Professor Henry J. Cox of the United States Weather Bureau was then called by the state.
"What kind of a night was January 4, 1909?" asked Mr. Short.
"It was cloudy, and at eleven a. m. the temperature was fifty and at midnight it was forty-five."
"Did it rain that night?"
"No, sir."
"But there was a mist, wasn't there?" asked Mr. O'Donnell.
"No such record."
"What kind of clouds were there?"
"Low, hanging clouds."
"When did the sky clear?"