“That is right.”
“How big was the murdered man?”
“He was a very large man.”
“Very heavy or very tall?”
“Both, I should say. It is hard to judge a dead man’s height. He was very heavily built.”
“You lifted him?”
“I turned him over.”
“How tall was he, would you say?”
“I tell you, I don’t know.” Hales was visibly more impatient with each question.