he electric light was burnin' at the corner, and he'd seen him
several times driving by the 'barks.'"

Was the officer present?--now?

"Yes," and Reilly's face reddened to meet the hue of his hair.

Reluctantly, awkwardly, pathetically almost, for in no wise did
identification, as it happened, depend on his evidence, the little Irish
lad turned till his eyes met those of Stuyvesant, sitting pale, calm,
and collected by his general's side, and while the eyes of all men
followed those of Reilly they saw that, so far from showing resentment
or dismay, the young gentleman bowed gravely, reassuringly, as though he
would have the witness know his testimony was exactly what it should be
and that no blame or reproach attached to him for the telling of what he
had seen.

Then Dr. Frank was called, and he gave his brief testimony calmly and
clearly. It was mainly about the pistol. He recognized it as one he had
seen and examined the previous afternoon at Colonel Brent's quarters on
the San Luis. It was lying on a little table in the front veranda. He
had closely examined it--could not be mistaken about it, and when he
left it was still lying on that table. Who were present when he left?
"Other than the immediate family, only Lieutenant Stuyvesant." Had he
again visited the colonel's that evening? He had. He returned an hour or
so later to dine. The ladies had then left their seats in the veranda,
and he noticed that the pistol was no longer on the table; presumed Miss
Ray had taken it with her to her room and thought no more about it. As
indicated by the inscription, the pistol was her property.

Then Lieutenant Ray was called, but there was no response. In low tone
the assistant provost-marshal explained that the orderly sent to Paco
with message for Lieutenant Ray returned with the reply that Mr. Ray had
two days' leave and was somewhere up-town. He as yet had not been found.

A young officer of artillery volunteered the information that late the
previous evening, somewhere about ten, Mr. Ray had called at the Cuartel
de Meysic, far over on the north side. He was most anxious to find a
soldier named Connelly, who, he said, was at the Presidio at the time
the lieutenant's quarters were entered and robbed, and Lieutenant
Abercrombie had taken Mr. Ray off in search of the soldier.

Ray not appearing, the examination of Assistant Surgeon Brick began.
Brick was the first medical officer to reach the scene of the murder.
Bento