▁entirely ▁in ▁a ▁court room ; ▁Fa ulk ner ▁is ▁never ▁seen . ▁On ▁the ▁night ▁of ▁January ▁ 1 6 , ▁Fa ulk ner ▁and ▁Andre ▁were ▁in ▁the ▁pent house ▁of ▁the ▁Fa ulk ner ▁Building ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁when ▁Fa ulk ner ▁apparently ▁fell ▁to ▁his ▁death . ▁Within ▁the ▁three ▁acts , ▁the ▁pro sec utor ▁Mr . ▁Fl int ▁and ▁Andre ' s ▁defense ▁att orney ▁Mr . ▁Stevens ▁call ▁witness es ▁whose ▁test imon ies ▁build ▁conflic ting ▁stories . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁act , ▁the ▁judge ▁asks ▁the ▁court ▁cl erk ▁to ▁call ▁jur ors ▁from ▁the ▁audience . ▁Once ▁the ▁jur ors ▁are ▁se ated , ▁the ▁pro sec ution ▁argument ▁begins . ▁Fl int ▁explains ▁that ▁Andre ▁was ▁not ▁just ▁Fa ulk ner ' s ▁secretary , ▁but ▁also ▁his ▁lo ver . ▁He ▁says ▁Fa ulk ner ▁j ilt ed ▁her ▁to ▁marry ▁Nancy ▁Lee ▁Whit field ▁and ▁fired ▁Andre , ▁motiv ating ▁Andre ▁to ▁murder ▁him . ▁Fl int ▁then ▁calls ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁witness es , ▁starting ▁with ▁the ▁medical ▁exam iner , ▁who ▁test ifies ▁that ▁Fa ulk ner ' s ▁body ▁was ▁so ▁dam aged ▁by ▁the ▁fall ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁impossible ▁to ▁determine ▁whether ▁he ▁was ▁killed ▁by ▁the ▁impact ▁or ▁was ▁already ▁dead . ▁An ▁elder ly ▁night ▁watch man ▁and ▁a ▁private ▁investig ator ▁describe ▁the ▁events ▁they ▁saw ▁that ▁evening . ▁A ▁police ▁inspect or ▁test ifies ▁to ▁finding