"I'm positive."
Here Prosecutor Short produced the first sensational attack upon Ella Gingles.
"Didn't you sign a confession that you had taken goods from a department store?"
"No."
"How old do you say you are?"
"I am eighteen."
"Look at this signature signed December 6, 1908—is that your signature?"
Here Mr. Short produced a paper purporting to be a confession that Ella Gingles had made, when accused of theft in a department store.
"That is my signature," said Miss Gingles.
Her voice quivered. There was a gasp among the women who had flocked to the courtroom to lend their moral aid to the accused girl.