Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-27
inquest. coNrrNtrps
CHAPTER XII
"Tbat's tho Man.
hrrnIrR name?'

sCyoUR namer'
WI I "Cass Hull"
aRus,nsstso' mostly farm lands.
.Rea' .sa rn,, know James Cunningham,
o ooossedP' asked Johns. r.
pe gee'W worked with him on the Dry
uis res, ,,roposition, an irrigation prof.
wt ,ov. any trouble with himf"
Eyer .i'not na 10 say trouble" Hull
M Ny,.aady perspiring profusely. he
ms sn !. rsd bandanna from his pocket
6risss"r the roll Of fat that swelled
ano %Vpr rroIIar. "I--we had AN ar
on, over n,S about q settlement---nothin
wrious'
Dh he throw you out Oh ni' '''N
and down the stairsr .,..u W.
SNo, sir. nothin like thst a-tan. sn me
v,,,sht "a scufled some, kinoa IN n lun
M Prob'ly It looked IKE We was
SsSi;n'. but we wasn't. My heei caugn.
- n tread o. the stairs an, zen
gnun." Hull made his eIplanation
ssseriy and anxiously. dabbins at his
Nh face with the handkerchief.
%When did you last sec MIR. Gun
pingham aliveT
GWell. sir, that was the last time,
.a.r.b I reckon we heard him pass our
w. w answer 20 questions the witness
,niained that Cunningham had owed
NM in his opinion. $4,000 more than
~ Ind paid. It was about this sum
fthsy had differed.
1Were you at home on the evening OF
tbs o3d-that il, last nightT
The witness flung out more signals or
Sl.tress, "Yes, sir" he said at last
in a voice dry as q whisper.
4 "Will you tell what, II anything,
swell, sir. a man knocked at our
DIOR, The woman she opened It, an
he asked which fiat was Cunningham 8:
She told him. an the man he started
up the stairs"
"Have you seen the man SINGER
"Diin't hear him come downstaira
hter?"
mo. sir"
"At what time did this man knock?"
asked the lawyer from the District At
torneys office. y.
Kirby Lane did not move muscle OF
| bis body, but excitement grew In him.
a. he waited, eyes narrowed, for the
answer.
"At 0:20.'
''How do you know the time so eI-
kctlyT'
! "Well, sir, I was windin' the clock
for the night" w
Sure your clock was right?"
"Yes, sir. I happened to check up
lon 1t when the courthouse clock struck
10. Mebbe 1t was half q minute on,
las you might say"
Describe the man.
Hull did, with more or less accuracy.
"Woud you know him If you saw
him aeain;"
eyes, sir. sure would"
The Coroner flung question at the
Dwitness as though 1t were a weapon.
("Ever carry a gun, Mr.. Hull7"
The big man on the stand dabbed at
Ms veined face with the bandanna. He
answered. with an ingratiating whine.
~ amt no gunman, sir. Never was.'
Ever ride the ranger"
\ ,"'Well, yes, as you might say" the
Witness answered uneasily.
Carried a six shooter for rattle
makes, didn't you?'
|, Il reckon, but l never went hellin'
around with It,"
Wore 1t to town with you when you
went, ! expect; as the other boys did"
what caliber was it?"
. "A .3S. sawed Loft"
| ,""Own It now?"
a9e !. witness mopped his fat face.
,,Don't carry a gun In town."
mo, SIR"
Ever own an automaticf"
49,. 49, Sir. Wouldn't know how to FIRE
..H,w "How long since you sold your 1872"
} rive years or So"
..HM. mere did you carry it7'' !
..TI,m In my hip pocket"
1 (which hip pocket?"
Iuii .i, was puzz ed at the question. |
ny, this one-thc right one. O.
souree' There wouldn't be any sense
/, u ucufryin' it where l couldn't reach
,.k" That's so. Mr.. Johns, you may
'ahe N, the witness again"
hne young lawyer asked yres,Ivrs
11 sc, INT me Dry Valley irrigation prof.
sSn. ~, ne wanted to know why there |
snS %s sGlssatiSfaction among the farmers, |
Info" reluctant witness drew the |
si.G?rhation sn.?I that the water supply was
IInod;feiy Innd inadequate for the needs OF tho
'aSq under cultivation.
mtS' Hull. called to the stand. testi.
,siI ,ien that on the evening Of the twenty.
~ tn'ru q man had knocneu at their door
n p,n ASK In which apartment Mr. Gun.
bingham lived. She had gone 70 the
vstnh avcFj answered his question, and
WATCHED ..T,e him pass upstairs. ""O
..om omnat o.nt time was this?'
again Kirby felt a tide OF excite.
sn' Ssa running In his arteries. Wby
e tin. this woman and her husband act.
Ws, s oack the cock thirty five minutesS
sa,n m@ II to divert suspicion from them.
s,r0 ,pes! Was 1t to show that this
Ssn3sser S.un3ser must have been in Cunning.
ina n rooms for almost an hour. dur.
my - which time the millionaire nro.
Vtyr 'tn mad been murdered?
M Describe the man."
,ba ns Tall. angular woman. whore sex
NJ ~ sears had seemed to have dried ont
nj, !, ner personality. made a much bettsr
'cid "ttness SIS than her husband. She wSs
IN'u ahd incisive. but her very forbid.