Part 31 (2/2)
”Next, connecting through a bath-room.”
”Where was Mr. Vail's bed on the chart?”
”Here, against the storeroom wall.”
”With your knowledge of the s.h.i.+p and its part.i.tions, do you think that a crime could be committed, a crime of the violent nature of this one, without making a great deal of noise and being heard in the storeroom?”
Violent opposition developing to this question, it was changed in form and broken up. Eventually, Turner answered that the part.i.tions were heavy and he thought it possible.
”Were the connecting doors between your room and Mr. Vail's generally locked at night?”
”Yes. Not always.”
”Were they locked on this particular night?”
”I don't remember.”
”When did you see Mr. Vail last?”
”At midnight, or about that. I--I was not well. He went with me to my room.”
”What were your relations with Mr. Vail?”
”We were old friends.”
”Did you hear any sound in Mr. Vail's cabin that night?”
”None. But, as I say, I was--ill. I might not have noticed.”
”Did you leave your cabin that night of August 11 or early morning of the 12th?”
”Not that I remember.”
”The steersman has testified to seeing you, without your coat, in the chart-room, at two o'clock. Were you there?”
”I may have been--I think not.”
”Why do you say you 'may have been--I think not'?”
”I was ill. The next day I was delirious. I remember almost nothing of that time.”
”Did you know the woman Karen Hansen?”
”Only as a maid in my wife's employ.”
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