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lower abdomen. It seemed to help the pain. Also she seemed to revive some. To Arbuckle she and we were just a nuisance."
In her smart tan suit and with her well-modulated voice, Zey made an imposing witness for the prosecution. But in this game of strategy McNab, by a tricky move, had eliminated the State's most important witness, Maude Delmont.
Legal lights following the trial thought Delmont, right after Zey, would be a smashing blow to the defense. They were amazed when the prosecution called medical testimony after Zey and Maude failed to show in the courtroom.
McNab, realizing the Delmont testimony could be damaging, especially in combination with Zey's story, set a detective force loose on her past life to discredit her.
One sharp private-eye came up with the startling information that Maude had made a bigamous marriage. That was all McNab needed. He immediately saw to it that charges were brought against her for bigamy.
Brady didn't dare put a witness accused of bigamy on the stand. Jurors would have taken her testimony lightly. In fact, Brady knew a man like McNab could cut her to ribbons and thereby cast doubt on all the State's witnesses.
It was a blow to the prosecution. Maude never did get to the stand.
Also, to add to Brady's troubles, it was now rumored that Arbuckle would take the stand in his own behalf. Heretofore the Defense had felt Arbuckle's mood and disposition would make him a sitting duck for the prosecution. But now he was snapping out of it. He had his confidence back and he acted like an innocent man. McNab was given credit for the change in Arbuckle. The attorney had a way of instilling confidence in a client.
The two doctors who took the stand for the State were Dr. Ed Castle and Dr. Francis Wakefield, who owned the sanatorium where Virginia was taken and where she died.
Each said that Virginia's body had been covered with
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