"I find, also, from the autopsy," he concluded, "that the bullet
traveled a downward-slanting path. I should add, moreover, that I have
made exact mathematical calculations, using the position of the body and
of the wound as a basis, and found that a line drawn from the wound, and
extended, at the correct slant, ends at a point 51.8 inches high, upon
the right-hand side of the frame of the window nearest the porch door."
And he obligingly passed the marked blueprint among the jury. When it
was in his own hands again, he added: "It is impossible to state the
exact distance the bullet traveled, more nearly than to say the shot was
fired along the line I have indicated, at a distance of not more than
fifteen feet and not less than ten."
Captain Strawn rose and was permitted to question the witness:
"Dr. Price, that blueprint shows that the bedroom is fifteen feet in
width, don't it?"
"That is correct."
"Have you also measured the height of that window sill from the floor?"
"I have," the coroner answered. "The height from floor to sill is 26
inches."
"Now, doctor, from your calculations, would it be possible for a man
crouching in the open window to fire a shot along the path you have
calculated?"
"It would," Dr. Price answered.
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