The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-01-11
HIS Wife IS
AGAINST HIM
Mrs simpsons testimony May
Condemn Husband.
WOULD YOU HANG Me"
Witness In Norihpofl Tragedy
Give, Sensational tv &c

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snlth 10 got the sun.
she seat through the drili prcseniing
arms aud grounding the heavy sun IN .
practic~i vsy. Tbsr. ~s. = ,.nss hn.h
IN the room.
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clearly. but DT. simpson did not raise
bic face from bis hands Mrs. rlmp-op
showed no trace ~ nervousness. She
said The hammer. were down while Dr.
Simpson was playing with the gun.
= would hsve spoken 10 him II They
had been NJ" IN. said. 4 did no,
speak. 90 feel sure ths hammers we're
down Ne banged the gun down -.v.
-rai times"
shs identified the legrl document her
father had bcen reading on the night Of |
the shooting and said: Il saw DR.. simp. /
son standing by the stove and looking |
carefully Of the paper my father was
reading I asked him. Are you seeing |
all you wantr lie replied. I'm seeing
\ great many things"
A. she told Of this Dr. Simpson look.
ID At her for the frst time. His eyes
were bleared. anu his hands shook VIC.
entity a. he mopped the sweat from his
forehead.
Sirs. Simpson told Of the drill and DR..
simpsons going upstairs before clean.
ng his gun. She continued: Il noticed
low quiet hs suddenly became. He sat
It'll for q long time without saying a
word. I thought mamma had asked
,in for money. be was 90 quiet"
She said that when DR.. Simpson came
Town with the gun he carried Il very
He held II By the barrel.
Ike this"
In her sagerness she half rose from
Ter chair and held her hand out 10
initiate the manner. She heard Mr..
iornsr talking in the kitchen, but did
lot hear her husband say anything.
After the gun went off," she said.
i heard soutiiing and a mumbllng
loise. When l came into the kitchen
mamma had already run In DIR. Slmp-
on was standing there with his hat on.
said to him:
why did you do this? Why didn't
ou put the gun up as told youg' He
aid. Don't, darling"
What followed created a sensation in
he court
Mrs. simpson," asked the district
ttornsy, tell us what happened In
our room just after the shooting?''
MY husband came up to my room."
he answered. and there, in the pres.
nee Of other parties, repeated to him:
Why did you do this? Why didn't you
ut UP your gun when told you to put
upY
His reply was, Would you hang
isr He repeated the words would I
on hang me- twice"