Mr. Short intimated that this part of the girl's testimony would be
impeached by testimony of the physician.
"It was under the auspices of that woman's guild at Belleville,
Ontario, that you went to work for Mrs. Thornton?"
"Yes."
"No white slave about that?"
"No."
"Was that Mrs. D. S. Thornton?"
"Yes, sir."
"You never had any trouble with them?"
"No."
"When were you taken ill?"
"About two months later."
"What was the doctor's name?"
"I don't remember."
"How long were you at the hospital?"
"I don't remember."
"Didn't the nurse and Mrs. Thornton object to having you go back to
work?"
"No."
On this point the witness was quite positive.
Then Mr. Short described the Thornton house and asked the witness if
she didn't know that up in the attic much linen was stored.
Miss Gingles said that she didn't know about it. She described the
marking on the linen, and then was asked:
"If Mr. Thornton said you took linen from his house, he is wrong?"
"Yes, sir."
"Would you know his handwriting?"
"Yes."
Then Mr. Short showed her the letter from Mr. Thornton that Captain
O'Brien had.
"That is his handwriting, but the letter is not true," said the witness.
Then Mr. Short returned to the baby clothes that were found in Miss
Gingles' trunk.
"How long have you had these baby clothes?"
"About four months."
"How much larger were you going to make these clothes?"
"Just a little larger."
"Why didn't you start at these?"
"I was waiting for a job."
"You had lots of time?"
"Yes, but I had to work at lace-making to support myself."
"When you were at the Thornton house didn't the family go away?"
"Yes, to Quebec."
"And didn't you have a photograph taken in one of Mrs. Thornton's lace
dresses?"
"No, sir."
Then Mr. Short showed her a picture of herself taken by R. McCormick of
Belleville.
"That is an enlargement of a photograph that I had taken in Ireland,"
said Miss Gingles.
"You didn't have this taken in Belleville?"
"No."
"When you went back to the Thornton home from the hospital did the
doctor go back with you, or did you ask him to speak to them?"
"No."
"Where did you come from to Chicago after leaving the Thorntons?"
"I went to work for Mrs. Lindquist in July and went to Toronto with
her, and then went to Bangor, Michigan, and then to Chicago."
"Where did you go when you went to Chicago?"
"To Mrs. Linderman's house."
"Didn't you have a room at 300 Indiana street?"
"Yes; I roomed with Mrs. Rice."
"No trouble there, did you?"
"No."
"Where did she work?"
"In the Wellington hotel."
"What did she do?"
"She was the linen girl."
"How far is 300 Indiana street from 474 La Salle avenue?"
"Half a dozen blocks."
"You went into Miss Barrett's lace store for the first time in
November?"
"Yes."
"Was that before you went to work in the Wellington?"
"Yes."
"Did you see Miss Barrett?"
"Yes."
"Do you know Mrs. Kenyon's sister?"
"Yes."
"Did you have any conversation with anybody there about your mother in
Ireland?"
"No."
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