The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-27

DAYS before Christmas and exhibited a
black eve. which she said Whitmore
had given her. Inside he said Mrs.
Whitmore exhibited a handbook which
showed that she and Whitmore had
$500 in joint recount. :.
,.Theodore has threatened to Kill me,
Mrs. Whitmore said. HE beat me and
I'm afraid to live there, so l came
here"
Mrs. Heidel, my wife, was a chum
of Mrs. Whitmore,' continued Heidel-
.'They were together nearly all the
time
Harry Heidel had previously declared
that on Christmas Eve last, twenty
four hours before Mrs. Whitmore was
last seen alive, he had seen Whitmore
and Bartlett together in the formers
house, at 236 Adams street, Brooklyn,
in earnest conversation
Whitmorc with Bartlett.
.Thev were fastening the lid to Mrs.
Whitmore's trunk" said Heidel. II
watched them from the doorway. The
lid wouldn't fasten, and as it was
raised | saw a blue dress 1 knew to
be Mrs. Whitmore's, lying on the top.
Finally they got the trunk closed and
DOuIlu IL Will IL
they were through they looked up and
saw me. They were very angry and
ran after me, when I beat it. Besides
Whitmore and Bartlett, whom we
knew as Foster. there were one or two
others in the room"
The full significance of Heidels testi-
n,onv was not realized by the crowd
in the galleries or the small army of
witnesses on the floor. The lawyers
in the case, however. were busily max
ing notes.
Attorneys in Tilt.
An effort made by Acknowledgement
McCarter to introduce q s~tenographlc
report of Whitmore's statement at the
time of his arrest was frustrated by
Simpson. Judge Branegan declared
that he did not need the paper to re-
fresh his memory. Then l Suggest
that you don't use It," snapped Simp-
son.
After reciting, as he called 1t, WHIT
more's statement, Judge Branegan add
ed But 1 had other anu
knew he was lying"
Simpson entered upon the cross-ex-
animation by forcing an ADMISSION
from Judge Branegan that the latter,
as q ldWy CT, ldlHllldI WIN Nv 1900
evidence. knew he had no right to
volunteer the statement that 1t was q
lie" He also asked questions concern
ing Branegan's interest in the case ana
wanted to know If B~ranegan a no
posed for numerous photographs Tor
the papers.
This drew the attorney-generaIs
fire, and he interposed an objection.
Major George T. Vickers, assistant
prosecutor of Hudson county, followed
Branegan, and testified in detail con-
corning his examination of Whitmore
at Harrison on the night of January 8
and the next day.
On cross-examination Major Vickers
declared tina he had called Whitmore
a liar during the two examinations. Il
believed he was lying" said Vickers.
land still believe So" Further testi-
flying. he said:
'Whitmore told me his wife had on
at the time she disappeared the follow
ing jewelry: A ring with fifteen dia-
monds, one with ten diamonds sur
rounding a turquoise, a garnet ring,
another ring whose description he
could not remember, a pin set with
pearls, a brooch with diamonds. a gold
locket with two pictures in it and a
pin with four wings. whose clasp was
broken"
At the afternoon session the reading
of Whithnore's alleged statement to
vickers was continued by Mr.. Clark.
At that time Whitmore denied sending
the telegram, but said he thought
Elliott sent it.