The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-26

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 he?"
Tell him." said the Judge.
Harcourt. cringing 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
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 thr~c
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"
so 1 understood" answered Hack
leye.
"why?"
Well. he called upon me at my lodg-
ings and said that he knew where Ce
risse was. and that if 1 wished to see
her he would show me how to get 10
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 Briarsweet
place. He had latchkey TO the front
door-at No. "a. 1 think ii was a skel-
eton key. but he Is an artificer of I'M
common skill. so I do not know. He
let me in. There seemed to be no one
at home. in the Flanders house. We
went into the library. and he lifted
down brass plaque from the wall. We
had great difficulty In crawling through
got In there we found my wife dead.
1t was evident. too. that she had not
occupied the room alone"
Gould Francis Wayne have leased
this house in your manner" asked the
Court.
II hardly think So" replied Ham,
ley In fact. am positive he did
not"
do you think he killed his sister ?"
asked the Court again.
Il am positive he did not"
What reason had he for surrepti-
tiously following his sister. Was he
afraid you would kill herr"
Il do not know as to that. I think
to return home to her children"
Mrs DR.. Fothergill then testified.
The morning after 1 had examined
Mrs. Harcourt at the hospital and
noted what seemed to me to be indica-
tons of this particular form OF loco
poisoning. l obtained permission TO
visi: the room formerly occupied by
Mrs. Wayne. II was practically I'M
touched. and glass stood on the wash
stand took it away with me, giving
the police due notification that / had
done So and when at home rinsed II
thoroughly with water and a slight
percentage OF alcohol, as his latter
solvent has a marked affinity for loco
in any form. The analysis of this solu-
ton showed II to be highly charged
with powdered loco root. On mere woru
ans intuition and my own initiative. I
root was dropped into the glass Of
water and later Mrs. Wayne either wit
tingly or unwittingly drank it."
VIII you tell the court your diagno-
sis or the ailment OF Mrs. Harcourt :"
A bad case Of poisoning from the
male loco blossoms Her present state
of health Is attributable only to the
rigorous treatment of morphine and
female loco blossoms which she was
subjected. The powders In evidence
were dispensed to her daily by her
husband, so she claims, in fact empIoy-
es at the hotel saw him give them TO
her more than once. They are the
concentrated essence of the male bios
sim OF this noxious plant. I should say
that she had been kept under the infiu-
ence CT this drug about five years.
Those two parchment bags filed with
white powder there. contain more OF
the same drug. They were discovered
in Mr. Harcourt's luggage"
And your opinion then is2''
My opinion Is slowly stated DR..
Fothergill. and deduce it from scien-
tific facts and analyses. that Harold
Harcourt not only kept his wife under
the influence of loco for years. but that
he employees this pestilential product
as a means to kill Narcisse Wayne
Hackleye"