A. “In the morning.”
Q. “How did he seem?”
A “He was depressed ... and sad.”
Q “What gave you that impression?”
A. “We talked. He told me he was ruined. He said that he had been wiped out on the stock market and that we were penniless and would have to sell all we owned to meet our debts.”
Q. “Your father was devoted to his collections—his antiques and books, was he not?”
A. “Yes. They were his life.”
Q. “Tell us, if you will, what else did your father say to you on the morning of April 10th?”
A. “He said he was sorry to have brought this on just as my career was beginning. He said he had put his last money into the play in which I was acting and that it, too, seemed likely to fail him.”
Q. “Do you recall what you said in reply, Miss Ballau?”