Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-26
Assures Attorney That She
Will Not Come to
Newark.
--
WOULD WE'D HIM If
HE WAS FREE TODAY
Prosecutor in No Haste to
Call Prisoner to
Plead.

Miss Florence Bromley, the Golden
haired affinity of Allison MacFarland.
may never come to Newark 70 testify
at his trial for poisoning his wife with
cyanide of potassium
She has told lawyers in the case that
she still owes MaeFarland and would
do anything for him Even in face Of
her fathers wish that she testify. it is
said she viii remain silent.
'If he wer out of Jail today" she ID
reported to have told one of her coun-
sci, 81 would marry him. Why
shouldn't /? 1 love him."
She disclaimed as absurd the rumor
that her father might force her to ap-
pear as witness at the murder trial,
promising her counsel emphaticaily.i
that she AEpuld not allow anything to
bring her ITO testifying at the trial Of
MacFarand for wife murder.
In keeping hsr from Newark lies one
of the main objects of MacF'arland's
defense AS the "other woman she
is almost essential in proving the mo-
tive which might have caused Mac
Farland to leave the deadly cyanide in.
a medicine bottle.
DR. Walter S. Washington. the Snead
case alienist, will visit MacFarland to-
day. The reason for the visit is being
kept secret by Frank Nj. McDermit,
the accused mans counsel
Prosecutor Mott said today that be
was In no particular hurry to have
MacFarland plead. The prisoner may
ha hrattphf IN onttrt ta,,,nrrouy bntyayar
In relation to the correspondence be-
tween MacFarland and Miss Bromley. a
former employee of the Crocker-
Wheeler factory stated that the adver-
tising manager had often been at the
factory late at night writing letters.
MacFarland was indicted by the
grand jury yesterday after Prosecutor
Mott had produced almost all his evil
dence for It's considera ton. II was
MacFarland's admitted relations with
Miss Bunny" Bromley, his former
stenogra pher. that swayed the grand
jury to hand Up true bill of murder
in the first degree.
The letters found At MacF'nrland's
h me, those Xnt hi,n ard written ny
him after his Cetention - she police.
were introduced to slbsl initiate he
int; view with Miss Br elnv 4 .2hilH-
delphia. 1t was only after. considerable
hesitation, however. thd, th's grn,d
juIv finally decided IN the r. lictment.
Effect of Cyanide of Potassium.
The effect of cyanide of potassium on
jewelry was told bv two expert jew
elers. as significant commentary upon
MacF'arlands explanation tnat he had
purchased the poison for cleaning hisl
wife's jewelry-two rings They said
that, unless an expert did the work, to
immerse "a diamond in cyanide would
coat 1t ineradicably with q film, and
that no man could dip a pearl in cy-
anide without causing it to be eaten
by the acid.
To eliminate the theory of suicide
inspired by MacFarland's declaration
that he and his wife had often quar-
relied over the subject of her extraya-
gance-evidence was introd, ced to tho
effect that the prisoner had pawned
not only most of the furniture in the
house, but much of her personal pos
sessions. including jewels.
MacFnrland's Written Statement.
Yesterday MacFarland made writ-
ten statement Of his side Of the case.
II he stands on this a his trial Prose-
cutor Mott is ready to tear it apart
with the evidence upon which he asked
for the prisoners indictment for mur-
der in the first degree.
MacFarland's statement is as fol-
lows:
ITO straghten out some glaring in-
accuracies in the published statements
of this case ! call attention to The fol-
lowing facts. which, so far as | know.
are not disputed by the district attor-
ney's office or anyone having any real
knowledge of the case. These and other
points not yet published Will conynce
any reasoning mind that charge
against me is preposterous. had
plenty of motive for divorce but none
for murder"
This is a significant admission He
was anxious to get rid of his wife
through process of law. il is under
stood that in one of Miss Florenco
Bromleys letters she threatened %
come to Newark and expose him.
There is only MaeFarland's word to
show that his wife, on her part. WIS
contemplating divorce. According tc
her father and the Roekland minister
to whom she spoke only this summer.
and according to her letters. divorces
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