The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-07-03

Admits Writing Love Letters to
TayIor-The Defense Is That
Husband Killed Himself.

Mount Holly, N. j.. July a.-Mrs. Anna
y. Phares. accused OF having murdered
her husband. Albert Phsres. by poison.
because OF her affection for Garfield Tsy-
ior. teek the witness s'ana I'm her own
deferee. Many va aon were prVscn. to
listen to her testimony,
She was very cain and gave her tfsu-
mohy without the slightest trace OF ner-
vousness, She declared that during their
married life she had never ausrrelled
with her husband their only differences
having been about the children Being a
msmbsr OF the Union Mechanics and a
constable her husband was away at
night very often. she said. and had re-
Questsc Garfield Taylor 10 remain at the
house with her. He paid his first visit
there about threo years ago.
The week hafore Albsrts death. Mrs
Pheres said, sho went to Trenton With
her children. having had trouble with
her husband. BY request OF Taylor she
met him at Burlington the next day.
March 7. They went TO Camden aud
stopped two days with Jennie Moore.
While there Taylor wanted her to marry
him. but she refused. He said lie would
marry her IL he had TO go through fire
and water
AFFECTIONATE TRENTON LETTER.
Taylor. which was signed your wife
and sweetheart, Man." she said she had
used this language because Taylor had
signed his letters in a similar manner
and she was initiating him. The express
sion that she would go through fire and
water for Taylor, she said, was In re-
ciprocation OF similar statements made
by Taylor to her.
Mrs. Phsres had just begun TO describe
the illness of her husband on the Sat-
urday before his death when court ad-
5ourned
The greater part OF the death was oc-
cupied by the concluding evidence for
the persecution. Garfield Taylor on
cros-examination said ne loved Mrs.
Pheras and that he had cried at her feet.
He would not admit that he had threat
ened TO break up Albert Phares' home.
or that he had sad. while at the resi- |
dence OF Miss Moore in Camden Nan /
will have you n ] have 10 wade |
through IRE and water"
SUICIDE THEORY OF DEFENSE.
James l.. Jamison, a justice OF the
peace OF Mount Holly told OF a state
ment made to him by Mrs. Phares i'm
mediately after her arrest She said
that when she purchased the strychnlne
which figures In the case she obtained
some brown tablets from DIR. Dubben,
who put them In an envelope
On the way home they fell TO the bot
tom OF the carriage and became crushed
oy her stepping on them while getting out
% purchase bag or corn. This made
umpy mass. part Of which she said she
Eave to her husband in the presence OF
Harry Burr. The latter testified on Mon |
lay TO having seen Mrs. Phares gave her
husband two brown powders that were
umpy.
John B. Townsend. farmer by whom
Taylor was formerly employed, testified
hat Mrs. Phares sometimes came to his
'lace and helped Tayror milk the cows
nd assisted him with other work Towns
nd said he was surprised one morning
vhen he went down stairs at s o'clock by
es,ns es Mrs. Phares sitting by the Kitchen
ouse, she sad, because she could not get
n her own home ,
In opening the defense Lawyer Budd
aid ne would prove that continued ILL
ess had given Phares n motive to COM
at suicide. He said Mrs Phares burn {
q uns stryohnine because Samuel Gilbert Q
40 threatened her with trouble IL any {
ming happened TO Phares. and she was
fraid he would find the poison.
You mean TO say you don't see any, !
n1ng wrong In the behavior OF the :
rusts7'' =
''Wen. ~aid Senator Sorghum uneasiiv.
there 10 one virtue that i have always
ought 70 cultivate. never talk scan =
al Star. =
! granger who came from Twin Views
81 In with a nice stack OF bliews
Ere the midnight bell tolled
His feet grew ro cold
nat he had TO stun hay in his shiews