The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
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By FREDERICK LEWIS Author Of what Happened ~ PICTURES
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court, and the Prosecutor sat down. ia,
moro discounted than he would admit
was such a simple subterfuge. The
pack gate peddler with his packet Of
gossip-and the police Of course blum.
dering In and bullying. His respect for
Langdon not only as a man but as q
lawyer was growing. and In the back
OF his mind there lowered blacl,
pnantom-the mysterious man In the
checked suit who had been In the alley
Had Langdon this man up his sleeve;
He frowned and shifted the papers or
MS desk uneasily. then looked up with
start Of surprise az the door Of the
witness-room opened to admit the
namboyantly gowned woman, with the
hard and tired eyes.
she gave her name as Agnes Keenan,
but when the question came as to hel
occupation. she stared straight ahead
OF her with sort Of grim humor, Their
shrugged her thin shoulders.
None" she said with the Imitation
OF an English accent. Il live on my in.
come"
The crowd grinned. but Langdor
flushed. and his voice was a little hard
as he said quietly:
am sorry. Miss Keenan,, to have tc
ask you such question. but were yor
not an occupant Of cell In the Fiftiett
Street police station on the night Of
the raid Of Bankers gambling rooms p
was Her tone was more quie,
now. 7 had failed to come across. and
having had drop too much sassed
the sergeant. and he locked me up te
cool or" =
Had you a cell to yourseif?.
We'll at first / thought II was a
private room. but little later the,
showed girl in"
WAS that girl the defendant-Mar,
Pager
ut was But she looked some differ.
ent then. She was all dolled up in ar
evening gown. and hadn't even a cloak
/ wondered what was up and tried tf
make her talk. but she seemed looney
thought It wns the d. It's at first. but
when found out she was plain batty
! got scared and callfi the guard. Blu,
he only cussed me out SO got hold Of
her hands and tried to make her stor
crying in that queer fashion. After 4
bit she began to talk. It was incoher.
ent at first. about Dave. and the biz
house. and she wasn't Sadie or Maggie
Then she seemed to come to hersei,
and asked who I was and where ali,
was.
did she remain sane and consciou.
after that7.'
mot at first Shed ramble, then sh,
talked sanely. Finally she quietet
down. and when said that was sur,
to get of first thing in the morning
she asked me II would take a note t
her lawyer. And l said ! would"
Did you ask her her manner"
NO" She smiled a little. half within.
sically. half bitterly. at amt etiquett,
to ask names under the circumstances
but said as II was the first time, tn,
best thing to do was to say nothing til
she had q lawyer to do the talking 70,
her"
whom was the note she gave vol
addressed tor"
The question seemed to surprise her
why. you know" she 'stammered
then laughed. Gee, I forgot. I'm tellin
the court The note was addressed L
Mr.. Philip Langdon and took Il
straight to him. Then him and me beat
1t back to the police station and he hat
a conference with the Magistrate
Then he shook my hand and thanked
me like gentlemnn.-and-th ALL"
"One moment. Miss Keenan,. Yo,
say that Miss Page would become sane
and then would lapse into deliriun
again. Did she mention any particular
incident-or ask you any strange ques.
tions?'
yes. Once she said, He acts funn,
for man who has Just put on a sue.
cessful play Then suddenly she sa
up and grabbed me and cried, Was 4
blood or-was It just red necktie-..
saw it. And said. You saw 4
wheref And she said-sane us she
could be. Tt was the other man out.
side-I couldn't see his face-just tn,
red2 Then she began to cry ant
went of again into delirium. or what.
ever you call II. Next time she opened
her eyes, she asked II knew whether
Dave Pollock was dead or II she hat
dreamed 1t. and said SO far as knew
Dave was about the livest thing II
over bumped against In this old town
Then she sighed like a kid and wen
to sleep, but when she woke up she
seemed to know he was dead"
did she make any other mention Of
the man with the red tie?"
mo. When asked her, she sale
II was blur. but 1t would come bach
to her-she was sure Of that. Some.
one else would have seen Il too
THAT Is all" began Langdon, ant
broke on In establishment. There wa.
a commotion in the back Of the room
and man stood up. raising one hand
as II about to speak. His face was
ashy. his jaw dropped. Then as sud.
denly as he had arisen he dropped bach
out Of sight into his chair.
It was Daniels.
Ito be eontinued.l