The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-05

this business. old Sabre up In that
witness Dor with HIS face In . knot
and stammering out Look here.
Look here: that was absolutely all
no ever said; he never could get any
farther--old Sabre going thru that.
and the solicitor tearing tho inside
ou, Of him and throwing Il IN his
face. and that treble dyed fscariot
Twyning prompting the solicitor and
egging him on. with hi. b-asiiy spit
tie running like venom out OF tho
corners OF HIS mouth tell you my
eyea felt like two boiled Eoosebcrrlss
In my head: boiled red hot; and n
rrd.hot potato stuck in my throat.
stuck tight toll you
when crept into that Internal
court. that Internal torture chamber.
they were just finishing the case Of
tho child. THIS solicitor chAp--ehap
with q bumped back and a head az
big ss house-was just finishing
fswninx round q doctor man In tho
bos. putting II up TO him that there
was nothing to suggest deliberate
suffocation Of tho baby. Oxaiic acid
poisoning-was u not IN. case that
tho giri would have died In great
agonyf Writhed on the bcdl M.xht
easily have overiaid the chiidg The
doctor had seen the position in which
she was found lying In regard To IRE
chiid--wouid no no, tell the Jury tina,
she almost certainly rolled on 20 the
child while Il sispt-thsf sort Of raih
ar painful stuff. Doctor chap rather
jibbed bit At being rushed. but
humpcack kept him TO n dsvilish
cievsriy and tbs verdict vas as good
as given. Tho doc. was Just roing
out OF the box when humpo called
him back. one momsnt more. Doc
tor. II you please. Can you tell me.
n you please. approximately the age
OF the chlii-spprorimats bu, al
near AZ you possibly can. Doctorr
The doctor said about five months
-four 10 five months
Five month"; SAYS Hurnpo,
mounting H. Five months.' He
turned deliberately round and look eli
directly at Sabre. sitting sort OF bud.
months We may take II. then. IN.
child was born In December last In
December last SIN with his back
TO the witness and staring at Sabre.
you understand. and the jury all
staring with him and people stand.
ing up In tho court 20 sec what the
devil he was looking at. We may
take that. may we. Doctor lie was
watching Sabre with a sort OF half
smIle. Tho doctor said he might TAX.
L. The chap snapped up his face
with . jerk and turned round Thank
you. Doctor. That will do And he
sat down. II ever saw a chap play.
ing a fish and suddenly strike and
hook II. ! saw u then. when he smIled
towards Sabre and then snapped up
his face and pumped down. And
IN. jury saw II. Hold got 'em fired
from that moment. Fixed Oh. he
was cisyer--clsver, my world
That ended that Tho coroner
rumbied out a biz of a summary,
practically told tho jury what to say.
reminded them. ~ they had any lin.
Eering doubts. that the quality OF
mercy was not -trnined-him show.
ing before the morning was out tha,
he knew about as much about mercy
as know about Arabio--snd the
jury without leaving the box brought
in that the child had died OF suffo-
cation due to mlsadventure.
The court drew a long breath: You
could hear a. Everybody settled
himself down nice and comfortably.
The curtaln.rsiser was over. and very
nice. too; now for the drama
They got H."
Look here. get The hang ~ the
thing Get a bearing on some OF
these people. There was the coroner
getting off his -flavoring
II with plenty OF 'distressings' and
'painfuis' and father Of the deceased
we'll known 20 and respected by many
Of uses Great. big pudding Of n
chap. the coroner. Sat there impas-
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