Evening star., 1935-01-04

you tell US briefly from there until
about 10 o'clock what happened? A.
came by car, arriving about 6:25.
O. BY the way, did you drive your
self? A. Yes. came alone. I put the
car in the garage at the west end of
our house. From there ! went in
through the kitchen and Joined my
wife at supper in the dining room on
the west end of the main section Of
the house on the lower floor. We left
supper, approximately 9 o'clock, went
from there into the room adjoining
the dining room, which We call the
living room Of the house. on the lower
floor. We sat on sofa there for about
or 10 minutes. approximately. From
there We went upstairs to our room
and continued our conversation there.
Went to Library.
then went into the bath room,
took a bath, came downstairs, went
into the library, which is on the east
end Of the main part lower floor of
the house, sat down at a desk next to
the southeast window in that library
and began reading.
@. All right. Now. just one mo-
ment, please there. colonel. Would
you mind standing up. please, colonel?
Witness steps before the map on the
wall)
@. The library that you refer to,
therefore, is the library shown on Ex-
hibit S-4, the eastern corner of it
that is, the southeastern corner Of the
house? A. That Is correct.
@. And the window alongside of
which this writing table was placed is
the window Immediately under the
sash window, think they call it, of
the nursery? A. Under the south sash
window on the east side.
@. The south sash window on the
east side? A. That is correct.
At Desk Reading.
@. And that /. where you were
writing? A. Yes. The desk was placed
right here Qndicating).
@. Right about in the southeast
corner, Is that it? A. Yes. facing
south.
@. All right. Now, you were writing
there at about what time would you
say, and for how long? A. I was read
ing.
Q. Reading? A. At that desk; read
ing.
@. About how long? A. I should
say approximately half an hour.
@. And about what time do you
believe it was when you first went
to that desk or went to that room
to sit down to read and started your
half-hour reading? mo answer)
@. I understood you to say that
you finished dinner about 8 o'clock.
A. 1t would be in the vicinity of $50.
@. And while you were there did
you have a clear view of the window
that was right alongside Of the desk?
A. I was sitting beside the window.
The window was open, or, rather,
the window was closed, but the shut
ters were open.
@. The shutters were open? A. The
shutters were open and no curtain
was drawn.
@. Was there curtain on the
window? A. There was no curtain
on the window.
@. No curtain on the window?
A. No curtain on the window.
@. So that 1t was absolutely
visible to you? A. Yes, Of course.
@. The windowpanes were visible
to you? A. Yes, Of course.
Tells Of Hearing Crash.
@. You could see through them
so far as the darkness would per-
nit? A. As far as the darkness
permitted, yes.
@. Prior to that time, remembering
that that was about $50, you had
been in the living room, had you
not? A. Prior to that time I had
been upstairs, and prior to that time
in the living room.
@. Well, some time during that
night did you hear some sort Of a
noise or crash? A. Yes, I did.
@. About what time was It and
where were you? A. Sitting on the
sofa in the living room during the
10 or IS minutes after we had come
into the living room from the dining