The officer named appeared and gave in his testimony. He had, some days after the burial of the woman, Rita Morgan, received a hint from an anonymous letter that foul play was suspected in the case, and acting under advice, had caused the body to be disinterred and he had held an inquest upon it, with the result as expressed in the verdict which he proceeded to read and which was then introduced as evidence. The witness was turned over to the defense; they consulted and announced "no questions". The next witness was the physician who examined the wound. He testified to the presence of a wound in the back of the head that crushed the skull and was sufficient to have caused death. Dabney asked of this witness if there was much of a wound in the scalp, and the reply was "No". "Was there any blood visible?" "No." The defense had no other questions for this officer, but announced that they reserved the right to recall him if the case required it. The next witness was Virdow. He had seen the body after death, but had not examined the back of the head; had seen a small cut upon the temple, which the defendant had explained to him was made by her falling against the glass in the conservatory. There was a pane broken at the point indicated. And then Evan was put up. "Gen. Evan," asked the solicitor, "where were you upon the night that Rita Morgan died?" "At the residence of Edward Morgan, sir." "Where were you when you first discovered the death of Rita Morgan?" "Gentlemen of the jury, at the time indicated, I was standing in the glass-room occupied by the late Gerald Morgan, in the residence of the defendant in this county----" "And state?" interrupted the solicitor. "And state. I was standing by the bedside of Gerald Morgan, who was ill. I was deeply absorbed in thought and perfectly oblivious to my surroundings, I suppose. I am certain that Edward Morgan was in the room with me. I was aroused by hearing him cry out and then discovered that the door leading into the shrubbery was open. I ran out and found him near the head of the woman." "Did you notice any cuts or signs of blood?" "I noticed only a slight cut upon the forehead." "Did you examine her for other wounds?" "I did not. I understood then that she had, in a fit of some kind, fallen against the glass, and that seeing her from within, Mr. Morgan had run out and picked her up." "Did you hear any sound of breaking glass?" "I think I did. I cannot swear to it; my mind was completely absorbed at that time. There was broken glass at the place pointed out by him." "That night--pointed out that night?" "No. I believe some days later." "Did you hear voices?" "I heard some one say 'They lied!' and then I heard Edward Morgan cry aloud. Going out I found him by the dead body of the woman." The defense cross-questioned. "You do not swear, General Evan, that Mr. Morgan was not in the room at the time the woman Rita was seized with sudden illness?"