Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-19
BERRY'S MURDER TALE
Policeman TeStifieS in the Guy
Case in Flushing.
HOW HE FOUND OUT
Witness Swore That He Was Offered
Hush Money.
HE HIMSELF IS ALSO ACCUSED
DR.. Rourke Declared That the Defend
ant Told Him That Officer
Did the Killing.
HE HIMSELF IS ALSO ACCUSED
Special Dispatch to The Star.


FLUSHING. L. l., June 19.-Policeman
Alfred E. Berry of Far Rockaway
was called as a witness when the trial Of
DR.. Samuel S. Guy. the former coroner Of
Queens county. who is charged with MUIR
dering his wife, was resumed today before
Justice Jaycox in the supreme court here.
Berry is expected to furnish the sensation
of the trial, but before he was allowed to
testify former District Attorney Gregg Of
the defense demanded that the prose ution
establish the fact of the death of the muir
dered woman. Consequently, DR.. James F.
Rourke who was called in after Mrs Guy
had been shot. took the stand and testified
to the finding of the body.
Where was the defendant at the timer
Dr. Rourke was asked.
II saw him leaning ever the dead woman.
repeating, Why don't you get up? What Is
the matter? Speak to me- He thep turned
to me and said: What's the matter with
my wife,? l told him she had been shot,
and he said: This is terrible. doctor. If
she has been shot Berry did it. Berry was
in this house and he did the shooting
What was the condition of DR.. Guy at
the time?" asked Lawyer Gregg.
He appeared to be sober
WAS Annie Hansen. the servant. in the
room at the timer
Yes; but she left for a moment, and
came back again
DIR. William H. Nanmack. the coroner's
physician, told of making the autopsy.
Would Not Take Hush Money.
Policeman Berry was then called. He
said on the afternoon of April he was on
post in Far Rockaway, and went to the
Mott homestead and borrowed hammer.
Il went to the kitchen DOOR" said the
witness. land knocked several times: no
one appeared. and l walked in. Annie Han
sen came down stairs and gave me the
hammer. l went to the barn to take down
some fly nets. / took the hammer back and
put 1t on a gas range near the door.
AS l closed the door DIR. Guy and an
other man came around the corner of the
house. He appeared to be irritated and
asked me what l was doing there. l told
him 1 had borrowed hammer and was
returning it, He then said to me: How
much is 1t worth to keep still?" I replied.
1T Is worth about all you can get"
left then and went to the street, where
l stood talking to an Italian and Officer
Nausbaum. Miss Hansen then came to
where we were and told us to come to the
house. We went there and found Mrs
Guy on the floor. I called ambulance
and went to the house with 1t. DR.. Guy
was sitting in the kitchen. Later In the
evening Officer Conway gave me three re-
volvers.
That ended Berry's direct examination.
and former Deputy Police Commissioner
Mathot took him in hand.
Did you see Annie Hansen that after
noon?' was the first question.
Yes the witness made reply. Il
saw her on the lawn She spoke to me. but
/ can't remember what she said. I didn't
reply to her.
Berry said he was now engaged in the
livery business
Violated the Statute.
Don't you know that it Is a violation
of the statute of this state for a member
of the police force to engage in a pri-
waite business?" asked former Police Dep
uty Commissioner Mathot for the defense.
The witness said he didn't know 1t. and
when asked why he wore his uniform
while on his absence leave he replied
that it was cheaper, because he didn't
have to pay car fare.
Getting down to the day Of the shoot
ing. Mr.. Mathot asked the witness why
he had been so anxious to show Dr. Guy
the hammer he had returned to the
kitchen
Because" was the reply. che mumbled
something about the servant girl. and
borrowed the hammer"
The witness said he leased the barn in
the rear of DR.. Guys premises, AID had
been in the kitchen of the house several
times. He was there, he said. about
three weeks before the tragedy. but could
not remember what he had called for
You told a lie when you said that
you had borrowed the hammer to fix
fence?" asked Mr.. Mathot.
Delayed Report.
Yes. I did," admitted the witness The
witness admitted that he had been before
Inspector Cross to explain why a report of
the shooting had been delayed. He said
he had not been suspended. Shortly after
ward he reported sick.
Many of the questions which District At
torney Darrn put to the witnesses were
of a nature to show that it is the con-
tention of the prosecution that at the time
Mrs. Guy received the wound which re-
suited in her death she was trying to get
out of the dining room into the Kitchen
1t will be the contention of the defense
that Mrs. Guy was shot in the kitchen and
not in the dining room. and that she could
MT have walked any distance after receiv-
ing her