Had he threatened to kill him?
No.

He had threatened to knock his block off, but not to kill him.
The coroner looked at his notes.

"Call Alice Delary," he commanded.
There was a deep sensation in the court as Miss Delary quietly stepped forward to her place in the witness-box.
Tall, graceful and willowy, Alice Delary was in her first burst of womanhood.

Those who looked at the beautiful girl realized that if her first burst was like this, what would the second, or the third be like?
The girl was trembling, and evidently distressed, but she gave her evidence in a clear, sweet, low voice.

She had been in Mr.Kelly's employ three years.