"He had been in this country some time?"
"Yes; he served in the Union army through the late war."
"What was her maiden name?"
"Margaret Tepley."
"You heard what Bollmann's detectives said. Do you think as they do, that there was no intention to kill her?"
"Nonsense! She was deliberately murdered. The back of her head was pounded against the arm of that sofa, and afterward she was smothered with a pillow. No intention to kill her? Pshaw! the poor old lame woman attempted to make a fight of it. Why, sir, she called out as loud as she could. Her voice was heard distinctly by people in the house."
"So? You are quite sure of what you say?"
"Believe me. I know what I am talking about, Mr. Spicer."
"I must see some of the people of the house."
"Do so. Go into the matter thoroughly."