Z Z (pointing to the sentry): “That man did it.”
The second, who gave his name as A A A, asked by Consul: “Who cut off this boy’s hand?”
Answers: “K K.”
The third, giving his name as B B B, asked by Consul: “Who cut off this boy’s hand?”
Answers: “This man here, the sentry.”
Z Z (re-questioned): “Did you yourself see this sentry cut off this boy’s hand?”
Answer: “Yes, I saw it.”
A A A (re-questioned): “Did you yourself see this sentry cut off this boy’s hand?”
Answers: “I should think so. Did I not get this wound here” (pointing to a cut by the tendon Achilles on the left heel) “the same day, when running away in fright? My own knife wounded me. I let it fall when I ran away.”
Consul questions I I: “How long ago was it your hand was cut off?”