I have here a short statement made by myself, after the most careful inquiries, of all that Mrs.Taylor and the untrapped director did and said in the few difficult moments when they met face to face over the body of his unfortunate victim.

I will ask you to listen to a portion of it.
"'She had not moved.

After her one cry of horror which had brought a rush of witnesses upon the scene, she remained fixed on her knees in the absorbed introspection common to those brought suddenly face to face with a life and death crisis.

He, finding that his own safety demanded action suitable to his position as a director, had entered with the crowd and now stood in her presence, in face of his own diabolical work, in an attitude of cold courage such as certain strong natures are able to assume under the pressure of great emergencies.
"'So long as she was deaf to all appeal to rouse and explain the situation, he stood back, watchful and silent; but when she finally roused and showed a disposition to speak, his desperation drove him into questioning her in order to see how much she understood of an attack which had killed a harmless stranger and let herself go free.
"'He asked her first if she could tell them from which direction came the arrow which ended this young girl's life.
"'She made no reply in words; but glanced significantly at the opposite gallery.
"'This called from him the direct inquiry, "Did you see anyone over there at the moment this young girl fell ?" "'She shook her head.

Afterward she explained the denial by saying that she had been looking down into the court.
"'But he did not cease his inquiries.