Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-09
c,oyrioht. 1890. Fred 4. Fn9pt: ~
COPY COPY DIyjO, Jv the Public Ledger Co.
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r,orL Spargo, London newspaper
r'0" sccs tlco snten peering into the
",y man, 0 of an aVey,ody and finds there
co,n..dered man. In his pocket IS the
ma' "Rorold Breton, Bdrrister,
awam,, Bench Walk, Temple, Ion
hms Rreton SAYS he does not knotp
eoH' Al his hotel he registered
' ".Jobn Mdrbury.' He hdd one
.,o, ,ceH- dressed man icith
tsm0b heard. A man sitting nert to
wW1yybnrv whiIo lobbying IN the House
~ rommons tells of his .eTo'tement on
u. oppeGrdnco of tall man tc,h
sS .scv beard-Stephen Aylmore, al, +.
gIS gTSsy left the House together, The
lasg t.tcilesper finds a "stone "a
sn1.,movd-in Morburys room and the
ua ..a;ter testifes 10 hduing seen num-
Iu"e,t svch "stones" on his table
S..;na :" w AvImore's visit. The secre-
am" ..a n safe deposit company tells
W uorbpry renting a safe aud de-
.;t;na in IL q small leather boz, dnt
pIsr offciaI examination IS made OF
w, % %sofs il is found to be empty. At
%s inquest ABlmore resentS' me
suestions put 10 him ,bp treasury
sauusel. The porter OF the Temple
,sgs % of Avlmore and Marbnry enter
;.n .o he Temple at past 12 on the
wy SSht of The murder. and that he has
n.o,rn hw Aulmore as Mr. Anderson for
!, number of years. "Is this quite
,.os" wv" asks the counsel. at Was
,rTs," Aylmore admits.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
kcrRUE? You told me, on oath, that
| | vou parted from John Marbury on
Waterloo Bridge !"
a1o Pardon me, ! said nothing of the
,rt I said that from the Anglo Orient
Eots1 we strolled across Waterloo
IRridpe lytI and that shortly afterward we
hsrted-I did not say where we parted
II see there is a shorthand writer mere
Who is taking everything. down-ask Is,
kim if that is not exactly what l said!
reference to the stenographer proved
whore to be right, and the treasury
[oupsel showed plain annoyance.
"Well. at any rate. you so phraseo
1rour answer that nine persons out OF
ksn would have understood that you
barted from Marbury in the open streets
kfter crossing Waterloo Bridge" he
laid. Now
Aylmore smiled.
II am not responsible for the under
ktanding of nine people out of ten any
more than ! am for your understand :
Eng" he said, with sneer. Il said
IM6at I now repeat-Marbury and
walked across Waterloo Bridge. and
khortly afterward we parted. told
tou the truth" -,
Indeed. Perhaps you will continue
+c tell us the truth. Since you have
kdmitted that the evidence of the last
Two witnesses is absolutely correct, per
hans you will tell us exactly where you
kpd Marbury did part?"
II will-willingly. We parted al
the door of my chambers in Fountain
Court"
"Then--to reiterate-it was you who
! ook Marbury into the Temple that
hight"
1T was certainly / who took Mar
bury into the Temple that night.
There was another murmur among
the crowded benches. Here at any
bate was fact-solid, substantial fact
land Spargo began to see possible
course of events which he had not an
ticipated.
THAT is candid admission. Mr.
Aylmore suppose you see a certain
danger to yourself in making it.
II need not say whether / do or
No not. | have made it.
"Very good Why did you not make
N before|'
For my own reasons. l told you
as much as I considered necessary fol
|the pupose of this inquiry. l have
Eirtually altered nothing now. / asked
10 be allowed to make a statement. to
give an explanation, as soon as Mr.
|lyell had left this box; but | was moi
allowed to do so. / am willing to make
II now"
Make it then"
1T is simply this" said Anymore
BURNING to the coroner. Il have found
|lt convenient, during the past three
Eears, to rent simple set Of chambers
lfn the Temple, where I could occasion
bly-very occasionally, as a rule-gc
Pate at night. l also found it con
Tenlent, for my own reasons-with
(Which, | think, no one has anything
70 do-to rent those chambers under
the name of Mr.. Anderson. 1t was to
fmy chambers that Marbury accompanied
|ne for a few moments on the midnight
with which we are dealing. He was
|lot in them more than five minutes al
Ithe very outside: l parted from him at
my outer door, and ] understood that
|he would leave the Temple by the way
|we, had entered and would drive OF
|salk straight back to his hotel. That
s the whole truth. I wish to add that
ought perhaps to have told all this
" hrst | had reasons for not doing
Eo' l told what I considered neces
|aE, that I parted from Marbury
eaylng him we'll and alive, soon after
what reasons were or are they
Wnich prevented you from telling all