The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-22


Mrs. Stevens room. The house
keeper. SIR"
You didn't think of going back
to the hall to see what had hap
pened?"
"Oh. no. sir. I just went in to
Mrs. Stevens. and she said, oh. what
was that?' frightened-like And
said, That was in the house, Mrs.
Stevens, that was Just like some
thing going off. 1t was"
Thank you," said the coroner.
There was another emotional dis
turbance in the room as Cayley went
into the witness-box: not "Sensa-
ton" this time, but an eager and. as
it seemed to Antony. sympathetic in
terest. Now they were getting to
grips with the drama
He gave his evidence carefully, I'M
emotionally-th lies with the same
slow elaboration as the truth. An
tony watched him intently, wonder
ing what it was about him which had
this odd sort of attractiveness. For
Antony, who knew that he was lying.
and lying las he believed not for
Marks sake but his own, yet could
not help sharing some of that gen.
eral sympathy with him.
WAS Mark ever in possession Of
a revolver" asked the coroner.
mot to my knowledge. I think
I should have known If he had BEEN"
You were alone with him all that
morning. Did he talk about this
visit Of Roberts at all?'
I didn't see very much of him in
the morning. I was at work IN my
room, and outside, and so on. We
lunched together and he talked Of 1t
then a little"
TN what terms?'
well" he hesitated. and then
went on, 81 can't think of a better
word than ipeevishly.'
You didn't hear any conversation
between the brothers when they
were in the Office together?"
mo. I happened to go into the
library just after Mark had gone in,
and l was there all the time
WAS the library door open?"
'Oh, yes"
Did you see or hear the last wit.
ness at all?"
NO"
Would you. call Mark a hasty.
tempered MANI"
Cayley considered this carefully
before answering.
"Hasty-tempered, yes" he said.
But not violent-tempered."
WAS he fairly athletic? Active
and quick?"
Active and quick. yes. Net par
ticularly strong"
Yes. One question more.
Was Mark in the habit of carrying
any considerable sum of money
about with him?"
Yes. He always had one 100
note on him, and perhaps ten or
twenty pounds as WELL"
Thank you, Mr.. Cayley."
Cayley went back heavily to his
seat. Damn it." said Antony to
himself, why do l like the fellow?"
Antony Dillingham;
Again the eager interest OF the
room could be felt Who was this
stranger who had got mixed up IN
the business so mysteriously?
Antony smiled at Bill and stepped
up to give his evidence.
He explained how he came to be
staying at the George" at Wood
ham, how he had heard that the Red
House was in the neighborhood, how
he had walked over to see his friend
Beverley, and had arrived just after
the tragedy. Thinking 1t over
afterward he was fairly certain that
he had heard the shot. but it had
not made any impression on him at
the time.
You and the last witness reached
the french windows together and
found them shut?"
YES"
"You pushed them in and came to
the body. OF course you had no
idea whose body 1t WASP"
No
did Mr.. Cayley say anything?"
He turned the body over, just so
as to see the face. and when he saw
it, he said, Thank God"
Again the reporters wrote ''Sensa-
ton
did you understand what he
meant by that?"
81 asked him who II was, and he
said that it was Robert Albeit. Then
he explained that he was afraid at
first 1t was the cousin with whom ne
iiyed-Mark"
Yes. Did he seem upset?''
VERY much so at first. Less when
he found that it wasn't Mark"
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