The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-29
FIENDISH PLOT TO
& DEFAME GIRL is Barred
,con,lsued from Pake oaeJ

next morning. when | put her on tho
train and sent her TO meet her uncle.
who was 20 turn out to be Adams.
We had II all arranged. and Adams
suggested that We go out 20 dinner.
when two officers walked into the
room. and took Adams into one room.
anc left me in the other. Then they
questioned me- and | admitted that 4
had known Adams only seven hours"
The officers were Detectives Johr
r. Plug. OF Cincinnati. aud George
Larkins. OF Detroit. .arkins had
trailed Adams, and the two sleuths
were In room No. 431. next to the one
In which Adams was plotting With
Robinson. during the whole transac-
ton. They heard the conversation
through an open transom.
Detective corroboratss story.
Detective Plug then took the stand.
and corroborated Robinson's testi-
mony. He said that he took Adams
TO the station where Adams was
"saucy." declaring: Il can shape up
a case to suit myself II want TO. and
it's none OF your business"
Not in the state OF Ohio, you can't"
Detective Plug told him. Adams was
reprimanded and released, but Larkins
kept the paper with the signatures.
which Robinson had been practicing.
Mrs. Joseph Morse. proprietor of the
rooming house at No. IS Eiixabeth-st.
west, where Adams was finally arrest
ed. testified that Adams .old her Rosa
was his little sister, bur tried TO get
one room. Mrs. Morse didn't think IL
right. and insisted that they take two
rooms. They were there from the
Friday before Thanksgiving. until the
Saturday after that holiday. During
the latter days. Mrs. Morse heard Rosa
crying frequently. Her suspicious
were first aroused when Rosa asked
for newspapers. She later learned that
Rosa wanted to see IL her marriage
license was printed all right.
Mrs. Cochran to Testify.
Mrs. Kate Cochran. who, under the
name OF Mary Williams, gave John A.
Adams a false afidavit rejecting seri-
1usly on the character OF Rosa REM.
VII probably be called as a witness
in Adams case during the afternoon
She is expected to testify that Adams
secured the affidavit from her under
threats OF death and that the afIidavit
itself Is tissue OF fa1sehoods. In IL
tie swears that Rosa REM frequen'Ad
rooming house kept by her in louis
vile and entertained men there AS 4
4 after OF fact. the prosecution will
show Mrs. Cochran was never ir
Louisville in her life.
Mrs. Cochran. whose home is In
Brooklyn. lived with Adams for sew
eral years as his wife. and he is the
father OF four OF her children. Since
coming TO Detroit as a witness for the
prosecution she has been sheltered in
4 e matron's department in police
headquarters at her own request. She
vas offered a room in a hotel but de.
clined. saying that she was afraid
ADAMS would attempt to kill her.
Girls Mother JcIts Adams.
A gray pallor stole over the counte-
nance OF Adams wncn Rosa's mother
Mrs. Mary Heye. or Louisville, Ky.
took the stand against him. Wedncs.
day afternoon, and gave testimony OF
the most damaging character. And no
wonder.
Aside from the testimony itself
which was to the effect that Adams
by false representations and extraya-
CANT promises had tried to INDUCE Mrs
Heye to get Rosa out of the custody OF
the police so she could not appear as
witness against him, there was
something in the way the simple Ger.
man mother told her story that brought
conviction with it. IL rang true. a
fact which the defense tacitly &C.
knowledged when Attorney Bumps
discreetly il seemed. refrained from
cross-examining Mrs. Heyc on these
points. He fought hard tc keep this
Testimony from the jjafy- eb3eeting TO
every question and answer, but Judge
Connolly held that the prosecution was
wholly within its rights. Incidentally
this testimony opers the way for the
introduction OF evidence showing
Adams attempts to frame up a de
tense.
Mrs. Heye's story was that Adams
came to her home In Louisville soon
after his release on bail ard previous
to his first trial. He first represent I'd