"I did not say that!"
Feeling that at last he had found an easy witness, the coroner began to bully, and there ensued a wrangle between him and the architect, in which both men became heated.
"Well, Mr. Hart," a member of the jury finally interposed with a question, "can you say that the Glenmore as it was built conformed to the building ordinances of the city of Chicago?"
"It would take a number of experts and a good lawyer to interpret those ordinances!" the architect answered testily. "I should say that they were drawn for the express purpose of being violated."
There was a laugh along the reporters' bench at this retort. But the witness quickly added in his former contained manner:—
"No, the Glenmore violated the ordinances in a number of important particulars."
There was a sudden hush in the room. This point had been established before by different persons who had been examined. Nevertheless, the admission coming from the architect of the ill-fated building was an important point. It might lead to other interesting admissions.
"You were aware, then, when the Glenmore was being erected that it violated the ordinances?"
"Yes."
"Did you make any protest?"