Part 14 (1/2)
”Objection sustained!” said the Recorder.
”Now, then, we will come down to the administration of the hypodermic,” said Mr. Bliss. ”You testified that you saw Dr. Medjora administer the hypodermic. Are we to understand that you saw Dr.
Medjora dissolve the tablets, fill the syringe, push the needle under the skin, press the piston so that the contents were discharged, and then remove the instrument?”
”No, sir. I did not see all that.”
”Well, what did you see?”
”I saw him taking the syringe out of Miss Sloane's arm. Then he cleaned it and put it in his pocket, after putting it in a case.”
”Oh! You did not see him push the syringe in, you only saw him take it out. Then how do you know that he did make the injection, if one was made at all?”
”Why, he must have. I saw him take out the syringe, and there was no one else who could have done it.”
”Then you saw him put the syringe in a case, and place the case in his pocket, I think you said?”
”Yes, sir.”
”What sort of case was it?”
”A metal case!”
”Was it a case like this?” Mr. Bliss handed her an aluminum hypodermic case, which she examined, and then said:
”It looked like this.” The case was then marked as an exhibit for the defence.
”In what position was Miss Sloane when you saw the Doctor leaning over her?”
”She was lying across the bed, with her head in a pillow. She was crying softly!”
”I think you said that this occurred at half-past eight o'clock?”
”Yes, sir. About that time.”
”At what hour did Miss Sloane die?”
”At eleven thirty!”
”That is to say, three hours after you supposed that you saw Dr.
Medjora make the injection.”
”Yes, sir!”
”Did you leave the room again during that time?”
”No, sir.”
”Not even to get the coffee which Dr. Meredith had ordered?”