“Thank you. If Mr. Lefko is in this court will you point him out? Thank you. Will you tell us the extent of your duties at the Arizona School?”
“I taught children born totally deaf to speak. And to read lips.”
“You read lips yourself, Miss Gomez?”
“I have been totally deaf since I was fifteen.”
“In English only?”
“English and Spanish. We have… had many children of Mexican descent.”
Samuels asked for a designated Spanish-speaking interpreter. An officer in the back immediately volunteered. He was identified by his ambassador, who was present.
“Will you take this book to the rear of the courtroom, sir?” To the Court: “If the prosecution wishes to examine that book, they will find that it is a Spanish edition of the Bible.” The prosecution didn’t wish to examine it.
“Will the officer open the Bible at random and read aloud?” He opened the Bible at the center and read. In dead silence the Court strained to hear. Nothing could be heard the length of the enormous hall.
Samuels: “Miss Gomez. Will you take these binoculars and repeat, to the Court, just what the officer is reading at the other end of the room?”