Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-30
HOPE Of STRONG
NOW WANING

her questions was because someone
suggested a young man in the neigh
borhOod might have done it, and the
questions were about him."
AT this point the prosecution en-
deavored to show Strong had been
quarreling with his wife for two years,
ever since his mother-in-law died.
The first thing the medium told me
was I would lave. told you the other
afternoon If you had been alone. There
is here now only you, me and your
wife. She wanted TO know why you
did It.
She said If 1 didn't tell. my wife
would trouble me so / would lose my
mind. After she said You killed your
wife, 1 said Il did not Then L don't
remember what happened until L came
to at 4 O'clock"
After a restless night Farmer
Strong, on trial accused of
wife murder, va brought into
court this morning on the verge OF
a v breakdown. Prior to being
taken from his cell he said he feared
the cross-examination he would have to
undergo and as afraid he would not
be able to stand the ordeal.
I'm afraid it's all up with me II
they | lieve that fortune-teller," he
said. But she lied; she is lytns my
life away. Why would l have gone to
her if / was guilty? Other witnesses
against me have lied.
at is enough to drive me crazy, but
I'll see it through. and If they kill me
I'll die innocent"
The old farmer says he has little nope
of an acquittal If the court accepts the
evidence of the clairvoyant against his
denial of the confession.
Under a searching cross-examina-
ton by William /. Garrison, who Is
assisting Eugene Schwinghammer In
the prosecution, Strong's actions were
closely scrutinized. Strong said ne
was in such agony at finding his wife
murdered that he could not remem-
Der exactly what he said or did. He
admitted that he calmly fed his chick
ems while neighbors searched for
tracks, and SAID all they found were
ones made by him.
Strong Becomes Confused.
AS the examination proceeded,
Strong became confused n questions
had to be repeated or explained, and
to nearly all he answered. Il don't ra-
member"
O1ten ne pledueu1 OlNo AS SAAao w
think; give me time
Ex-Judge Howard Carrow, who was
absent yesterday through illness. was
present today in Strong's defense. An
interesting side light on the evidence
of the murdered woman's throat was
given by DR.. Henry ". Cattel, the
States expert, who explained that
choking was invariably done by two
fingers and the thumb of the hand,
three marks showing on the neck.
Strong explained the circumstance
of the washed handkerchief found on
the line after the murder, and said
it had been washed by himself. He
said his overalls and jumper, which he
wore on the day of the tragedy, had
never been washed.
Asked why the first thing he did
when Detective Baitzell came was tc
show him the will in which he left his
property to his wife, he replied he
wanted him to know he had provided
for her.
Cells 1t DiaboiicaI Attempt.
Counsel for the defense. former Judge
Westcott, in his opening address to ths
jury scored the confession which Nine
Gerard, the medium. had testified to al
the cruellest, most diabolical ant
heartless attempt ever made by morta
to take the life of an innocent man.
The defense opened with BENJAMIN
Keys, a negro, to whom Strong solt
eggs and chickens on the day Mrs
Strong was murdered. Keys said Stron,
was at his place of business on tina
day. I've miles from his farm. at 2:3O
Mrs. Martha York, who keeps a small
store at Elwood, testified that Stroni
bought tobacco from her shortly aftel
8 o'clock on his way home. This testi
mony will be linked today with that o