Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-26
WA|TM0RE ON TRIAL
Faces Jury for Second Time
for Uxoricide.
PROSECUTION is STRONGER
Two Witnesses Expected to Break
Down Alibi.
THEY GOT OUT OF WAY BEFORE
Fred Elliot, Who Gave Evidence
for State, Calls Upon Prisoner
in Jail.
THEY GOT OUT OF WAY BEFOR1

NEW YORK, October 26.-Theodore
/ Whitmore. the elevated railroad motor
man who is accused of the murder OF his
wife. Helena Whitmore, in Lampblack
swamp. at Harrison. n. j.. last Christ
mas night will be put on trial today for
the second time in the Hudson county
court of oyer and terminer in Jersey
| City.
On the first trial last May the jury
disagreed. the vote on the last ballot
taken standing eleven for acquittal and
one for conviction
| Mrs. Whitmore's nude body was found
in the swmap on the morning OF Decem-
Der rs, last Parts of the clothing in
| which she was dressed when she left her
home In Brooklyn the previous night were
| found nearby.
Crime Traced to Husband.
There was nothing on the clothes or
on the body that would indicate who the
murdered woman was. For several days
the case was enveloped in mystery w.
NJ Clemens. a crminologist. traced the
makers of the clothing which the woman
| had worn and in that way brought about
| the identification of the body
Reporters found Whitmore at his home
| in BROOKLYN and as a result OF inter-
views had with him in which he made
| contradictory statements concerning his
movement on the night of the murder he
was placed under arrest. Thus was the
mystery solved.
| At his first trial Whitmore set up an
| alibi The absence of two witnesses
seriously impaired the states case.
The missing witnesses were Mrs. Lottie
Carroll and Sadie Williams. both resi-
| dents of Brooklyn. who knew the Whit
raores and who. it is maintained. were
| familiar with some of their movements
| on Christmas night.
county Jail and will give evidence at
the trial. 1t is understood the Williams
woman is also In touch with the prosecu-
tors office.
Prosecution Is Strengthened.
Alexander Simpson will defend Whit
more as on the former trial. Attorney
General McCarter will have charge of
| the case of the people. He wilslbe as
sisted by Prosecutor Garven and Assist
ant Prosecutor Vickers, the latter
having conducted the case for the state
on the first trial.
1t is said that the attorney general,
who has talked with Mrs. Carroll, re-
CARDS her evidence as important.
Il will put up much stronger case
this time" said Mr.. Vickers. land /
think our witnesses will puncture the al
ibi Whitmore will endeavor to establish.
Fred Elliot. who was an important
witness for the state at the last trial.
called on the accused man in the county
jail last week and had a long talk with
him. Elliot at the first trial testified that
| on the night of December Is he accom-
panied Whitmore, George Dickinson and
| Cassie Mckay on trip through China
town. and the entire party afterward
went to Whitmores house in Brooklyn.
| The visit of Elliot to Whitmore was a
| surprise to the prosecutors office. 1t Is
expected that George Dickinson will
again be among the states witnesses.
Prosecution Opens Case.
| Only forty-five minutes was required to
select jury. When the twelve men had
been sworn Assistant Prosecutor Garven
opened the case for the state.
| Garven said that while the prosecution
will have to depend entirely upon circum-
stantial evidence. he was certain the jury
| will consider the evidence sufficiently
strong to warrant verdict of first-degree
| murder.
| 1t will be shown, he said. that Whitmore
| fore his wife's body was found in Lamp
his wifes relatives, signing her name to
he refused to identify the body when he
| first saw 1t in the morgue.
| He would show also. he said. that not
only had Whitmore repeatedly beaten his
| wife, but had threatened to kill her.