This left Jonathan Bryant in an ambiguous position, since he continued to maintain that Janson had undergone reanimation, and had suffered a severe change in personality as a result, leading to his suicide.
"This ought to settle Jonathan for good," Harker crowed when the text of the FBI exoneration reached him. After all, it had to be obvious to everyone that Bryant had perpetrated a hoax designed solely to discredit reanimation and arouse popular fears against it.
But again Harker was wrong. The day after publication of the FBI statement, Jonathan Bryant was subpoenaed to appear before the investigating committee. The questioner was Senator Vorys. The interchange between Bryant and Vorys was widely reported in the late editions that day:
Senator Vorys: You knew the late Wayne Janson well?
Bryant: I was his closest friend.
Vorys: When did he first mention reanimation to you?
Bryant: About January. He said his doctor had told him about the experiments going on in Litchfield.
Vorys: What is the name of this doctor?
Bryant: I'm sorry, I don't know, Senator Vorys.
Vorys: Very well. Go ahead.