Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1916-05-16

"Had she no inkling Of his where
aboutsT
mo. She said he had left as usual
to go 70 his Office in the COvington
Theatre and that was the last they
had seen Of him. Then | asked her IL
she had notified the police, and when
she said, No told her was q de-
tectlve, and had come seeking her hus-
band as n 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 went
through his papers there at the house,
and then Mrs. Daniels and l went to
the theatre and got the Waterman to
open his office for us
Did you find anything important
among the papers in MIR. Daniels
deskF'
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, AMI some
of the scraps fell in it. ! pieccd them
together and found they were part Of
a note from Mr. Daniels to Mr.. Pol
lock"
"How i'll you know it was Mr.. Dan.
icls's h1udwrifing2'
His wife recognized it at once and
told me-"
Can You remember the wording Of
that letter."
Eyes 1t said. My dear Pollock: As
lessee Of this theatre, /. too, am fnan.
cially interested in Miss Page. Should
your persistent attentions cause her to
withdraw from the cast after tonights
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 a 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, | offer this
threatening note written by Mir. Dan
iels to James Pollock, as an exhibit I'm
the case of the defence"
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
theu?"
Il started down the han towards the
stairs" s0il Joe IN his boyigh treble
Lii gov look back"
"Nes, vas kind OF curious about
v.t WgH .0.u' on"
""U, 'lr.o anyone iu the halfway
when yo1 looked back"
"'~s. the rat man who had been at
o., banquet. tile one they called Mr.
Nau.c.s, was standing close TO the door
Of tLe gray suite with his ear against
it as if ne wuz listeuiu'."
Joc, do you recognize this picture"
Langdon's voice changed sharply and
he thrust Il photograph into the boys
hands. The latter nodded.
"Sure." he said That's him-Dan-
icls That's the Teller | seen in the
corridor all right"
But now the prosecutor was on his
feet and though his voice was just as
friendly as Langd0n's, the bell-boy
eyed him with some trepidation as he
asked suayely:
"5oe, how does it happen that You
never told any OF this before
II forgot" said the boy sullenly.
"Wcll. we AN forget sometimes"
went on the District Attorney I'm that
honiel voice. But I suppose YOU re-
mombcrcI it aauu when Mr.. Langlon
reminded yuu that you bad seen Mr.
Daniels Wasn't chat irf'
"W1ts catu' youF snoif"I the boy
hcatglly. How cog'd Mr. iangdon
remind me or sulhu' Dc didn't know
ia seen. ti'l put him wi~'F'
We'll, suppose you roIl ms how you
came to--cr-uut him wise
"You see" be pi.od. me ana Mr.
Langdon WIZ l1'Gm things over
Cause You see WIZ right there when
It all happened, ana ne says 90 me, he
says. Joe, ia like you 10 90 over to the
hotel with me, and lets take another
look at that corridor
"Wheu we got there. We did every
thlng a'I over lust like it had happen
ed. and then when I wuz comm down
the hal ! looked back just like [ did
before and Mr. Laugdon says. Joe,
when g0u lYosod back did you see any.
boGvg 'nI says only that fat guy,
Daniels auI De says, oh You saw
Daniels, Nor WIZ hr dolu'T Ana
says. 'Gcr,'u au carful at the door
Then No says. Are you sureT Ana