Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-15
You recall a coat being shown your

Yes. Mrs. Pitman brought a coat
TO my door, but l was working on a
play 1 am writing. and 1 do not re-
member what / said. The coat was
ruined 1 did not want ii. l probably
said the first thing thought of to get
rid of the woman"
l got up at that. I'd held nv peace
about the breadknife. but this was too
much. However, the moment / start
ed TO speak somebody pushed me back
into my chair and told me to be quiet.
Now, you say you were in such a
hurry to get this medicine for YOUR
wife that you cut the rope, thus cut
ting your wrist"
Yes. 1 have the scar still"
You could not wait to unite the
boat, and yet you went along the river
front to see how high the water WASP
Her alarm had excited me. But
when l got out and remembered that
the doctors had told us she would new
er die in an attack, 1 grew more COM
posed"
You got the medicine first. you
say?'
Yes"
Mr.. Alexander has testified that YOU
got the medicine at $50. 1t has been
shown that you left the house at 2
and got back about 4. Does not this
show that with all your alarm you
went to the river front first:"
Il was gone from 2 to f." he replied
calmly. Mr.. Alexander must be wrong
about the time 1 wakened him. / got
the medicine first"
When your wife left you at the
bridge, did she say where she was
going?"
No"
You claim that this woman at Hor-
ner was your wife,"
Il think it likely
Was there an onyx clock in the sec
ond story room when you moved
into it:''
II do not recall the clock
Your wife did not take an onyx
clock away with her.
Mr.. LadIey smiled. No
The defense called Mr.. Howell next.
He looked rested and the happier for
having seen Ida. but he was still pale
and showed the strain of some hidden
anxiety. What that anxiety was the
next two days were TO tell us all.
Mr.. Howell Mr.. Llewellyn asked.
you know the prisoner"
slightly
State when you met him"
'On Sunday morning, March 4. j
went TO see him"
will you tell us the nature of that
visit?''
My paper had heard he was writing
n play for himself. l was to get an
interview. with photographs. if posi-
BILE
You saw his wife at that timer
Yes
When did you see her again:"
The following morning ut o'clock
or a little later | walked across the
Sixth street bridge with her and put
her on a train for Horner. Pa
You are positive it was Jennie
Brice:"
Yes. l watched her get out of the
boat while her husband steadied it
IF you knew this. why did you not
come forward sooner
Il have been out Of the city"
But yOu knew the prisoner had been
arrested and that this testimony OF
yours would be invaluable to him"
Yes. But thought it necessary to
produce Jennie Brice herself. My I'M
supported word
You have been searching for Jen-
ME Brice:-
Yes. Since March s.
How was she dressed when you
saw her last:''
she wore red and black hat and
a black coat. She carried n small
brown valise.
Thank you
The cross examination did not shake
his testimony. But IL brought out
some curious things. Mr.. Howell re-
fused TO sly how he happened to be
at the end OF the Sixth street bridge ut
that hour or why he had thought IL
necessary on meeting woman he
claimed to have known only twenty
four hours TO go with her 10 the rail |
way station and put her on a train.
The jury was visibly impressed and |