"Did Miss Barrett say in your presence and a maid that she missed things?"
"She said she missed some powder and paint and some Limerick laces."
Miss Gingles seemed confident, and began to smile as she testified. On January 4, she said, she returned home at seven o'clock, and found Miss Barrett and Mrs. Kenyon in her room.
"Is Mrs. Kenyon living or dead?"
"Dead."
Attorney O'Donnell dropped this line of questioning and inquired further as to what occurred on that evening.
She said Miss Barrett and Mrs. Kenyon took practically everything of value from her trunk, including prize lace designs, underwear, photographs, bracelets, strips of chiffon and a ring.
"Was the ring valuable?"
"It cost 15 cents in Ireland, but Miss Barrett said: 'It must be valuable or it wouldn't be in a costly box.'