Evening journal., 1916-04-22

court and the Prosecutor sat down. far
more discounted than he would admit.
IL was such simple subterfuge. The
Dack gate peddler with his packet of
gossip-and the police Of course blum
uerlng In and bullying. His respect for
-angdon not only as a man but as a
lawyer was growing. and in the back
OF his mind there hovered a black
phantom-the mysterious man in the
checked suit who had been in the allev.
Itad Langdon this man up his sleeve ?
ne trowned and shifted the papers on
MS desk uneasily then looked up with
start Of surprise as 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 her
occupation, she stared straight ahead
OF her with sort Of grim humor. then
shrugged her thin shoulders.
None" she said with the imitation
OF an English accent. II live on my in
come" ~
Ihe crowd grinned. but Langdon
flushed. and his voice was a little hard
as he said quietly:
am sorry, Miss keenan,, to have 10
ask you such question, but were Won
not an occupant Of cell in the Fiftieth
street police station on the night of
Ihe ralu OF Barkers gambling rooms ?'
1 was Her tone was more quiet
now. Il had failed to come across and
having had a drop too much I sassed
the sergeant. and he locked me up 10
cool off," ~
Had you cell to yoursefY,
Well' at first I thought It was a
private room. but a little later they
showed a girl In"
Was that girl the defendant-Mary
Pager" Az si ,
1T was. But she looked some differ.
ent then. She was all dolled nm in ar
evening gown. and hadn't even a cloal,
I wondered what was up and tried tc
make her talk, but she seemed loonev
thought 1t was the d. t.'s at first, but
when 1 found out she was plain battv
l got scared and called the guard. But
he only cussed me out, so I got hold oi
her hands and tried to make her stor
crying in that queer fashion. After q
bit she began to talk. 1t was incoher.
ent at first, about Dave. and the bis
house, and she wasn't Sadie or Maggie
Then she seemed to come to herself
and asked who 1 was and where sh,
was"
did she remain sane and conscious
after that?'
Not at first. She'd ramble. then sh,
talked sanely. Finally she quieteC
/ down, and when I said that 1 was sur,
to get off first thing in the morning
she asked me If would take a note I,
her lawyer. And said I would"
Did you ask her her name7"
NO" She smiled little, half whim
sically, half bitterly. "it amt etiauett,
to ask names under the circumstances
but I said as it was the first time. tn,
best thing to do was to say nothing til
she had lawyer to do the talking To-
her"
Whom was the note she gave yor
addressed TOT"
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 t,
Mr.. Philip Langdon and l took /
straight to him. Then him and me bea
1t back 20 the police station and he ha,
a conference with the Magistrate
Then he shook my hand and thanke,
me like a gentleman,-and-that's all.
zone moment, Miss keenan,. Yol
say that Miss Page would become sane
and then would lapse into deliriun
again. Did she mention any particula
incident-or ask you any strange ques
tions?"
Yes. once she said, He acts funn.
for a man who has just put on a sue
cessful play Then suddenly she sa
up and grabbed me and cried. Was
blood or-was it just red neclStie-
saw it And 1 said. You saw i
where?' And she said-sane as sh
could be, 1T was the other man out
side-I couldn't see his face-just tn
red Then she began to cry ant
went off again into delirium, or what
ever you call It. Next time she opene'
her eyes, she asked IL knew whethe
Dave Pollock was dead or II she ha'
dreamed it. and said so far as knew
Dave was about the hvest thing II
ever bumped against in this old town
Then she sighed like a kid and wen
to sleep. but when she woke up sh
seemed to know he was dead"
did she make any other mention o
the man with the red tie?"
mo. When I asked her, she sail
II was a blur, but it would come bacl
to her-she was sure of that Some
one else would have seen it too"
THAT is all began Langdon. ant
broke off in astonishment. There wa
commotion in the back Of the room
and a man stood up, raising one han,
as IL about to speak. His face wa
ashy, his jaw dropped. Then as sud
denly as he had arisen he dropped bacl
out of sight into his chair.
/ It was Daniels.