A. I did not see the curtain come down. I screamed for the curtain to come down, and I told the orchestra to keep up the music, and then I addressed the audience, thinking I would get the curtain down. I would have been in front of the curtain if it came down.
Q. You said at the same time you looked around?
A. I looked around, yes, sir.
Q. What was the color of the curtain as you looked at it?
A. I couldn't tell the color. It was right over my head.
Q. Could you tell from any observation at any time before that?
A. No, sir.
Question by Juror Cummings: When you counseled the audience to keep quiet were you working on the assumption that there was a fire brigade on the stage?
A. Well, my idea was to get the curtain down and stop the panic. The audience was composed of women and children.
Question by Deputy Buckley: From the time that you first heard the noise, when you were in the dressing-room until you got out, about what time elapsed?