New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
EPISODE NI.

 to the house Katie gifts mad at their questions and she says she was abed and asleep. Then a few days ago along comes young feller selling a thing to lift the. covers off of bllin' pots. He came to the back gate and he talks to Kate, till she says she don't be wantin' one, because she's leavin' of a Saturday to git married. Then he kids her bit about he bets she's marvin a policeman, so she tells him who 1 am. Then he gifts talkin' about this affair. and he has the nights doin's so mixed up Kate she corrects him. He bets her a hat shes wrong; she says she kin prove 1t all by me. And so she does; but then another young feller comes around and says as how we can help a young lady and clear up a lot of trouble if we tell 1t in court And begorra,, Kate got hel hat at that!' s..
 A shout of laughter rang through the court and the Prosecutor sat down far more discomf1ted than he would admit It was such a simple .ssub- terfuge. The back gate peddler with his packet of gossip-and the police of course blundering in and bullying. His respect for Langdon not only as a
  ing. and in the back of his mind there hovered black phanton1-the mys- terious man in the checked suit who had been in the alley. Had Langdon this man up his sleeve? He drowned and shifted the papers on his desk un- easily. then looked up with a, start of surprise as the door of the witness room opened to admit the fam boy antly gowned woman, with the hard and tired eyes.
 She gave her name as Agnes Kee- nan, but when the question came as to her occupation, she stared straight ahead of her with a sort of grim hu- mor, then shrugged her thin should CTS.
 None" she said with the imitation l of an English accent. 'I live on my 1 income"
 The crowd grinned, but Langdon 1 flushed and his voice was little hard l as he said quietly:
 l "I am sorry, Miss keenan, to have 1 to ask you such @ question, but were 1 you not an occupant of a cell in the l Fiftieth Street police station on the night of the raid of Barker's gambling 1 rooms?"
 l T was" Her tone was more quiet l l and having had a drop too much I ] sassed the sergeant and he locked me up to cool off, "
 l Had you a cell to yourself?" Well, at first I thought it was a l private room, but a little later they l showed a girl in.'
 Was that girl the defendant-Mary Page?"
 Tt was. But she looked some diff ferent then. She was all dolled up in an evening gown, and hadn't even a cloak. I wondered what was up and tried to make her talk, but she seemed
 looney. I thought it was the d. t.'s al 1 first, but when I found out she was
 plain batty, I got scared and called 1 the guard. But he only cussed me l out. so I got hold of her hands anC
 tried to make her stop crying in tha
 queer fashion. After bit she began
 to talk It was incoherent at frs
 about Dave, and the big house. ana
 she wasn't Sadie or Maggie. Then she
 seemed to come to herself and asked
 who was and where she was"
 Did she remain sane and consciou
 after that?"
 Not at first She'd ramble, the1
 she talked sanely. Finally she quiet
 
 sure to get off first thing in the morn 1 ing, she asked me if I would talk a note to her lawyer And 1 said
 would.'
 Did you ask her her name?' ?' No" She smiled a little, hal whimscally, half bitterly "it ain't eti
 quette to ask names under the circum
 stances, but I said as it was the frs
 time, the best thing to do was to Sd
 nothing till she had a lawyer to q
 the talking for her"
 "Whom was the note she gave yo
 addressed to?''
 The question seemed to surprise he
 why you know" she stammereC
 then laughed, Gee, I forgot. I'm te l lin the court. The note was aC
 dressed to MT. Philip Langdon and
 took it straight to him. Then hil
 and me beat it back to the police st;
 ton and he had a conference with tf i Magistrate. Then he shook my han
 and thanked me like a gentleman,- a and-thats all"
 e "One moment, Miss Keenan. YC k say that Miss Page would becon e sane. and then would lapse into d q Iiriurn again. Did she mention al er particular incident-or ask you al d strange questions?"
 "Yes. Once she said, He acts fuI l. ny for a man who has just put on Is l successful play Then suddenly sl l. sat up and grabbed me and cried, w Id it blood or--Was it just a red nec I'd tic-I saw it. And I said, You sa ct it Where?' And she said-sane as sl he could be, It was the other man GU " side-I couldn't see his face-just Il sn red Then she began to cry al an went off again into delirium. or wha nd l ever you call it. Next time she open