[31. The Wrong Foot Forward]
Paslovsky, the witness, who could not understand or speak enough English to make a simple statement to the court, yet knew exactly what the conductor yelled to the motorman.
This was so patently impossible that the Judge was entirely justified in dismissing the suit.
Liars are verbal forgers. Chatfield.
[32. Death Attends the Party]
Had Dawes fallen on the table after being shot, the jar would have knocked over the ‘crazily balanced glasses.’ As the Professor found the glasses on the table, balanced, it was obvious Dawes had been shot, then carefully placed at the table to give the appearance of suicide. A bad slip!
There is nothing insignificant, nothing! Coleridge.
[33. No Way Out]
The note was written with pencil, yet there was no pencil found in the room. Apparently the murderer wrote the note to resemble the dead man’s handwriting and through force of habit put it in his pocket.
Men are men; the best sometimes forget.