"Yes; it is in my writing."

"You read it to the men, and they signed it?"

"No; they read it themselves before they signed it."

After a wrangle as to my having authority to make a record in the
log-book, the prosecuting attorney succeeded in having the book
admitted as evidence, and read to the jury the entry of August 13.

Having thus proved the crimes, I was excused, to be recalled later.
The defense reserving its cross-examination, the doctor from the
quarantine station was called next, and testified to the manner of
death. His testimony was revolting, and bears in no way on the
story, save in one particular--a curious uniformity in the
mutilation of the bodies of Vail and Captain Richardson--a sinister
similarity that was infinitely shocking. In each case the forehead,
the two arms, and the abdomen had received a frightful blow. In
the case of the Danish girl there was only one wound--the injury
on the head.




CHAPTER XX

OLESON'S STORY


HENRIETTA SLOANE was called next.