Connecticut western news., 1916-05-25

 abouts?"
 "NO. She said he had left as uSual to go to his office in the COVingtOn Theatre and that was the last thCE had seen of him. Then I asked her f. she had notified the police, and when she said, No I told her l was q de tective, and had come seeking her hu$ band as a witness ill this trial. She said that he couldn't tell anything, she was sure, but that the murder of James Pollock had killed him too. I'm sure that it's just the murder and the trial that have driven him away she said. He's been almost insane ever since it happened' With the help of Mrs. Daniels and the daughter 1 went through his papers there at the house, and then Mrs. Daniels and I went to the theatre and got the watchman to open his office for us.''
 Did you find anything important among the papers in MT. Daniels deSk?"
 Yes. In one of the drawers were some torn scraps of paper Looked as if the drawer might have been open Wuen Iuc lellcI NdS lOtll ulI, uuC SOllic of the scraps fell in it. I pieced them together and found they were part of q note from MT. Daniels to Mir. Pol lock-"
 How did you know it was MT. Dan iels's handwriting?'
 His wife recognized it at once and told me-"
 Gan 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 tn withdraw from the cast after tonight'S performance, l frankly warn you The rest of the page was torn off. II bore the date of the openin~ of The Seekers
 Was this the note?" Langd0n'S voice rang out triumDhantly, as he held up before the witness sheet on which some torn scraps of paper had been pasted, and when Brennan had identified them he turned to the jury. and cried:
 "Gentlemen of the jury. I offer this threatening note written by Mir. Dan ielS to James Pollock, as an exhibit in the case of the dcfence!''
 The next witness was no other than Joe the bell-hOp.
 "Joe,' LangdOn began very gently. you have already told us how Mir Pollock 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 Mir. Pollock was waiting What did you dc then?'
 II started down the hall towards the stairs" said Joe in his boyish treble.
 Did you look back?'
 Yes; I was kind of curious about Wot was Goin' on
 Was there anyone in the hallway when you looked back?"
 "Ycs, the fat man who had been at the banquet. the OMc they called Mir. Daniels, was standing close to the door of the gray suite with his car against 1t as if he WuZ liStCnin'."
 Joe do you roc0%nize this picture?" Langdon's voice changed sharply and he thrust q photrgranh into the boys hands. The latter nodded.
 "Sure!' he said. "That'S him-Dan- iels. That's the feller I seen in the corridor all right"
 But now the prosecutor was on his feet. and though his voice was just as friendly as Langdon's. the bcll-boy eyed him with some trcpidation as hr asked suavcly:
 Joe. how does it happen that you never told any of this before?'
 II forgot" said the boy sullenly.
 "Wcll, we all forget sometimes" went on the District Attorney in that honicI voice. But I suppose you re- membcrcd it again when MT. Langdon reminded you that you had seen Mir. EHric's, Wasn't that it?"
 "Wot's eatin' you?" scoffed the boy hCHtcdIy. How could MT. Lan%dOn remind me of suthin he didn't know I'd $ccn, till put him wiSe?'
 "Wcll, suppose you tell us how you came tO-Cr-put him wise.
 "Ycu sec" he piped. me and Mir. Lan@dOn wuZ talkin' things over. Cause you sec I WuZ right there when t Hll h1pl encd, and lc says to me, h. &'ys. Joe. l'N like you to go over to the | h"t,l with mo, and let's tHkc another look 't that corridor"
 "Whcn we get there, we did every thing ali over just like it had happen rd. and then when wuz cOmin' down thH hall l looked back just like I did before, and Mir. Langdon says, Joe, Nh}N you looked hucl; did you sec any hody:' And sa%S, 'Nnl; that fat :>.y. H"u:v!', ana he sH!&. oh. you >:lw lHauinle' Wut wuz hp jioin: And .3yS. 'Gottin' an c""fu! at the door. .A>n h2 H1y$. Are yCu surc:' Ani says. 'Ios.' "0s, be says. I guess yru Letter tell that ill court And says I'll o@.' NnI~ that's all"