"If this case had been tried on merely relevant issues it would have been finished in twenty minutes," retorted the court.
"Did you go to the bathroom on the fifth floor of the hotel?"
"Yes."
"What did you see?"
"The transom of the bathroom had been taken out and the door opened from the inside. On the floor lay a girl. One knee was tied and one foot fastened to the foot of the bathtub. Both hands were tied."
"Were they slip knots?"
"No. Hard knots. The feet were tied with cords and the knee with a stocking."
"What was her condition?"
"She was not unconscious. The pupils of the eyes were widely dilated. I asked her who her friends were and she asked me to send for Captain O'Brien."