"You are a doctor of medicine, Doctor Littlefield?" asked the district attorney.
"Yes."
"In active practise?"
"I have a Cure for Inebriates in Des Moines, Iowa. I was formerly in general practise in New York City."
"You knew Jennie Ladley?"
"I had seen her at different theaters. And she consulted me professionally at one time in New York."
"You operated on her, I believe?"
"Yes. She came to me to have a name removed. It had been tattooed over her heart."
"You removed it?"
"Not at once. I tried fading the marks with goat's milk, but she was impatient. On the third visit to my office she demanded that the name be cut out."