Quincy. George W. Fay, a Quincy policeman who was called in to investigate the matter, gave the following account of his conversation with Andrews:—
I asked her if the man who assaulted her, if she thought that he was one of the men she saw at Braintree on the day of the shooting, and she said she could not tell because she did not see the faces of the Braintree men. I asked her how he compared in appearance with the men at Braintree that she saw. She said that she could not tell. I asked her if his clothes were like the clothes that any of the men wore at Braintree, she said she could not tell. (R. 637.)
D. Alfred Labrecque, a Quincy newspaper man and secretary of the Quincy Chamber of Commerce, testified to a conversation with Andrews substantially to the same effect as Fay's.
The District Attorney not only offered the Andrews testimony for the consideration of the jury, but gave it the weightiest possible personal sponsorship:—
Gentlemen, there is some responsibility upon the Commonwealth. There is some responsibility upon a prosecutor who produces witnesses whose evidence tends to prove murder. He may think well. He should think long, and he should always have his intelligence and his conscience with him before he puts the stamp of approval of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts upon him as a credible witness before he takes the stand seeking to prove the guilt of men and if proven will result in their death. (R. 1127.)
And then there is Lola Andrews. I have been in this office, gentlemen, for now more than eleven years. I cannot recall in that too long service for the Commonwealth that ever before I have laid eye or given ear to so convincing a witness as Lola Andrews. (R. 1131.)
