“That is quite complimentary, I am sure, Mr. Carter. Whom shall we question first?”
“Before we question anybody let me tell you about a few things I have noted in this office.”
“All right—go on.”
“The victim was shot in the right temple.”
“I see.”
“From the position of the body the shot must have been fired by some one standing in front of that window, or the shot must have come from across the street and through the open window.”
The coroner noticed that the desk on which the dead woman had fallen was almost[{10}] exactly in front of an open window and about twelve feet from it.
He glanced across the street and discovered that a window in an opposite building was directly in line with the office window and the desk.
“You think the shot was fired by some one standing in that window over there?”
“I did not say so. On the contrary, I found this pistol lying directly under the victim’s dependent hand.”