The evening world., 1914-04-03


10y on Mowhirter to keep q
record.
At dawn. the morning after We
anchored. Charlie Jones reused me,
grinning.
Friend Of yours over the rail.
Leslie" he said. Wants to take you
ashore!"
Below me. Just visible in the river
mist Of the carly morning. was .
small boat from which two man were
looking at us. One was Mcwhirtsri
He looked UP at the rail and mo-
toned to a rope that hung there.
Get your stun and como with us
for breakfast" he said. You look a.
II you hadn't eaten since you left"
I'm afraid l can't, Mac"
They're not going to hold you. are
they?"
For q day or 80. yes"
The story of how McWhirter hap
pened to 10 floating on tho bosom OF
She Delaware River before s o'clock
In the morning was long one-it was
months before l got II In full. Briefly,
going homo from the theatre in New
York the night before, he had bought
an extra" which had contained q
brief account of tho Elias return.
He seems to have gone into . frenzy
Of excitement at once.
He borrowed small car. and as
sembled In 1t, In wild confusion, one
suit OF clothes for me. his own and
much too small. ono hypodermic case.
an armful OF newspapers with red
scare heads, n bottle Of brandy, n
bottle OF digitalis. ono police card.
and one excited young lawyer. OF the
Same vintage In law that Mac and
were in medicine.
At tho last moment, fearful that
the police might not know who was,
he had nung In q scrapbook In which
he had pasted-with a glue that was
to make his fortune-records Of my
exploits on tho football field!
A dozen miles from Philadelphia
tho little machine had turned over on
n curve, knocking all the law and most
Of the enthusiasm out Of Walters, the
legal gentleman, and smashing the
hrandy-bottle. McWhlrter had picked
himself up, kicked viciously at the
car, and, gathering up his impedimen-
ia, had made the rest of the journey
by foot and street-car.
But I was not free that day, nor
for many days. As I had expected.
Turner. his family. Mrs. Johns and
tho stewardess were released after
examination. The rest OF us were
taken to jail-Singleton a. . suspect,
tho others to make sure Of their pres
ence at the trial.
The murders took place on the
morning of Aug. ~. The Grand Jury
met late in September. and found an
Indictment against Singleton. The
trial began on the 18th Of November.
The confinement was terribls. Ac.
customed to regular exercise az I
was, I suffered mentally and physi-
caliy. heard nothing from Elsa
Lee, and I missed McWhirter. who
had got his hospital appointment and
who wrote me cheering letters on
pages torn from order books or on
prescription blanks. He was In Bos-
ton.
He got leave Of absence for the
trial. and, 20 explained, the follow
ing notos are bis, not mine. The case
was tried In the United States Court
before Circuit Judge Willard and
District Judge Mcdowell. Tho United
States was represented by a District
Attorney and two assistant attorneys.
Singleton had retained q lawyer
named Goldstein.
wa. called nrst a. having found
the bodies.
what were your duties ON the
rh.y wsrs not veil defined. had
been IL and was not strong ! was
also served . few meals In the cabin
Of the after house, whom tho butler
was incapaottAtsd."
where were you quartsrsdr
"In the forscastle with the crew.
until q day or 90 before the murders.
Then I moved into the after house,
and slept In a storeroom there"
why did you make the changer"
Mrs. Johns. q guest. asked mo to
DO 20. She said she was nervous"
who slept in the after house3"
Mrs. Johns and Mr.. Vail. The stew
ardess, Mrs. Sloane, and Karen Han
sen, a maid, also slept there; but
their room opened from the chart
room"
A diagram Of the after house was
here submitted to the jury.
estate what happened on the night
Of Aug. II and early morning OF
told the story briefly. At its end
the lawyer asked:
state where you found the axe with
which tho crimes were committed"
III was touno In tno ouoWeTOeoeU
bunk
"Where Is this axe nowr'
at was stolen from the captains
cabiE, where It was locked for safo
keeping, and presumably thrown
overheard. At least. We did not md
It."
II see you are consulting q book
to refresh your memory. What II
this book?"
"The ships log"
How does It happen to DO in your
possession7"
"The crew appointed me captain.
A. such. ] kept the log book. II oon-
tains Q full ssoeunt OF the discovery
Of the bodisA witnessed By all the
.'Is 4 IN your wrttingr'
~Yee, Il u In my writing"
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