The old woman testified that she had gone directly to the house of
her son, and later had discovered that she had forgotten some
articles of clothing which she needed; that thereupon she had
returned to the house and had gone up the back way to her room,--
this was about eight o'clock; that while there she had heard Nina
San Croix's voice in great passion and remembered that she had used
the words stated by the policemen; that these sudden, violent cries
had frightened her greatly and she had bolted the door and been
afraid to leave the room; shortly thereafter, she had heard heavy
footsteps ascending the stairs, slowly and with great difficulty,
as though some one were carrying a heavy burden; that therefore her
fear had increased and that she had put out the light and hidden
under the bed. She remembered hearing the footsteps moving about
upstairs for many hours, how long she could not tell. Finally,
about half-past four in the morning, she crept out, opened the
door, slipped downstairs, and ran out into the street. There she
had found the policemen and requested them to search the house.

The two officers had gone to the house with the woman. She had
opened the door and they had had just time to step back into the
shadow when the prisoner entered. When arrested, Victor Ancona had
screamed with terror, and cried out, "It was no use! it was no use
to do it!"

The Chief of Police had come to the house and instituted a careful
search. In the room below, from which the cries had come, he found
a dress which was identified as belonging to Nina San Croix and
which she was wearing when last seen by the domestic, about six
o'clock that evening. This dress was covered with blood, and had a
slit about two inches long in the left side of the bosom, into