The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-27

,durance and greater than moro pa.
thence, and IL she were guilty then
lshe was. tha most. amazing actress ~
1.-The, world-this was. the thought that
flashed through the minds Of those who
watched her, Us she went quietly Tor
Ward and took her place In the court
room, the cynosure of all eyes. hostile.
critical, curious and sympathetic. fet
to ali Of them she was, O. riddle. a won
derfuI, riddle, o marvel Of self-controL
"a vision, Of forlorn LONELINESS.
4 More than one man or woman watch
Inns, felt sudden understanding OF
why she had succeededI upon the stage
-since, she could act like this! It
must have been born in her this hyp-
motto. histrionic ability. this wonderful
quality of magnetism. augmented BY
youth and beauty.
And yet for all her charm there was
still that antagonisttci note In the
atmosphere, hostile sense Of her
guilt that Langdon at least felt poign-
antly. Though, he. determined to
meet the day with squared shonlders
and smile, It was relief when the
actual business Of the. trial began and
Farley. the house, detective OF the
Hotel Republic was called as the first
witness: To him the prosecutor said:
"Tell us as briefly as possible what
happened on the night that David Pol
| lock was murdered In the Hotel Re-
public" He slaughtered up and spoke
brskly.
II had come back from supper kind
Of late" he said. land made the round
of the upstairs halls to, see that the
floor clerks were on, duty and had;
nothing suspicious to report, then I
went back to the lobby There was q
theatrical banquet in the private
dlnIng-room on the second floor. and
as they are sometimes pretty noisy
and troublesome, I took chair where
/ could watch the door. ] saw the
crowd come in"
was the prisoner Mary Pase.
among them?'
mo, sir. She came. in little later
with Mr.. Langdon here, and stoutish
man. MI. Langdon didn't 90 into the
banquet, but came back downstairs
and finally took a chair quite near to
mine. About fifteen or maybe twenty
miutes later I saw the young lady.
Miss Page, come out Of the dining
room. with her cloak on her arm and
fancy evening bag swinging from It,
and hurry down the hallway At sight
Of her Mr.. Langdop Jumped UP and
started for the stairs, intending, ap-
parently, to meet her. Twas lighting
cigar Just then and when ] turned
around / saw the stoutish man come
to the door Of the banquet room and
look anxiously along. the corridor. 7
thought something might be Wrong or
the young lady ILL.,. so went upstairs
myself. was just at tho top of them
when heard revolver shot and q
Scream"
was the scream drst-or the shotT
n don't know. They came about
simultaneously, should say, and then
one of our bell-hops comes running
down the hall shrieking, It's in the
gray suite! It's in the gray suite!
and I ran down to that doo. When
| got there" He paused and gulped.
and a little SILVER ran through Mary.
For an instant her eyes closed.
when got there" the detective
continued. "Mr Langdon was kneeiing
on the floor lifting up Miss Page. who
was in a faint, and saying over and
over, Mary, Mary, did you do tliis%
And Just beyond them was the body
Of David Pollock, shot through the
heart with the revolver beside him.
"Was that revolver nearer to Miss
Page or to Mr.. Pollock?" the query
snapped like whip lash, and Farleys
answer brought whispering stir OF
| excitement In tho court
! ut was Just beyond the finger tips
Of Miss Pages hand. which lay Imply
beside her"
Did Miss Page say anything IN re-
spouse to, Mr.. Langdon's question:"
"she was unconscious" Farley said,
"and answered him. ! said, Not did
she do IT. but WHY did she do 1t. Mr..
Langdon.
ibid you see Miss Page enter the
suite Where Mr.. Pollock was?"
mo sir. couldn't see the door OF
the suite from where was, but there
ore only two other doors along the
corridor and they both open into
private rooms or card parties and such
things. Those doors were open, and as
! could see her as she passed them she
must have entered that suite or con-
L+innea down the corridor to the
elevator and stairs"
what was the condition Of the room.
Was there any evidence Of a struggle?'
| "Ycs, sir; that is to say, a bottle OF
,whiskey that was on the table was
4 upset and had dribbled onto the
carpet, and there was broken glass
on tie floor. Miss Pages coat was
crnmpled in heap buck Of the doc.
With her evening bag-open-on top OF
HIT, but that was all"
u "And having found ME LanEdcn
with Miss Page and the body Of David
Pollock, what did you do?"
4 WELL" tho detective shook his head
ll.tle rucfully, "by the time ! had
made sure that Mr.. Pollock was dead
the stoutlsh man was shouting for a
doctor. ana tho room was filed with a
l lot Of hysterical people from the ban
ouet and the supper dance downstairs
and Mr.. Lanedon got up and shouted:
"For Gods sake, Farley. get these
people out and send for the police!'
i know he was right. and ] ordered
them out We had some trouble with
one man, the fading man IN the Page
Company, and Mr.. Langdon asked him
to telephone for d doctor. - we'll as tor
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