"You should have sent me this note before the proceedings began.

This gentleman," he said, addressing the jury, "informs me that he has something of the utmost importance to reveal in connection with our investigation." "I have remained silent--I have locked what I knew within my own breast"-- began Mr.Cannot in a quavering voice, "because I am so afraid of the Press! I knew if I said anything, even to the police, that my house would be besieged by reporters and newspaper men.

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I have a delicate wife, Mr.Coroner.Such a state of things--the state of things I imagine--might cause her death--indeed, I hope she will never read a report of these proceedings.