Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-26

Imean? Steve?
A. Yes. He was the only man who
ever went away.
c. AS I understand it, during all
of the time you were in this place,
this woman Rose and this man No. 2,
! the dark completed fellow. were both
there with you practically all the time,
but that Steve was very seldom there,
but would come and go?
A. Yes, he would seem to talk a
| little bit and go. away.
/ @. Did they state at any time that
! they had broken up the drowning
theory?
| Al They seemed to be mad about
thatt some way they were having
| trouble about that.
| Q. Did they, in any of the CONVEX"
sations, either in your presence or the
conversations you overheard, hear the
word Orange?
A. This night when they were play
| ing cards and was supposed to be
asleep, I heard them say, evidently
talking about some trip this man had
made, and he said: Don't they think
we know a damn dick, even though he
| is beribboned-has a ribbon. on?' Then
I I heard them say they would have to
| fix some different bait; that that
would not get them. I gathered that
maybe they had had kind of close
shave; the way they were talking
made me think SO.
@. At that point did they say in
that conversation which you over
heard, anything about any sum less
! than 100000?
| A. No.
Q. Never at any time?
A. No. heard them say something
tonce about throwing out feeIer to
see how it was taken.
@. When you heard the statement
about the dick being beribboned,"
whose voice was that, as you recall
lit:
A. Steve.
Q. Bearing that conversation in
mind, sister, would you say that Steve
was there the day before that?
| A. No; he had been away for sew
| eral days.
Q. More than five days, would you
| say?
A. I am not quite sure, but he had
been away for some time.
Q. Do you recall the occasion of
his coming back?
A. Yes, I do.
Q. Was there anything particular
about his return?
A. He seemed angry about some
thing; put out. 1t was the only time
he looked discouraged or downheart.
| ed.
@. What made you gather that he
was angry; his demeanor or his state
ments?
IA. It was the tone of his voice.
remember that the other man says:
THAT wouldn't go; 1 told you that
wouldn't go that way"
O. You don't know what the point
was?
A. No.
Q. Did he say where he had been?
A. No.
c. At any time following that par
ticular conversation do you recall any
thing that was said indicating to you
that some new plan or procedure was
going to take place?
A. No; heard them say at different
times that they must convince every
body that I was alive and well. I
heard these words, "alive and WE'LL"
That seemed to be the main delay;
the people seemed to think / was
drowned and they must know I was
alive and well.
Q. How long would you say you
had been at this first house when this
conversation took nIaoa9
A It seems years to me, but it must
have been two weeks, should think.
How long have I been away?
You have been away since Nav 49,:
today is June "a.
Q. When you woke up there in this
first place, you had clothes on, didn't
you?
A. Nightgown only.
Q. What clothing did they give you?
A. Practically the same as when 1
came away; they are here.
@. And the shoes-when did you get
| that particular pair of shoes?
A. She had several pairs of them:
| she had one she had worn and two new
pair, and she gave me pair.
Q. They are brand new shoes?
A. Yes.
Q. When she moved from the first
place to the second place, did she carry
any grips of any kind?
"A. Yes, she must have. T did nor