"Undoubtedly."
Goldberger paused for an instant, and then produced a pad, such as one uses for inking rubber stamps, opened it and placed it on the table before him.
"Have you any objection to giving me a set of your finger-prints?" he asked.
"None whatever," and Swain stepped toward the table and placed the tips of his fingers on the pad. Then he pressed each one carefully upon the pad of paper which the coroner placed before him. Goldberger watched him curiously, until all ten impressions had been made.
"You did that as though you had done it before," he remarked.
"I made a set once for Mr. Vaughan," said Swain, sitting down again. "He had a most interesting collection."
Goldberger passed the prints over to the head of the Bureau of Identification, then he turned back to the witness.
"Mr. Swain," he said, "have you ever seen this cord before?" and he handed him the knotted cord.
Swain took it and examined it curiously, without hesitation or repugnance.
"No," he answered, finally, "I never saw it before."