Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-04-22
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mere was no delay in the trial Jus
tice mad waited sufficiently long and
demanded an airing immediately, The
crush IN the courtroom was fearful and
jury was polled before moor.
Inc crux Of the examination canna at
iast' They sent for Mrs. Harcourt and
brought her in, forcing her to keen her
ven down till she was directly in front
or the prisoner. Then her face was
barred "'"
Hackleye fell forward as If shot TO
the heart. 'Cerisse!" he exclaimed
'Cerisse, my wife, and alive!"
Inc courtroom rang with riot. Vain
~ did the judicial gavel rap for order.
ana the batliffs seek to eject the most
unruly The public nerve had been at
TOO nigh 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. I never saw
your wife when she was alive, but I
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"
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 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 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"
well, he called upon me at my lodg-
tnes and said that he knew where Ce-
risse was, and that If 1 wished to see
her he would show me how to get to
her. On numerous other occasions L
had met up with her, but she always
declined to see me- Francis took me
over to the street known as BrlarsWeet
place. He had d latchkey to the front
door-at No. "a. l think 1t was skel-
eton key but he is an artif1cer 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 Itted
down a brass plaque from the wall. we
had great difficulty in crawling through
fine hole, as the panel stuck. When we
oct in there we found my wife dead.
II was evident. too, that she had not
occupied the room alone.
Could Francis Wayne have leased
this house in your name?" asked the
Court.
u hardly think So" replied Ham
Io,, TN fact. 1 am positive he did
not" o,,
| .Do YOU think he killed his sister,
asked the Court again.
ST am positive he did not"
What reason had he for surrept-
+iouslv following his sister. was ne
fraid YOU would kill her."
81 do not know as to that. I think
his object was to try and persuade her
70 return home to her children.
Mrs Dr Fothergill then testified
| .Drbe morning after l had examined
Mrs, Harcourt at the hospltal anu
noted what seemed to me TO De lnoAca-
lions Of this particular form OF loco
| poisoning. l obtained PERMISSION 10
1,isi+ the room formerly occupied by
Mrs. WAYNE. It was practically I'M
| +ouchad and glass stood on the WASH
s+end took it away with me- glVlhs
the police due notification that 1 had
done so. and when at home rinsed IT
thoroughly with water and a slight
| nercentage Of alcohol, as his latter
ro1,ent has a marked affinity for loco
=, onv form. The analysis of this solu-
ton showed it to be highly charged
r,-t+r nowdered loco root. On mere WON
an,s intuition and my own initiative
a,,.bt further Undoubtedly the loco
Cot was dropped into the glass OF
rU and later Mrs Wayne either wit
ttngly or unwittingly drank it,
.sIvir YOU tell the court your diagno-
| :. ~ the ailment Of Mrs. Harcourt.
bad case of poisoning from the
a1e loco blossoms. Her present state
Of health is attributable only to the ne
oinorous treatment of morphine ana
ta1a loco blossoms which she was
le antac+ed The powders in evidence