The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-01-21

| you KNOW the prisoner!
| slightly"
state when you met him."
"On Sunday morning, March 4
went to see him."
"Wi!l you tell us the nature Of that
visit?'
a play for himself. l was to get an
interview. with photographs, if posi-
ble."
"You saw his wife at that timer"
Eyes"
"When did you see her again"
1.-THE following morning at 6 o'clock
or a little later. | walked across the
Sixth street bridge with her and put
her ON 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?'
II 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 un-
| supported word"-
You have been searching for Jen-
ME Brice?"
Yes. Since March g."
How was she dressed when you
saw her last?'
''She wore a red and black hat and
black coat. She carried small
brown valise."
THANK you"
The cross examination did not shake
his testimony. But it brought out
some curious things. Mr.. Howell re-
fused to Sly how he happened to be
Mt the end of the Sixth street bridge at
that hour or why he had thought 1t
necessary on meeting a woman he
claimed to have known only twenty
four hours to go with her to the rail-
way station and put her on train.
The jury was visibly impressed and
much AIKEN, for Mr.. Howell carried
conviction in every word he said. He
looked the district attorney in the eye,
and once when our glances crossed he
even smiled at me family. But saw
why he had tried to find Jennie Brice
and had dreaded testifying. Not a
woman in that courtroom and hardly
man but believed when he left the
stand that he was or had been Jennie
Brice's lover and as such was assist
Ing her to leave her husband.
.Then you believe" the district at
torney said at the end-'yOu believe,
Mr.. Howell. that Jennie Brice Is liv-
ing?"
Jennie Brice was living on Mon
day morning. March g." he said firmly.
Miss Shaeffer has testified that on
Wednesday this woman who you
claim was Jennie Brice sent a letter
to you from Horner. Is that the
case?"
"Yes" .at - Hsr z..#
"The letter was signed Jennie
Brice'Y'
1T was signed j. b."
Twill you show the court that let
teri"
II destroyed it."
at was personal letter."
at merely said she had arrived safe
" and not to let any one know where
| she was"
And yet you destroyed it"
"A postscript said to do So"
"Why?"
"a do not know. An extra precau-
ton probably"
You were under the impression that
she was going to stay there"
"She was to have remained for a
week"
"And you have been searching for
this woman for two months?'
He quailed. but his voice was steady.
YES" he admitted.
He was telling the truth, even If it
was not all the truth. l believe had it
gone to the jury then Mr.. Ladley
would have been acquitted. But late
that afternoon things took new turn.
Counsel for the prosecution stated to
the court that he had a new and i'm
portant witness and got permission to
introduce this further evidence. The
witness was DR.. Littlefield and prov
ed to be my one night tenant Of the
second story front. Holcombe's pris-
oner of the night before took the stand.
The doctor was less impressive in full
daylight-he was a trife shiny, a bit
Dubious as to nose and Indifferent as
to finger nails. But his testimony was
given with due professional weight.
"IOu are Il doctor of medicine DIR.
Littlelield?" asked the district attOr-
ney.
Yes"
"In active practice?"
II have a cure for inebriates in Des
Moines, la. was formerly in general
practice in New York city"
You knew Jennie Ladley?"
Il had seen her at different theaters,
and she consulted me professionally at
one time in New York.
"You operated on her, believer
Eyes. She came to me to have a
name removed. 1t had been tattooed
over her heart"
You removed it?"
mot at once. | tried fading the
marks with goats milk, but she was
impatient. On the third visit to my
office she demanded that the name be
cut out"
You did it?"
Eyes. She refused a general an
aesthetic and l used cocaine. The
name was John-I believe a former
husband. She intended to marry