Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-09-24
CHAPTER VIII.

fragile as a piece of porcelain, the
Harcourts were not removed to the jail
but Gordon OF sleuths was appointed
to patrol their apartments. The hotel
management was sorely wroth, and
tried to insist upon the departure of
the Harcourts. but Harcourt came
down handsomely with an enormous
amount Of cash, and the Modified man
agement became less censorious. Ear
ly that afternoon, Mrs. Harcourt fell
very Ill with a seemingly malignant
fever-an outgrowth of their long resi-
dence In India, so her husband said.
There was a brief preliminary hearing
at q: 80 in the Harcourt apartments.
MY name is Harold Harcourt and
l live in the Hill district in India" at
tested the witness, when called. |
am 35 years of age and have been mar
ried to my wife for the past six years.
She is "a, and we have been travelling
for her health during the past two
years. following the accidental drown
ing of our baby son. My wifes mind
has never been perfectly clear since
the narrowing moment when she pulled
our dead son out of the clutches of
treacherous pool, not fifty feet from
her bedroom window. At the advice of
physicians. we have gone from country
to country. seeking novelty and change,
hoping to restore her to her normal
state. My occupation? Why, l have
none. l receive a large income from
inherited properties, so does my wife,
and jointly we own several rich dia-
mond mines. We never saw the young
woman, Miss Lancey, l believe her
name is. at all. l am positive my wife
: never did until last evening Why we
J should be held like this is incompre
d. hensible to me- On this card you will
find the names OF a number of London,
, and Calcutta firms, who will give you
any references of me you may desire.
THE night of the murder OF Cerisse
Wayne we were in Milwaukee as our
hotel bills and receipts will show. The
following afternoon late we arrived and
went to the Directory Hotel That
evening l was trying to explain to my
wife some changes 1 was contemplate
ing In my Indian estate and was
sketching the plans with the idea of
: keeping her amused. as she had been
particularly fretful and nervous all
: day. The room was close. and insult
ferable with the smell of steam pipes,
| so we had raised the window wide and
lung high the shade. 1 drew out my
wallet to get memorandum and in
doing so pulled out by accident little
photograph of my wife that I always
carry with me, and some important
passports. The wind sent the curtain
flying and whisked these papers out
OF my hand. l hurried to the window
+ and saw them light on an opposite fire
r escape and tried to recover them. AS
a the hotel clerk has probably told you
a the papers were not recovered"
e Now, 1 trust. gentlemen, that my
) wife and 1 will be allowed to proceed
without any further reference or en-
tanglement in this most undesirable
affair"
Wasn't there a letter dropped ou
OF your wallet?" asked Larry Morris
stepping forward. IF you please, II
like to submit two exhibits in evi.
dence." He produced the picture anC
the letter that had been fished from
the fire escape and proceeded to relat,
how they had been acquired.
Harcourt's face flushed with pleas
ure at sight of the photograph. WheI
the letter was handed to him he paled
whether with fright or with anger wa
lndistnguishable.
\ This is an insult" he hissed
U whats your wife's name, Mr.. Har
+: court7" asked the court
my wife? Her name? Mrs. Har
r court. of course"
Her first Manner
"Narcisse."
! Did you ever see this letter be
I fore7'
The hotel register was brought int
the room. and as expert testimon
went to the effect that the signature o.
=. the register tailed with the conforma
!, ton OF the writing not only on the let
:, ter that had been picked up In tn
:, court room. but with those found 1
!. the Wayne death chamber, Mr.. Har
4. court was requested to make copies G
, the documents and hand them to tn
court. He did this with great trepida
= ton. but the results were very unlils
III the originals.
III A movement was begun to prove ths
. Mr.. Harcourt had painfully disguise
- his writing and the matter was throw
to the experts again.
The mans garter Johnny Johnso
had picked up in the closet OF Mr.
wayne's room. and second one, onl
too plainly its mate, in the same gol
emerald and amethyst design, marke
with the initial "H," that he had foun
inside the threshold OF the Flandel
house at "a Briarsweet place, wei
y, shown to Harcourt. He disowned thes
he emphatically and declared he ha
lc- never seen either OF them before.
ne Larry Morris. sworn next, told OF II
,er the reasons for Betty's visiting II
We Harcourt MISUNDERSTANDING seN
i'e eral photographs and sketches tn;
. had been made OF the late Mrs. Wayn
= remarking on the great similarity b.
tween the appearances of the tv
. women. and begging the court to 81
for itself
With Harcourt Indignantly fumin
: = comparison between the living won
= an and the photograph was made. MI
: Harcourt was In comatose state ar
- ~ she lay PROSTATE on the vide be