"No."
"Then it's there yet?"
"I-I think so," falteringly.
"I demand that this incredible yarn be investigated!" cried
the lawyer. "I ask that the court send for the bolster and
cut it open here in the presence of the jury."
The writer had no choice but to accede to this request, and
the bolster was hunted down and brought into court. With some
anxiety both sides watched while the lining was slit with a
penknife. A few feathers fluttered to the floor as the
fingers of the witness felt inside and came in contact with
the poison. The assistant was convicted of attempted murder
on the convict's testimony, and sentenced to Sing Sing for
twenty-five years. That was the end of the second lesson.
About a month afterward the defendant's counsel made a motion
for a new trial on the ground that the convict now admitted
his testimony to have been wholly false, and produced an
affidavit from the assassin to that effect. Naturally so
startling an allegation demanded investigation.
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