Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-18

was rude rough man, because ne old I
not apologize when he hit me-"
The prosecutor piled her with ques- |
lions as to whether she had seen re- |
volver in the strangers hand, and she
said she had not. In answer to his
query as to why she had not testified
at the inquest, she said she had not
seen the papers for the rest of the
week, and did not learn Of the shoot
ing until later. Until that time she
had not realized there was a possible
connection between the incident and
the shooting. The witness replied fur
Their that she had not seen the de-
PENDANT or her lawyer until her ap-
pearance in court.
Nothing of significance was estab-
lished by the prosecution in the clos
ing testimony. One of the points
pressed was the memory of DR.. Ar
thur w. Morrow, a state witness. He
recalled without difficulty the events
about the time of the shooting, but
could not recall testifying in the suit
of his mother, Inez Morrow, against
the inventor, eight years ago.
could not say whether or not he had
testified in that case. Counsel for
the defendant sent to the circuit court
clerks office and had the transcript of
his testimony at that time brought in
to court identified by the record writ
! er.
QUESTIONS ANGER DEFENDANT.
Mrs. Morrow went through the day
easily. She was cross-examined in the
morning. Late in the afternoon she
was called again, asked a few ques-
lions, and excused. At the earlier SEES
sion she showed heat at the rush of
questions put to her by Assistant
States Attorney Northrup, but re-
gained her composure and looked on
calmly during the rest of the day. She
took notes necessarily during most of
the testimony and referred to them in
her talks with her attorney.
Esther Johnson, maid at the Nor
row household, was called She testi-
fled to indiscreet conduct by Morrow
and TO oVerhearing a telephone CONVEX
sation between Mrs. Morrow and one
, supposed to be Mrs. Helen Morrow. In
the course of the conversation she
said the former made unpleasant re-
marks about her husband. Axe state
l then rested IS rebuttal testimony.
The defense imms lately CalleL
) Mrs. Margaret O'Brien, 4583 Indiana
= avenue. She was asked about the 10
cident which Mrs. Scanlon had denied
and declared sne had overheard the
conversation between Inspector Clan
cy and the former cook.
The inspector said: You will
. stand by me true blue, won't you, Mrs
. SCanlon," said the witness.
. And she answered."
She answered: i will. inspector
you can count on me-" said Mrs
II O'Brien.
n The police official was called an
= questioned by the state. His evidenc,
}, was unimportant.
= MRS. MORROW PU ITO TEST.
s The defendant was put 10 Il sever
= test when she was ordate1 by III
= prosecutor to take the revolver tJun
/, by the inventors side and hold it d
she had seen him hoh II while a
i tempting suicide some fiut. age. Sn
/ took the weapon and Il Ed II steadI
n at her temple.
a He held it this way she sad clral
ly. And while he was holding it
o walked up TO him and took it away
n DO you remember" she was asked
speaking TO Helen and Arthur Mo-
L row as TO the Whereabouts OF you
e self on that night, and telling lhe,
" that you were in Mrs. Woods room VI
N til 1920 and did not hear the shots ?
n Il remember talking to them, bu
n do not remember the conversation"
Did you not characterize Mr. Mo
K row to them as the Old Dog?"
er NO! No, Never"
Judge Kersten announced an intel
z. ton Of adjourning court this Afternoon
ut necessitating a continuance of arg
ment for the Morrow defense unit
re tomorrow.