“Do you know who these other people were?”
“No,” Diggers said, “although I have the names of some of the witnesses who helped me inventory the contents of the bag.”
“Oh, yes,” Mason said casually. “Now, let’s see. You were pretty much excited at the time, weren’t you?”
“Well, I was startled, but I didn’t lose my head at all.”
“And you remember everything which occurred very vividly?”
“Yes, sir, the entire occurrence is etched vividly in my mind.”
Mason inquired casually, “Then after you had carried the defendant over to the curb, you first saw this bag lying on the road, is that right?”
Diggers said, “No, sir, that isn’t when I first saw it. I first saw it when the defendant left the curb.”
Mason was on his feet, pointing his finger. “I thought” he thundered, “that the defendant raised up her gloved hands in this manner, as though to push back the automobile that you saw; one hand just as clearly as you saw the other. Now, kindly tell the jury how that could have been possible if the defendant had been holding a bag such as this bag which you have identified, at the time?”
Diggers waited patiently until Mason had finished. Then he turned to the jury, just as Sampson had instructed him to do.