Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-27

nicotine am at loss to understand why he should
deny the fact why Jose Vumo should withdraw his
first emphatic recognition of Mr. Waverton. am quite
that Mr. Waverton is suffering from the effects
of an accident but"
"et us keep to the thread of the story said Forbes
hastily. "You have been remarkably candid
Traherne thought he opportunity, and took it.
Up he bounced. "The District Attorney asked my
CLIENT quote his very words-f she could throw light
Jose Vumo's testimony. | think she ought to be
allowed to state her impressions fully
Impressions not evidence growlcd Forbes. i
Exactly; but why take one part of my clients views
and reject another
"Very WELL snapped Forbes; though his rival fancied
that this alacrity to yield the point suggested trap
what were YOU about to say, Mrs kyrle:"
"Ony this, the meek response. "lf MIR. Waiver
tons memory is affected he cannot be positive that it
not he who went to Vuilmo's store. Moreover,
Vumo did not recognize him, and | am quite sure he
executed my commission"
Certainly here was hard nut for Waverton to crack
The womans words carried conviction. Clancy Rugged
himself silently; Stengal, deprived of cigar, chewed
rapidly from Mrs. Delamar to Waverton, and from
Waverton to Mrs. Deanar Both he and Clancy noted
that the and woman exchanged steady, contem-
plative look Forbes bent over his papers. There
neither hostility yelled intent in that silent
interplay of glances but rather curiosity inqustlon,
acknowledgment of something new and strange in
their relations, whereby the troubled and the
woman almost bewildered.
NOV, before go any further in this matter of the
~ purchase of poison Mrs Kyrle, must introduce
a somewhat distressing element into the inquiry, said
Forbes bouncing suddenly on the witness as If he were
hawk striking at pigeon "!our name is Josephine
kyrle but YOU are take it, known to very much
wider circle of people as Josephine Delamar?'
Yes said the witness family, with just hint OF
sob in her voice
Some shrewd wits among the uniformed listeners
present in court already alive to the mmnence OF
this astonishing disclosure; but to the multitude it
with sledgehamner force and more than sledge-
hammer directness. Mrs. Kyre the fascinating and
dangerous Mrs. Delamar-the wicked heroine of the
Waverton divorce case-the woman whose name truth,
which is often synonym tor scandal had linked with
bizarre incidents in the society of Florida
and New York? Well wonders would never cease. The
descriptive reporter wrote "At this statement every
agog and every eye in court was turned on the
beautiful the witness stand; while she herself,
shrinking under this avalanche of scrutiny was almost
moved to tears.
AT any rate, the out of the bag from that in
stant and the attention of every daily newspaper the
country focused trivial inquest in lively and
pleasure-seeking Atlantic City.
an fact, went the dry legal voice mercessly, "a
little while prior your husbands death you had figured
correspondent in suit for divorce brought by Mrs:
Waverton against her husband, Claude G. Waverton'
"Yes, and the response was even more mutf1ed,
though distinct enough.
Traherne moved uneaSily He unable to gage the
issues lying behind these revelations but he noticed
that Forbes appeared to expect him to intervene so he
kept still.
terruption that came not that you have been, and
still are on terms of close friendship with a certain John
StrattOn Tearle:
II know him.
"You meet him constantly, and write to him when
you both happen to be separated?
II see him frequently and sometimes write to him.
"He reserved seat for you in Pullman from New
York yesterday, and accompanied you to the Pennsyl
vana Station"
"YeS.'
"Was John Stratton Teare, by any chance, at Abse-
con, Atlantic City, or anywhere in New Jersey,
the day you last your husband alive?"
Not to my knowledge
care you not that he supposed to be in
Narragansett Pier at that period: