"He lay with his eyes closed, and once I thought I heard the words. 'Oh, God!—Oh, Jesus, forgive me!'"
Mr. Curtiss called Mr. Hardy. "Did you discover any signs of insanity in Mr. Fuller on the night preceding his death?"
"I did."
"What were they?"
"Substantially those already testified to by Mrs. Andrews. He called incessantly for the Doctor, saying he could not die till he had seen him."
Mr. Curtiss, under excitement, interrupted the witness, saying, "you need not repeat the testimony of other witnesses."
Cross-examination by Mr. Marshall. "Did he tell you why he wished to see the Doctor?"
"He said, he had something of great importance to confess to him, and he could not die with it upon his conscience."
"How did he appear when you returned with the Doctor?"
"Perfectly calm and rational."