Mason said, “I object to this. There is no need to introduce a man’s criminal record in this indirect manner.”
“The objection is overruled,” Judge Romley said. “I’m going to get to the bottom of this, Counselor.”
“Do you know the man whose picture is shown here?” Scudder asked.
“Why, yes, that’s Mr. Eves. I had no idea he was a—”
“That’s the man you know as Morgan Eves, the man who lives in the flat on the third floor of the house at 3618 Stockton Boulevard?” Scudder asked.
“Yes.”
“And Mr. Mason called and secured pictures which had been left to be developed by Mr. Eves’s wife?”
“Yes.”
“Now, do you know a Roger P. Cartman?”
“I have seen him,” she said. “He came over from Honolulu with Mrs. Eves. She’s a nurse. He was suffering from a broken neck.”