Stranger on the Third Floor Page #2

- That's all.

I wouldn't let him defend me

if it was for stealing an apple.

Thanks for that cup of coffee.

'Your next witness.'

'Dr... Dr. Charles Evans.'

Jane, what are you doing here?

I felt a little upset.

The boss let me go home.

- I came here instead.

- You shouldn't have.

'Do you swear to tell the truth,

the whole truth..'

Do you think

they will convict him?

- I don't know. They might.

- Shh! Quiet, please.

- 'You are a police surgeon?'

- 'Yes, sir.'

- You examined Nick Narbajan?

- Yes, sir.

How long would you say

he had been dead

when you arrived there?

About a half an hour.

And what in your opinion

was the cause of death?

A sharp instrument,

either a knife or a razor

wielded I'd say

with a great deal of violence.

The head was almost

severed from the body.

So you want this jury to believe

that you went back to Nick's

just to repay

a debt of thirty cents?

Yes sir, that's the truth.

Mr. Ward was nice to me,

and I wanted to pay him back.

That's all I went there for.

How did you know

you'd find him there?

Well, I took a chance.

That's where I'd met him.

He wasn't there when you

went in, was he?

No.

What did Nick say to you

as you entered?

Well, he didn't say nothin'.

He was dead.

What did you do then?

Open the cash register?

- No, I didn't. It was open.

- How much money did you take?

I didn't take no money.

I didn't need any.

I worked that day,

and I made almost five dollars.

Well, why then..

- Your Honor.

- Eh? Yes, yes.

Oh.

'Jury number two.'

The jury will pay strict

attention to the evidence.

I'm sorry, Your Honor.

I was up all night

with a terrible toothache.

Well, that's too bad.

'But it's your duty

to stay awake.'

And try and follow the evidence

with as much intelligence

as you've got.

'Proceed.'

All they want is to get it

over with, go home.

You said you didn't

go there to rob.

Why didn't you call the police

instead of running away?

I was scared. I didn't want

to get mixed up in it.

So scared that you ran back

to your room to pack your bag.

You were packing your bag

when you were arrested, right?

- Yes, sir.

- Why?

Well, I-I don't know.

- I-I was panicky.

- I'll tell you why.

This is not the first time

you committed a crime, is it?

No, sir.

Why did you lie

about that previous conviction?

That was a mistake.

'You forgot that fingerprints

will always give you away.'

'You served three years

in the Ohio State Reformatory'

'for the holdup of a gasoline

station at Lima, didn't you?'

Yes, sir... but I was a kid.

I-I was desperate.

I only took five dollars.

There must have been

at least 50 there.

If that man at the filling

station had fought

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