Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-06
SUICIDE PROOFS
IN MORROW CASE
Lawyer for Defendant Offers
Tin Box He Claims Con-
tainS Letters.
IN WRITING
Judge Delays Decision Involving
Chicago Woman-WantS
More Evidence.

Chicago, Jan. 6.-The third seS-
sion of the preliminary hearing of
Mrs. Rena B. Morrow on the charge
of numbering her husband closed last
evening with Judge Fake still in |
doubt over what disposition to make
of the case.
Assistant States Attorney North |
rup during the afternoon placed
Coroner's Physicians LIE Count and
Springer on the stand, hoping their
evidence would be sufficient to hold
the defendant for grand jury action.
But Charles E. Erbstein, represent
ing Mrs. Morrow, twisted and pulled
this expert testimony until the court
decided he must see more of the
prosecutions hand before he can ar
rive at a decision. All witnesses
were directed to appear again Tues
day afternoon.
When the court began meditating,
the defending lawyer flashed a mys-
FERROUS tin box, the contents of which
he said would give conclusive proof
that Morrow had long planned his
own destruction and put his inten-
lions in writing.
| ATTACKS PoLICEMAN'S TESTIMONY.
Previously Erbstein surprised the
court and prosecution by an attack
on the reliability of the testimony OF
Policeman John J. Dunning. He was
the first policeman on the scene, and
gave expert testimony on the effect
of different makes of revolvers fired
at various distances, when Erbstein
asked him:
do you know the revolver offer
ed in evidence bears number &c.
1892"
mo, l don't" replied the police
man; but he examined the figures
and announced the lawyer was right.
well, don't you know Morrow
bought that revolver from a certain
dealer within six hours of the time
he was shot "
mo; l haven't investigated where
the weapon was procured" respond
ed the policeman.
RECALL WIDOWS TESTIMONY.
At the inquest Mrs. Morrow testi-
fed the weapon looked like the one
Morrow removed from its hiding
place on Dec g." Inspector Clancy
subsequently said the weapon came
into possession of the widow from
her first husband The inspector ad-
mitted his surprise at the new tack
of the defense.
On direct examination DR.. LIE
Count asserted it would nave been
] impossible for Morrow to have in.
ficted both wounds, that either the
one through the head or the one
through the heart would have pro-
r duced instant death and therefore
f disabled Morrow from firing the sec
ond shot, but on cross-examinatior
the physician admitted the authori
ties cited cases where the victim hat
d lived several minutes after receiving
l either of such wounds.
s POTTS ON STAND TUESDAY.
e DIR. Springer testified he was more
certain than ever that Morrow could
not have slain himself in the man
> ner indicated. The physician sale
: the second autopsy at the direction
y of the defense disclosed certain
n things that were not observed at the
a first postmortem examination.
@ Harry Gilmore denied that Mrs
n Morrow had threatened him with ar
I rest for failure to pay his board bills
= He admitted he is married.
t Attorney Cuthbert d. Potts, wht
g brought the murder theory to the
= attention of the police, is conval
= escing from an injury received IL
2 striking his head on the ice and ii
=, expected to take the stand Tuesday
s Potts testimony is relied upon t.
: form the connecting link in the chair
/, of circumstantial evidence.