The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-04-04

there in the margins Of his note.
book ind unflattering allusions to
the prosecuting attorney; and after
ono question. an impeachment Of my
motives, to which Mac took violent
exception. no answer at all u n.
corded. and in q furious scrawi y
written: The - little whipper-
snapperi Leslie could Smash him
between the thumb and fngerl"
found another curious records
leaf. torn out Of the book, and evil
IDENTIFY designed to be sent 10 me. but
failing Its destination. was as fol-
lows: For heavens sake. don't look
at the girl % muchi The Newspaper
men are on"
But. to resume my examination.
The nrst questions were not Of par
ticular interest Then:
Did the prisoner know you had
moved to tho after house?"
Il DO not know. Tho forecastls
Tell what you know OF the quar-.
rel on July II between Capt. Rich
ardson and the prisoner"
II saw IL from a deck window"
described II In detail.
Why did you move to the after
"At the request Of Mrs. Johns. She
said she was nervous"
What reason did she river"
THAT Mr.. Turner was In q dan.
gerous mood: he had quarrelled With
the captain and was ouarrelling with
Did you know the arran gem emit Of
rooms IN the after house, How the
people sleptf"
I'm . general way"
What do you moan by THAR"
II knew Mr.. Wallis room and Miss
"Dia you know wh.r. tn. maid.
sleptr
"You have testified that you wsr.
lock-"
YES"
Would whoever locked you in have
had only to move tho key from one
side Of the door to the other?"
was the key left in the lock whom
you ON, were fastened inr
NOW. DR.. Leslie. ". want you to
tell US what tho prtsoner did that
nisht When you told him what had
II called TO him to como below, for
Code sake. He seemed daxed and at
loss to know what to do. I told
him to get his revolver and cali the
captain. He went into the forward
house and got his revolver. but ne
did not call tho captain. We went
below and stumbled over the captain's
What was tho mates oondit,onr r
When We found the bodyf
His general condition"
"H0 Waa intoYfCatAA Ho colls n~sA
on the steps when We found tho CAP.
tain. We both almost collapsed"
What was his mental condition r.
III you mean. was he frightened. We
both wers."
WAS he pale7'
II did not notice then. lie was pale
and looked ~ later. when the crew
had gathered"
about this key: was II ever found7
Tho key to the storeroom?"
Eyes"
"Whenf"
''That same morning"
"Where? And by whomr'
Miss Lee found Il on the door IN
Mr.. Turner'S room"
Tho prosecution was totally unprO-
pared for this reply. and proceedings
were delayed for q moment while the
attorneys consulted. On tho resump-
ton Of my examination. they made .
desperate attempt to impeach my
character a. = witness. trying to show
that I had sailed under false pro-
lenses: that ] was 80 feared in the
after house that the women refused
to allow me below. or to administer
to Mr.. Turner the remedies ] pre-
rendered myself to the crow - . sus-
psct, Of my own accord.
Against this the cross examination
threw all It's weight. The prosecuting
attorneys having dropped the ques-
tion Of the key. the shrewd younG
lawyer for the defense followed Il up,
This key, DR.. Leslie. do you know
where 1t Is now?"
Yves: have It,"
"Will you tell how It came into
your possession"
Certainly. l picked It up on the
deck. Q night or 20 after the murders
Miss Lee had-dropped It." I caught
Elsa Lees eye. and she gave me Z
warm glance OF gratitude.
"Have you the key with your"
yes" I produced It.
Are you q football player. Doc
tor"
II was"
u thought ! r0Coli0o you. nave
seen you play several times. In spite
of our friend the attorney for the
commonwealth. ! do not believe We
will need to call character witnesses
for you. DID you see Miss Lee pick
up the key to the storeroom In Mr
Turner's roomr'
"Yos."
"Did II occur to you At the tint
that the key had any signincancer
~ wondered how It got there"
"You say you listened inside th'
locked door. and heard no sound, bu
felt q board rise up under your knee
A moment or two later, when yo'
called the prisoner. he was intoxi
Gated and reeled. Do you moan 4
tell US that q drunken man coul'
have made his way In the darkness
through . cabin filled with chairs
tables and Q piano In absolute o.
len.Af"
The prosecuting attorney was Of
!. his feet In an instant. and the OBJ
lection was sustained. l was max
shown the keys. club and file takei
. from Singleton's mattress. "Yo'
have identined these objects a. hav
, ing been found concealed In the pris
, oner's mattress. Do any OF thes
, KEYS ft the captains cabin9