"Yes," answered Wayland, "the woman, Calamity was lying on the ground sobbing to break her heart. No one else was visible."
"You say the wound was such that it could not possibly have been self-inflicted?"
"You determined that for yourselves, when you examined the body," answered Wayland.
"Was the woman's position such that she might have shot him?"
"The shot was in the right temple, close; close enough to scorch the face! You have the record of that! The woman was kneeling on the ground a little to the left facing him."
"Did she carry a weapon?"
"She did not."
"How do you know she had not one concealed?"
"Because I caught her by the shoulders and lifted her up and shook her and said, 'Calamity, who did this?'"
"What did she answer?"