The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-20
DETAILS OF THE GUY MURDER
ATTEMPT TO SHOW THAT THE
DOCTOR ALONE DID m.
Policeman Berry and the Servant, Annie
Hansen, Both swear That Berry Was
Not in the House nj the Time the Crime
Was COmmItted-Guy Blamed Berry.

NOU III the ItOuke NJ tue IIHn6 TIC OTtmC
Was COmmitted-Guy blamed Berry.
That DR.. Samuel S. Guy, his wife Lillian
Mott Guy, and their servant Annie Hansen
were the only persons in the old Mott home
stead in Far Rockaway on the evening OF
April 8 last, when Mrs. Guy was shot to
death, was what the prosecution sought to
prove yesterday before Justice Walter H..
Jaycox in the Queens County Supreme
Court, Flushing. L.. l., where DR.. Guy ia
on trial for killing his wife. This was the
third day OF the trial. DR.. Guy has at
tempted TO shift the crime TO the shoulders
OF Policeman Alfred T.. Berry. attached to
the Seventy-ninth precinct at Far Rocka-
way, who was around the house just a few
minutes before the shooting and whose
presence there practically started the
quarrel which terminated in the murder.
Berry and Miss Hansen, the servant girl,
were the two chief witnesses yesterday.
An attempt wal made by the defence to
show that Mrs. Guy had been dead some
time before an alarm was given. Thus far
in the evidence il has been shown and
practically admitted by both sides. that
DR.. Guy entered his home a few minutes
before the shooting and had a quarrel
with his WIFE, and when the court took a
recess last evening testimony OF the murder
had been introduced and DR.. Guys where
abouts, unless in the dining room where the
fatal shots were fired, we're un"accounted
for by the defence.
That DIR. Guy was quick in selecting
a culprit for the crime was show by the
testimony OF DR.. James F. Rourke, who
was calledJin to attend Mrs. Guy mmedi-
ately following the shooting. DR.. Guy
had been brought into the room by the
policeman having him in custody. DR..
Rourke testified that Guy was leaning over
the body Of his wife and kept repeating:
Whats the matter? Why don't you
get upf Why don't you speak to me1'
DR.. Rourke said he told DR.. Guy that
Mrs. Guy had been shot and was dying.
"Shoti Shotl" DR.. Guy exclaimed, that
il. terrible. If she's shot Berry referring
to Policeman Berry, did 1t. lie has just
been here
DIR. Rourke said that DR.. Guy appeared
sober. at the time, but was greatly excited.
In regard to the rounds DR.. Rourke testified
that three bullets had entered the woman's
body. Her death was caused by internal
hemorrhage and was practically instan-
taneous. DR.. William Nammack, Coroner's
physician, gave similar testimony In regard
TO the wounds.
Policeman Berry testified that he was
in the livery business and had sent his
resignation to Police Headquarters and
was awaiting its acceptance. On the day
of the shooting. he said, he called at the
rear door Of DR.. Guys house to borrow
q hammer to fit some ~hangings In his stable,
, which happened to be on his beat. He
was on duty at the time.
There vas no one in the kitchen when
he returned the hammer, 80 he opened
the door, put 1t on the gas range and WAS
In the act Of leaving when DR.. Guy and
another man approached the door. DR..
Guy appeared irritated at seeing him COM
ing out OF his house. and Berry opened
the kitchen door and showed him the ham
mer lying where he had placed it. AS
Berry was of post in uniform he says DR..
Guy said to him:
IHow much is it worth to keep still?"
1T is worth all you can get" Berry said
he replied. He then left and went down
the street, where he met Policeman Nuss-
baum, also Of the Far R~ockaway precinct,
with whom he was talking when the servant
girl, Annie Hansen, came running down
the lawn from DR.. Guys house, screaming
that DR.. Guy had killed his wife. Nothing
unusual developed in his cross-examina-
ton, but after the examination of the SER
oAtN AhAAAAAS AAiRN va ""S NtAN
and admitted having had a conversation
with the girl after he left the house In which
the girl told him that DR.. Guy had insulted
her and he might have advised her TO pack
up her trunk and leave.
} By2way Of clinching Berry's story that
be left the house before the shooting,
Thomas Leach, a well known politician
Of Far Rockaway, who lives next TO the
Mott Mansion, testified TO seeing Berry
on the street in the interval between his
leaving DR.. Guy and the alarm over the
shooting of Mrs. Guy.
Annie Hansen. the servant In the house
hold. then told about the hammer episode
and said that DIR. Guy said the policeman
zee her. DR.. Guy tainted her and she
burst out crying and appealed to Mrs. |
Guy to protect her from the doctors in
suits. Continuing she said:
Il said he came into the house to borrow
the hammer. Tn doctor said: L don't
believe it; he's been in here with you
Then | said: This is the second time you
nave insulted me and | am going to have
you taken TO court and punished began
10 cry and Mrs. Guy came out and said:
Don't cry. Annie; you see the condition
he's in Then they both went into the
dining room. and a few minutes later came
out again into the kitchen, Mrs. Guy having
hold of his coat. Mrs, Guy said: 1 will
have you arrested DR.. Guy said: You
cannot She said so help me God / will
"Then DR.. Guy lost his balance and fell
on the floor between the kitchen range and
the table. Mrs. Guy stepped on him and
said: Twill choke you. Will you be good?'
He said: NO She stepped on him again
and finally let him get up. when they both
went into the dining room"
Owing 10 the fact that the dining room
is separated from the kitchen by the buffers
pantry abe could not hear what was said in
the dining room, as the doors were closed,
but about ten minutes later she heard two
pistol shots and Mrs. Guy came staggering
toward the kitchen and fell head first
on the kitchen floor. Witness heard foot
steps in the pantry, and fearing that Mrs.
Guys asslilant was after her also. ran out
Of the house and seeing Policeman Nuss-
baum at the trolley station called out 10
him that DR.. Guy had shot his wife. As
ehe was reentering the house again she saw
DR.. Guy leaving the grounds on his way 10
the trolley station, and Policeman Nuss-
baum arrested hin at the foot of the drive
way. When taken into the kitchen, she
says. DR.. Guy kneelt beside his wife's body
and said:
sOh, my dear wife; ! love you So
Later The witness helped the police
search for the weapon with which the