Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-12
(Continued.)
By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

"Was this before or after you put on
your OverCOatf'
I'm not sure-after, l think. Yes,
1t was after, for l remember that had
a deuce Of a time unbuttoning my coat
to get at my trousers pocket"
"You dropped this key into your
trousers pocket?'
~ did"
"Mr. Cumberland, let me ask you to
fix your memory on the moments you
spent in the hall. Did you put on
your hat before you ~pocketed the key
or afterwardF'
my hat? How can l tell? My mind
wasn't on my hat. l don't know when
l put it on"
Nor where you took 1t fromT"
mo"
whether you saw the keys first and
then went for your hat or, having
pocketed the key, watted'-
81 did not wait"
did not stand by the table think
ing2'
mo; 1 was in too much Of a hurry"
$50 thai you went straight out?'
Eyes, as quickly as l could"
The district attorney paused to be
sure of the attention OF the jury.
When he saw that every eye of that
now thoroughly aroused body was on
him he proceeded to ask: Does that
mean Immediately or as soon as you
could after you had made certain prep
arations or held certain talk with some
one you called or who called to your
81 called TO nobody. II went out
Immediately"
1t was evident that he lied; evident,
too, that b had little hope from his
lie. Uneasiness was taking the place
Of confidence in his youthful, untrfed,
undisciplined mind. Carmel had spoken
to him in the hall guessed ii then, l
Lew 1t afterward-and he thought to
~-aeceive this court and blindfold a jury
whose attention had been drawn to
his point by his own counsel.
District Attorney Fox smiled. How,
then, did you get into the stable2"
1.-THE stable2 Oh, I had no trouble
Ia getting into the stable"
WAS 1t unlockedF'
A slow finish broke over tho nrtanr
afS whole face. He saw where he had
been handed and took a minute to pull
himself together before he replied: Il
had the key to that door too. 1 got it
out of the kitchen"
you have not spoken of going into
the kitchen"
81 have not spoken of coming down
stairs
You went into the ~kitchen2"
"Yes.' ~
"When?'
when l first came down"
'This IS not In accordance with your
direct testimony. On the contrary, you
said that on coming downstairs you
went straight to the rack for your
o%yercoat. Stenographer, read what the
prisoner said on this topic"
A r~ustling Of leaves, distinctly to be
heard in the deathlike silence Of the
room, was followed by the reading Of
this reply and ansWer:
"Yet you cannot say which Of these
two O~vercoats you put on when you
left your home an hour or so after fin
ishing your dinnerT"
al cshuot. l was in no condition to
notice. I was bent on going into town,
and on coming downstairs I went
straight to the rack and pulled on the
first things that offered"
The prisoner stood immobIle, but with
a deepening line gathering on his brow,
until the last word fell. Then he said:
Il forgot. 1 went for the key before I
put on my o%vercoat. I wanted to see
how the sick horse looked"
Did you drop this key into your
pocket too?'
mo; I carried It into the hall"
"What did you do with it there2"
81 don't know. Put 1t on the table, 7
suppose
Don't you remember2 There were
other keys lying on this table. Don't
you remember what you did with the
one in your hand while you took the
clubhouse key from the midst of Mr..
Ranelagh's bunch2 :"
II laid It on the table. I must have
there was no other place to put it."
Laid It down by itselfT"
eyes"
"And took it up when you went out?"
'Of course"
"Carrying 1t straight to the stable7"
Naturally"
"What did you do with 1t when you
came outT"
81 left It in the stable door"
"You did, What have you to
give for thatf"
"None. l was reckless and didn't
care for anything-that's ALL"
"Yet you took several minutes, for all
your hurry and your Indifference, to
get the stable key and look IN at a
horse that wasn't sick enough to keep
Your coachman home from a dance"
The prisoner was silent.
"You have no further explanation
10 give on this subjectp'
'fNo. All fellows who love horses
will understand"
CHAPTER XXI.
81 SUMMON CARMEL CUMBERLAND"
"HE district attorney shrugged