Evening journal., 1903-07-02
WOMAN
Tells HER STORY
Defense Claims That Her
Husband Poisoned Himself
by Accident or Design
MRS, PHARES COOL ON THE STAND

She Admits All Her Misconduct and
Lays Blame for il on Garfield Tsy-
lor-Must Undergo Severe Gross.
Examination.
Mt Holly, N. j., July 2.-The climax
I'm the Phares case, so far as the testl-
mony is concerned, was reached when
Mrs. Phares. the woman on trial
charged with the murder of her hus-
band, Albert A. Phares. went on the
stand in hCr own behalf.
In opening the case for the defense
Lawyer Budd said: Cur defense will
show TO you that when Mrs phares
came home from her visit away she
found her husband not in the best OF
health. We will show you that he suf-
fered from a rupture and that he was
despondent from the pain which he
was suffering
I'VE will show you that Mrs. Pharos
wanted to go for a doctor but that her
husband demurrod, and that finally on
Monday morning she did go for a doc
tor, and when she left the house she
was told by her husband to buy some
strychnine with which to oxterminate
rats We will not claim that Mr..
Phares committed suicide, but we will
show that Mrs. Phares did not admin
lister the strychnine to her husband;
that the strychnine was not in the
/ kitchen at the time Mrs. phares came
home at noon, and that il was proba-
BILE for Mr.. Phares to have taken the
strychnine either with suicidal intent
or by accident"
When Attorney Budd called the
name of Mrs. Phares, the fair defend
ant rose promptly from her seat, and
with a firm step walked 70 the witness
stand. She facel the jury, and in loud,
distinct tones answered the questions
put to her by Mr.. Budd.
Mrs. Phares said she was born on a
farm near Jacksonville, and that she is
2S years old. She married Albert
Phares ten years ago last January.
and three children resulted from the
union the eldest being years old and
the youngest 6.
Where were you living at the time
, Of your husbands death?' asked Mr..
Budd.
Near Jacksonville" replied Mrs.
Phares.
What was your husbands habits
during the latteg part Of his life as to
staying out late at night?'
He stayed out quite frequently, and
I told him I'd rather he would stay
more at home"
when did you first meet Garfield
Taylor?"
about three years ago"
Mrs. Phares then told how her hus-
band asked Taylor to come to the
house and take care of it while he was
attending to his lodge duties. Taylor
came. and he always remained until
Phares came home, when he would
leave and go to his home, which was
with the Townsends.
Without a quiver in her voice, with
out the slightest emotion, without a
trace of shame, the young woman told
Of her relations with Garfield Taylor.
How. little by little their attachment
grew and ripened into an Illicit love.
"He tempted me-" was her excuse.
"and / can't say how 1t all came
about" She did not attempt to deny
one iota of what had been said about
her; she evidently did not care for the
worlds opinion; she boldly repeated
the story Of her visit to Camden. All
the blame for the misconduct she at
tached to Garfield Taylor by saying
"He coaxed me to go and get mar
ried."
Her bonds of matrimony were for
gotten because he said, Il want you;
8 must have you if have 20 go through
nre and water to get you" To Taylor
s she attributes the first use of this ex-
0 preston. and she liked it so well that
e she embodied it in her letter to Gar
d Geld.
"why did you address Garfield as
. My dear hubby, Garfeld?'" asked Mr.
Budd
Because he called me his Darling
n Wife" answered the witness; because
: in all the notes he wrote he addressed
% me as My darling wife, and signed il
% Your loving Hub"
1 This was the keynote OF her entire
testimony. Because Garfield did this
! did likewise. Because he said he
. loved me- I said loved him. Because
y he wanted me to do wrong, ! die
~ wrong" That was the excuse made
by Mrs. Phares for bringing upon her
Il self the stigma under which she suf
a ers.
- Mrs. Phares put an entirely new
2 phase on the shirt incident. She claims
i that the shirt, which her mother-in
y law gave to her husband was refused
20 by the latter
ct gave my husband the shirt" salt
Mrs. Phares. but he didn't want Il
~ He said. 4 don't want anything iron
~ her; let her give it to the one sh
Or gives everything.