__________________|_____|______________________________
\ bath \ |_____| / /
\___ ___\ |_____| /Turner's/
Mrs.\ \ /room_ __/
John's\ /____/ /
room \ \ Main Cabin / / /
\___ ___\ / /_ _/bath
Mrs. \ \ / Vail's /room
Turner's \___ \ /________/
room \ \ / ______/linen
\ \____\ /__/store/
bath \ \ \ /__ room /
\ \ \ /___/____/
\__\ /general /
Miss \ \ /supplies/
Lee's \ \ /________/
room \_______\______ _____/________/butler's
\_maid's\ Chart Room / pantry
\\ room used as library /
bunk---\\ ___ \ and lounge____ /
\_\__\__\_________|____|_/
bunk (wheel)|____|

"State what happened on the night of August 11 and early morning of
August 12."

"I slept in the storeroom in the after house. As it was very hot, I
always left the door open. The storeroom itself was a small room,
lined with shelves, and reached by a passageway. The door was at the
end of the passage. I wakened because of the heat, and found the door
locked on the outside. I lit a match, and found I could unscrew the
lock with my knife. I thought I had been locked in as a joke by the
crew. While I was kneeling, some one passed outside the door."

"How did you know that?"

"I felt a board rise under my knee as if the other end had been trod
on. Shortly after, a woman screamed, and I burst open the door."

"How long after you felt the board rise?"

"Perhaps a minute, possibly two."

"Go on."

"Just after, the ship's bell struck six--three o'clock. The main cabin
was dark. There was a light in the chart-room, from the binnacle
light. I felt my way to Mr. Vail's room. I heard him breathing. His
door was open. I struck a match and looked at him. He had stopped
breathing."

"What was the state of h