The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-16

tlyiuD 70 recall some IuciuonS OF
some name. She rested her chin on
her slender white hand. and stared
I the door.
Yea" she said. aftsr . pause II
lesn--thsrs was IN attempt on my
usband's life when We were abroad.
he man Wa Q Portuguese interpre-
or. Ny husband shot him In self
efenss. His name was Lsondo-Car-
% Leando."
But you say he h dead. madam
Il do not quite sse-~
My husband always thought that
Leondo had been paid to kill him.
The man seemed TO bear him no par.
ticular III viii. and had NO grievance
against him. This Lsondo had .
brother. who was instrumental In
Getting my husband tried for muir
der.
The case was thrashed ont In
Portuguese East Africa. and my hus-
eand was acquitted. but hs had to
bride tho Judge to secure . favor
able verdict believe that his
brother-I have forgotten his Chris
tian name - threatened ven
geance."
She ceased speaking. and for a
few moments there was an intense
silence. The spectators felt that at
last they had reached some definite
clue. Not single person there be
lieved that James Treverton had
had anything to do with the crime.
but for the time being he had occu-
pied an unpleasant position In the
foreground Of the inquiry. Now.
however. someone else had been
thrust forward to take his place.
There was q man, after all. who had
threatened to kill Capt. Haig-a for
eigner, . Portuguese.
Il believe" said the coroner. who
had been referring to some notes
he had made In the earlier part OF
the inquest. "that Inspector Win
gate asked you II you suspected
anyone. and you did not tell him
whas you have just told me-"
II did not" she replied quietly.
"As a matter Of fact, think you
can understand that In the awful
sorrow Of the moment I was quite
unable"
She paused abruptly and covered
her face with her hands. Her shout
ders quivered-
Il quite understand" said the
coroner gently. Il think perhaps
this will give us an important clue.
I will not keep you any longer. Mrs.
Haig. And be assured that you
have our deepest sympathy In your
great sorrow"
She rose from her chair. her
hands stin pressed TO her face. The
good looking. weIl-dressed man who
had escorted her to the table came
hurriediy forward and took her arm.
Traverton. turning round, watched
them go SLOWLY down the aisle and
disappear through a door at the
end Of the room.
Gyatt was the next witness. He
was surly and disinclined to say
anything but Yes" or mo" His
evidence. however. previously given
to the inspector, was Of importance,
for he had said that directly he dis
covered that Capt. Haig had been
murdered he began to hunt for
some trace OF the assassin. He had
found the place where the man mad
concealed himself. and had tracked
him through the wood to the fence
on the south boundary of the
copse. He had hunted everywhere
for the knife. but he found no trace
OF IL.
Minor witnesses followed. and In.
spector wingate was recalled and
crossquestioned about some details
OF his evidence. Then James Trev-
erton was asked to come forward
again.
The coroner consulted his notes.
Then he began to ask questions
about the tragedy In the wood. Did
Capt. Haig look like a dead man a.
he lay on the ground! How was 1t
TrevertoI had no suspicion Of the
truth. heard nothing. saw nothing
OF the murderer,
| How long did IL take to walk
from the scene Of the murder to
the road. Had Gyatt looked around
and seen hin, before he (Trevertop)
had called nut? Why had he first
told Gyatt to ride into Maitland.
and then had gone himself.
Trever.on gave his answers truth
fully and quietly. He was not In the
least afraid OF being suspected OF
the murder OF Haig. In fact, II was
quite clear that he could not pos
sibly have killed him. What he had
feared was the disclosure OF some
thing that might lead people to sus-
pect that his first wife had never
run away with Hsig. That danger
was over for the moment, and he
was quite calm.
| A few minutes later the inquiry
came to an end, and the coroner
began to sum mp the evidence.
He made IL quite clear from the
outset that Treverton. In spite OF
the painful position In which he
found himself, could not possibly