Show DAV OF by MARY ROBERTS RINEHART coper copyright 1913 by the bobbi bobbs company continued from last week meek CHAPTER X it LADLEY listened with at he ile more ft ore the brown suit and looked well and cheerful he was much more like a spectator than a prisoner and he lie was IN as not so nervous as I 1 wis of that first day I 1 do not recall much I 1 was called early in the day the district attorney questioned me your nime elizabeth marie pitman your occupation I 1 keep a bo aiding house at 42 union street you know the prisoner I 1 es lie ile was mas a boarder in my house bouse I 1 or how long fi aiom 0 in dec dee I 1 he ile and h s wife came at that time NN as his wife the actress jennie brice ies es sir 11 eie ei e they living together at your house the night of march 4 les sir in whit part of the house ahey tented the double parlors down but on account of the flood I 1 moved them upstairs to the second floor flout that was on sunday you moved them on sunday yes sir at whit timer did you von retire that night N not at all the water was very high 1191 1 I lay down dressed at 1 0 clock and dropped into a doe how long did you bleeps an hour sr tr so mr IT Pey reynolds a boarder 10 ased me to say he lie had bad beard some cue one lowing a boat in the lower hall do vou von keep a boat around during flood times lea ies bir hat did vou von do vi hen mr air rey hey I 1 cubed you e I 1 went to the top of the stairs my boat u ib aoi beote e AN as the boat Beci redi let ae ir a was mas no current in ili the hall IN bat did you do then I 1 wilted a time and went back to my room what examination of the house did von make if any mr reynold looped around what did he halid find 10 he ile found peter the dog shut in a room on the third floor was then anything unusual about that I 1 bad nei neier er known it to happen before state what happened later I 1 did not go to sleep again i at a quarter after 4 1 I beard the boat come back I 1 tick tok a indie cindle and went to the stairs it was mr air ladley he ile said he had been out getting medicine for his wife did you see him tie up the boats Us les did you observe any stains on the rope I 1 did not notice aay ary wh whit it mas as the prisoner prisoners 8 manner at that time I 1 thought bv be was surly now ow mrs pitman tell us about the following morah g I 1 siw mr NIT ladley at t quarter before fa re 7 T he ile said to bring foi fol one his ills wife had gone away I 1 asked if she was not ill and he be said no that she fiad ha gae away earls that be he had rowed her to I 1 edeual bedei al sheet and that she would be back bad it was shortly efter after tint thit that the dog I 1 eter brought in one of mrs slippers water soaked iou recognized the slip klippel sl ippel peir positively I 1 bad had been it often what did you do with it I 1 took it to sir BIT ladley 11 hat dd d d he sav he ile said at first that it was not hers then he be said gald if it was she would never wear it aga inand then added be cause it was ruined did he offer any statement as to his wife was 0 no o sir not at that time before he lie had said she had gone away tor for a few days tell the jury about the broken knife the dog found it floating in the par lor or with the blade broken you had not left it downstairs no sir I 1 had used it upstairs the night before and left it on a mantel of the room I 1 was using as it temporary kitchen was the door of this room locked no etwas it was standing open were you not asleep in this room yes you heard no one come in no one until mr reynolds roused me where did yo i find the th blade behind the bed in mr ladley si s room i 11 what hat else did you find in the I 1 loom oom 1 I 1 V blood stained towel behind the washstand also my onyx clock wasa was missing where was mas the clock when the lad leys were acre moved up into this room I 1 on the mantel 1 wound it just before they came upstairs W hen bell you saw mrs ladley on oil sun day did she say she was going away no sir did you see any preparation for a journey the black and white dress was laid out on oil the bed and a small bag she aid she was taking the dress to the theater to lend to miss hope Is that all a she said no she said shed she d been wishing 0 her husband would drown dromm that he be was a fiend I 1 could aee that my testimony ony had bad daia 5 anade made an liui rassi si n the e slipper the lope the tovel and the knife and b de flere produced lu in court and I 1 Ident file I 1 them all they in made a de a noticeable impression jon on the then ju jury 1 then mi nit I 1 rie lem ellyn tie 11 e lawyer for the defense cross exam ned ine we Is it not true mrs pitman he said that many articles particularly shoes ind slippers slipper are fo ind floating around during a floods les I 1 admitted now you say the dog found this slipper float ug fu in the hall and Izo bioust it to you are you suie this slipped belonged to jennie bricel she wore it I 1 presume it belonged to her them now mis Ms pirmin after the I 1 adleys had bad been moved to the upper floor did you search their bedroom and the connecting room downstairs no sir ah all then how do you know that this slipper was not left on the floii or in a closet it Is possible but not likely any how it was not the slipper alone it was mas the other things and the sli per it was flattly now airs mrs pitman this knife can you identify it positively 9 I 1 can but isn t it true that this is a very common sort of knifed one that near ly every housewife has in her posses sion I 1 les sir but that knife b handle audle his bag three notches in ila it I 1 put the notches there myself before this presumed crime yes sir lor 11 or whit purpose u t my neighbors were constantly bor rowing things it was a means of den idell then this knife is yours vourse les es tell again where you left it the night before it was found loaring downstairs on a shelf over flip stove store could the dog tuve have reached it thele not without standing on oil a hot stove Is it not possible that mr lir f a ilea 11 unable to untie the bolt tenured your knife to cut the boat to it U fainter no painter was mas cut ut tint thit I 1 heard beard about the paper bangel no no the boats pa nt uter erthe the rope oh ob well he might have he ile never said sow NOW then thi this towel stowel airs did not the prisoner on the following day tell you that he had bad cut his in freean freeing the boat lad ind ask you fur for some court plaster ue ile did not I 1 said flimey you have not seen a scar on his ills wrist so no I 1 glanced at mr ladled he ile was smiling as if amused it made me ang angey 1 I y and more I 1 flashed if he has a cut on hia his wrist he be put it there himself to account for fr the towel I 1 was sorry the nest next moment that I 1 had said it but it was too late the counsel for the defense moi ed to ex elude the answer and find I 1 received a caution that I 1 de arved then i you saw sir ladley when he brought your boat back bach yes what time was that A quartel quat tel after 4 monda morning did be he come in ill q letovt letia like a man trying to a abold old R attention sot not particularly it would have been of no use the dog was mab bark barl I 1 ing ahat did he be siv that I 1 L hid been out for medicine that his wife w was 98 sick do yo i know a i 1 barmad barma cist ht named alexander jonathan nathan alexander kle xander there Is si st ch h a one but I 1 don t know him I 1 was excused and mr reynolds licy was called he ile hid heard beird be ird no qu aquirre irrel ing that sunday night I 1 ad even I 1 card mrs ladley lai lat ahing this was about 9 0 clock I 1 es chev had fought tn in the afternoon he bad not overheard aid any wolds woi ds but their voices were mere quarrel q barrel some and once he haud a chair or some article of was awik awakened ened about 2 by footsteps ou on the stairs followed by the so ind of oais in the loviei lovei ball hall he ile told his bioly Pilli plainly aid ai d simply under cross isamli admitted that he was fond of detective stones stories and had tiled to write ne tie himself tl stat at be had s slid ild it the store tore tb thit it he wo id like to see that coic coi ce etea led ab ewh u re feiring to the pi fiscner honer that be he hid sent flow ers to jennie bi bilee ie at the the theater iter and hid made a few adi advances ances to her with out success my head was going round I 1 don dont t knon net et how the p lice learned it all bt bit t bv the time poor mi it reynolds left the stai d I 1 alf the people there be laened that he had been in ila love with jennie blice that she had spurned his adi advances ances and that was moie moje to the site bt ry thin any of them had sus pecked mlis miss hopes hope s story held without any alteration under tinder the cross examination she was perfectly at ease looked hand borne u and well dressed and could not be shaken she to d how jenn e brice had been in fear of her life and bad ailed her only the week beffie she i disappeared to allow her to go home with her miss hope lope bhe told of the attack of hysteria in her dressing room and that the missing woman had said that her husband would mould kill her some day there was much wrangling over her testimony and I 1 believe at least a part pirt of it was not allowed to go to the jury but I 1 am not a lawyer layer and ind I 1 lefeat what I 1 recall did she say that he be had alt altac aced Bed her 1 os es more than once she was a 1 large a rge woman fairly muscular and had elways held her own did she say that these attacks came when he had been drinking I 1 believe he was mas borbe ahn did she give any reason for her bus band s attitude to her she said he be wanted to marry an other ot er woman was a small sensation senu atlon at if probed it established a motive did she know who the other woman was I 1 believe not she was away most of the day dav and he lie put in III his time a s he liked did miss brice ever mention the nature of the threats be made against hei hel no 10 I 1 think not dot have you examined the body wash ed ashore at sewickley yes yeb in a low voice Is it the body of jennie brice t I 1 cannot say does the remaining hind bind look 1001 like the hand of jennie brice very much the nails are filed to points as she wore hers did you ever know of jennie brice ino havion barin a s ar on he be breast no but that would mould be easily con cealey I 1 just what do you meana ila many tay ditl eases conceal I 1 defects she I 1 could have haie wom flesh colored plaster aid ai d cohered cov ered it with powder also midi such a d bear acar would not ne tie esba rily be seen cst elf I 1 tin lin th t most of jenne jenn e bilcer de ollete owns were cut to a point this would conceal such i scar miss hope was mas excused ind jennie bilcer sister giom olean was called blie he was a bui smaller aller morwin than tennie brice had been very Pidy like in her manner she bald she was m and bining in olean she had not riot been u her tier sister for several years but bad heard aiom her often the wit witness a ess had discouraged the marriage to the pris oner na kiy by she had had bad bad lack before beform she had been married 1 ies I 1 es to a man named john bellows they were in vaude vaudeville Nille together on the he keith leith circuit they were known as the pair of pillows I 1 sat up at this for john bellows had braided at my ray house mr air bellows Is dead 0 Ith I 1 think not she divorced him I 1 did you know of any scar on your bisters sister s body I 1 never heard beard of one have you seen the bodai found at sewickley les es faintly can you identify it no sir A fluary was caused during the after noon by timothy lie ile testified to what I 1 already I 1 new that between 3 and 4 on monday morning during the height of the flood ne be had bad seen from his shanty boit boat a small skiff tau aught ht in the current near ilear the ninth SIT street beet bridge he lie had bad shouted et ez cour ragingly ly to the man in abe boat rui running inIng out a way on the ice fee to make him bear ile had told him to row with the cur rent and to try to steer in toward shore he ile had followed cloe close to the river bank in his own boat below sixth street th the e other boat w is q within rope throwing distance he had pulle 1 it in and had tom towed ed it well back 1 out of df the current the man in ill the boat wis the prisoner asked if it the i prisoner gave any explanation yes he be aid he t sleep and had thought to tire himself rowing had been cainglit can in the current before he be kne lne v it saw nothing suspicious in or abnit the boat i i 1 ig Vs Is they parsed ed the police patrol boat loat grisor prisoner sorer er had called to ask if there was much distress and expressed m n hen ben told there was tim was mas excused ile had bad made a I 1 I 1 would not hive have folven iven a dollar for mr BIT bance with the jury at that time CHAPTER XI 14 F HE prosecution produced many I 1 I 1 I 1 witnesses during the next two 0 days shanty boat tims story withstood the most vig aroas cross examination after him air nir bronson from the theater corrodo bated miss hopes jory ory of jennie sentile arices attick of hy steila in the dress ing room and told of taking her home that i ight he ile was mas a poor witness nervous ani bilting lie ile mcl each wold before he be said it an I 1 he be made a general un favorable impression I 1 thought bean be a as hold ng something back in view of whit mi nil pitman would hive called ta e denouement his attitude Is easily explained but imas I 1 was than ba so far the I 1 had touched if but lightly itly on the ie le motive foi fol a crin e the woman oman m but on the third diy daiy to my lay bui tu irise lilse a mrs its agnes mur ray anas as called it wis the mrs fiur ny I 1 had seen at the morgue I 1 have loht lost the clipping of ti that day 8 trial but I 1 remember her teW testimony mony gerfe perfectly C fly she was a widow living above a small mil millinery millin linely cly shop on federal street allegheny she che had one d alice nhu mho did stenography steno grapy anil and typing as a means of livelihood she had no office ind idd ni ogled it hone blany ot of the small stores in the neighborhood employed ed her to hend bend out their their mils bills there NN vias as i cal caid d at the tile sti acet entrance bes de the shop and now and und then str strangers augers bro ight bei bel ft ot aik oik k birly in december the prisoner had brought her the manuscript of a play to ayi e and fi aiom oin th tint it time on he came son betimes every day bringing a few sheets of manuscript at a time sometimes he be came without i any t and would mould sit ind imd talk bile he smoked a cigarette they bad thought him unmarried on wednesday I 1 eb 28 alice ray had disappeared she had taken some of her clothing not alland all and bad left a note the witness read the note mote aloud in a trembling voice dear Mother When you get this I 1 shall be married to mr ladle ladley don dort t worry will m write rite again from N T lovingly ALUE ALILE ALU E from that time until a week before she ind bid not headd froni frona her daug daughter liter then she had 1 t card cara mailed irom from madison square station new york torl city the card merely said am well ell and working ALICE the defense was visibly sibly vl shaken a ahey hey b hid id not expected bbs tbs and 1 thought even mr ladley otiose calm had onti mcd unbroken pau d so fai rat all had none one wea I 1 for the probe prosecution cution they had proved a crill e as scarly as circum pf anteal evi dence child ild brove i rove a criscie cri icie and they bad had established a motive but dut in the identification of the body so far they had failed the aaion tiou t fie I 1 aa they sav the in ich on the afternoon of the third day tin defense called first of all cliza shaeffer she told of a woman oman an all hwel ing the general desi eption of jen jell nie urice brice b diug spent 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