The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-07-02
SHOW MOTIVE
FOR MURDER
State Introduces the Story Of
Garfield Taylor.
IT WAS LOVE AT IlRST SIGHT,
Witness Told Of Bottles He Was 10 Destroy.
A Chemist Also Told OF Finding
Poison.
IT WAS LOVE AT IlRST SIGHT"

Mt Holly. N j.. July 2-The smile OF
confidence which beamed on Mrs Anna
r. Phares' face since she confronted a
jury charged with the murder of her
husband vanished when Garfield Taylor
took the stand as star witness against
her. Taylor was at first held. suspected
Of being an accessory TO the alleged mur-
der. The state had plain case or IL
that he and Mrs. Phares were very
much in love, but the telling OF II all by
Garfield Taylor remained for yesterdays $
session OF the court to bring out.
Taylor was the last witness OF the day.
He said they first met about two or three
years ago. when Mrs. Phares was on
visit TO her sister Mrs. Kimble. Taylor
one day while she was picking strawoer,
case OF love at first sight.
once they went TO Camden and Phlla-
delphia together. In Camden. the wit
ness said. Mrs. Phares asked him TO
marry her. but he said he would not. as
she had one husband already.
He Identified several letters put In evi-
dence as having been written by Mrs.
Phares TO him. one began MY dear
hubby GARFIELD and was signed your
wife and sweetheart Nam
MOTIVE FOR MURDER.
This and other letters OF a similar char
acter are the principal points upon which
the state is seeking 10 establish motive
for murder.
on cross-examination Taylor made
much poorer impression. He had denti-
he'd two strange bottles, which he said
Mrs. Phares had asked him to destroy,
and had said he did not know what the
bottles had contained, but on cross ex-
animation he admitted that he did
know what they contained. and so far
from holding deadly poison, they had
contained a drug which Mrs Phares her
self was taking unknown to her husband.
This contradiction had a great effect
on the jury. Lawyer Budd also develop
ed tire fact that Taylor was asked TO
come TO the Phares house by Phares
To watch over his wife and children
while he was away.
Did you give ring to Mrs Phares?"
asked Mr. Budd.
mo. / only left II TO her She used
TO wear II when we were out"
'On what finger did she wear it?''
The one next to her little finger"
Did she ever wear IL about the house
when her husband was around?"
81 do not know | suppose she did"
The witness said Mrs. Phares had never
said anything TO him about buying stry-
chnine. He denied that she had ever
SAID anything that would lead him TO
think she contemplated killing her hus-
band She had never mentioned the fact
that her husbands life was insured.
HER STATEMENT SUSPICIOUS.
Coroner Frank Ridgeway. the first wit
ness I'm the forenoon, told of going 70
the home OF the Phares the night Albert
Phares died suddenly. He said the
dead mans body showed signs that
Phares had died in commissions.
81 asked Mrs. Phares 4 her husband
had not died in convulsions," said Ridge
way. "and she answered" "Oh, no: Al
died very easy He had no convulsions
and really died without a struggle"
The coroner said a post-mortem ex-
animation was held, and then the CON
tents or Phares stomach were sent 70
a chemist in Camden. who said he found
strychnine.
George NJ Barringer. a chemist from
Camden. testified that he made three
chemical analysis of organs OF Phares
lie found a total OF a seventh OF a grain
OF pure strychnne. but II Is known to
science that the loss OF strychnine In
making the test is very great. There
must have been more strychnine in the
stomach
Mrs. George W. Phares. mother OF the
dead man, was an important witness for
the prosecution. She told OF her daugn-
ter-ln-law coming TO her home in Tren-
ton. leaving her children there and going
on n trip with Garfield Taylor.