“Yes.”
“Then, why did you say you had no children?”
“You asked me if I have any children. That child was adopted by somebody very soon after it was born. I didn’t want anyone to know I had had a child.”
“Who adopted it?”
“I don’t know. I told the monthly nurse to make arrangements, and it was adopted on condition that I was not to know where it went, and I was never to claim it.”
“Was your husband with you when the child was born?”
“No.”
“Did he know you had had a child?”
“Yes.”
“Did he know what became of it?”
“I think he found out afterwards.”
“Did he tell you what name it was known by, or what had become of it when you had this interview with him?”
“Yes.”
“What was the name?”
“I decline to say.”
“I insist on your answering;” and as the witness remained silent, the judge i
