New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-17
MCFARLAND ON STAND
Admits Love for Florence
Bromley in Murder Trial.
oENIES POISONING WIFE
: etters He Wrote to stenog-
amer Give Seeming Differ
ent Color to Case.

-,.rt,g nothing in his second trial that
g.. has not set lolth IN series OF s.s"e"
.n-pts issued from his cell either IN
s..,.s,k or while at the death house in
r'.,,oo Allison NJ MacFalland, who had
.,rvirreu of wife poisoning, took the
-, stand I'm his own defence in New
",r.srsrtav. He had not testified in the
80 hearing. and interest centred in
80 h. might have to say concerning the
s,,.5 of his wife as well as the contents
- Is,rars which led 10 mis- conviction In
The drst trial
.,ro letters were those written to HIM
A., ,uss Florence Bromley, Philadelphia
..,rorrapbeg. known as "the Bunny let
80" They are in The possession Of
D,os,cptor Mott and had all been made
-,,,I,c since the first trial They con-
ta,rsd messages which COM inced the INST
Co.. that the defendant had planned the
18th Of his wife to enable him TO marry
the Bromley girl
when he took the stand MacFarlana
,.csd the ordeal Of having to tell Of his
,ors for the Bromley girl, which he had
admitted in saying soon after his arrest
,nst he had en5eavored to get a divorce
fror his wife so that he would be free 10
marry the Quaker City girl, and thus keep
, nromise he had made TO her. The de-
lance introduced three letters written by
yscFarland after his arrest, one Of which
rss sent 10 the Bromley girl In this
F., ,bs defendant informed her that he was
1F yTiFn
branded the charge as "preposterous."
The defendant wrote that he was not
1orrying about the situation and that
sverything would come out right in the
end.
aAs YOU know" the letter read, in part
arrv lady had agreed to everything, and
While she might have taken her life pur-
posely ! think that she did II by error
please do not be discouraged about H.
dearest. Forget all about ii for the pres
emf. It is a terrible mess, but YOU, dear,
are in no way responsible. and l do not
feel that am to blame in the matter.
Ny knowledge Of innocence and your love
will keep me up.
Remember, above all things, dearest,
+ do not worry over It. What is to be Will
be. and at the worst we only die. Keen
close 10 me on our wireless and remem-
Der that / think Of your always. II seems
such a pity when our affairs were going
60 smoothly. II will be two weeks or
more before anything more happens. l
will write you II you want me to- but the
letters are read"
v.rfa n
rosiflon Of WacFarland's son. Robert. and
FOR the provision Of counsel for the ac-
sused man The defendant went on the
stand NJ II o'clock Yesterday morning,
and excent for the noon recess, remained
1-Ler direct examination until shortly
after 6 o'clock last night. when IT was
decided 10 adjourn until this morning
Jg-iha mean tine Miss Bromley was IN
ne oTcc OF Frank NJ McDermit, counsel
for WacFarlan7. waiting TO be called TO
.tesrifv on behalf Of the defendant
Summed Up MacFarland's testimony
was a general denial OF the charges
against him He explained about the
presence OF the bromide in his house for
which. Il was alleged. cyanide OF potas-
hiNlI HfN NNNN llltNf-N ny num- anu AFs''' I
ed as he had before that the bromide,
said by the detectives 70 have been his
wife's medicine. was his own. and that
only once did Mrs. mcfarland taste the
bromide that he had bought When he
offered It to her a second time she refused
10 take H.
Mcfarland was called on TO explain
bis meeting with the Bromley girl He
said ne first met Mrs. Bromley and about
two months later met Miss Bromley. Her
mother had told him OF the girls ab'i-
ties as a stenograrher, and he engag ed
her 10 work for him. He said that Mrs.
Mcfarland knew OF the relations be-
tween him and the Bromley girl, having
found II out In correspondence. The d.
rect examination OF the defendant was
not finished and will be resumed this
morning