By Mr. O'Donnell: "And tell us, had she a cut on the inside of the
thigh, running crosswise?"
"Yes, she had such a cut."
"There were many cuts, altogether?"
"I don't recall precisely how many."
Mr. O'Donnell dramatically seized Ella Gingles by the hand, almost
dragged her to the witness chair, and then demanded explosively:
"Did you see this cut, and this one, and that one and that one? Did you
really see any cuts?"
"Yes. I saw several cuts, but I cannot say that these are the scars
from them."
"Now, how many cuts did you find?"
"As I remember it, there were several on the arms and one on the leg."
"Which leg?"
"I do not recall."
"Did you see other bruises and injuries on the girl's body?"
"Oh, I remember generally that she was cut and scratched slightly, but
I did not regard any of the injuries as serious."
"Do you know that Ella Gingles had ten wounds altogether?"
"All I recall I have told you."
"How long were you in the bathroom with Ella Gingles before you untied
her?"
"Not more than a few minutes."
"Now, about this pink baby ribbon Mr. Short is trying to make out Ella
was tied with. Didn't you see me take it out of her nightgown?"
"I don't remember."
"Well, I took it out of her neck-band because she was tearing at
herself, didn't I?"
"Oh, I can't tell that."
"Did you see me take the gag off her?"
"It was hanging under her chin when I first saw her, but I don't know
who took it off."
"You remember a big crowd of newspaper men being in the room, don't
you?"
"Many people were there. I did not know many of them."
"How does it come that you say you took Miss Gingles out of the
bathroom at eleven p. m. when Captain O'Brien was called and told of
her condition at ten?"
"Well, I understood that you had been there and gone before I reached
there."
"Was one of her arms tied with a stocking?" asked Mr. O'Donnell.
"Yes."
"Had she her own stockings on?"
"No."
"What?"
"Well, I don't recall exactly. I don't think she had them both on."
"As a matter of fact, were there not three stockings? Did not Ella have
her own stockings on?"
"Well, I won't be positive about it."
"Was she brought to the bed in the same condition you took her from the
bathroom?"
"I believe she was."
"When you left you are sure she had on a black skirt?"
"Yes."
"And you are not sure whether she had on stockings or not?"
"No."
"Between the time you cut Ella Gingles loose and we got there were any
clothes taken off or put on Ella Gingles?"
"Not that I can remember."
Dr. Watson proved to have a bad memory. He couldn't remember who took
charge of the cords that bound Ella Gingles or what was done and said
after the girl was found in the bathroom.
Professor Henry J. Cox of the United States Weather Bureau was then
called by the state.
"What kind of a night was January 4, 1909?" asked Mr. Short.
"It was cloudy, and at eleven a. m. the temperature was fifty and at
midnight it was forty-five."
"Did it rain that night?"
"No, sir."
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