The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-05-18

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mo. She said he had left as usua
10 go to his office In the Covingtor
Theatre and that was the last they
mad seen Of him. Then I asked her II
she had notified the police, and wher
she said. No I told her 1 was a de
tective, and had come seeking her bus
band as witness i'll 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 trla
that have driven him away she said
Hes been almost insane ever since II
happened With the help OF Mrs
Daniels and the daughter l went
through his papers there at the house
and then Mrs. Daniels and I went to
the theatre and got the Waterman t.
open his ONCE for u.s.
Did you find anything important
among the papers in Mr.. Daniels
desk?"
Yes. In one Of the drawers were
some torn scraps of paper. Looked g.
If the drawer might have been opel
when the letter was torn up, and somt
OF the scraps fell in it. I pieced then
together and found they were part
a note from Mr.. Daniels to Mr. Pol
lock"
How did you know it was Mr. Dan
Aels's handwritingT"
His wife recognized it at once an,
told me-"
Can you remember the wording
that letter."
Yes. It said. My dear Pollock: A.
lessee Of this theatre, l, too, am f1nar
cially interested in Miss Page Should
your persistent attentions cause her t
withdraw from the cast after tonight>
performance, I frankly warn you
The rest Of the page was torn off. l
bore the date OF the opening Of 'Tht
Seekers"
WAS this the note?' Langdon'.
voice rang out triumphantly, as b.
held up before the witness sheet o.
which some torn scraps of paper ha(
been pasted. and when Brennan hat
identified them he turned to the jury
and cried:
Gentlemen of the jury, offer this
threatening note written by Mr.. Dan
iels to James Pollock. as an exhibit In
the case Of the defencew
The next witness was no other thar
Joe the bell-hop.
"Joe," Langdon began very gently
"you have already told us how Mr.
Pollock gave you message to take tC
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 Mr.
Pollock was waiting What did you dc
then?''
It started down the hall towards thc
stairs said Joe in his boyish treble.
Did you look back?"
eyes; I was kind Of curious about
wot was goin' on
"Was there anyone in the hallway
when you looked back?"
eyes, the fat man who had been al
the banquet, the one they called Mr.
Daniels, was standing close to the door
of the gray suite with his ear against
it as If he wuz listenin'."
"Joe, do you recognize this picture?'
Langdon's voice changed sharply and
he thrust a photograph into the boys
hands. The latter nodded.
"Sure!'' he said ''That's him-Dan-
iels. That's the Teller 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 bell-boy
eyed him with some trepidation as he
asked suavely:
ho
never told any Of this befOre?'
IT forgot" said the boy sullenly.
"Well. we all forget sometimes,
went on the District Attorney in that
honied voice But l suppose you re
membered it again when Mr.. Langdon
reminded you that you had seen MI
Daniels. Wasn't that it,"
"Wot's eatin' you?" scoffed the boy
heatedly. How could Mr. Langdon
remind me Of suthin' he didn't know
I'd seen, till put him wise?'
"Wen, suppose you tell us how you
came to-er-put him wise"
aYou see" he piped, "me and Mr.
rangdon wuz talkin' things over
Cause you see I wuz right there when
II all happened. and he says to me- ne
saws. Joe. I'd like you to go over TO the
hotel with me. and let's take another
look at that corridor.
"When we got there, we did every
thing all over just like 1t had happen
ed. and then when l wuz comm down
the hall I looked back just like l did
before and Mr. Langdon says. Joe
when Won looked back did you see any
And saws. Only that fat guy. |
Daniels and he says. ON. you sa"
Daniels. Wot wuz be doin'Y And
SAYS, 'Gettin' an earful at the door.
Then. he says. Are you sure" And
saws. Yes and be SAYS. i guess you
hotter fell that in court And says.
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