New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-22
my TIME WILL
COMET"
~ EEP your eye on this man
II IAngdon! He was either in
~ the room or at the door when
u n James Pollock was murdered"

y G1Gx yOuI eye Ou Audu
IL Langdon! He was either in
II the room or at the door when
u II James Pollock was murdered"
The words Of the witness We're like
"a stone flung into a pool Of subtle in
nenenee that sent overwhelming ripples
at possibilities to lap the very shores
OF suspicion itself. Every: eye was on
4angd0n BOW, but except for tight
>>ening OF the muscles about bis jaw he
gave no sign .ef perturbation or anger.
The actor himself was uneasy now,
however, and cast apologize glances at
both Mary and Langdon, moving nerv-
ously In the witness-stand as the pros
ecutor took up his questioning again.
you say you overheard only part
t~m what was said before the police
reame. VIII you tell us where you
; stood and why you heard only paft?"
= Eyes, SIR: The door opens 0ut-as is
Railways Ahe case in hotel roosMs-,&irld
>when started to open it was behA!pyd
1T and therefore not visible from the
ROOM. But could hear what was said
Hwhea Mr.. Langdon and detective Far
.aiey came out from the inner room of
sthe suite where they had gone to look
flor Miss Page"
T. "And when the police came, did you
rremain tn the room or did you join an
athe search for Miss Pager"
r II Joined In the search, and went
sstith the police down the fre-escape
sand through the back street.
"What had become Of Miss Pager
+: ~ don't know"
J ":Do you mean that the police did not
: Sind where she had gone?'
YEA"
r.. ~What did you dor"
=: II aetuqnad to the hotel, got my hat
:: and coat and went home"
-: ''That rs ,all;" said the prosecutor.
:; But the Judge !tsaned forward and
y voiced the questten fthat everybody in
:: the courtroom was Alutely asking.
- "Do you mean to soy shat young
II lady in an evening gown ,apd with no
7. cloak walked through that street back
" of the hotel and that no one saw her!
= That you and the police got no sesEya
A.! In your search2"
t.. Yes, your Honor. Mary Page had
:sxAtedQpeaued absolutely, and no one
4 kGows\where she went"
:. +Langdpn smiled, and the Judge sat
I back witfHa little exclamation that was
S1ott complimentary to the police; but
\ when rthe name Of the next witness
Z rang th8Sugh the room he leaned for
Y ward agail and spoke with some fri
tation to the, prosecutor.
"Is it your intention, sir, to develop
through the testimony of THIS wit
I ness the whereabouts Of Miss Page
latter the murderT 1t seems to me
= that that is the testimony that should
I be brought forward now"
= your Honor, the movements of
:: Miss Page between the time she was
I left unconscious in the room at the
: ! Republic until the following morning
will have to be told by Miss Page her.
sself. They are not known to me and
" II have no witnesses to testify to her
! ! whereabouts or actions have, IN
~ fact, been unable to get anyone who
:=actually saw the prisoner during her
light The truth must come out. of
1cQurae. and l have In the meantime
called the sister of James Pollock to
levelop an important line in the case
tor tie State"
Again Langdon smiled, and the
Judge sat back with a little shrug. as,
amid murmurous wave of comment
and curiosity the name of the new
7. witness was repeated
"Ruth Pollock!'
The sister of the dead man who
~- throughout the earlier testimony had
r. sat unnoticed among the throng, was
= tragic figure in her trailing black gar
= ments as she went to the stand.
miss Pollock, you have known the
:. prisoner, Mary Page. for some years,
l. have you not?'
Eyes, we were at school together and
remained intimate friends afterwards"
"Was your brother also friend Of
1ers?''
He was" III ~
"Was there ever any closer relation
ship than that of mere friendship be-
tween your brother and Mary Page"
Eyes. They were engaged to be mar
! RED"
Even the Judge sat forward in his
chair at the words, so simply uttered
and yet so sharply changing the aspect
Of things. The prosecutors nextques-
ton came quickly. :. =
'Was your brother happy in his en-
gaRement?" he said. =:
y don't know how to answer that
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