Американская трагедия

Chapter 22

           Frazeridentifyingfirstthecameranowshownhim,andimmediatelyafterthattheyellowtripodastheonehehadsoldClyde.

           AndClydesittingupaghast.Thentheyhadfoundthecamera,aswellasthetripod,afterall.Andafterhehadprotestedsothathehadnocamerawithhim.Whatwouldthatjuryandthejudgeandthisaudiencethinkofhislyingaboutthat?Wouldtheybelikelytobelievehisstoryofachangeofheartafterthisproofthathehadliedaboutameaninglesscamera?Bettertohaveconfessedinthefirstplace.

           ButevenashewassothinkingMasoncallingSimeonDodge,ayoungwoodsmananddriver,whotestifiedthatonSaturday,thesixteenthofJuly,accompaniedbyJohnPole,whohadliftedRoberta’sbodyoutofthewater,hehadattherequestofthedistrictattorney,repeatedlydivedintotheexactspotwhereherbodywasfound,andfinallysucceededinbringingupacamera.AndthenthecameraitselfidentifiedbyDodge.

           Immediatelyafterthisallthetestimonyinregardtothehithertoasyetunmentionedfilmsfoundinthecameraatthetimeofitsrecovery,sincedeveloped,andnowreceivedinevidence,fourviewswhichshowedapersonlookingmorelikeRobertathananyoneelse,togetherwithtwo,whichclearlyenoughrepresentedClyde.Belknapwasnotabletorefuteorexcludethem.

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