The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-13
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What occurred next
MFR. Bailey and I talked in the
billiard room until twothirty.'
And Mr.. Armstrong came there,
while you were talking ,"
Yes. lie came about haif-past
1.-TWO. He raped AT the east door and
1 admitted him."
The silence in the room was intense.
| Mr.. Jamieson's eyes never left Hal
| seys face.
viii you tell It's the nature OF his
errand?"
"He brought telegram that had
come to the club for Mr.. Bailey"
He was sober"
Perfectly, at that time. Not
earlier
Was not his apparent friendliness
change from his former attitude
Yes. I did not understand H.
How long did he stay
About five minutes Then he !eft.
by the cast entrance.
What occurred Them
We talked for few minutes. dis
cussinx a plan Mr.. Bailey had in
mind. Then | went to the stables.
| where | kept my car. and got it out"
Leaving Mr.. bailey alone in the
| billisrd-room 7"
| Halsey hesitated.
My sister was there. A.
| Mrs. Ogden Fftzhugh had the cour-
age 70 .tnrn end ess Gertrude through
her lorxnon.
And them"
Il took the car along the lower
road. not TO disturb the household
Mr.. Bailey came down across the
| lawn, through the hedge, and got
into the car on the road"
Then YOU know nothing of Mr..
Armstrong; movements after he left
| the house 20 62
Nothing. / read OF his death Mon
day evening for the FIRST time"
Mr.. Bailey did not see him on his
| way across the lawn"
II think not. IL he had seen him
he would have spoken of 1t.
Thank you. That is all. Miss
Gertrude lnnes."
/, Gertrude's replies were fully as
concise rs Halsey's. Mrs Fftzhugh
suhjected her to close Inspection,
commencing with her hat and ending
with her shoes. I fiatter myself she
found nothing wrong with either her
gown or her manner. but poor Ger
tfude's testimony Was the reverse of
comforting. She had been summon
ed, she said. by her brother. after
Mr.. Armstrong had gone. She had
waited in the billiaro-room with Mr..
Bailey, until the automobile had been
ready. Then she had locked the door
| ut the foot OF the staircase. and,
t taking a lamp, had accompanied Mr.
ia 70 tho main entrance af the
house. and had watched him cross
the lawn. Instead of going at once
to her room, she had gone back TO
the hilliard-room for something which
had been left there. The card-rooIn
and bfliiard-room were in darkness.
She had CROPPED around, found the
article she was looking for. and was
on the point of returning to her room.
when she had heard some one fumb-
door. She had thought 1t was prob
ably her brother, and had been about
to 20 to the door, when she heard
II open. Almost Immediately there
| was shot. ana she had run pASiic-
stricken through the drawing room
and had reused the house.
You heard no other sound?" the
coroner asked. There was. no one
with Mr.. Armstrong when he en-
tered ss''',s ~ .5...s a..
at was perfectly dark. There were
| no voices and heard nothing. There
was just the opening OF the door,
the shot, aud the sound Of some
body falling"
Then. while you went through the
drawning-room and up stairs to alarm
the household. the criminal. whoever
1t was. could have escaped by the
east dosr2"
Yes"
Thank you. That viii do
natter myself that the coroner
got littls enough out Of me. saw
Mr.. .Jaruieson smiling to himself. and
the 6orosaer gave me up, after q time.
admitted / had found tho body. said
had not known who It WAS until
Mr.. jarvis told me, and ended by
looking up at Barbara Fitxhugh and
saying that in renting the house
had not expected TO be involved In
any family scandal. At which she
tufrSd purple
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