The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-07-25

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to go to his Office in the Covingtou
Theatre and that was the last they
had seen Of him. Then asked her If
she had notified the police, and when
tective, and had come seeking her hus-
band as a 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.
Hes 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 went to
the theatre and got the watchman to
open his Office for US"
"Did you flnd anything important
among the papers in Mr.. Daniels
desk?'
Eyes. 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 it. pieced them
together and found they were part Of
a note from Mr. Daniels to Mr.. Pol
lock-
How did you know it was Mr.. Dan
iels's handwritlng?'
His wife recognized it at once and
told me-
"Can you remember the wording of
that letter.
"Yes. 1t said, My dear Pollock: AS
lessee Of this theatre, I, too, am fnan-
cially interested in Miss Page. Should
your persistent attentions cause her to
withdraw from the cast after tonight's
performance, l 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, I offer this
threatening note written by MIR. Dan
iels to James Pollock, as an exhibit in
the case of the defencew
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 message to take to
Miss Page, and how upon receiving
it 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?'
II started down the hall towards the
stairs said Joe in his boyish treble.
"Did you look backT'
"Yes; was kind of curious about
wot was goin' On"
"Was there anyone in the hallway
when you looked back?'
eyes, the fat man who had been at
the banquet, the one they called Mr..
Daniels, was standing close to the door
of the gray suite with his ear against
it as if he wuz listenin'."
"Joe, do you recognize this picture?" (
voice changed sharply and
he thrust a photograph into the boy 81
hands. The latter nodded.
"Sure!r' 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 does it happen that you
never told any Of this before?'
81 forgot" said the boy sullenly.
"Well. we all forget sometimes"
went on the District Attorney in that
honied voice. But 1 suppose you re-
membered it again when Mr.. Langdon
reminded you that you had seen MIR.
Daniels. Wasn't that it?"
"Wot's eatin' you?" scoffed the boy
heatedly. "How could Mr.. Langdon
remind me Of suthin' he didn't know
I'd seen, till put him wise?"
''Well, suppose you tell US how you
came to-er-put him wise.''
"You see," he piped, "me and Mr..
Langdon WIZ talkin' things over.
Cause you see I wuz right there when
It all happened, and he says to me, he
says. Joe, I'd like you to go over to the
hotel with me, and let's take another
ook at that corridor
when we got there, we did every
hing all over just like it had happen
ed, and then when wuz comm down
The han looked back just like did
before, and Mr.. Langdon says, Joe,
when you looked back did you see any
body? And I says, Only that fat guy.
Daniels and he says. oh, you saw
Daniels. Wot wuz he doin'?' And
says, 'Gettin' an earful at the door,
Then he says, Are you sure? And
,ays, Yes and he says, I guess you