The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-19
THE STRANGE CASE OF MARY PAGE
By FREDERICK LEWIS h.l MaPi E...nay


Daniels. was s,ading close to the door
II as II he wus ilstenin'."
Did you watch him longr'
mo. II wasn't none OF my business
Not he. was up 70, 20 ! kop' on down
ne hsll. Thel. I run Into yo1, Mr.,
.Bid you zee that sam. fat man lat.
to "Ess In the roOm-where--thsy wur
:. Joe, do you recognise this picturc1''
I.Gngdon's voice changed sharply. AID
hands. The latter nodded.
SURE he said "That's him-pan-
i5ls; That: LIB the Teller seen in tho cor
"And that picture, YOUR honor and
gentlemen OF the jury" supplemented
lnnedon, us the latest photograph Of
MT Daniels supplied - me by-his
but now the prosecutor was on his
feet, and although his voice was Just as
friendly as Langdon'g. the bel. boy eyed
him with some trepidation az he asked
Zoe. how coes Il happen tpst you
never told anv OF this beforo."
~ forgot" seid the boy sulieniy.
We'll. we NIL forget some: mes. wont
voice. But / suppose y,u rsmsmbcr-
cd Il again when Mr.. Langdon remind
% e ySq that that kew S's had seen Mr. Dani'l''
hea.ay ea allow you'd coaS Me- sso. sO. The boy roy
mind me Of suthin' he didn't ln0w I'd
seen. till put him wiser
We'll, suppose you tell us how you
came to-er.,.pnt him wise"
Lonsdon wuz tsIfIn things over.
Cause you see I wus right there when
II all happened. and he says TO me, he
says; Joe I'd like YOU TO 80 over to the
hotel with mo and let's take another
when we got there. we ala ev"rv-
thing all over Just like II had happen
cd. and then when wus comm down
the hall looked back just like I Old
when you lookei back did you see any
todyr And I Jays, Only that fat guy.
Imniels! and he says, oh. you saw
Esnielsl Wot wuz he doln And
TSsS he saS. s' yon sure. at iso ASG
says, Yes and he snys, Il guess you
better tell that in court And ] says,
I'm on and-thats all"
The prosecutor turned away with a
shrug amid a ripple Of smothersd mirth
and Langdon. laughing himself, patted
the boy enco,tragingly on the shoulder
as he sent rim back to the witness.
room and called In bis stead Randall
Mays Inflated company.
I The young actor, used an he was "a
audiences u all kinds, was uneasy a.
he took the oath. He remembered only
too keenly HE grilling OF q few days
before. and he could not understand
this recall to the stand. The lurking
fear Of being dragged into II some
how" hung heavily upon him:
"Mr. Williams. how long did YOU re-
,mair in the banquet-room Of the Ho-
tel Republic on tho night that Miss
] age was sent for BIZ David Pollock ?
! why, was there from the begin
ming of the affair till just before we
hear.i the sound Of the shot"
IBID all tile other guests remain
except Miss raEe?''
Yes. That Is. everybody except
oh, Mr.. Daniels left. did he;
"a few minutes after Miss Page had
gone. He said he was going to SEE
where she was. and would try &c
bring her back again" -.
How long after his departure die
"oh, just long enough 10 drlnItt 4
toast Then l decided that I'd nc
home because I vas pretty much al
in. and 1t seemed obvious that MIS-
i'age was rot coming back.
Where were you when you heard
I "Just outside the door OF the ban
quot -Toom."
! what did you do
Il ran down the hall In the direc'
ton from which the sound came"
did you meet anyoner
Yes, l ran bang into Daniels at tn,
corner. where the corridor turned.
nearly upset him. I guess for h.
caught at my arm and held on as u
did you say any thing7" .
Yes. I said. Did YOU hear a shot
Somebody's killed. And Daniels said
oh. my God! I know IT
" Did he seem very much excited cited,
Eleen, and he. kept sayinE. .God-Go.
Il must pull myself together Blu
for that matter we were all prett!
much upset, and when we got to tn
any more excited than the rest o
THAT Is all. thank you. Mr., viii
ian,s," Said Langdon; but while tn
words were stu on his lips the e, 2. Sss
the witness but to make another elo
quent plea to the judge.
81 petition the court" he cried .
ringing tones. ito have all the forego
ing testimony, together with that OF tn
detective Brennan and the boy 10
Murphy. stricken out as irrelevant. Al
, this is wasting the time OF your homo
ana the gentlemen OF the jury, IL
not what this man Daniels did. bu
;
David Pollock was brutnlly murdere
wit h which we are concerned. tn
State has proved that this woman
Mary Page. entered the room wheT
, David Pollock awaited her. That q she
, and o scream came from that room, an
. that the defendant was found In tn
| room with the dead body. And as
YOU gentlemen, as reasonable men,
Il Il possible-or probable-that anyon
could have entered that room and she
, David Pollock without being seen
the defendant! II In that, I take
, which my young colleague IL endeavol
! ing to suggest by throwing susplcio
} upon a man who is conveniently
missing.
{ And ] say" stormed Langdon In r,
: spouse, that II was possible-and tins
Mary Page neither saw nor heard whs
+ occurred In the gray suite that nigh
And II II please your honor. l will ca
: tify to the inability Of the defendar
to understand events that were hal
) II see no objection to such test
mony," said the Judge thoughtfulI!
! adding with a hint OF sternness, "bI
E you must remember. sir that imputin
knowledge, even guilty knowledge
I the murder OF David Pollock to tn
4 man Daniels does not prove the d,
2 fedant Innocent"
q mo. your honor" answered LanKdo
= with a quick. confident smllc. But
4 shall provo that, too, before / hay
| finished"