The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-10

was Il invite immediate and iusti !
fable suspicion.
The court had instructed the dis.
trict attorney To De presen. at the
inquest and though that unObtrusiye
gentleman had taken notes. and 9th.
erwisc shown a qpiet interest in the
proceedings. he now awakened to
more alert manner. and leaned for.
ward to get better look ut the
white. set face Of the witness
Carleton looked like n marble i'm
age. His refined. patrician features
seemed even handsomcr for their
haggard agony Surely he was In
no way responsible for the awful
deed that had been done and yet
lust as surely he was possessed OF
some awful secret feat which kept
every nerve strained and tense.
Endcavoring not to exhibit the sur
prise and dismay which he felt,
Coroner Benson continued his uucs-
/ tons
and then. when YOU disc ,vcrcd
| Miss Van Norman. what did YOU do
Carleton passed his hand across
/ his white brow II hardly know.
he said Il was stunued-dazed. |
went toward her. and seeing the dag
ger ON the floor / picked 1t up me
| chanically, scarcely knowing what
| did. | felt intuitively that the girl
was dead. but did net touch her,
and. not knowing what else to do.
/ | cried out for help
And turned on the lights
II pushed several electric buttons,
not knowing which were lights and
which bells; my principal idea was
to arouse the inmates of the house.
at once"
"Who first appeared In answer to
your CALI"
Miss Dupuy came running down
stairs at once. followed by Miss
Van Norman's maid
And then you pointed to the
paper that lay on the table near Miss
Van Norman's hand"
Yes: could not speak and '
thought that would tell Miss Dupuy
that Miss Van Norman had taken
her own life"
you thought. then, that Miss Van
Norman wrote the message
"T thought so hen-and | think
SC now"
This, of course. produced a senea-
ton. but It was only evidenced by
a deeper silence on the part of the
startled audience.
But Miss Dupuy asserts that
she wrote IT," said the coroner.
To this Schuyler Carleton merely
gave slight bow CT his handsome
head. but It said as plainly as words
that his belief was not altered by
Miss Dupuy's assertion.
Granting for the moment. then,
: went on Mr.. Benson. that Miss Van
Norman did write it, is the message
intelligible to YOU"
'Intellgible. yes" said Carleton
but. as | have said before, ineXpli'
cable"
This ambiguous speech meant lit
tie to most of the listeners. but Y
seemed to give Robert Fgssender
food for thought. and he looked al
i Carleton" said the coroner. with a
note of gravity In his voice, 81 think
Il my duty to tell you that your
own interests require you to state
, the nature of your errand to this
house last night"
81 decline to do so
Then, will you state exactly al
. YOU can the hour at which YOU en-
tered the front door,"
Il don't know precisely. But Mis-
>, Dupuy has testified that she cam'
- downstairs in response to my cal
- at half-past eleven. ! came into tn
D" house "a few minutes before"
- THAT is ALL" said the coroner, al
mptly. "Mr Hunt, If you please"
- The man from headquarters, VIII
had guarded the present rool
through the night, came in from tn
doorway where he had been standinl
y "Will you tell what you know COZ
- cerning Mr. Cartoons entrance las
nght?" said the coroner briefly.
~ was on guard In the preseI
room from nine o'clock on said VI
- Hunt. "Of course ! was on the waite
- out for anything unusual. and ale
= To hear any sound. | heard the con
pany go away AT ten o'clock.
heard the most of the peop
!, IN the house 20 to their rooms rigl
aftnr that I heard and | also sa