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

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As she was nervous and frightened, l
agreed to try to get some at drug
store. l went downstairs, took Mrs.
Pitman's boat and went to several
stores before l could awaken phar-
macist."
you cut the boat looseT
s'Yes. 1t was tied in woman's knot
or series Of knots. 1 could not unite
it, and l was in hurry"
"How did you cut it,"
with my pocketknife.'
"You did not use Mrs. Pitman's
bread knife?'
II did not"
"And in cutting it you cut your wrist,
did you?"
Eyes. The knife slipped. have the
scar still"
what did you do them"
II went back to the room and stanch-
ed the blood with towel"
"From whom did you get the medi-
cine?"
From Alexander's pharmacy"
"At what timer
II am not certain. About 3 O'Clock,
probably"
You went directly back homer"
Mr.. Ladley hesitated. No" he said
finally. MY wife had had these at
lacks, but they We're not serious. l
was curious to see how the river front
looked and rowed out too far. l was
caught in the current and nearly car
ried away"
"You came home after that?"
"Yes. at oiice. Mrs. Ladley was bet
ter and had dropped asleep. She wax
ened as came in. She was disagree
able about the length of time L had
been gone and would not let me ex-
plain We qlRrreled, and she said she
was going to leave me. l said that as
she had threatened this before and had
never done it | would see that she
really started. At daylight l rowed
her to Federal street"
What had she with herr"
"a small brown valise."
GLOW was she dressed"'
I'm black and white dress and hat,
with long, black coat"
"What was the last you saw of herr"
"She was going across the Sixth
street bridge"
"Alone."
mo. She went with a young man
we knew"
There was a stir in the courtroom at
this.
"Who was the young MANI"
n .,,&.~
paper here"
Have you seen Mr. Howell since
your arrest:"
mo, sir. He has been out of the
city,"
was so excited by this time that
could hardly hear l missed some OF
the cross examination. The district
attorney pulled Mr. Ladleys testimony
to pieces.
"You cut the boats painter with
your pOcketknife?"
II did,
"Then how do you account for Mrs.
Pitman's broken knife. with the blade
in your rOOmY'
II have no theory about it. She may
have broken it herself. She had used
it the day before to lift lacks out of
carpet
That was true: had.
THAT early Monday morning was
cold. was it not?'
"Yes; very
"Why did your wife leave without
her fur coat?"
| ha hnH rfi
had left the house. Then / did not
ask her. She would not speak to me-"
II see. But is it not true that, upon
a wet fur coat being shown you as
your wife's, You said it could not be
hers. as she had taken hers with her"
81 do not recall such a statement"
"You recall coat being shown your
"Yes. Mrs. Pitman brought a coat
to my door. but | was working on a
play l am writing. and | do not re-
member what | said. The coat was
ruined. | did not want it. probably
said the first thing l thought of to get
rid of the woman"
| l got up at that. I'd held my peace
about the breadknife, but this was too
much. However, the moment l 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. | 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
err die in an attack, | grew more COM
posed"
You got the medicine first, you
say?
Yes"
"Mr. Alexander has testified that you
got the medicine at $3.50. 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 tirstT
II was gone from to t." he replied
calmly. Mr.. Alexander must be wrong
about the time | Weakened 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?"
81 think it likely"
WAS there an onyx clock in the Sec
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