“Are you able to describe him?”
“I should think he was about forty-five or fifty years old. His face was covered with a heavy brown beard. His eyes were black, restless and penetrating. That is all I can remember about him. I didn’t pay particular attention to him.”
“Who occupied the room next to the one in which the man was murdered?”
“I did.”
“What time did you retire?”
“It was probably about half past one o’clock. As I was about to enter my room I noticed that a light was burning in the old man’s room. I thought at the time that he had not yet retired, but I didn’t hear him make any noise.”
“You were not awakened during the night?”
“No.”
“Are you a sound sleeper?”
“I am.”