking on the great similarity be- '
ween the appearances OF the two the
yomen, and begging the court to see on.
cr ITSELF 40
with Harcourt indignantly tuning 3
comparison between the living wom- bee
n ana the photograph was made. Mrs. pen
iarcourt was in a comatose state and 50
she lay PROSTATE on tina vide haA led