"Yes, sir." "Have you ever seen her wearing jewelry?" "Yes, sir; I saw her wearing a necklace of purple beads." "How long after she came to your house did you see her wearing them?" "I can't remember exactly." "Where was it you saw her wearing the beads?" "She was in the kitchen." "You are sure you saw her wearing the beads?" "Yes, sir. I remember it plainly." "Was your mother in the kitchen at the time?" "Yes, sir." "Did she see Ella wearing the necklace?" "Yes." Cross-examined by Mr. Short, the youthful witness was trapped as to the number of beads in the necklace held by the attorney. "How many beads were there on Ella's necklace?" asked Mr. Stout. "There were seven." The prosecuting attorney produced the necklace alleged to have been stolen by Miss Gingles from Miss Barrett. "Is this the necklace Ella wore?" "No, sir." "What?" "I say, no, sir. It is a different necklace." "In what way?" "This has five beads and Ella's had seven." Mrs. Linderman, mother of Tecla Linderman, then took the stand. Her testimony was sensational. She related the story of the night when Miss Barrett and Miss Donahue visited the Linderman home in La Salle avenue and ransacked the room of the little lace-maker. Then she went into the details of the condition of Miss Gingles after the happenings at the Wellington hotel. She declared that the girl was a raving maniac when she went to the hotel on the afternoon Miss Gingles was found bound hand and foot, with large gashes cut in her body, in the bathroom of the hostelry. "You were at home on the night Miss Barrett and the other woman called to see Miss Gingles at the La Salle avenue home?" suggested Attorney O'Donnell. "Yes, sir," answered the witness. "How long were the women with Ella Gingles--to the best of your knowledge?" asked Mr. O'Donnell. "At least two hours." "Did Ella Gingles go away with the women?" "Yes." "What time did she return?" "About twelve o'clock." "What was her condition?" "She was crying terribly. Her eyes were red and her hair was all tumbled down. She said she had been treated horribly. She said she couldn't tell me what was the matter, because they would kill her if she told any one." "What else happened?" "We went to her room together and I saw that her clothes had been dumped into a heap and were covered with candle grease. I helped her to clean them." "Ella Gingles didn't tell you what they did to her?" "No." "Wasn't your curiosity excited?" asked Judge Brentano. "Yes, but what could I do? It was midnight." Mr. Short then asked the witness how she came to go to the Wellington hotel February 17, following the alleged attack in the bathroom. "Mr. O'Donnell came to my house with a man in an automobile, and told me Ella Gingles was being murdered in the Wellington hotel," replied Mrs. Linderman. Then came some testimony calculated to embarrass Attorney O'Donnell. "You went direct to Ella Gingles' room, didn't you?" "Yes, sir." "She was in bed?"