Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-09

ring but once since the night OF your
sisters death, and that was when 1t
was shown you In the %coroner's Officer
Il do"
"Does this mean that 1t was not in
your possession at any time during
that interim?"
ut certainly does"
'NIr. Cumberland, more than one
witness has testified TO the fact of
your having been seen to place your
hand in the casket of your sister, be
fore the eyes Of the minister and of
others attending her funeral. Is this
true?"
at is"
"Was not this a most unusual thing
to DOR
Perhaps. 1 was not thinking about
that. l had a duty to perform, and l
performed It."
"a duty7 VIII you explain to the
jury what duty2"
The witness head rose, then sank.
He, as well as every one else, seemed
to be impressed by the solemnity Of
the moment. l even thought l. could
detect q tremor In his muscles as we'll
as in his voice:
81 had rebeIled against my sisters
wishes; 1 had grieved and deceived her
up to the very night of her foul and
unnatural death - and all through
drink" Here his eye flashed, and for
that fieeting moment he looked a man.
81 wished to take an oath-an oath |
would remember. 1t was for this
purpose I ordered the casket opened
and thrust my fingers through the
MOWERS / found there. When my fin
gers touched my sisters brow | in
wardly swore never to taste liquor
again. l have kept that oath"
1t was an unexpected explanation
and calculated to cause a decided and
favorable reaction in the minds of
those who had looked upon this espe-
clal act of his as an irrefutable proof
of guilt. Mr.. Moffat's voice was heard
rising again In his strange but telling
examination:
"When you thrust your hand in to
take this oath, did you drop anything
into your sisters casketY'
81 did not. Ny hand was empty. I
held no ring and dropped none in. I
simply touched her forehead
This added to the feeling, and in an
other instant the excitement might
have risen into hubbub had not the
emotions of one little woman found
vent In a low and sobbfng cry, which
relieved the tension and gave just the
relief needed to hold in check the over
strained feelings of the crowd. I knew
the voice and cast one quick glance
that way, IN time to see Ella sinking
affrightedly out of sight under the dis.
mayed looks of father and mother. Mr..
Moffat continued his examination by
demanding why, when the ring was
discovered in Adelaide's casket and he
saw what differences would be drawn
from the fact, he had not made an i'm
mediate public explanation of his con
duct and the reasons he had had for
putting his hand there.
I'm not a muff," shot from the pris-
oner's lips in his old manner. "a man
WHO WOulu Idhe SUCH an OuLu, III SUCH
n way and at such a time is not the
mar to talk about it until he is forced
to. I would not talk about it now
He was checked at this point, but
the glimpse we thus obtained Of the
natural man in this indignant and sui
len %outburst, following so quickly upon
the solemn declarations of the moment
before, did more for him In the minds
of those present than the suavest and
most discreet answer given under the
instigation of his counsel.
The question as to who had dropped
the ring into the casket If Arthur had
not-the innocent children, the griev-
Ing servants-was latent, Of course, in
every breast, but 1t had not yet reach
ed the point demanding expression.
"Mr. Cumberland, you have stated
that you did not personally drop this