The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1915-11-12

who sat on the battered chair on the
small raised platform beside the
coroner.
mr.. Anapple." said Jamison, els
this the man who asked you where
Mr.. OHagen lived!"
"Yes, sir"
The answer did not affect me In the
least. 1t was just what expected
Sure you are not Identifying the
coat and hat instead OF the MANI"
"I-guess not" But he said It
hesitatingly.
Take off the hat, Mr.. Haviland"
] did. So he was trying to confuse
the witness and prove that their iden-
LITIGATION was ut fault as material for
the defense when the real trial came.
Can you say positively that this Is
the man who asked you the way to
the house?" Jamison asked again.
The witness scratched his head.
Somehow / sorter got an idear he
had gray hair"
Gray hair? Mike wouldn't have got
an old man to do a job like that. 1t
was work for q young man, and an
active one. Again that question / had
tried so yainly 10 answer dinned in my
mind, but I thrust it away. l didn't
care who had killed Slivers OHagen
now.
Wasn't he a thinner man." asked
Mike Garven.
"No-o." The witness fumbled with
his beard. II wouldn't say that"
"All right" Jamison dismissed
him and called another of the three
men who had answered the questions
of the murderer at the station. He
identified me positively when I had
the slouch-hat pulled down over my
eyes and the coat-collar turned up,
but hesitated when took both off.
The next witness called wore blue
uniform with brass buttons.
You are a conductor on the nine
thirty Cranston local. Mr.. .O'Neil?"
Eyes," answered the conductor to
Jamison's question.
did you ever see this man be-
fore"
The railroad man shook his head.
Didn't you see a man in a raincoat
and hat like this who sat in the rear
seat OF the smoker on the trip from
Weehawken?"
"There was man besides the regu.
lar passengers In The smoker" de-
clared the conductor thoughtfully.
But I don't remember whether he
had on a raincoat or not. He looked
half drunk TO me, and got out at the
station below Cranston."
He had only made 1t worse. My
hunched position in the seat and
pulled-down hat had given him the
impression that ] was intoxicated.
That's why he hadn't paid any atten.
ton 10 me. Now, it would be ridicu-
ious TO try TO make any one believe
that half-drunk man would have
gotten away from the scene as l had
done.
The next witness was Kennedy!
He had stayed out Of my sight, and
he would not look at me as he sat
down, though Heaven knows I had
only pity for him. understood what
II cost him.
In a voice husky with emotion he
told how I had come to him and told
him that was going to see O'Hagen.
stating TREMENDOUSLY that he knew
O'Hagen and l were old friends. He
told of my return.
'Why are you telling all this?"
snapped Jamison when he had fin
ished.
"Misther Garven asked me to
come" Kennedy's voice was only a
hoarse whisper.
HE did," Jamison was as sur
prised AS at the admission. 1t seem
cd the last thing Kennedy would have
said. glanced at Mike Garven, but
he sat immovable, staring at Kennedy
with his expressionless eyes.
Eyes. sir muttered Kennedy. HE
towld me Mi8iher Haviland had been
bringin' his name INFO tn thing. an he
wanted me to- swear the truth"
mo other reason?'
mo. sir"
"All right"
Why hadn't he gone on? could
sec the look Of weakening in Kenne.
dy's eyes. touched Jsmison's sleeve.
I'm Going this" he said inpatient
", understanding what I wanted.
He asked the coroner to identify me
then as the man who had been looking
for O'Hagen. The official had been
the third of the trio at the station. He
answered without leaving his seat or
taking the oath. Little breaches or
convention weren't thought OF.
1.-THE man / saw was a trifie hefti.
err" he declared positively, in answer
to the usual question.
"Sure?"
"Certain!"
That's ALL"
What good was all this pickering
on detail? Why didn't Jamison get 1t
over with? I found it impossible to