The Witness Page #2

went to the window

and I saw a man and a woman

standing across the street

by the bookstore.

I looked at them for a minute.

Nothin' happened,

so I got back to bed.

The second time she screamed

"Please, help me, God.

Please help me.

I've been stabbed."

I went to the window,

and as I got there

she was kneeling down

on the sidewalk

and he was running

up the street.

Did you know

Irene Frost at all?

She worked

for your grandfather.

Oh yeah, oh yeah.

I know the name well.

My grandfather didn't know much

about running the business

and apparently

I... Irene stole

several $100,000 from him

so her name

doesn't sit too favorably

in the Hirsch family.

Now, do you know

if she's alive

or dead at this point?

Oh, she's long dead.

I saw this girl

at the bookstore kneeling

and this fellow had her down

bending over her.

And I hollered,

"Hey, get out of there."

And he jumped up and ran.

He ran like a scared rabbit.

I never saw anybody

take off as quick.

I heard the voice upstairs.

Suddenly, the neighbor's

screaming something

and the man ran away

very fast, near the bus stop.

The poor girl get up slowly..

...and she screamed, "Help!"

And walking slowly

toward the drugstore

and up towards

the back street.

I was still at the window

scared, kind of frozen.

And a few minutes

after that man came back

walking normally

as if nothing happened.

And then he went down

to the train station

and then he came out again

and left in the back

and I could not see anything..

...but I heard

the last 2 screams.

"Help, help."

Hi,

is this the Michael Farrar from Kew Gardens?

Michael, I just

recently found out

that your mom was with my sister

when she passed away.

I was wondering if she'd be

willing to talk to me?

My mom, she really

liked Kitty.

And, you know, she can't get

around no more

but I spoke to her

and she told me stuff

that I couldn't hear when I was

younger, what happened and all.

We'll get into that later.

This was Kitty's

apartment here.

- On this side?

- Right here, yes.

And then yours

is straight ahead?

Yes.

This room here,

this was my room.

Kitty's window is right there.

When I went

to school sometimes

if Kitty would have coffee

and toast with my mom.

Kitty confided in her a lot.

They were friends

and they talked

about whatever women

talked about, you know.

So that night,

what happened?

I mean, in your house,

what happened?

A... a scream,

a loud, loud scream

a horrible,

blood curdling scream

and it woke me up.

How many people

do you think heard it?

Just looking at the windows,

about 40, 50

could be 60

because it was so loud.

Uh, the whole neighborhood

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