A Fever in the Blood1961

Attorney Clem Marker:
You were formerly Governor of this State?

Governor Oliver P. Thornwall:
Yes.

Attorney Clem Marker:
What is your relation to the defendant?

Governor Oliver P. Thornwall:
Walter Thornwall is my nephew.

Attorney Clem Marker:
When was the last time you saw his wife?

Governor Oliver P. Thornwall:
I saw Paula on the eighth of February.

Attorney Clem Marker:
Two days before she met her death.

Governor Oliver P. Thornwall:
Since that was the last time I saw her alive, I can hardly forget the time or the occasion.

Attorney Clem Marker:
And what was the occasion, Governor?

Governor Oliver P. Thornwall:
Dinner in my home.

Attorney Clem Marker:
Aside from you and Paula Thornwall, who else was present?

Governor Oliver P. Thornwall:
My nephew Walter. I wanted to try to bring them back together.

Attorney Clem Marker:
And what was the result?

Governor Oliver P. Thornwall:
I failed.

Attorney Clem Marker:
From the way they behaved towards one another during the time you were with them, would you say that...

Dan Callahan:
Objection. Leading the witness.

Judge Leland Hoffman:
Sustained.

Attorney Clem Marker:
I'll rephrase that. What was their attitude toward one another during the evening?

Governor Oliver P. Thornwall:
They behaved like two people who understood each other.