The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-26


trial. she had moved away a short
time before the trial and all efforts to
find her proved futile.
The other witness who disappeared
lust before the first trial and who was
recently arrested in Philadelphia is Miss
Sadie Williams. Through her the pros
~ecution announced its purpose to prove
that Whitmore desired to rid himself Of
his wife. ecaus of his ~infatuation with
Georgia Dickinson. The night Mrs.
Whitmore was murdered Whitmore and
Georgia Dickinson had supper in
Chinatown.
During the opening address by Pros
ecutor Pierre Garven, Whitmore shifted
uneasily in his chair and leaned for
ward frequently to whisper to his coun-
sell.
Georgia Dickinson, gorgeously at
tired in a light blue tailored suit and a
hat from which lowered several giant
plumes, smiled from time to time at
acuuaintances made in the Hudson
county Jail. When her name was
mentioned by the prosecutor she smiled
and nodded in acknowledgment.
The swamp where the body was
IOln0 Was QGStTlDJd. hNIiN =
actions. so far as known at ths time,
were outlined. but the presentation, be-
yond this, embodied but little hat was
not brought out at the first trial IN
May.
Irving Webster Crane, the Newar
lad who found the nude body OF NJ
Whitmore while looking for ice TO skase
upon, was the first witness. He told OF
running to the catboat Idle Hour, 2Oo
yards away, for aid to pull the pooy
from the pond.
Albert Thompson, a boatman, ran 10
help him, and between the w they
extricated the body from the ooze ana
slime, and, breaking through the ice
placed it on the shore.
Thompson followed Crane. HIS evil
dence was corroboratiye of the BOY 5
story. He told of finding the dead
woman's muff on the river bank ana
later other garments, which were suo-
sequently identified as Mrs. WHIT
more's, and which were exhibited as
evidence. He slung the mum on ms
boat when Crane called. he SAID.
shirtwaist Torn.
On cross-examination, lawyer Simp-
son questioned Thompson closely on the
finding of three hairpins on board the
boat where he and Kirkman kept bach
elor's hall. Thompson declared that ne
knew nothing of the hairpins, n was
the asked to explain how dregs or tea
were found in three cups on the morn
ing after the crime, If only he and Kirk
man was aboard the boat. the Witness
declared that he and his partner mad
had tea before going to bed and thai he
felt i'll during the night n made HIM
self a fresh cup of tea in a third cup.
After the testimony of Frederick
Kirkman, the partner of Thompson,
Policeman Andrew Walsh, of Harrison,
was called to the stand, and told of
having found a rent portion of a wom-
ms shirtwaist and a sealskin hat,
which matched the muff n stole
found two days later in the vicinity.
William Harrison, the staff photogra-
pher of THE EVENING STAR, New
ark, was then called and identified the
pictures he nd taken as those of the
scene of the murder.
DR.. Otto H. Schultz, of New York,
testified concerning the post-mortem
examination he had made of Mrs.
Whitmore's body.
what was the cause of death?" he
was asked.
"Asphyxiation."
How did you determine that?"
1.-THE teeth were clinched and the
heart, lungs and brain were congested.
Water in the lungs indicated drown
ing"
wa Drowned
I'm what manner was the bruises
and scratches on the body and face
received?"
EITHER by violence or a fall"
Were the scratches received by her
before or after death?"
Before DEATH"
How do you know that?"
Because blood had flowed from them,
and blood does not flow from a dead
body"
when Mrs. Whitmore sustained the
scratches and the blow on the head,
then, she was still alive?'
Eyes, without any doubt"
Ibid the blow on the head render her
unconscious?"
Not necessarily"
"Was she alive when she was thrown
into the swamp"
Eyes, and breathing, as was shown
by the presence of water In her lungs