Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-10-21

mention mnue OF ting worn Dy your
sister In life. but missing from her |
finger after death. You remember this
ringr
81 do"
"ls this III"
at is. so far as I can Judge at this
distance"
Hand the ring to the Witness" or
dered the Judge.
The ring was so handed.
He glanced at It and said bitterly:
81 recognize II. II was her engage
ment ring"
"Wns this ring on her finger that
night at the dinner tabier
II cannot say positively. but I be-
lieve so. should have noticed Its
absence"
"Why. may I nskr'
For the first time the prisoner flush
ed. and the look he darted ut his coun.
Sc. had the sting Of repronch In II.
Yet he answered: at was the token Of
an engagement didn't believe in or
like. ! should have hailed any proof
that this engagement was on"
Mr.. Motfat smiled systematically.
mir. Cumberland. II you are not sure
OF having seen this ring then. when
did you see IL aud where?"
rustic from end to end Of that
crowded courtroom. This was an
audacious move. What was coming2
What would be the answer Of the man
who was believed not only to have
made himself the possessor Of this
ring, but to have taken a most strange
and uncanny method of disposing Of
II afterward?
.I saw I, when tho noIice showed II
to me and asked me II l could Identify
II"
"was that the only time you have
seen It up to the present momentT"
ct is"
The universal silence gave way to a
universe, sigh of excitement and re-
lief. without waiting for the present
sentiment to cool, MIR. Mofrat proceed.
ed Immediately with his examination:
"You swear that you have seen this
ring but once since the night OF your
| sisters death. and TINT was when IL
was shown you In the coroner's officer"
~ do"
.Does this mean that II WINS not In
vour possession at anv time during
that Interim"
at certainly does"
"Mr. 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?"
cit is."
"Was not this most unusual thing
to DOR
"Perhaps. was not thinking about
that. had a duty to perform, and
performed It"
"a duty? win you explain to the
Jury what dutyp
The witness head rose, then sank.
He, rs well as every one else. seemed
to be impressed by the solemnity Of
the moment. l even thought l could
detect tremor In his muscles as well
as In his voice:
Il had rebelled against my sisters
wishes; ] had grieved and deceived her
up to the very night OF her foul and
unnatural death ana all through
drink" Here MS eye mashed. ana Tor
that meeting moment ne looked man.
wished 70 thke an oath-an oatn
wou'd remember. IL was TOT tnis
purpose ! ordered the casRet opened
ana thrust my fingers through tue
gers touched nv sisters brow I in.
wardly swore never TO taste liquor
again. baye kent that oath"
II was nm unexpected explanation
and calculated to cause n decided and
favorable renction in the minds. OF
those who Ind looked upon this espe.
ciai act of his Ms an irrefutable proof
of guilt. Mr. MofYat's voice was heard
rising again in his strange but TELLING
.. examination:
.vhe, vo, ,brust vour hind IN n
take this ootb d,d Won dron anvtb,np
into vour SISTERS coske,y"
~ did pot Nv hand wos emntv d,
, hold No ripg ana dronnad mona IN ,