The sun., 1900-12-22
PAINTED At BURyz TRIAL.
rs,soyyBs IRfTND, 1Fs' HtH''N
Was fUOi Sur 70 nv WIN"
~, FATHER. wo,h.' sid ." Ne '"m'"s ''."
p.,r.,,,.n,s .. "'ds' :" Testify 'h'' we
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a. x., t,.s,s snd never Has N''n WV
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u,. Catherine Ilert-n. one of the pflh'-
.t,,.,.,. In the trial NJ Fdsnr 4 bhrn'
4, Milo Plains. los' conscousne" '"''r
,,y 4, IN. witness chair, and had to b" 70
,,,d from tho court room Or" ~ w"
phy.ician. pte.cn' sH,d he th"nHh' 81" W.
Il, lp. and - report was srr"nd h'' VI" WV
,,,l rho court vas immediately Adl"nfh''
ILs widow, a. ~" has been o'l''n NUNS
,AI had tc4Imcd her testimony at no"
.nd ~ tho noon r"'""' inn-h'u'n W s
,os I'm, pcr.on 10 whom Butnz had turned
rb.n in trouble for over >enr rrcv'"n'
% ,he kilGng oi Sta'Ionmas'er fe'I"NS,
o,d n. ,Irnos, ~ much of hs time was sr"h'
+, g., houo Al. with his own relatives Mrs.
,,.,,., ~. looked upon 1s TIA" most imp"f-
,,,t witness ~ support the Plea o' INSANITY
,accpt the pfi .p""-'s mother.
She ia nhnut 2. wears old She was verV
rnla ard - cccdinclv nervous when .he began
her Testimony yesterday. long automohne
"a, ,lt,,, .he wore tightly buttoned up
desuite the heat OF the crowded court roon''
70 yercd. as wl- aftrrward seen, rr"'''y
decorated black gown. fer black I'''"te
hat relieved only nv bit ~ yelln" rlm'n'hs'
md long black veil combined Win her ddr'i
hair to hfiug ont stronger IN rchei IN" Iulheh
.,rrr..ion on her white features Atoee'her
an. y,. ON the Witness stand almost three
no r. and ~" manifested unnistahahl" Signs
~ exbnustiou She vas moving ncrvousH
q, b,- chair .hortlv before tho usual adjourn
urnt tie when District Attorney Andrews
asked
rNh,n Burnl left your house on tho night
ot Doc . Ispa the night on which Fellows
yu. killed did he tell YOU when he expected
la snp Won a.slius
Mrs. He,ten faltered FOR the first time
during the trial Then she moved forward
suddenly a. II about to reply. Instead OF
that. however. she turned deathly ial"' ana
shrieking hysterically she fell partly forward
and rrcled over unconscious into the arms
OF a court attendant. There wa. an 1prSsr
in the court room "a three ot thr eisht pm
sIcians present rushed forward. Judge
Kr"sh arose quickly and ad ,ourned court
Will, Mr@ R@r'ens hroET Pros',1'' sttemn,s Term to
r"yi"r it her By bathing her temple. and forcing
Ice water down her throat ia,ieI aM,iri' siinnmtn nts
aud b ning They removed her heavy
cloak aud applied other restoratlyes. toI"-
cover any heart beat. ana ne came out r ~
state OF alarm and told the Judge tnat MIS-, Mrs
II 'rten wa' dying Meanwhile Prs, Iiai de hart
ini 'ctinn, vi nitroglycerne and strychnine
ihis soon revived her and she was able 70 be
removed to peiSh6oring hotel. her e Illness nns1
straining a weak heart. from which she has
suffered severely at times.
liz. one parslyzed. He seemed TO be entirely
obivious of what had happened ,d.,dn his no,ssr w
being treated. She sat neal, her son. but |
they did not even exchange looks. Indeed. |
Mabel the prisoners sister who :, ran WILL, WIN ice
water to her sick friend, seemed 70 be the onIy |
CONSCIOUS member Of the Burnz family
Hall an hour after Mrs. Herten COLLAPSED |
Mrs Moore. her mother, who was unaware |
OF the Incident came into the courtroom.
Mrs Moore. who Is handsome and gray
haired. had precsded her daugbisr rr 9n 3iartn the
went on When she returned her face Vas
wreath ed In smiles and she carried a number
chased A deputy sheriff told her what
had occurred and escorted her to the hotel
When the hearing opened in the morning
clton was continued. She had recovered !
from her shock OF Thursday and remained
in a good state Of composure through2ut;
about sight packages OF cigarettes each day
S1, iS1 oyer ogr, gs perdioSb hsd been rratona naS
much a, he could not apply himself to any
thing o.,.A., !, d.o,aod ,h.r IN.
day's session was over. TO adjourn until
Wednesday in order to allow all concerned
II the trial 70 See5Iate rsa1i:s MsT,,I9is Mno,a
OF this city. mother of Mrs Herten. was then
called. She testified to the prisoners ex-
ces>ive cigarette smoking.
Then MIR. Herten was called as a witness
Birnz did not look at her as she began. She
had known that the prisoner had smoked
cigarettes for nine years. she said. In de-
scribing his appearance she said he had looked
wild-eyed and haggard and had once pointed |
a loaded revolver at hcr. Threatening to kill
her He had often steid al her house month
al one time He had smoked cigarettes con-
stantlv lie had abused her chile and once
when i'll he did not know her. II was when |
she was relating what he had said TO her In
her home early in the evening OF Fellows's
murder that she collapsed.
The following story, reported 70 have been
Rvon ont 10y the prosecution. was cirCu-
ldt"i Yesterday:
Mrs Elizabeth T.. Brrnz, grandmother
of the accused vonth, Is to he introduced IA
u witness against him reNt week Mrs |
BurnZ lived with her daughter-in-law and |
grandson until she was driven out by perse-
Cution, she says
A year ago she left the house and went |
to a sanitarium at Walters Park, Berks |
county, Pa She ls now over so years old |
and having read hat Mrs Burnz had testified |
that her sons insanity was Inherited from |
his fathers mother she is coming to White |
Plains to testify against this and also that |
the bOv has been way ward all his life
Prosecutor Andrews told eyorter that |
Il was true that Mrs Burnz was TO be wit |
ness for his side and that IL necessary he |
would 20 to Pennsylvania In a few days and |
bring her on
II vas said yest terday that she was anxious |
to testify that Edgar had never been insane
but had acted like devil ever since she |
first saw Inn