The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-28

"When we got in the hallway of our
house she dropped her purse acci-
denta and I stopped to pick it up. 1t
was dark and she stopped at the same
time and fell over me. There-was no
fight. as has been testified Both Of
us laughed and as gave her the purse
she said, rather sadly: There isn't
much in it,
Says Wife Broke Down.
I'VE went into the parlor and laid
down together. She put her arm on
my shoulder and seemed very affec-
tionate. She cried and said she was
lonesome, that there were no children
there. We had always had my nephews
and nieces there with us on Christmas,
and 1 told her I would give her the
money to go to Schenectady to visit
the child If she wished. 1 gave her
SO and told her what train to take.
Then | went out to a corner saloon
with ONeil
'sWhen we came back an hour later
my wife was gone, and then L sup-
posed she had gone to Schenectady.
But later 1 discovered that she had
taken clothing. and then was sure
that she had taken the money from
me 10 give to Harry Hendriclxson. She
had always paid his room rent, and l
felt that she had made sucker Of
me again. 1 was mad"
"These thoughts made me angry"
Whitmore continued, after some prompt
ing by his counsel, land L went down to
RaymonRs saloon to see if anyone had
seen her. There l met man who said
he had seen her with Harry Hendrick-
son a little farther over on Adams
street and only a short time before.
Then [ was practically certain that she
had gotten the money from me to give
to Hendrickson, and that she did not in
tend to go to Schenectady.
81 went back to the hOuse and packed
mp her clothes, or few of them. and
wrote the letter TO her sister and de-
cided TO send them TO the sisters house,
sying 1 was through with the whole lot
of them. Then L thought would wait.
There was chance that she might be
over at Lille Heidles house, and
thought If she was there 1 would give
her one more chance and take her
back. So 1 went over there. 1t was
about 8 o'clock Christmas night. She
was not there, but heard that she and
Harry Hendrickson had been seen to-
gether
Il went back to my house about 10
O'clock" Whitmore continued, land
turned out the lights in the hall and
then started for the train dispatcher's
Office at the other end of the bridge, to
see If my run on the elevated train had
been covered"
This part of Whitmore's testimony
corroborated the very strong alibi put
in for him by Mrs. Margaret Q'Neil.
who testified that she had seen him
putting out the lights, although she
placed the time at 10:30 p. m.
Il got over to the dispatcher's office
just at 1880 D. m.," Whitmore con-
tinued. land found that my train had
been taken out by a substitute.
Il had a frightful cold, and went
down to McDonald's restaurant. in
Park row. and Mcdonald told me
better go home and go to bed or
would have pneumonia"
The alibi by which Theodore S. Whit
more expects to save himself from the
electric chair was submitted today in
the Court of Oyer and Terminer to the
jury trying him for the murder of his
wife.
Whitmore was never in Harrison in
his life.
He never heard of the LampbIaclx
swamp, where his wife's nude dead
body was found. partially submerged.
At 1880 o'clock Christmas night.
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