1:31:01
The apparent sugar
tested 60 percent arsenic.
1:31:04
Shortly after you made this test,
I came to you with a sealed parcel.
1:31:07
The contents was a bottle
half full of white powder.
1:31:10
I show you the bottle.
1:31:14
- That's it.
- You analyzed the contents?
1:31:16
- I did.
- What was it?
1:31:17
Pure arsenic.
1:31:19
- Your witness, Mr. Robie.
- No questions.
1:31:23
Mr. Medcraft, you are the manager
of the Bay State Mortuary?
1:31:26
I am.
1:31:28
Were the remains of the late Mrs. Ellen
Harland cremated at your establishment?
1:31:31
- Yes, sir.
- Who made the arrangements?
1:31:35
Miss Ruth Berent.
1:31:37
Your witness.
- No questions, Mr. Quinton.
1:31:42
Mr. Carlson, what is your occupation?
1:31:44
Vice president
of the Seaboard Trust Company.
1:31:46
Your bank is trustee for the estate
of the late Ellen Berent Harland.
1:31:50
Yes, sir.
1:31:51
When was the last time
you saw Mrs. Harland?
1:31:54
After she got out of the hospital.
1:31:56
Did she make any provision in her will
about being cremated after her death?
1:32:00
No, she did not.
1:32:01
Would you tell the jury
what provision she did make?
1:32:05
She requested that she be buried in the
family vault at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
1:32:29
- Hello, Dick.
Hello.
1:32:31
- Good evening.
Good evening, dear.
1:32:37
Tomorrow, Dick,
you'll go on the witness stand.
1:32:40
You must remember that Quinton
isn't just the prosecutor.
1:32:43
You may rest assured he'll have
his brass knuckles on.
1:32:45
He'll throw the whole book at you.
1:32:48
He'll ask you some questions
that won't be easy to answer.
1:32:51
One in particular.
1:32:53
Do you swear to tell the truth...
1:32:55
...and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?
1:32:57
I do.