“Did he take his gun from you and start immediately?”
“He followed me,” the witness began. But the Judge rapped warningly and the attorney yelled:
“Yes or no?”
“Yes.”
“Did you see Rogers in the morning?”
“Yes, he was settin’ fire to––” The Judge hammering furiously with his gavel drowned his words. The attorney went on:
“Did you hear a shot?”
“Yes.”
“Did you hear two shots?”
“The fire”––was making a lot of noise, he tried to say. But his voice was smothered by eruptions from the court and the attorney. He was finally obliged to say that he had heard but one shot. Then he was asked: