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Chapter 22

           Andbecauseoftheconditionofthedeadgirl’slungs,whichhadbeentestedbyattemptingtofloattheminwater,averringthatatthetimeherbodyhadfirstenteredthewater,shemusthavebeenstillalive,althoughnotnecessarilyconscious.Butastothenatureoftheinstrumentusedtomakethesewounds,theywouldnotventuretoguess,otherthantosayitmusthavebeenblunt.AndnogrillingonthepartofeitherBelknaporJephsoncouldbringthemtoadmitthattheblowscouldhavebeenofsuchalightcharacterasnottostunorrenderunconscious.Thechiefinjuryappearedtobeonthetopoftheskull,deepenoughtohavecausedabloodclot,photographsofallofwhichwereputinevidence.

           Atthispsychologicalpoint,whenbothaudienceandjuryweremostpainfullyandeffectivelystirred,anumberofphotographsofRoberta’sface,madeatthetimethatHeit,thedoctorsandtheLutzBrothershadherincharge,wereintroduced.Thenthedimensionsofthebruisesontherightsideofherfacewereshowntocorrespondexactlyinsizewithtwosidesofthecamera.Immediatelyafterthat,BurtonBurleigh,placedonthestandtoswearhowhehaddiscoveredthetwostrandsofhairwhichcorrespondedwiththehaironRoberta’sheadorsoMasontriedtoshowcaughtbetweenthelensandthelid.

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