A. I said I never was in his rooms but once, and that was upon the day of his arrest.
Q. I understand. Were you not assisted in your search for Mr. Darrow’s murderer by certain library books which you discovered M. Latour had been reading?
A. I—I don’t quite understand.
Q. M. Latour obtained some books from the Public Library for hall use, giving his name as—as—
A. Weltz. Yes, they did assist me. There were some also taken under the name of Rizzi.
Q. Exactly. Those are the names, I think. How was your attention called to these books?
A. I met Latour at the library by accident, and he at once struck me as a man anxious to avoid observation. This made it my business to watch him. I saw that he signed his name as “Weltz” on the slips. The next day I saw him there again, and this time he signed the slips “Rizzi.” This was long before the murder, and I was not at work upon any case into which I could fit this “Weltz” or “Rizzi.” I was convinced in my own mind, however, that he was guilty of some crime, and so put him down in my memory for future reference. During my work upon this present case this incident recurred to me, and I followed up the suggestion as one which might possibly throw some light upon the subject.
Q. Did you peruse the books M. Latour borrowed under the names of Weltz and Rizzi?
A. I did not.
Q. Did you not look at any of them?