New-York tribune., 1906-06-15

is supposed TO have disappeared August ~
prior to which she had never washed for Poole
DO you recall talk had with Won on ,he
mill DAM" asked Mr.. scudder when YOU said
Poole had pistol that night?"
Yes, but that was my story then and thi.
is my story to-day that he did have pistol"
said Miss O'Hara.
Why do you tell different stories?'
We'll at that time. had not decided to tell
about what Cleve had told me- was the reply
Poole stated that he had pistols one of
which had come into the possession OF Gertrude.
and that she had showed it to him. takin, it
from her dress the night of the shooting at the
same time telling him she had just shot her
father He found four shells exploded The
defendant testified that Mrs OHara had said
10 an Italian who was carrying her husband
nome; It's pity you wouldn't kill him instead
OF bringing him home" After remaining all the
evening IN the hotel with Jimmy OHara. Poole
VINO had taken cigars instead of drinking. had
staIteo with OHara for home. O'Hara had
ssio mat he would not go home as there was
no home for him there Poole had left him
after placing him his feet Poole had gone
TO the OEara house. where he had found no
one save the children. who We're asleep He
went to Gertrude's room and called her inside
the house and outside without eliciting a re-
sponse. He had reclined upon the lounge and
IalIen asleep. That was shortly after midnight
Between II and l O'Clock the door opened
awakening him, and Mrs. and Miss O'Hara had
entered The girl was crying. he said.
i asked her what made her cry" said the
witness, and she replied: I've shot the old
referring to her father.
Where asked, and she said:
AT Daviss corner
i did not believe il, because had often heard
her threaten to kill her father before both before
his face and behind his back. Once she aimed
my pistol at his head, and 1 struck it up just
as ii went off"
Where was Mrs. O'HaraY' the witness was
asked.
She stood behind her husband with a clothes
pole She struck him on the head with that
Gertle said she would have TO kill her father as
that was the only way she could get along in
ne The shirt wore had little horseshoes on
morning at 8 o'clock she said her husband would
never come home again. I hunted for Jimmy
out dld not tell what the women had said be-
cause old not believe II. After got into iail
ule men tried TO make me make a confession
ana ana placed me in cell by myself and put me
onI1ush the third degree. but never made any
SoliIesSIon Mrs. OHara said she would soon
nave 500 to sport upon. She said that both
pe1ore ana directly after her husbands disap-
Rearance There was insurance policy of
$50 on his life l know this because I had
MUM" N' 0 pc
Mrs James Cowen. a sister of the accused man
testhed that she had done all her brothers
Washlhg ara that the shirt found near the body
ana which had been identified as Poole's was
not his and that he never owned it She had
also heard Gertrude OHara threaten to Kill her
Iather ana can him names, and Pool had remOn-
strated with Gertrude
The case will be finished TODAY nossibIv
reaching the jury by the middle Of the after
noon unless a long rebuttal is introduced hy
the prosecution. Justice Burr has several times
SAID that the trial is taking too much time