Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-10-17
MAC FARLAND IS
G'RI|||LLED HARD BY BY
PROSECUTOR MOTT
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Farland contented himself with short
yes or mo- answers, but later be-
came more loquacious and insisted on
amplygying and explaining his an
swerS.
Prosecutor Mott skipped from sub
ject to subject and did not keep on
a single line of examination for more
than five minutes at any htime.
Q.-"Your daughter Ruth was born
in N1aine?" asked Mott. A.-"Yes."
Could Not Go Ii Maine to See Daughter.
Q.-"And you did not see your
daughter until she was year old?''
A.-"Not until she was a year and a
halg"' corrected MacFarland.
Q.-"Why didn't you go to Maine to
see herr" A.-"Didnt have the
price," was the laconic answer Of
MacFarland.
Q.--"rhe price. Do you mean
money!" asked Mott Al mean |
was not so situated financially that
could go to Maine" was the re-
sponse.
Q.-"But you were spending money
on Miss Bromley at this time said
Mott. A.--"For a box of chocolates
or magazine" was the prisoners
reply
Q.-"And for silk stockings and
ehoes," also interjected Mott.
MacFarland glared at him but said
nothing in reply.
At this stage the prosecutor took
h. Of rtai.
characters used in the correspond
ence between Bunny" Bromley and
himself.
lie readily explained that H. II.
meant for Hurry Hurry! and that
G. ID. meant General Delivery.
spent Money ON Miss BROMLEY.
Q.-"And did you not take her to
automobile races?" Att did not
cost me anything, not even carfare.'
Q.-"And you stopped at hotels
with Miss Bromley and paid the
bills?" A.-"A few times-there was
that July case when
Q.-"Never mind, you had money
enough to spend all this ON her and
not enough to so to Maine to see
your family
A-"Fhere was no occasion TO do
IT, My relations with my wife were
not so pleasant. Besides, | wanted
her to meet me in Boston and she
wouldn't do ii"
Q.--"But her letters show she was
anxious to come to you?"
A.-"She knew she could. come
whenever she wanted to put up with
what T could afford"
O.-"You wanted her to come
merely so you could get divorce
from herr"
Ayes, I wanted to come to some
sfriendly agreement by which we
could get separated and neither OF
us die"
Q.--"Why need either of you die? L
don't see why you connect the IDEAS
of death and divorce
.-(MacFarland was slightly flus-
tered. but soon regained his nerve).
'Wby. because you wanted to imply
that l. tried to bring her here to muir
der her.
Q.-.why should I want to imply
ihat?r
A.-"Why, because the prosecutor
always wants to convict man.
GA prosecutor only wants TO
convict guilty man.
The point of the connecting of the
ideas of death and divorce was
dropped.
Murder Not Basis for happiness. :
O.-"When you failed to get de-
cree of divorce in a court of law,
said the prosecutor. did you ap-
peal to the court of cyanide of po-
tassium?"
A.-'I can't answer that,
coolly retorted the prisoner, with
either yes or no, because l didn
fail In getting a divorce in a court
of law. and if | had | wouldn't have
appealed to the court of cyanide
There was pause, dramatic and
tense, after MacFarland's terse re-
ply. Then he went on;
Il don't think man can base a
happy future on a murder. De
lieve in God enough for that"
Q.-"Then you do believe in God? p
A.--"Yes-not in a narrow way but
in a broad sense"
After a few questions about cya-
hide and little wrangling about
whether he had in mind the cleaning
Of any definite silver at the time he
made the fatal solution, Prosecutor
Mott said:
Dwell, were YOU going to send
down to Uncle Andrew for this silver
for the express purpose of cleaning
it?n
A.--"No. expected to have the sill
yer within reasonable length of
time
He testified that he intended to let
his wife have it when they finally
Eted.
fMacFarland remarked that he had
to "string Miss Bromley along, as
you might say. and keep her content
ed This gave him the only reason
for wishing to hasten the proceedings.
Q.--"You had some difficulty in
doing this?" demanded Mr.. Mott.
Ar had no difficulty"
Q.-"Well, I mean she was impor-
tunate."
A.-"She was by mail, but that is
all. She always took them back over
the telephone if they were very bad"
Then, to the amazement of the
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