The Washington times., 1916-02-06

u stone lung INTO a pop' pl subtle IN =
terence that mt CNeu-W Widening
lipples IF rOssibilitic" to IaI tho very
shores of suspicion it's, If. Every cyc
wa' ON Iancdrn now. but rTccpt For
IA tightening "f tho musCl"s about his
Jaw h" gave no sign a. perturbation
or anEer and was s"cn'inglv 1ndiTfer-
ent 10 the sweeping wave Of corjcC-
ture which was Ii>c a scnlicrt thing.
$" strongly was its inr''uce felt.
though not a man or woman moved.
Thc actor himself vas uneasy now.
however, and east apolUp"tic glance
at both MarN and raucdon
Y on SOY YOU overheard rnI, q part
of what vas said before the poIirc
came. Will You toll Us wL;re YOU
stood aud why yea ncald only a
rNrt''
y oS. sir. The d"ul opens ont as il,
1iw&N' the case ia hotel rOoms--and
Wheh | started t. open it was be
una II and th, rCfurc not visible rruiu.
IA" r""m But ! could hear rhQt RS
%hl' when Nh. IanEuon anC G'etcctiy.,
arl"T came 0ut II ON the inner roUIl
OF lhc suite Wh",c they had gone t.
cook rUT Miss I'agc"
and whCn IN" police came. cid ynu
i.""lan in the loom 81 lid YOU Jutn IN
joined in tn. search: a,d ven,
with the police down the o.capc
ana through the back street. "
Mi AT had tCc"mc Of Miss l'a.c."
" dont know
-" YOU mean tN,u III" poIir" dni
not fad wh"r" sho. had gone"
'Whlt did ,"u Il, ..'
II returned I" IL" hotel, got my hat
ana ""ui ant wen: home.
n Il O,
iMl ,hc JudEe Iclr"d forward ana
N"I"c' tho uuC"ti"n thai crci body ~
~ courtroom war mutcIy a&Hing
DO you mean to say that younS
lady IN an evening gown and with mo-,
cloak walked through that street back
of the hotel and thnt n ono saw her
TIhat ron "'lt the police got no clue
IN Your ScdrCh"'
di~anp"alcd absolutely. and no on
kuUh" Where SHE wrut "
I'lnEdon smiled. >nd tho judcr "A.
pack With q little exclamation that was
when the name Ur the next wItno.~
rang through the room he leaned for
ward again and spoke with some irll-
tatl0n to the prosecutor.
Us II your intention. sir. to develop
through tn" testimony Of THIS witness
the Whereabouts Of Miss Page ati, T.
tn" murder" It S"rms /" me that that
Is the testimony that SHOULD be hI ought
your hono,. thc mo\ clncmts of Mis-
faG" between the tlnc she Wa left M
conNciou0 In the g"om At tho R"puhI;|
until The following mOrninE VIII h.>c
10 lie told by MISS Page ne, ,sclf ri">
are not known to NJ" "rd EnNc -
wItuC$s"s I" 'osrif. 70 G"r whereabouts
OF a lions. have. N fact. been unable
10 get any ON" Whu actually saw U'n
prisoner during her ftGh' The trrti.
mus Con,e ont. u course. ami have ~
the mSnt''c 'ril"d the .rs'"r o' paNId
Pollock - dcN "l"u "u Inr"rraut linz"
Nl thc case for Va" StH',
Aalm LnnGdvn ~u,ilcd md n.c u"lI
SIT bark with - l'';ir .i'uG. e.. al.I
Curiosity IT." nam" 0f ~" new WI'uc>,
Wa repeated.
"IHuh Poliuck
The srste, Of rr' drtG man wno
%a' uunotiCCd among 'nC iIrOus, Was
= tracir figure IN I,cr ra1lus nIacH
garments size went to Iro stand
Miss Pollock. vuu inN" known N"
prisouc', Mary iFg", ;"1 ""ne cars.
haN" You not
"Ycr. We were At s,h"ol together and
remained intim"te rsIcnd5 "frerrnrds "
WAS your brother ,ds" Il friend II
hers:
'rIc Na4."
WAS thcIc ever any closer rclatinn-
ship tha" that Of ner" friendship be
tween your MCth'r ana Mary PaE"
g. lh'! N'l' "t"~'' " " nc
ried."
r."rn "a, ..udc., sat forn ard ~ his
CHAIR at tn, words. 20 simply uttered
and yet 20 .harply chaaging tn" aspect
of things. Tn" prosecutor next dues-
tIrn came quickly.
Twas You, nrothor happy in his en-
ea>cmcn, he asked
II don't know how II answer thar
uuc elton. Ito Was haprN hecaus" ne
Wan'"d to ',srr( Mary bnt h" knew
she didn't love him.
"lr Miss Pac" did not love raur
hrotNcr. why was N. willing 10 h his
Thr cir, rasnod and answered I"ss
"V,1I ,on zoo--,ncrc wcr" reasons
and grr had promised "
'Wlu You p'"'s' toll "' 'h"'"
u.uc sao,dn= son v'on"hcd L"'n =
y nrr an o,rrhurG,u"d hrar, b. nk" ~"
.:j' .,-S at tit question. ard MrN,
hel /. ce in h"r hands. ,..., ,,,r,.
.trr,chcu rul hcr hands N>"'mn%lN haI,
wht@Merrnu 'Mc,hc,' M"'hNr.' an'
I.7rcdr,i wa a her side il = nl"N"n'
Shc wa cd him hack. and. dra WtnG her
= across hoy distorted facC. sno;hNI-
,,d ,'c clr That Shorli h"r ihiu shout
dr,, like y storrr. IS th" prosecutor
repeated h,s question.
III AN haprrned sc>clHl Noars ago
I'VE ..rnavnc .iN NaiY and ! wee very
GOOD friends NJ that time. nNd was
a. nov hon,c a great deal ;" knew
lhat- that they were greatly IN need o.
! ~ as it rr"s@inG need. o. do You
meau simply that they were poor
..Eoth'' she said E"SIr1tinliN "Th"N
worr roor. hut - III" same tire ! sneak
Of overheard Mr """" say i"al th"r"
wo,,ld ~ ,rIin Cor an Of them. "''I thal
t,,r,.'d no ,u,uaG rrt or IT," st'",ts Un-
1cs- he got tn" .r1"ne' h'for" morn,
frc. Mary overheard NM. ''" and
Whrn no went ,nl she "nd | v,' NN-
IN" TO rhiuN of SOM" way hN "liyn We
coo'd ,sisc mom"> It wa, va o.j ~ o.I" we We
ha,I; nc he-had been irnEin%. and
Tc wa, wavtns = "hcrk around 'n* head
! ana ,ricd 'Tve done GOOD turn for n
| friard and rye hccn well pnic Ior It,.
Th I.nrd helps hose VITO, hclr them
, sci .es.' rlc seemed terribly 'Xcited
! ana went ont again almost imrcdiate'~.
sa,,nn that he wanted to cash the
check before the Nanks closed"