:54:03
...in not protecting this innocent man,
proceeds in this savage attempt...
:54:07
...to kill as scapegoats...
:54:10
...these 22 bewildered souls.
:54:15
These defendants have pleaded
not guilty to the charge of murder.
:54:21
We're ready, Your Honor.
:54:25
Are you ready, Mr. Adams?
:54:29
With the permission of the court
and of my friends for the defense...
:54:33
...and their experienced associate
brought from the city of New York...
:54:38
...l'll reverse the usual order
of procedure...
:54:41
...and instead of establishing
the crime itself...
:54:44
...first establish the whereabouts
of the accused...
:54:47
...during the commission thereof.
:54:49
As its first witness,
the state calls Edna Hooper.
:54:55
Raise your right hand
and place your left on the Bible.
:54:58
Do you swear you'll tell the whole truth
and nothing but the truth?
:55:02
- I do.
- Be seated, please.
:55:06
- Your name?
- Miss Edna Hooper.
:55:09
- Your residence, Miss Hooper?
- Twenty-three Catalpa Avenue, Strand.
:55:13
Strand is the town in which
this lynching took place?
:55:16
Objection! Object as
to his incompetence.
:55:18
- Question assumes a fact not in evidence.
- Sustained. Strike it out.
:55:22
I will reframe the question.
:55:24
Strand is where the jail burned down
on the night of October 26th, is it not?
:55:30
Yes, but I certainly had nothing
to do with the...
:55:33
You're not on trial, Miss Hooper.
Your occupation in Strand, please?
:55:37
I am a couturier and a modiste.
:55:40
By couturier and modiste, you mean
you're a dressmaker, do you not?
:55:44
It's just the difference between a
dress shop and a gown shoppe.
:55:50
On the afternoon and evening
of the day in question...
:55:53
...you were employed in your capacity
as a couturier...
:55:57
...in the home of Frederick Garrett
in Strand, were you not?