Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-01-19

with the wishes of the presiding Off
Ger. Then Goldberger looked at the
me.
BY the way, MIR. Lester" he said.
Il don't see Mr.. Swain"
IA had to go back to the City last
night explained, to get some fresh
clothes. He had an errand or two to
do this morning andmayhavebee r.
do this morning, and may have been
detained. l left word at the house for
him to come over here at once"
You seem to have Il good deal of
confidence in him Goldberger re-
marked.
Il have" l answered quietly. "A
great deal"
Goldberger frowned a little, but pro-
cceded to open the ase without fur
ther delay. Godfrey was he first wit
ness, and old his story much as he
had told it the night before. l fol-
lowed him. but contributed no new de-
tails. Both of us We're excused with
out cross examination.
TO my great satisfaction Swain
and ] could not deny myself
a triumphant glance ut Gold
berger, but he was studying some
memoranda and affected not to notice
it. AS soon as 1 left the stand.
Swain came and sat down beside me
and gave me a letter. 1t was I'D
dressed to Miss Vaughan.
It's from Mrs. Royce" he said.
She's a trump. She's determined thai
Marjorie shall come to her. She says
if YOU don't bring her, she'll come
after her herself. DO you know how
h is this morning."
NO." i said. Il haven't seen Hin
man. Blu how are your"
"Oh, Pm all right again-head a lit
flo Snrn vet yUharo I h,rYnnod if-h,,t
otherwise as fit as a fiddle"
you hook it," | said; and 1 was
glad, because wanted him to make
a good impression on the stand. I
knew what weight appearances often
had. and no jury, ] told myself. would
ored boy could have had any hand in
a brutal murder.
just then Humans name was called
and an officer hurried away to the
house after him. They returned to-
gether almost at once, and Human
placed on the stand. He told of
being summoned by Godfrey, and of
h events which followed. He said
that the murder had been committed
about midnight, that death had been
u to strangulation, and identified the
cord and h blood stained handker-
chief which the o submitted to
I fancied that Swain lost a lit
.io ColoF wren ne Saw the nand-
kerchief and learned where it had been
but he made no remark.
Will Miss Vaughan be able to tes-
Goldberger inquired. Just be-
fore the doctor stepped down.
"Unless it is absolutely necessary,
] think h would better be excused"
Hinman answered. "She is still very
nervous. The ordeal might cause a
serious collapse
I'VE will try to get along without
her." assented Goldberger. "If neces-
can take her deposition. Is she
in bed?"
possible"
Very we'll, we won't disturb her"
said Goldberger, and Hinman was ex-
cused, and Freylinghuisen called. He
merely testified to the cause of death
and h the autopsy had shown that
the deceased was in fair health and
without organic disease.
Then the servants were called. but
had gone to bed about 10 O'Clock and
had not awakened until the o
himself had pounded at the door.
had heard no unusual sound. Yes,
they had slept with their doors locked
and windows shattered because that
was the rule of the house. Yes. even
in the hottest weather.; that made no
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was fitted with q ventilator.
Questioned as to h manner of life
of the other inmates OF the house, the
German and his wife were noncom-
initial. They had been with the fam
lily a long time; had taken care Of
abroad; only after his return had it
been necessary to get another servant.
He had been at home for a year, and
the Hindus had arrived about six
months later. Yes, they knew their
master was studying some strange re-
ligion, but that was no affair OF
theirs. n they had eve e any
thing wrong. He had always treated
them well. was a little strange and
absent minded ut times, but neither of
them really saw much Of him. He
never fnterfered in the household af-
fairs, Miss Vaughan giving such in
structions as were necessary. The
grounds and the woman in the kitchen.
She was a little p%etulant over the fact
that one Of the Hindus-the "ugly
one"-refused to eat he cooking, but
insisted on preparing his own food.
Also the housemaid a told her that
there was a snake, but she had never
seen 1t.
From the Irish housemaid a little
more information was obtained,
Neither Mr.. Vaughan nor the yogi ate
any breakfast; indeed, they rarely
left their rooms before noon. The
other Hindu mixed himself up some
sort Of mess over the kitchen stove
Miss Vaughan breakfasted alone 1t 9
o'clock. At such times. she RAJ &C
customed to talk over household at
fairs with the maid. and after break
fast would visit the kitchen and make
. tour Of the grounds and garden. The
remainder Of her day. would he spent
In reading. In playing the piano. In
doing little household tasks or IN walk
ing about the grounds with her father
Yes. sometimes the yogi would Join
them. and there would be long dis
cuRa1um After dinner. In the lfhfary