The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-30
WARNER RUNS HIS OWN CASE
AND QUESTIONS THE SISTER or
SHE GIRL HE KILLED.
she Admits Kpowtng OF Her sisters Friend.
ship for Him. bot says W DispIcssed
Her Because Of warmers Drtnking
Habtts-rruckIns n Tells Ut the Arrest.

snip Tor Vtu. Out says " Dhbpicoecu
Her Because Of warmers Drtnking
Habtts-rruckmsn Tells VI the Arrest.
: rnseborg Norling. a good looking young
woman, wac called yesterday In Judge
Fosters court in General sessions 10 tell
Of the death Of her sister Esther e.. Norling.
who vas shot and killed on July % by
Frank Fl. Warner in Whites h~aberdashery
store IN Fast Forty-second street. Miss
Norlinc, who lives a. the Young Women
christian Association in West FOrty-fourth
street and who IL n visitor for tho Man
haitian Congregational Church at Broadway
and Scventy-,ixth street, told briefly In
reepons Ia questions from Assistant
district Att orn"y Train what she KNEW
OF her sisters death. She knew. she said.
that her sist er had been on friendly terms
with Warner for n time.
Then Warner. who has sprirts ofhaIdllnS
hts own case, throwing aside his lawyers
stood I'D and began To eNaminc the witness
Although Warner ~ being tried only for
the murder " Miss Norling, after he shot
hcr hc went down 10 Waverlcy place ami
shot and killed. Jobs .. Wilson, "A hat manu-
fscrurer, who had been his friend.
Well. said Warner. stroking his bushy
beard and hair AMI looking over his eye
glasses, "you knew Mr.. Warner for n
number of Year,, didn't you?"
Yes, 7 did" said Miss Norling
You were always on good terms with
Nr. Warner, weren't YOU" asked Warner in
. gentle tone
Il never had any q%nsrrels with him no.
said the witness.
"Nou knew that your sister was Away,
on good terms with Mr.. Warner. didn't
you?" saii Warner. with something Of a
pathetic tone.
Yes" said Mis- NUling
-lon mel your sister with Dir, Warner
q number Of times. didn't yUu?"
Il ant Say the Dumber of times said
Miss Norliug. but il was not very often"
But We have been together TO Coney
Island said Warner.
81 can't remember il" said Miss NoriinG,
with a sl,rug Of the shoulders.
Well persisted Warner. your sister
and | met you over ON Staten Island one
SUNDAY wien We visited u certain family;
we brought you over to New York and took
a trip 10 Coney Island and went srou nd.
That il only about n year ago"
Ne, il could not have been IA year ago
said Miss Norling, who didn't sem 70 bs
able 10 fN thH dat"
al, I wish 10 know. said Warner per
suasively, is tlrI' there was never any
III feeling hetwrSn IA" three Of Ms"
You mean "" never quarrelled! QIrs-
Stoned Miss Morning
You never saw amy i'll feeling or trouble
bet vcen the tire" II ia, " said Warner.
40, ] never saw any evidence of IL,
said Miss Sorling.
And you alvaNS thuugh' we'll of NJ.
Warner. didn't yoI?" sali Warner. as
summing the air of "a lHw"cr whD had gained
NO, -ir. said ,lls. No.!ins with en-
phasis.
And what MS he cgus' IF that" asked
Warner.
-Driukiur " said Miss Morning
Outside Of that condition. he wasn't
slNays drinking pleaded Warner.
y rouldn't naN sail Miss Norling. who
vas irving hard to b" fair.
Misr Sorling sad she always objected to
the talk Of her sr'er md Warner being
engaged Her i%,ripcipai reason was that
Warner drank tor much Warner brought
out that ut tho end Of the time when he had
a store in Foriy-sP"Ond street he had turned
- over q" Miss Nurline. who had been his
cashier. She bad PIT ny some capital:
Warner says hay business reverses and
the digging of the subway IN FOrty-recond
street, knocking out HE trade. unbalanced
hir mind.
Mr.. Annie Clayton. with whom Warner
boiried az 35i West Thirty--ffth street.
testified that Warner came into the house
after killing Miss Norling and threw things
around, some of them out 81 she window.
He had been drinking heavily for "A week
He told her that his father when an old
man had married a young servant girl
and that when hc died lr left her all his
money. That worried him a great deal.
Then came" the building IL the subway
and his creditors pressed him. For a
week before the murder she didn't believe
be had ANYTHING To- eat. When he was
sober he was rational. but when he was
drunk he was irrational.
"Ho vas u polished gentleman when he
was sober she said. but when he was
drunk he was very di sagreeabIe."
That closed the prosecutions case. but
AZ the request Of Warmers lawyers other
witnesses were called IA tell about the
killing of Wilson. although Warner Is not
being tried for that murder. The idea
If Warmers hwy"Is was to show IA" jury
the condition ~ Warmers nm n the
time OF tn. double murder
Several witnesses told wlInt happened nj
Wilson's hat store. Then Jacob Rose. the
trickman, who took Warner down with
his bale hook, described how h. knocked
Warner out.
There was Iitti" james. Johnny the
Wop and Big Jake and others standing NJ
a truck" said Rose, when | heard "A shot
Then saw this man come ont with a pisto
hanging at his side. He passed mo. i
said. 'Hully gee" ] jumped and landed him
with me nook Then he went down. 4
cop came up and arrested mo for assault
But you were di.charged with the thank,
of the Court. jls, as We thank Won here
Said Assistant District Attorney Train.
That's right, s. said Rose.
Warner will begin to-day 20 put in his
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