Putnam patriot., 1916-05-05


 MT. Daniels, did you write that let ter to MT. PolockT
 Ny God. Where did you get thatF' The cry was confession. but Lauedon repeated his question, and this time Daniels said with sudden sullenness:
 syes, l wrote it"
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 The aay The Seekers opened There-had been scene in Miss Pages dressing room. and-and-I was afraid the show would be Queered 1T Pollock didn't let the girl alone
 -svhy didn't you finish it%'
 .sBecauSee- Daniels heSitated and maisteued his dry lips with a nervous tonene. s.beeanse- I-I-thaught it sounded pretty raw. and I'd better let things go tin saw Pollock that night
 Again the ominous little murmur that meant suspi ion erept through the room. and Daniels shuddered grip. ping the sides o1 his chair to hide the trembling of his hands as Langdon turned to the stenographer and said quietly;
 MT. Wilson. will yeu be kind enough to turn tp the testimony of the bell boy. Joe as given yesterday aud read it beginning with the words. was there anyone in the hallway when you looked baek%'
 There WIS slight ruStting of pa. ners when inc clear voice of the ste neerapher rang out
 eoueStfon Was there anyone in the hallway when you looked haek2 An, swer. Yes The fat man who had been at the banquet. the one they call ed Alr. Daniels. Question What was he doing? Answer: He was standing close 10 the door of the gray suite with his ear against it. as if he was listen ing
 That will dc. Mir. Wilson. Now will you please turn to the testimony of Randall Williams. and read the testi- mony beginning with the words, Where were you when you heard the shotT"
 Question: Where were you when you heard the shot? Answer: Just outside the door of the banquet room. Question: What did you do3 Answer: I ran down the hall in the direction from which the sound came. Question: Did you meet anyone? Answer: Yes. | ran bang into Daniels at the corner where the corridor turned. l nearly unset him. guess, for he caught at my arm and held on as if to steady him self Question:
 That will do. thank you cried Langdcn sharply. And now. Mir. Dan iels. will you tell us what you did when you overheard the voices of Miss Page and Mir. Pollock talking in the gray suite and why you were so agitated when you met MT. Williamsy
 "Because." the voice of the manager rose to d sudden scream, "because l thought he had killed them both-as he had threatened to do,'
 In an instant the prosecutor was on his feet. but. quick as he was. the judge was quicker The unexpected turn HAD come in the evidence, and his honor briefly announced thirty minute recess.
 Had HE been the stage manager, rather than Daniels. he could not have chosen more dramatic moment to bring the testimony to it's temporary close
 Every man and woman among the spectators was keyed to the highest tension by the swiftly moving events, and to drop frem these heights to the flatness of mere waiting strained pa tience to the breaking point. The scrap ing of chairs along the floor. the sbuf fling of feet. the waves of shrill whls- pering question and eomment-all the sounds of restless humanity replaced the tense silence which had gone be fore-and when at last the clock had licked out it's slow half hour and the bailiff brought Daniels hack to the wit ness stand there was an audible sigh of relief from the spectators that unde, any other circumstances would have won laugh from LaugGon.
 Now. however. he was too intent rpon the possibilities that lay behind Daniels startling statement to be even conscious ef the audience that was watching with such avid curiosity the enactment of this drama. He was more than tlankfal to the judge whose hasty recess had nomeptaiiiy stopped the protest from thc prosecutor, and it was vi I rush of saiief that lie saw the latter take his seat when court re opened and real.zel that. after all. Daniels's statement was to pass with out a legal vraEsle. it made his first question 8n easy one.
 '.Mr. Daniels. you say that you had hearI MT Pollock threaten to kill fhe defendant and himself Will you tell the court when that threat was made and to whomy
 T: was made to me. on an occasion whea 1 almost became an umwitting accomplice in a mur CT. during the re hearsals of The Seekers. Whose murder" INT. I1agdon'a.
 \ startled sob caught af Mary'a throat at the words and, lifting her head. she Iool,el at Langdon with such an expression in h"~ eres thnt for a