Chapter 65 Section 14

Most of the drugs were sedatives or sleeping pills, and the scientists detected "high concentrations of insulin" in the used needle. Dr. Stoke immediately picked up the phone, and he asked Richard Kuhl: "Are you going to call the police, or should I call the police?" If you don’t call the police, I will.” By now, it was impossible to avoid the police. Five months later, on Monday, July 6, 1981, a Rhode Island grand jury returned its decision to indict Clos von Prou ​​on two counts of "attempted murder." On July 13, Cross paid a bond of $100,000 and was released from prison pending trial.

Soon, Cross hired Herald Fallinger, said to be "the best lawyer in New York" at the time, and Jon Sheehan, "the best lawyer in Rhode Island."The former is well-known in the legal circle for successfully accepting several high-profile cases, while the latter is familiar with Rhode Island’s judicial system and legal provisions. In the joke of a reporter: “The ground is well-trodden.” The "Attempted Murder of Klos von Prou" officially opened on Monday, January 11, 1982.It was a bitterly windy day in Newport, with temperatures dipping as low as 2 degrees Fahrenheit, which equates to minus 17 degrees Celsius.

At that time, after more than half a year of hype and exaggeration by various media, the case had become well-known to everyone, as the chief public prosecutor Steven Vermiliti said in his opening speech: "When you have worked for a week, When you walk into a movie theater on a Friday night, waiting to be entertained or thrilled by a terrific Hollywood movie, what do you most look forward to seeing?" In the United States, new movies premiere on Friday nights. "This case can be said to have what you want. You want to see money, sex, drugs, there are in this case, you want to see Newport, New York, Europe, there are in this case, you want to see the royal family, Aristocrats, high society, there are in this case, you want to see servants, butlers, gardeners, drivers, etc., which are rare in the United States now, and there are also in this case... There are high walls and iron gates in the Clarendon Manor, among you Most people in the world probably won't be able to peer into the other side of those walls and doors in their lifetime. This case gives you an opportunity to see how the rich live."

Steven said the prosecution would prove to the court that Sunny von Pro was unconscious because someone injected her with insulin and that person was none other than Sunny's husband, Clos von Pro. Pro.As for the motive, "the motive is there, and we don't even have to prove it—Sonne was rich like few in the world, and her husband was almost penniless by comparison. Cross knew , Sunny left him $15 million in the will, why? Because Sunny never guarded against her husband, she even disregarded the lawyer's advice, and invited Cross to participate in the revision of the will. However, in fact, their marriage In crisis. Cross puts one hand in Sunny's purse and puts his arm around another woman."This illuminating description would later inspire at least three cartoonists. "The problem for Kloss is that in the event of a divorce, he doesn't get a dime."

"So, there were two consecutive comas for Sunny during two consecutive Christmas periods. The first time she woke up, and the second time, it has been more than a year now, and the doctors still don't see the possibility of her waking up. So, there was the suspicion of the German maid Maria Singlaham and Sunny's family, and then there was the intervention of lawyers and the police, and today's trial came." What the defense lawyer presented to the jury was a completely different picture.Gerald Fallinger started with an analogy: "What do you see now?" He held up a hand, "My hand? No! No matter where you sit in the courtroom, no matter where you sit, From which angle you look at it, what you see now is only one side of my hand."