"Would such a blow cause death at once?"
"Instantaneously."
"Can you say how long the man had been dead?"
"Not less than ten minutes. Not more than half an hour."
After an intimation that Dr. Sperry would be recalled later, Lyon was called.
Lyon had made no mention of the running girl in his report for the News, but he foresaw that that matter would come out in his examination, and he hastily resolved that there was one point of information which he would not volunteer,--the house which she had entered. Let them ask him, if they wanted to get at that!
He testified, in answer to the preliminary questions, that he was returning from the concert and was on Hemlock Avenue between Sherman and Hooker Streets when he heard the policeman's whistle and ran back to see what the disturbance was.
"You had passed the corner of Sherman Street a few minutes before?"
"Yes."
"And you saw nothing unusual?"