Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-22


bers of the Summing party assembled to the
second floor. An opportunity to reopen the
conversation did not occur: but when the
young women. mutually attracted to each
other. separated Miss Fairweather whispered
to her newly acquired friend:
Il am positive Carrie Dolph took morphine
capsule as an experiment. your very wor,.S.
Fatal curiosity!'
Surely that doctor ought not to die for a
crime he didn't commit? You save hi1n!
Puff! What's he to me? Do you think
want to be paraded in the papers dope
fendo guess not! Besides. don't like him.
why not?
He has fish blood in his veins! He hasn't
sense enough to appreciate a pretty woman.
| hate such men!
WHEN Gordon received this report. he
took the next step resolutely. He had
subpoena, issued in the name of the lawyers of
record. served upon Miss Fairweather and
requested her to visit the office of that firm
the following afternoon. Then he notified his
colleagues that he was to be called on the
phone the moment the woman was announced.
At two o'clock next day Miss Betty Fair
weather accompanied by her father appeared
at the office of the attorneys of record coun-
sci for DR.. Dolph. a firm of no established
reputation. John GordonS association with
the case had been known to them only forty
eight hours and was privately resented What
notoriety they had hoped to secure from the
trial would be absorbed by the distinguished
criminal lawyer. Indeed. they had done what
they could to induce their client to reject Cor
dons voluntary and apparently feeless protfer
of assistance. But DR.. Dolph had been made
to see the peril in which he stood and had wei
coined the aid of SO distinguished criminal
lawyer
Exactly three minutes after the father and
daughter were seated. John Gordon entered the
private room to which they had been shown.
He volunteered an explanation of their sum-
mons before either Miss Betty or Fairweather
had asked the reason.
LAS close personal friend of the late Mrs.
Dolph. you likely to be called witness
in the case of the People against Dolph Miss
Fairweather How long were you on friendly
terms with the dead woman"
About three years
How long have you been taking NOR
phine?" the next inquiry. uttered in
most inconsequential, matter of fact tone.
"Oh, sr!" rising to her feet. She was about
to protest and deny; but Gordon held up
hand. and the girl dropped back into her chair.
Tears appeared in the fathers eyes, showing
that he knew the hereditary faint under which
his daughter suffered Finally the answer came:
NEARLY six years.
Mrs. Dolph used to visit you"
Yes. at my fathers house"
WAS she ever alone in your apartment
mean she there when you were ABSENT?
Pathology is of small moment when exami-
ner wishes to have the full force of an inquiry
comprehended or the kind of answer he wants
returned.
"Oh. yes; several times she has waited in
my boudor. waited until | came in
What was the date of her last visit?"
Il cannot name the date" the cautious
reply. The girls manner changed A vague
| recollection of her words to the attractive
woman of the Summing party had come to
her.
How long before her death?" Numbered
| Gordon.
Why do have to answer that question:"
That's right. my daughter. And after
pause. the father added. Why does she have
| to undergo this ordeal from you. Mr.. Gordon?"
Because she will find the task much easier
here than before Judge and jury retorted
the lawyer. and. without waiting for further
interruption. he repeated the question. How
long before Mrs. Dolphs death did she visit
YOU!
"On the morning of the day in which
she died.
Il thought SOL exclaimed Gordon. And
YOU when she cameo
Yes; she waited few minutes for my
return
And she went to your apartment to fix her
hat or her hair?'
''She did because l found her there when l
came in. But-oh. sir, what you trying
to find outo
Whether box of your morphine capsules
was anywhere about your dressing table,"
How can tel?"
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