The Washington times., 1916-02-06


tho iudEo permitted II to 20 on.
= Firal'N the witness w1s brought down
20 the night when he took Mary Pare
to the door OF the "afc so that she
miHht see him. l.angdOn. within.
Did YOU notice anything pscaix-
about Miss PAGES appearance at that
time. And If so, tell the Jury what you
saw"
Il noticed that Miss Page seemed
terribly excited. ard when We got 10
the door that led to the cafe. there was
positively an expression of horror on
her face. never saw srv ono 30 un-
strung. She had on an evening gown, of
course ana saw--- Brandon paused
again.
Yes" What did you sec?'' cried
Jangdon
- saw n strange mark on her shoul-
der finger prints that ranc and went m
the most unCanny WY. ! wrs quit"
unncrscd mVsClr Miss 'arc was bv
this tim" looking through the door at
VOC Nj. langdon"
The prosecutor was on his foot in =
moment. f.vcrvJnc was greatly excited
! What did this strange testimony mean
People whispered and crancd their
ncCks.
Il object shouted the district Al
tornev. This storT has no bearing -"
"Overrm!cd," His Honor calmly said.
This tCstimonN. cried Lan@uon. =
Triumphant note in his voice. viii have
an important bearing on the Inc or de
fcnsc J shall later adopt.
Il object again. fairly yelled the
prosecutor. such talk tends to prcju-
dice the jury
"Ovcrruled, =" again the judge dravled.
rs that the first time you ever saw
these marks" Langdon asked.
Yes, sir
And the last time"
mo. Six years later"
Tell the jury
The witness coughed as if prepa ring
Tor an ordeal.
Miss Page In Now York. / co,tdn't act
a scat, so / stood in tho rear Of the
house, near the side. After the second
act, [ think II was, there was loud ap'
curtain several times. | saw Dave Pol
lock in a box, and Langdon down in the
orchestra. noticed that Miss Page
bowed directly to him moro than once.
| looked at my watch. | was police
reporter then. and it was almost time
for me to be on duty At the station. So
! hurried away. Things were dull when
! got there, so | sat in corner near
drowsy Pretty soon | cart tell what
time il was hut II must have been
couple Of hours lat"r--IangdUn came
IushinG in. nc was looking for Mary
Page We re oEnizcd each other. and
/ was surprised to find him In such
place on such an errHnd Then h" told
me of the murder Of Pollock. Won could
have knuckcd me down. was dazod,
|
lad gone ont h,lr-iodly. The police were
as excited and confused as !.
"SomehoW tho night wore on. | had
10 stay on duty. In the morning. vsrv
early. the prisoners We're brought out
from the pen. ] hadn't slept much. \
paper was brought in, and 7 saw thr
/ staring headlines, telling all about
/ the murder. That woke me up, | can
tell you,'
, Had tho situation not been so tense,
: there might have been laughter here.
I But the court room was so still YOU
! could have heard snowflake fall.
hat was my surprise. an Instant
later. to see Mary IaGe enter the room
| from a side door. in fun evening
. clothes. but with no hat or coat!
| could scarcely believe my eyes. |
| thought I'd gone mad. or something,
! Why. I'd Just hccn reading about her
| and there she stood. pa lc and beau
t;ful. but hcwildercd and frightened.
! \ police officer took hold OF her. I
! knew I wasn't dreaming then, and I
| started up too. the newspaper still IN
my hand
WHO is this woman tho sergeant
! said.
officer answered she wouldn't talk.
| She was pulled last night with a Cou-
pie Of
Just then | was close to her. She
! didn't r"Coaniz" ma: she. seemed
strangely uazed. allHogt hynotized.
| Thcn she caught sight OF the paper IN
my hand with it's big type running
| across tho Who'll" front page Sensa-
tiCnal Murder She grabbed. and read
| IT, Mortified. and all lust stood there
! looking at ncr. without saying a word.
| Even the sergeant was silent. She
scC med to devour the story And then
some vision must have come before
! her eyes. for she whispered something
| about a bottle whisky and her face
ana arms ncCame tense. I looked at
! hcr bare shoulder. and that's when l
saw those strange finger prints again.
| They came and went as before.
| couldn't believe it,
The witness paused. There was no
sound in all the room.
! GO on" urged Langdon. at last.
Then. the outer door opened. and
you. Mr.. LanGdon. came in. You looked
| tired. hagGard. bedraggled. You stt!l
| had on evening clothes. | remember.
turning directly To the jury. what
| sensation Mr.. I.angdon's rresense ere
| atcd his name having been in erery
| headline, too. Miss Page saw him. He
went up to her without a word, and
| tNcy embraced each o'her. And then
Miss Page stepped forward 10 the ser
gcants dask ami whispered. so low that
| could hardly hear her. I give myself
rp.'"
| Continued Next sunday