A DUMB EYEWITNESS.
"Hodgkins Hodgkins," answered the first witness who testified after the noon recess.
"When did you first learn that Prof. Arnold had made a will?" asked the district attorney.
"On receipt of a letter from my esteemed friend, dated June 15."
"What was the reason of Prof. Arnold's informing you of his action?"
"A long-standing, I may say a life-long friendship, had induced him to select me as his executor."
"When you heard of his death, what action did you take?"
"I was in New York at the time on important business, which I proceeded to expedite as far as its weighty nature would permit. Large bodies travel slowly, you know. Then when the transaction was completed to my satisfaction I repaired to the city and visited the home of my departed friend, the testator."
"Did you let Floyd know of your coming?"
"I apprised him of my intention and instructed him to lock the room in which the document was guarded."