Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-06
Mrs. May each day during that time and
noticed nothing irrational In her actions.
Was m Eyewitness.

Was IN Eyewitness.
Louis F. Lippo. a machinist In the navy
yard. was the first witness called after the
nesses Of the shooting. and his testimony
bore upon Mrs. Mays actions at the time.
He said he saw nothing which caused him
to form an opinion whether Mrs. May was
sane or insane
Harry T. Burton. who was one Of the
nrst witnesses in the case, was recalled and
asked by Assistant United States Attorney
Turner:
Did you form an opinion as to Mrs.
Mays sanity or insanity just after the
shooting occurred?'
thought she was sane"
did she appear calm and collected?'
She seemed collected to me In all she
said"
Harry D,onds also a previous Witness
was again placed on the stand and asked
similar questions. He thought she was
sane. and said Mrs. May seemed very clear
and steady.
Francis robson gave almost Identical tes-
timony.
Policeman John T. Smith of the fifth pre-
cinct related incidents In the station house
just after Mrs. May was arrested.
II asked her II she had anything to say
about the shooting" Smith said, ''and just
then Lieut.. McCathran came in and warned
Mrs. May that anything she would say
might be used against her."
:" don't care" witness quoted Mrs
May as stating, "'what he got was no
more than he deserved. after the way he
talked about me-"
Policeman Smith also asserted that Mrs
May seemed sane to him at the time.
Mrs. Mcleod and Mrs Thornburgh police
matrons at the house Of detention. testified
the defendant appeared sane during her
Incarceration over night in that institu-
ton.
For Further Examination.
For still further examination Mrs. Conen,
mother OF the victim, was recalled, and she
contradicted statements previously made in
evidence by Mr.. May, about Mrs. May be-
ing out late at night. Mrs. Conen men
toned one occasion in Chicago when Mrs.
May and her son Lucien did not come in
until O'Clock or after in the morning
- tSh as did you last see Mrs. May, prior
she came around to our boarding house
and tried to see my son alone" Mrs Conen
replied. She also declared Mrs. May had
some object in her blouse. and Lucien
Conen cried out that it was pistol. That
incident was terminated. Mrs. .Conen said,
by the landlady ordering Mrs. May away,
with the threat to call the police.
Mays in 1905. was again called. and she
said she knew nothing about" Mrs. May
being insane.
DR.. Smith E. Gelliffe, an alienist from
new 1Ork, caileQ Dy the government. was
on the stand when The Stars report closed.
The question of admitting Mrs. Mays
letters into evidence probably will not be
decided until tomorrow The case will
likely go to the jury tomorrow. -
Proceedings Late Yesterday.
After The Stars report closed yesterday
Mrs. Conen, mother of the victim Of the
shooting. was again called to the stand
and she testified regarding the seventy
seven letters which were brought into the
case for Identification several days ago by
United States Attorney Baker At that
time Ole ]. May, husband OF the defendant,
identified only two or three of the letters
as probably being in his wifes handwrit-
ing.
Mrs. Conen declared all the letters were
given to her by her son, Lucien. with the
explanation that they had been written to
him by Mrs. May.
Lowen Horton, handwriting expert from
Trenton. N. J., testified that all the letters
were written by one person.
]. Frank Trazzare, the local handwriting
expert, was called as witness, but his
testimony was not needed as at this point
Mr.. Fulton, counsel for Mrs. May, admitted
the authorship OF the seventy-seven ex-
hibits.