The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-28
New Witness, Lottie Carroll,
festifies for the
State.
ORDERED LOCKED UP
AFTER GIVING EVIDENCE
New York Reporter Tells of In-
terview with Defendant
After Murder.

Theodore s. whitmore charged with
the murder of his wife Lena last Christi
mus night will take the Witness stand
late this afternoon In ;he legal battle
he is making for his life. The new
witnesses. who expected by Alex
ander simpson. his lawyer TO shift
the crime TO Gold Tooth billy" HART
lett. his paI, are not expected to testify
until tomorrow's session OF court.
A sharp clash between counsel fol-
lowed the Introduction OF Mrs. Lottie
Carroll, the new witness, and lively
half-nour ensued.
Mrs. Carroll said: Last Christmas
was living at 236 Adams street. About
1880 O'Clock IN the evening Whitmore
called me to the door of my room. He
asked me to take care of his fox ter
rier Daisy. ] was going with my hus-
band to the Columbia Theatre, SO |
gave the dog to Daniel O'Neill about
|s.15 o'clock, when we went Out. As
Wnitmore gave me the dog he said. My
wife and / are going out, / don't know
what time we will return. When we
came back the gas was burning bright
ly and Whitmore was not at home.
January 10 | went out with Elias
Whtmore, the defendants brother. and
friend and signed a paper"
On croSs-examlnation Simpson at
tackled the character of the witness. He
made her admit that she visited China
town. danced in dance halls, made ac-
quaintances at the notorious Chatham
Club 3 Doyer street. and finally that
she was convicted for larceny ten days
ago and her sentence suspended on
condition that she testify for the State
at this trial. When Simpson finished
with the witness she was trembling and
white with rage.
Witness Locked Up.
He asked that she be Iocekd MP. as
he had proofs she WINS telling nntrnths,
which he later would introduce.
Elliott Missing.
When Fred Elliott was called as a
witness there was no response and the
attorney general declared that Elliott
was a vital witness. 1t appeared that
Elliott had been permitted to talk with
! Whitmore in the county Jail last
Thursday out of hours, and had been
allowed to go at will.
| The under-sheriff and two detectives
were grilled on the stand for allowing
ltlnOtl 10 depart.
| Simpson elicted the information that
Elliott had been paid $40 by the pros
ecutor's office although an alleged
promise to pay more was denied
Elliott's evidence at the former trial
was read to the jury over Simpsons
objection.
Whitmore's refusal to admit that the
body in the Harrison morgue was that
| Ii. -. "A l.,,.fs1 rat fff.rr
that it was not. his subsequent uneasi-
ness, and finally reiteration of the
statement that the woman was not his
wife. were brought out ernphatically
by the testimony of Gustave Reider, a
New York newspaper reporter. Reider
induced Whitmore to go to Harrison
to see if the body was that of his wife,
Reider induced Whitmore to go to Har-
rison to see If the body was that of
/ This was January q and Whitmore
told Reider that Mrs. Whitmore had
been at home two days before.
For the first time since the begin
! ming of the trial Lottie Carroll, the
States star witness was in court. She
was brought over from the jail, guard
ed by two constables A heavy veil
protected her from photographers.
Jury at Scene of Crime.
Early today the jurors left their
rooms at Meyers Hotel, in Hoboken to
visit the scene of the crime In Harrl-
son. They reached the Lampbiack
swamp at $3.50 o'clock. went carefully
over the ground and closely scrutinized
the muddy water. A number OF meas
urements were made and the ground
carefully surveyed from the Marine En-
gine Company's plant 10 the pond and
thence to the catl tat Idle Hour, where
Thompson and Kirkman, the first men
arrested, lived.
After three-ouarters of an hour had
been spent in the swamp the jury re-
turned.
Whitmore himself abandonel his air
of bravado today and was apparently
/ interested In the proceedings. he
blinked his eyes rapidly during the.
morning session and shifted his position
in mis- chair frequently. Upon sheet
of foolscap paper he jotted down notes
of the testimony from time to time,
handing the sheet TO his lawyer.
Joseph c. NJ Lorenz paying teller
of the Germania Savings Bank Of