Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-18
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Lambert. looking disturbed anu h'.ie
bewildsred.
Tell your own story. Lambert" said
| Coroner Monroe, rather crisply. we
hear what Louis has to say later.
well, sir, then / took Louis to the Of
flee. and we both saw the.the accioen.,
telephoning right off to DR.. Fairchiid. but
Louis said first we'd better tell Miss Flor
ence about it..
"And did your
Elsa, Miss Lloyd's maid. was on the
stairs So we told her, and told her TO
tell Miss Lloyd and ask her for orders.
Well, her orders was for us TO caH up
DIR. F'airchild, and SO we did He came as
soon as he could, and ne s peen IN cndi &c
| ever since. sir"
"a straightforward story. clearly told,
observed the coroner. and then ne caiieo
upon Louis the valet. This witness, a
young F'renchman, was far more nervous
and excited than the calm-mannered but
| Ter, but the gist of his story corrooorateo
| Lambert's.
| Asked if he was not called upon to at
| tend his master at bedtime. he replied:
Mon, m'seu; when M. Crawford SAT
late in his library, or his Office. he dis
| miss me and say I may go to bed. or
whatever like Almost Away he tell me
that"
And he told you this last night, ., ;.
But yes. When l lay out his clothes
for dinner, he then tell me So
| Although the man seemed sure enough
! Of his statements he was evidently trou-
| bled in his mind. 1t might have been
merely that his French nature was more
excitable than the stolid Indifference OF
| the English butler. But at the same time
! l couldn't help feeling that the man had
| not told all he knew. This was mercy
surmise on my part, and l cOuld not per-
suade myself that there was enough
ground for it to call it even an intuition.
| So 1 concluded it best to ask no ques-
lions of the valet at present. but to look
| into his case later.
Parmalee, however, seemed TO nave con- con.
cluded differently. He looked at Louis
with an intent gaze as he said. HAD
your master said or done anything re-
Gently to make you think he was despond-
ent or troubled in any way?
mo, SIR" said the man: but the answer
was not spontaneous, and Louis eyes
rolled around with an expression OF fear:
| I was watching him closely myself, and
could not help seeing that against MS
will his glance sought always Florence
! Lloyd, and though he quickly averted II,
| he was unable to refrain from furtlve'
fleeing looks in her direction.
| do you know anything more OF this
| matter than you have told u.s. inquired
! the coroner of the witness.
mo, sir" replied Louis, and this time
he spoke as with more certainty. AFTER
| Lambert and I came out of Mr.. Craw-
| ford's office we did just exactly as LAM
bert has tell you.
| chats all Louis. But. Lambert.
! one other matter. Tell rs all you know
of Mr. Joseph Crawford's movements last
| evening"
He was at dinner. as usual. sir" said
| the butler in his mOnotonous draw
| s'There were no guests, only the family
After dinner Mr.. Crawford went out 1oI
| time. He returned about 9 o'clock. !
| saw him come in with his own key. and
| 1 saw him go to his office. Soon after
Mr.. Porter called"
"Mr. Lemuel Porter?" asked the coro-
ner.
Eyes, SIR said the butler; and Mr..
Porter. who was one Of the jurors. grave
| ly nodded his head in acquiescence.
"He stayed until about 10, l should
say" went on the butler. and again Mr..
Porter gave an affirmative nod. II let
| him out myself" went on Lambert land
soon after that / went to the library to
see if Mr. Crawford had any orders for
me- He told me of some household mat
tiers he wished me to attend to today, and
then he said he would sit up for some
time longer and l might go to bed IL l
liked. A very kind and considerate man,
sir, was Mr.. Crawford"
"And did you then go to bed?"
"Yes sir. / locked up all the house. ex-
cept the office. Mr.. Crawford always
locks those windows himself when he
sits I'D late. The ladies had already gone
to their rooms; Mr.. Hall was away for
the night, SO / closed up the front OF the
house and went to bed That's all
know about the matter sir-until came
downstairs this morning"
Go be continued tomorrow