"Symonds testified yesterday that Captain Lloyd lay in bed as if asleep. If he had been suffocated, would not convulsions have ensued?" "Some muscular contractions," admitted Ward, "but not enough to throw off the heavy quilt which Symonds told me covered his body when he first approached Captain Lloyd." Again Warren wrote another question, which the judge advocate read aloud after a moment's pause. "Are you willing to swear, Doctor Ward, that Captain Lloyd could not possibly have died from natural causes?" "Natural causes?" echoed the doctor. "I don't catch your meaning, Mr. Senator. A man's natural state is living. It is unnatural for him to die." Quickly Warren's hand traveled over the paper; then he tossed the slip to the judge advocate. "I will amend my question," read the latter. "Do you think it possible that the captain died from one of the diseases of nature, such as heart failure, and so on?" "No, Mr. Senator, I do not," declared Ward positively. "I am willing to go on oath that Captain Lloyd was killed by a person or persons unknown." Warren reddened, and bit his lip. "I have no further questions to ask," he said abruptly. "Does the court desire to examine this witness?" inquired the judge advocate. The president replied in the negative, and Ward was then excused. The next witness was Coroner Richards, who stated that, in his opinion, Captain Lloyd might have died from an attack of heart failure superinduced by the fatigue of five days in the saddle with insufficient food or sleep. His testimony was corroborated by Surgeon McBride. Warren refused to cross-examine the surgeon, and he was excused. He was followed on the stand by Mrs. Lane, a tall, raw-boned woman of middle age. "How long have you kept your boarding house on F Street?" asked the judge advocate, after Mrs. Lane had been duly sworn and had answered the usual questions as to her full name, age, and length of residence in Washington. "Six years," was the brief reply. Mrs. Lane never wasted words, if she could help it. "For how long a time had Captain Lloyd boarded with you?" "He took the rooms with me the middle of last December, but did not spend much of his time in Washington." "Was he a good tenant?" "Yes, sir," with more enthusiasm. "He was quiet, never found fault, and always paid promptly." "Do you usually supply your boarders with sitting room and bedroom?" "Oh, no. Captain Lloyd told me he desired privacy; and, as he offered me fair payment for the two bedrooms, I moved the bed and bureau out of the front room and put them in Captain Lloyd's own bedroom, because he often had men stay nights with him. I fixed up the front room as a sitting room. He had his meals served there whenever he came back in time for them; he wasn't very regular about returning for them, and spent most of his days out of the house." "When did Major Goddard first come to visit his friend, Captain Lloyd?"