Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-03
CHAPTER XIV.

a jury was polled before noon.
The crux of the examination came at
last. They sent for Mrs. Harcourt and
brought her in, forcing her to keep her
veil down till she was directly in front
Of the prisoner. Then her face was
barred.
Hackleye fell forward as II shot to
the heart. "Cerisse" he exclaimed
"Cerisse, my wife, and alivel"
The courtroom rang with riot. Vain
y did the judicial gavel rap for order
and the bailiffs seek TO eject the most
unruly. The public nerve had been at
too high tension for too long. With
Hackleye's return to self control. COM
parative calm was restored Mrs. Har-
court approached him very gently. and
spoke for the first time. Are you not
mistaken? Are you not mistaken"
she asked. Look again. 1 never saw
your wife when she was alive. but
believe we are very like each other"
At the sound of her voice, Hackleye
was himself again.
mo- you're not the same" he assent
ed. But 1t is strange, miraculous. Who
are your"
Il am the woman who married Har-
old Harcourt," she replied, rather sadly,
and at a sign from the judge left the
room.
They brought Harcourt In next and
asked Hackleye If he knew him.
Il never saw him BEFORE" replied the
defendant. who is her"
Tell him." said the judge.
Harcourt, cringlng and fearful,
stammered out his name. Hackleye
gripped the witness chair hard. You'd
better go away from me-" he said, pc
culiarly. Il have not committed muir
der yet, for my children's sake, but l
might"
That is all. your honor" said the
prosecution. I'VE are through with the
!. Witness"
Mrs. Harcourt took the stand. Her
testimony divulged nothing new Mark
S. Flanders, who leased the house to
the supposed Hamley Hackleye, assert
ed he had never seen his tenant, that
the whole operation had been by let
ter, accompanied by New York ex-
change to cover the rent for three
months, and that the lease when sign
ed in duplicated by "Hamley Hack
leye." had never been seen by him,
Flanders, till after his return from Eu-
rope
Hackleye was recalled to the stand
You say that Francis Wayne, broth
er of the murdered woman, whose
whereabouts you declare you do not
know had visited the room previously
to the morning of her death?"
80 l understood" answered Hack
leye.
"Why?"
wei. he called upon me at my lodg-
ings and said that he knew where Ce-
risse was. and that IL / wished to see
her he would show me how to get tc
her. On numerous other occasions
had met up with her. but she always
declined to see me. Francis took me
over to the street known as Briarsweei
place. He had a latchkey to tn, from
door-at No. "a. l think it was skel.
eton key, but he is an artificer of un-
common skill. so / do not know. He
let me In. There seemed to be no one
at home, I'm the Flanders house. We
went into the library, and he lifted
down a brass plaque from the wall. We
had great difficulty in crawling through
the hole, as the panel stuck. When we
got in there we found my wife dead
1t was evident. too. that she had no
occupied the room alone"
Gould Francis Wayne have leased
this house in your manner" asked tn,
Court.
Il hardly think So" replied Ham.
ley. I'm fact. l am positive he die
not"
do you think he killed his sister P
asked the Court again.
II am positive he did not"
What reason had he for surrepti
tiously following his sister Was h,
afraid you would kill herr"
Il do not know as to that. l thinl
his object was to try and persuade he
to return home to her children"
Mrs. Dr. Fothergill then testified.
THE morning after l had examined
Mrs. Harcourt at the hospital ant
noted what seemed to me to be indlca'
tions OF this particular form OF loo,
poisoning. obtained permission t,
visit the room formerly occupied b,
Mrs. Wayne. 1t was practically un
touched and a glass stood on the wash
stand. l took 1t away with me. givin,
the police due notifica ton that l has
done So ana Wuen at nome rlnsed I
thoroughly with water and a sligh
percentage of alcohol. as his latte
solvent has marked affinity for loo,
In any form. The analysis OF this solu
ton showed 1t to be highly charge,
with powdered loco root. On mere WON
ans Intuition and my own initiative,
sought further. Undoubtedly the loo,
root was dropped into the glass O
water and later Mrs. Wayne either wit
tingly or unwittingly drank it."
'Will you tell the court your diagno
sis OF the ailment OF Mrs. Harcourt
A bad case OF poisoning from tn
} male loco blossoms. Her present stat
) OF health is attributable only to tn
rigorous treatment of morphine an,
female loco blossoms which she wa
: subjected. The powders in evidenc
were dispensed to her daily by he
husband. SO she claims. In fact employ
es at the hotel saw him give them t
her mora than once. They are tn
, concentrated essence of the male bios