Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-11

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the crowd and shuffled into the little
rallied Enclosure. The gentleman VINO
was sitting with Mr.. Dingley got up
and began asking questions IN weary
monotonous voice, to which the Mexi-
can replied that his name was Manner
Cora, that he was Mexican by blrtn
and by occupation a barkeeper; that
at present he was without employ
ment, but that previous to the seventh
OF May he had for ten years been IN
the employment Of Martin Rood.
could hear the stir all over the
court room, and my own heart began TO
beat.
"Ah!" The gentleman who was on
his feet seemed to shake OF his apathy
and grew very emphatic, Nov, Mr..
Gora-on the night Of May the sixth
where were you?"
The man answered in low voice
that all that night he had been IN Mr..
'Rood's gambling house.
go on, tell .us and the gentlemen
Of the jury all that you remember OF
the occurrences Of that night and OF
the morning Of the seventh until six
thirty o'clock.
When the Mexican began speaking
all the rustic died out in the court ana
in the deep silence his precise, mine
ing utterance made every word dis
tinct. He had gone on duty at SIX.
thirty o'clock, he said; the hall had
closed at eleven, 1t being Sunday night,
and at that hour Mr.. Rood had not yet
come home. He had locked the doors
and sat up until two. Then Mr.. Rood
came, and went Immediately to bed.
Here the lawyer interrupted. DO
understand you that Mr.. Rood lived
at the gambling hall?"
No, the man said, but he had rooms
upstairs which he often used. After
Mr.. Rood had retired he had himself
gone to his own room, which was also
upstairs, but in the back of the house.
He was not yet asleep when he heard
the bell at the side door ring. And
then" the Mexican said, Il went to
Mr.. Rood's door and asked him II
should go. down stairs. Mr.. Rood said
NO and then he said. Curse him, no.
/ won't let him in But after the bell
had rung three times more. he called
me and said. Go down, Manuel, let him
in. will come down in a few minutes
after that went down and let IN
Mr.. MONTGOMERY
zone moment, Mr.. Cora" The law
yer who was standing had raised his
hand. "Was there anything in Mr..
Rood's manner which led you to sup
pose he had feared visit from Mr..
Montgomery"
The man who had been sitting next
the prisoner was on his feet. object.
your Honor, to the form of the ques-
ton, as being" He mumbled the rest
couldn't get word of 1t.
The Judge brought his eyes down
from the ceiling, looked at the man
who. was calling out to him; then said
in conversational voice: objection
sustained" Then looking at the other
man, Change the form of the ques-
ton"
Father" 1 whispered, "that man
who just now objected, isn't he Mr.
Jackson? Hasn't he been at the house
to dinner?"
| Yes, and one of the best lawyers
in the city; but he is defending Mont
gomery, T am sorry"
1 "Did Mr.. Rood, the first lawyer be
gan again, "show surprise when you
told him there was some one at the
door?"
mo, sir" The man hesitated. "He
was angry"
Mr.. Dingley's lawyer looked tri.
umphantly at the lawyer for the de.
tense; then he again turned to the wit.
you let in before?"
Every often. He came great deal to
play"
"Can you point him out?
The Mexican peered at the crowd.
HE is sitting the third from the end
of the table,"
There was sigh that seemed to
come from the whole court room.
tried to get a glimpse of Johnny Mont
gomery's face, but too many people
were standing up, and moving chairs,
and when the futter subsidized a little
was able to catch the witness voice
going on.
"Then brought them some drinks,
and Mr.. Rood told me to go to bed.
They were left alone down there when
| had gone upstairs. went to sleep. ]
was walked up in the early morning
by quarreling voices, and before was
wide-awake heard q pistol shot. ran
down the stairs and out into the back
of the house, as do when there is
trouble, and wait until I think 1t Is
over. Then, after listening a while,
everything perfectly quiet, 60 out into
the bar where left them and it was
empty; but on the floor see pistol;
look at it and it is discharged; then
60 into the other rooms, no one. Then
hear the crowd crying, look out the
door-there l see him!"
1t seemed to me couldn't bear to
hear any more, and stopped my ears
until l saw the lawyer for the prosecu-
| ton sit down. But as soon as he was
down the lawyer for the defense was
on his feet, and had begun asking a
lot of questions that seemed to me
very foolish, and very little concerned
with Johnny Montgomery. Then, with.
out seeming to have made any point
at all, Mr.. Jackson sat down; the Mex.
ican came down from the witness stand
1.-The Judge left his place and went out
through a door at the back, and man
! who had been lowering on the out.
skirts of the lawyers table, hurried to
Mr. Dingley and whispered something