Q. You were an actress, Miss Marchurst?
A. Yes. I was on tour with Mr Theodore Wopples for some time.
Q. Do you know a drama called 'The Hidden Hand'?
A. Yes--I have played in it once or twice.
Q. Is there not a strong resemblance between your story of this
crime and the drama?
A. Yes, it is very much the same.
Kilsip then gave his evidence, and deposed that he had examined the
ground between the window, where the hand was alleged to have
appeared, and the garden wall. There were no footmarks on the
flower-bed under the window, which was the only place where
footmarks would show, as the lawn itself was hard and dry. He also
examined the wall, but could find no evidence that anyone had
climbed over it, as it was defended by broken bottles, and the
bushes at its foot were not crushed or disturbed in any way.
Dr Chinston was then called, and deposed that he had made a post-
mortem examination of the body of the deceased. The body was that of
a woman of apparently fifty or fifty-five years of age, and of
medium height; the body was well nourished. There were no ulcers or
other signs of disease, and no marks of violence on the body. The
brain was congested and soft, and there was an abnormal amount of
fluid in the spaces known as the ventricles of the brain; the lungs
were gorged with dark fluid blood; the heart appeared healthy, its
left side was contracted and empty, but the right was dilated and
filled with dark fluid blood; the stomach was somewhat congested,
and contained a little partially digested food; the intestines here
and there were congested, and throughout the body the blood was dark
and fluid.
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