Trial of John Jasper for the murder of Edwin Drood; in aid of Samaritan, Children's Homeopathic, StAgnes and MtSinai hospitals, April 29, 1914, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, . s taken into custody. The hearing wasbefore Mayor Sapsea, and I became sponsor forNeville Landless. Q. Ah! What, if anything, was said aboutsearching the river there at the hearing? A. Mr. Jasper said that he understood that MayorSapsea suggested that the river be dragged, and itsbanks rigidly searched. Q. Had Mayor Sapsea made any such suggestion ? A. No. He put those words in his mouth. Q. And what happened aft
Trial of John Jasper for the murder of Edwin Drood; in aid of Samaritan, Children's Homeopathic, StAgnes and MtSinai hospitals, April 29, 1914, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, . s taken into custody. The hearing wasbefore Mayor Sapsea, and I became sponsor forNeville Landless. Q. Ah! What, if anything, was said aboutsearching the river there at the hearing? A. Mr. Jasper said that he understood that MayorSapsea suggested that the river be dragged, and itsbanks rigidly searched. Q. Had Mayor Sapsea made any such suggestion ? A. No. He put those words in his mouth. Q. And what happened after this? Was the riversearched ? A. The river was searched for two or three days,and on the morning of the 28th of December Ifound a watch and shirt pin at Cloisterham Weir,two miles above the cathedral. Q. What then happened? A. I then took Neville Landless, and the jewelry,and took him immediately to Mayor Sapsea. Q. And who identified those articles ? A. John Jasper identified them as the propertyof his nephew, Edwin Drood. Q. And what was done after this, so far as Nev-ille was concerned? A. Neville was detained, and redetained, and laterdischarged for lack of evidence. 66. u u m & 15en PROSECUTION—CROSS-EXAMINATION Q. What, if anything did Jasper say to you afteryou found the watch and stick pin ? A. One morning while he was unrobing in theCathedral, he took his diary from his pocket, andturned the leaves, and handed it to me, in an impres-,sive manner, pointing to a certain paragraph. Q. And what, in substance, was in that para-graph ? A. It was something like this: My dear boy ismurdered. The discovery of his watch and shirt pinconvinces me that he was murdered on that night,and that his jewelry was removed from him to pre-vent his identification by its means. All the delu-sive hopes I had founded on his separation from hisbetrothed wife, I give to the winds. They perishbefore this fatal discovery. The Court : I must remind counsel that it will benecessary to shorten t
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