The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-05-06


unruly. The public nerve had been al
too high a tension for too long with
Haekleyo's return 10 self-control, com
parauve 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. / never saw
your wife when she WAS alive, but /
believe we aro very like each other"
AZ the sound OF her voice. Hlcldeye
was himself again.
NO. you're not the same" he assent
ed. "But It Is strange. miraculous. Who
are you?"
i am the woman who married iar-
old Hlrcourt' she replied, rather sadly
and at q sign from the Judge Loft tHe
room.
They brought Harcomt IN next and
asked Haokleyo If he knew him.
Il never saw him before" replied the
defendant WHO rs hep
Tell him." said the Judge.
Harcourt, cringing and fearful
stammered out his name. Haclleye
gripped the witness chair hard. You'd
better so away from me-" he said, pc
culiarly. II have not committed MUIR
der yet for my childrens sake, but !
might"
THAT is an, your honor" said the
prosecution, we are through with the
witness"
Mrs Harcourt took the stand. Her
testimony diyulged nothing new. Mark
s. Flanders. who leased the house 20
the supposed Hamley Hacklcye, 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. tin after his return from Eu-
rope
Hackleye was recalled TO the stand.
You say that Francis Wayne, broth
er OF the murdered woman, whose
YOU declare you do not
know, had visited the room previously
TO the morning of her death?"
so l understood" answered Hack
loye.
'.Why?"
We'll, he called upon me at my lodg-
iugs and said that he knew where Ce-
rtsse was, and that If / wished to see
her he would show me how to get to
her. on numerous other occasions 1
had met mp with her, but she always
declined to see me. Francis took me
over to the street known as Briarswect
place. He rad a latchkcy to the front
l9or-at No o.. l think it was a skel-
ton key, but he is an artiGcer of un-
common skill so / DO not know. He
al me i'm. There seemed to be no one
tt home in the Flanders house. We
went into the library and he lifted
down a brass plaque from the wall. We
had great difficulty in crawling through
The hole, as the panel stuck. When we
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
his house in your name?" asked the
Court.
Il hardly think So" replied Ham
ey In fact, l am positive he I'D
rot"
DO you think he killed his sister,"
lsked the Court again.
Il am positive he did not"
What reason had he for surrepti-
iously following his sister. Was he
.fraid you would kill her?"
Il do not know as to that. l thinl.
lis object was to try and persuade her
o return home to her children"
Mrs. DR.. Fothergill then testified.
THE morning after l had examined !
Trs. Harcourt at the hospital and |
.oted what seemed to me to be indica-
ions Of this particular form Of loco
I obtained permission to
isit the room formerly occupied by |
Irs. Wayne 1t was practically un- |
ouched, and a glass stood on the wash |
tand. l took it away with me, giving |
he police due notification that l had |
one so, and when at home rinsed it
with water and a slight
Of alcohol, as his latter
olvent has a marked affinity for loco
d any form, The analysis of this soh-
ion showed it to be highly charged
18th powdered loco root. On mere won-
MS intuition and my own initiative, l
ought further. Undoubtedly the loco
GOT was dropped into the glass of
-ater and later Mrs. Wayne either wit
ngly or unwittingly drank it."
"Will you tell the court your diagno-
is Of the ailment of Mrs. Harcourt."
bad case of poisoning from the
,ale loco blossoms. Her present state
{ health is attributable only to the
gorous treatment of morphine and
smale loco blossoms which she was
objected. The powders in evidence
ere dispensed to her daily by her
usband, so she claims, in fact employ
$ at the hotel saw him give them to
er more than once. They are the
)ncentrated essence of the male bios
m Of this noXious plant. l should say
rat she had been kept under the inhu-
ice of this drug about five years
hose two parchment bags filled with
hite powder there, contain more of
le same drug. They were discovered
Mr.. Harcourts luggage"
And your opinion then is?"
My opinion is" slowly stated Dr.
and l deduce it from scien-
fc facts and analyses, that Harold
arcourt not only kept his wife under
lie influence of loco for years, but that
= employees this pestilential product
a means to kill Narcisse Wayne
ackleye."
CHAPTER XXVL
The second morning after the critical
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