The Glasgow courier., 1916-04-28
out two days before and nobody had

Had she no lnkling OF his where
abouts?''
mo. She said he had left as usual
to go to his Office In the Covington
Theatre and that was the last they
had seen Of him. Then l asked her II
she had notified the police, and when
she said. MOL told her was a de-
tective. and had come seeking her hus-
band as q witness In this trial. She
said that he couldn't tell anything, she
was sure, but that the murder of James
Pollock had killed him too. I'm sure
that it's just the murder and the trial
that have driven him away she said.
He's been almost insane ever since It
happened With the help Of Mrs.
Daniels and the daughter l went
through his papers there at the house,
and then Mrs. Daniels and I went to
the theatre and got the watchman to
open his Office for u.s.
did you find anything important
among the papers in Mr.. Daniels
desk?"
"Yes. In one Of the drawers were
some torn scraps Of paper. Looked as
If the drawer might have been open
when the letter was torn up, and some
Of the scraps fell in 1t. l pieced them
together aud found they were part of
a note from Mr. Daniels to Mr.. Pol
lock-
How did You know it was Mr.. Dan
ielss handwriting"'
His wife recognized 1t at once and
told me-
Can you remember the wording of
that letter.
Yes 1t said. My dear Pollock: AS
lessee OF this theatre. !, too. am flnan-
cially interested In Miss Page. Should
your persistent attentions cause her to
withdraw from the cast after tonight's
performance. frankly warn you
The rest Of the page was torn off. 1t
bore the date Of the opening Of The
Seekers
WAS this the note:' Langdon's
voice rang out triumphantly. as he
held up before the witness sheet on
which some torn scraps Of paper had
been pasted, and when Brennan had
identified them he turned to the jury.
and cried:
"Gentlemen Of the Jury, l offer this
threatening note written by Mr. Dan.
iels to James Pollock. as an exhibit In
the case Of the dcfence!''
The next witness was no other than
Joe the bell-hop.
"Joe." Langdon began very gently
"you have already told us how Mr.
Pollock gave you Il message to take to
Miss Page. and how upon receiving
1t she left the banquet in the Hotel Re-
public and went down the corridor
with you and into the room where Mr..
Pollock was waiting. What did you do
then?'
Il started down the hall towards the
stairs" said Joe in his boyish treble.
Did you look backi"
Yes; was kind OF curious about
wot was goin' on
WAS there anyone in the hallway
when you looked back:'
Yes. the fat man who had been at
the banquet. the one they called MI.
Daniels. was standing close to the door
Of the gray suite with his ear against
it as II he wuz listenin'."
"Joe. do you recognize this picture?"
l-angdon's voice changed sharply and
he thrust photograph into the boys
hands. The latter nodded.
"Sure!' he said. That's him-Dan-
iels. That's the feller I seen in the
corridor all right
But now the prosecutor was on his
feet. and though his voice was Just as
friendly as Langdon's. the bell-boy
eyed him with some trepidation as he
asked suavely:
Joe. how dees It happen that you
never told any Of this before?''
Il forgot" said the boy sullenly.
"Well. we all forget sometimes"
went on the District Attorney In that
honied voice. But I suppose you re-
membered 1t again when Mr.. Langdon
reminded you that you had seen Mr..
Daniels. Wasn't that it:'
"WOts eatin' yOu:" scOffed the boy
heatedly. How could Mr. Iangdon
remind me OF suthin' he didn't know
Id seen, till put him wiser
well, suppose You tell us how you
came to-er-put him wise."
"You see." he piped. "me and Mr.
I.angdon wuz talkin' things over.
Cause you see | wuz right there when
It all happened. and he says to me, he
says. Joe. I'd like you to 60 over to the
hotel with me. and let's take another
look at that corridor
when we got there. we did every.
thing all over just like It had happen.
ed. and then when l wus comm down
the hall looked back Just like did
before. and Mr.. Langdon says, Joe,
when you looked back did you see any.
bodyT And says. Only that fat guy.
Daniels and he says. oh. you saw
Daniels! Wot wuz he doin'T And
says, 'Gettin' an earful at the door,
Then he says. Are you surer And
says. Yes and he says. I guess Won