New-York tribune., 1906-06-15
TWO CALLED SLAYERS
POOLE and GIRL ON STAND
Each Says Other Confessed to Kill
ing James O'Hara.

Grover Cleveland Poole. OF Port Washington.
Yang Island, accused OF numbering James
oEsra, whose daughter. Miss Gertrude OHara
poole was engaged TO marry. was the first wit
-sss for the deferce yesterday. He closely fol-
,ov-ed Miss O'Hara, who svyore that Poole had
,,la her the night OF August 13 that ne had
so. her father and disposed Of the body I'm Tho
woods Poole not only denied that he had made
any such statement 10 his sweetheart, but sv,ors
cutie as positively as she had done that Miss
oHsra and her mother had told him that they
,s6 she; OHara He told story which was
s,rrely unshsken under stiff examination.
The girls story also was not lacking in detail.
hut Il did not stand the fire OF cross-examination
sc did that Of the defendant.
Miss O'Hara vas the first witness OF the day.
She made a good appearance. considering her
,onr confinement in the Nassau County jail as a
witness
cleveland Poole boarded with my family after
~ did TIE murder" said the girl. That was
Injected 10 ny the counsel for the defence Hal
s,eaa scudder. and stricken out Miss O'Hara
continued as follows:
woc. he boarded there after my father disap-
psarea lie stayed with US occasionally before
kr-yst r. lie would come 10 the house and stay
"a and ny father would make him stay all night
He then slept WIN W n, ny, my @ fa5her; slept upstairs
ClsTs Poole ~ school. and We were friendly. We
Sr-ps the three or four weeks Immediately prior
70 pps's death than he had done before. Papa
srrlty toward me. He would always start picking
al ne. I would answer back. and he would get
mad Cleve always took my part when he was
NTevs pushed papa against fence beside the
saraen when papa was about TO strike
Papa ca9s ~ @ q ~ 70 oS Ell Se 1 q Cievs tNs tqa t MN nm
hSno on a pistol IN his pocket. He always carried
without IL And he always would put his hand in
his hip pocket. as i he wouldn't allow papa 10 do
p56s q raoons as If 70 protect ne. lots Of
tines papa and Cleye clashed Ny father wouldn't
have wor6s. When 1 whisued papa would say
and he would get mad
HAD FATHER SENT TO JAIL
after the garden quarrel had papa sent to 3ail
Cleve always nred his pistol IN the middle Of the
m 4E IN H @ e o pod s he boag6 ssnsi il in 10 Ne% ms
York. ! know u by something broken upon it,
two Iisisns had LETT The house to visit hotel
mamma and sat Up 70 wait for them 10 return
no outer shirt He said papa, was contrary and
10 bed and then Cleve told me al about IT. I said
Z sho,: him" said cleve.
Yes, did Re TepIted. and then he described it
all 70 me He said he had led papa from the rail-
oaa station along 70 DS Jhs S1nP mp m meeting @ G gTound
esIrys 's Z i = ;i1S % hI b7 "a a one ia a'1: ma ma
toi5 him, .Oh nothing AS they entered the camp
shd hs tei down Then. While he was lying upon
the ground he sh0t MIN again. Papa cried out:
Ny Coo, Cleve, NY boy, what have ever done
70 you make YOU dp this?'
Then papa saw lie was dying and said: 7 an,
diving CIeye. my boy. shake hands and he died
with Cleyes hands cLssped in his. cleye then told
-us. my father had got lie told me he dragged
ne a06v To the woods The next night he went TO
@ sd s he 5ody 1ia five % and IN half feet beneath tae
ground. 3N Christian people should BE- buried.
H. often spoke OF IL. and wondered II anybody had
found the body He made believe search for the
yard and said the people would be looking beneath
trt Ife did not have il on when he returned that
rgt- Yes ;hat is the shirt Il IS the very one.
Nan a time have I washed that shirt.
IDENTIFIES FATHERS CLOTHING.
The witness ide:la ffted her fathers clothing as
that found on the skeleton in the thicket Sep
tember Fl
When The prosecution rested Nj Scudder
moved that The court direct a verdict Of acquit-
tal because ne said, no evidence had been in
iroducel tending 10 Ttrove that O'Hara had died
violent death. The motion was denied
Under cross-examination Miss O'Hara lost her
temper. She stated that she had often done
Pooes washing for him, but that prior 10 Au-
gust Is III had always been done at his mothers
home She was very certain on that point not
Withstsndiug the fact that il was alleged by
ne prosecution that tbe-shirt supposed 10 be-
long TO Poole and which had been found near
castle Gould a month amer the finding Of the
''oy, had been often washed by her. That shirt