Third: was it a murder?
The replies given are in the form of reasons, as witness:
My reasons for not thinking it an accident.
1. If it had been an accident, and she had pulled the cabinet over upon herself,[B] she would have been found with her feet pointing towards the wall where the cabinet had stood. But her feet were towards the door and her head under the cabinet.
2. The precise arrangement of the clothing about her feet, which precluded any theory involving accident.
My reason for not thinking it a suicide.
She could not have been found in the position observed without having lain down on the floor while living, and then pulled the shelves down upon herself. (A theory obviously too improbable to be considered.)
My reason for not thinking it murder.
She would need to have been held down on the floor while the cabinet was being pulled over on her, a thing which the quiet aspect of the hands and feet make appear impossible. (Very good, but we know now that she was dead when the shelves fell over, so that my one excuse for not thinking it a murder is rendered null.)
My reasons for thinking it a murder.