The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-08

seemed To dismiss Mrs. Markham
as witness. and she rang the bell
for the butler
Harris came in. a perfect specimen
of that type of butler that is 80 sim.
liar to certain type Of bishop.
Aside from the gravity of the oc.
casion. he seemed to show sep
aratc gravity Of position. OF import
ance and Of all-embracing knowl.
edge
Your name is Harris" said Mr..
Benson.
Yes. sir; James Harris. sir"
You have been employed In this
house for some years."
Seventeen years and more. sir"
rs 1t your duty to lock up the
house at night?"
1T is. sir Mr.. Van Norman was
most particular about it. sir. being as
how the house Is alone like in the
grounds. and there being so much
There are strong bolts to doors
and windows"
Most especial strong. sir 1t was
Mr. Van Norman's wish to make it
impossible for burglars 10 get i'm.
And did he succeed in this?"
He did. sir for sure. There are
patent locks on every door and win
dow. more than one on most Of
them. and whenever Mr.. Van Nor.
man heard of a new kind Of lock.
he'd order it at once"
is the house fitted with burglar
alarms?"
NO, sir, MIR Van 'rman depend.
ed on his safety locks and strong
bolts. He said he didn't want no
alarm, because it was forever get.
ting out okilter. and bolts were
suror. after all"
And every night you make sure
that these bolts and fastenings are
all secured in place."
II do. sir. and have done il for
many years"
You locked after them last might.
as ,Sual?"
Sure, sir; every one of them
attended TO myself"
You can testify. then. that the
house could not have been entered
by a burglar last night" asked Mr..
Benson.
Not by burglar. nor by any.
body else, sir. unless the ybroke
down door or cut out pane of
glass"
Yet Mr.. Carleton came in"
Harris looked annoyed. "Of course.
sir, anybody could come in the front
door with latch.key. didn't mean
that they couldn't. hut all the other
doors and windows were fastened
ali right. and | found them all right
this morning"
You made u careful examination
OF them"
Yes. sir OF course We was all
up through the night. and as soon
aS ] learned that Miss Madeleine was
was gone. sir. felt | ought 10
look about a bit. And everything
was as right as could be, sir No
burglar was into this house last
night. sir"
How about the cellar"
We never bother much about the
cellar sir. as there's nothing down
there to steal. unless they take the
furnace or the gas-mcter But the
door at the top of the cellar stairs
AS opens into the hall. sir is locked
every night with a double lock and
a bolt besides"
Then no burglar could come up
through the cellar way"
That he couldn't. sir. Nor yet
down through the skylight. for the
skylght is bolted. every night same
as the windows
And the windows on the second
iloor-arc they fastened at night"
They are in the halls sir. But
OF course in the bedrooms don't
know how that may be. That ia.
the occupied bedrooms. When the
guest rooms are vacant always
fastcn those windows"
Then YOU can testify. Harris. that
there was no way for any one to
enter this house last night except
at the front door with II latch.
key or through the window of some
occupied bedroom"
i can swear TO that. sir"
You are sure you've overlooked
no way? No back window, or sci
dom'used door?'
Harris was a little hurt at this
insistent questioning. but the coro-
ner recognized that this Was a most