The Washington times., 1911-10-04

, clock that 1t was twenty minutes after
10. In less than a minute after that ]
was upstairs"
That viii do said Mr.. Billings. and
Gilbert was dismissed.
DR.. Sheldon was called next, and tes-
titled that he had responded immedi-
ately to Mr.. Cranes call, and on reacn-
Ing the library found Philip Maxwell's
dead body on the floor and Mlss Leslie,
wounded and unconscious, few fee
away.
''Sne was shot?'' asked the coroner.
Yes, shot In the shoulder. She had
fallen, ard in so doing had hit her
| temple. This rendered her unconscious
1 extracted the bali and found it to be
.S caliber. The revolver found in
Miss Leslie's hand is also 80 caIiber."
And has the ball been extracted from
Mr.; Philip MaxwelPs body?"
Yes; that is also a IS caliber. He
was shot through the heart, and must
have died instantly"
I'm your opinion, how long had he
been dead when you examined the
body?"
Not long, as the body was still
warm. Not more than half an hour at
the most
THE pistol found in Miss Leslies
hand, and which is now in my posses
sion,' said Mr.. Billings, has two empty
chambers. In view Of Miss Leslie's
statement that the shooting was done
by person who came in oy the VIM
dow, IL would seem that the intruder
might have placed the weapon in Miss
Leslie's hand after she was wounded.
In your opinion, DIR. Sheldon, would this
be possibleT -
as / myself took the pistol from her
grasp. This would scarcely have been
the case had 1t been thrust into her
hand while she lay unconscious"
I'VE will not pursue this line of in
vestigation farther until We can hear
Miss. Leslie's story" said Mr.. Billings.
DIR. Sheldon, you are excused"
Mr.. Maxwelrs testimony was merely
to the effect that he had spent the
evening in the music room until about
half-past 8, at which time he went to
his study, and remained there, reading
and occasionally doing, until he had
been told the dreadful news.
He corroborated my statement about
my looking in on him at 10 o'clock.
though he didn't notice the time. and
he said that he neither saw nor heard
Gilbert Crane look in later.
Asked II he heard any shots. he said
he did not, owing, doubtless, to his
deafness and the fact that he was
asleep part of the time.
He was excused, and Mr.. Billings then
inquired II anyone had heard any shots.
We who were in the music room dur
ing the half-hCur between 10 and 1870
when the murder was judged to have
.,
and this was but natural, as the library
was upstairs and some distance away.
and our mIsic wss, at that time, OF
noisy variety.
Gilbert Crane said he heard no shots,
but said that he was so deeply i'm
mersed in his cwn thoughts that he
doubted If he you'll have heard a can
non fired.
Then Miss Maxwelrs gentle voice was
heard saying:
Il heard two shots, and they were
fired at exactly 10 o'clock"
This is most important madam"
said the coroner. will you kindly take
the witness CHAIR"
Then Miss Miranda testified that she
was in her own room preparing for
bed. Her doors were closed, and the
water was running for her bath, so
that she could not hear distinctly, but
at 10 o'clock she hear two sounds that
seemed to her like pistol shots.
At the time, however, she hardly
thought they were shots, but she opened
her hall door and looked out. Seeing
nothing unusual, and hearing the gay
music downstairs, she assumed II was
the slamming of doors or some other
unimportant noise, and so thought no
more of IT until informed of what had
happened.
This. them" said Mr.. Billings. fixes
the firing of the two shots at 10 o'clock.
That comedies with your diagnosis, DR..
sheldon
Yes SIR" said the doctor. Il went
upstairs at about half-past 10 and found
the body still warm
1T is fortunate that We are able thus
to fix the time so accurately" said the
coroner. ''as 1t may be helpful In dis
covering the criminal"
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