“Now,” inquired the Coroner, “what can you tell us about Miss Derwent’s movements during the last two days?”
Joe’s answers coincided, as far as they went, with Jim’s statements.
“And Mrs. Atkins,—what did she do yesterday,” the Coroner asked.
“Well, sah, she went out mighty early and stayed till late in de arternoon, and when she come in she had her veil all pulled down, but ’peared to me she had been crying.”
“Did she say anything?”
“No, sah.”
“Now, Joe, would it have been possible on Tuesday evening for a man to walk downstairs, and go out, without your seeing him, while you were running the elevator?”
“Yes, sah, p’raps,” the lad answered, dubiously; “but Tony, he’s de hall boy, he would ’a seen him.”
“Have you told us all you know of the deceased?”