The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-19

daughter | went through ms papers there at the house, and then Mrs. Dan- iels and went to the theatre and got the watchman to open his office" Did you find anything important among the papers in MT. Daniels desk?"
 "Yes. Tn 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. I pieced them together and found they were part of a note from MT. Daniels to MT. Pol lock-"
 Can you remember the wording of that letter?"
 Yes It said. My dear Pollock: As lessee of this theatre, I. too. am finan- cially interested in Miss Page. Should your persistent attentions cause her to withdraw from the cast after tonight's performance, I frankly warn you The rest of the page was torn off. It 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 identi- fled them he turned to the jury, and cried:
 Gentlemen of the jury. offer this threatening note written by Mr. Dam iels to David Pollock. as an exhibit in the case for the defence!" The next witness was no other than Joe the bell-hop. who had already play ed so important a role in the trial. and who had carried Pollock's message to Mary on that fatal night. At sight of him the District Attorney lifted his eyebrows in surprise.
 "Joe," Langdon was saying gently. "you have already told us how MT. Pol- lock gave you a 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 MT. Pol- lock was waiting. What did you do then?"
 T started down the hall towards the stairs" said Joe in his boyish treble
 'Did you look back?"
 "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 MT. Daniels. was standing close to the door of the gray suite with f1is ear against 1t as if he wuz listenin'."
 Did you watch him long?"
 "No It wasn't none of my business wot he was up to. so kep' on down the hall. Then I run into you, MT. Langdon."
 Did you see that same fat man lat err"
 'Yes. In the room--where-they wuz found"
 Zoe, do you recognize this picture?" Langdon's voice changed sharply and he thrust a photograph into the boys hands. The latter nodded.
 "Sure!" he said. That's him-Dan- iels. That's the feller seen in the cor ridor all right"
 And that picture, your honor and gentlemen of the jury" supplemented Langdon, "is the latest photograph of MT. Daniels supplied to me by-his wife!"
 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:
 Zoe. how does 1t happen that you never told any of this before?" q forgot" said the boy sullenly. well, we all forget sometimes" went on the District Attorney in that honied voice. "But I suppose you remember ed it again when MT. Langdon remind ed you that you had seen MT. Daniels. Wasn't that it?"
 "Wot's eatin' you?" scoffed the boy heatedly. "How could MT. Langdon re- mind me of suthin' he didn't know I'd seen, till put him wiser"
 "Well. suppose you tell us how you came to-er-put him wise" You see," he piped. 'me and MT. Langdon wuz 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 look at that corridor
 When we got there. we did every thing all over just like 1t had happen ed. and then when wuz comin' down the hall I looked back just like I did before. and MT. Langdon says. Joe, when you IOOkeu pdCh ulU yOu Se6 any body?' And 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 says. Yes and he says. I guess you better tell that in court And I says I'm on, and-that's all.'' The prosecutor turned away with a shrug amid ripple of smothered mirth and Langdon. laughing himself. patted the boy encouragingly on the shoulder as he sent him back to the witness room and called in his stead Randall Williams. the erstwhile leading man o1 Mary's ill-fated company. The young actor. used as he was tt audiences of all kinds. was uneasy as he took the oath. He remembered only
 too keenly his grilling of few days
 before, and he could not understand this recall to the stand. The lurking fear of "being dragged into it some- howl hung heavily upon him. HS1xezYe1Ho1YqzrqzxQz xQzHQzxqzEQzxQzxQzxez