"Do you know what that trouble was?" he was asked. "I do not," he answered. Littell hesitated as if doubtful of the expediency of pressing his questions further on this line, till the Judge, observing it, himself asked the witness if he knew who the person was; but the witness replied that he did not, adding, however, as an afterthought, that it might have been Winters. At this Littell took a vigorous hand again. "Do you believe it was Winters?" he asked sharply. "I don't know," he was answered evasively. "But was not Mr. White always very candid in speaking to you about Winters?" Littell insisted. "Yes," he replied; "he was." "Then if it had been Winters, do you not think he would have spoken of him by name?" and Littell's tone was almost angry. "Yes," Benton answered reluctantly. "Then you do not believe it was Winters?" Littell concluded. "No, I do not," he admitted finally. Next Littell secured from Miles the torn piece of a letter we had found in White's sitting-room, and with the consent of the State submitted it to the witness and had him read its broken sentences to the jury, and after he had done so, asked him if he had any idea to what it referred or for whom it was intended, but the witness denied any knowledge on the subject. The defence having concluded, the prosecution endeavored upon re-direct examination to restore the force of the direct testimony, but without much success; the damage was done, and the witness was no longer capable of assisting in its repair. Littell had scored, and that on the first occasion on which he had taken any serious part in the proceedings, and it must be, I thought, that the jury would now await his words with even increased interest. He continued sparing of them, however, permitting witness after witness--Van Bult and Davis among them--to leave the stand without cross-examination or with only a few casual questions. Nothing new was developed until Belle Stanton was cross-examined. Her direct testimony had been a mere repetition of that which she had given before the Coroner's jury, but Littell,--regardless of the strict limitations of cross-examination--directed his questions to the matter of White's supposed trouble, of which it seemed possible she might have some knowledge, and his course was justified by the results.