Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-13
CONTINUED From Saturday.
CHAPTER III.

! CHAPTER Ill
| Keep your eye on this man Lang
don't He was cithor in the room oI
at the door when David Pollock was
murdered"
The words OF the witness were like
a stone lung into pool OF subtle In
ference that sent Overwhelming rip
pies of possibilities to lap the very
shores of suspicion Itself. Evory eye
! was on Langdon now, but, except fol
:, tightening OF the muscles about his
jaw. no gave no sign of perturbation
! or anger and was seemingly indirer
.nt to the sweeping wavo OF conJec-
ture which was liko a sentient thing
so strongly WAS it's influence felt
though not O. man or a woman moved
The actor himself was uneasy now
however. and cast apologize Elances al
both Mary and LanEdon
You say you overheard only q part
Of what was said before the police
came. VIII you tell us where YOU
stood and why you heard only n part p
Yes. sir. Tho door opens out-as
is always the case in hotel rooms
and when started to open 1T I was
behind IT, and therefore not visible from
the room. Bu: could hear what was
said when Mr. Lanedcn and Detective
Farley came out from the inner room,
OF the suite, whcro they had gone to
look for Miss Page"
And when the police came did you
remain In the room, OF did you join
In the search for Miss Pager"
81 Joined in the search. and went
with the police down tho fre escape
and through tho back street"
What had become OF Miss Pager
Il don, know"
do you mean that tho police did
not find where she had gomez"
Yes"
What did you dor
II returned to tho hoteI. got my I'M,
and coat and went home"
THAT Is ALL" said tho prosecutor.
But tho Judge loaned forward and
voiced tho question that everybody in
the courtroom was mutely asking.
DO you mean to say that young
lady In an evening gown and with no
cloak walked through that street back
OF the hotel, and that no ono saw
herl That you and tho police got no
clue in your search7"
Yes, your Honor. Mary Page had
disappeared absolutely, and no one
knows where sho went"
Langdon smiled, and the judge sat
back with a little exclamation that was
not complimentary to the police; but
when the name OF the next witness
rang through the room he leaned for
ward again and spoke with some irrita-
ton to the prosecutor.
rs 1t your intention. sir to develop
through the testimony Of this witness
the whereabouts of Miss Page after the
murder? II seems to mo that that Is
the testimony that uhould be brought
forward now"
Your Honor, the movements Of Miss
Page between the time she waa left
unconscious IN tho room at tho Repub-
lie until the following morning will
have to be told by Miss Page herself
They R.e not known to me and I have
no witnesses to testify 20 her where
abouts or actions. I have In fact been
unable to get any one who actually
saw the prisoner during her night The
truth must como out OF course, ana
have IN tho meantime called the sister
az David Pollock to develop an i'm
portant line IN the case for tho State
again Langdon smiled, and the
Judge sat back with rttle shrug. "a,
amid murmurous wave OF comrnen,
and curiosity the name Of tho new
wiiness was repeated:
ruth Pollock."
The sister of the dead man who
throughout the earlier testimony had
sat unnot!ced among tho throng. was
{: tragic figure In her trailing black
garments rs she went to the stand
Miss Pollock, you have known the