Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-17
I'LL KILL YOU,' ].
GIRL DECLARES /
MRS. MOSER SAID
Daughter of Boarding House
Proprietress Takes Stand
in Murder Case.
JURY WHICH WILL DECIDE
CASE CHOSEN IN AN HOUR

Four-Year-OId Son of Prisoner
in Court With Brother
of Accused.
Although Mrs. Mabel A4oser admits
having fired the shot that killed her
husband in his room at his boarding
house, ~ IL Stirling street On May
3, last. the first evidence directly con-
Meeting her with the crime was given
just before the noon recess in her
trial before Chief Justice William S
! Gummere today when Miss Marie
Ledos. daughter of Mrs Katherine
| Iedos, the propretress Of the house at
A. 1-2 Stirling street. testified that
after she had admitted Mrs. Moser 70
the house she ran upstairs TO Moser's
room with him following her
Then testified Miss Ledos. L
heard Mr.. Moser say what's the mat
ter and / heard his wife reply in
a screaming voice. III kill you.
Mrs. Moser Unmoved.
/ Mrs. Moser the accused woman.
never fiinehed as this DANA ging testi-
mony was given by Miss Ledos who
is a very pretty girl of bout twenty
years, but whose testimony was given
in such a low voice that it was only
possible for the jurors and others
within close distance to hear her.
! It was noticeable, however, that
1 unconsciously. or otherwise the
young girl raised her voice so that it
penetrated 70 all quarters of the
room when she repeated the damag-
ng dialogue she claims she heard be-
tween Mrs. Moser and her husband
just a few seconds before the fatal
shot was fired.
] -.
Ledos had told of answering the door
at the stirsing street house az about
10 OF on the night of the mur-
der az of finding a woman on the
steps who said. Il am Mrs Moser.
| would like to see Mr.. Moser'
Husband Greets Mrs Afoser.
Continuing, the witness said that
before she had time to call Mr. AIoser
the latter had recognized the voice as
that of his wife and had come into
the hallway, greeting her pleasantly
with Hello, Mabel" Mrs Moser,
K Miss Ledos testified. had not re-
+ sponded TO the greeting. as far as
she had heard. but instead had
rushed upstairs to the room occupied
by Moser, with him following her up
stairs,
The dialogue between husband ard
!. wife that preceded the firing of the
c4iOl LOOK Dul rev SECONDS.
testified Miss Ledos, and there was
no one in the room at the time ex-
cept the couple. Miss Ledos said
that as she ran from the house in
fright after hearing the shot she re-
membered hearing Mrs. Moser, who
was still upstairs, cry out. MY God.
what have ! done?" Miss Ledos was
still on her direct examination when
court adjourned for the noon recess.
When court adjourned for the noon
recess, Mrs. Moser was given /
hearty impromptu reception by sons
of her relatives and friends wfe
We're in the court ROOM AS soon as
the jury had left the room, Mrs
Moseris four-year-old son ran to her
and she picked him up and kissed
him fondly. All morning long she
had striven hard to keep her emo
tion from showing, but with her son
in her arms she could not restrain
herself and tears flowed freely. Sac
kept her son for about five minutes
and then was led TO the prison pen.
where she had her luncheon.
Mrs NJ. Katherine Ledlos preceded
her daughter on the witness stand
but was only able to describe the
entry of Mrs. Moser to her home
on the fateful night and could not
tell any of the converse tion that
took place between Mrs Afoser and
!
Mrs. Ledos had remained IN the din
I ing-room and had not gone to the
hallway. when Mrs. Moser entered
the house. She testified that she had
heard words upstairs, but had not
been able to tell whether il was
Moser or his wife that was doing
the talking, although she admitted
the talk had been in a loud tone OF
voice
Heard Bureau Draw Open.
While she had been unable to dis
tinguish the conversation. she in
sisted that she had heard someone
open the bureau drawer where Moser
kept two reyolvers just before the
fatal shot was fred.
She also told of a visit Mrs. Moser
had made to her house one afternoon
about a week preceding the shooting
She said Mrs Moser had introduced
herself and asked permission to go 10
her husbands room, as IT was his
ty-eighth birthday, and she had
a bunch of thirty-eight carnations
she wished to place on his bureau.
Her son was with her at the time of
this visit Mrs Lecos testified ara
beside leaving the flowers had aiso
left a birthday card with penciled
words of greeting from the wife and
son.
Mrs. Ledos also said that at this
meeting Mrs Moser had said thar
her husband had failed to provfda
for her and that she had TO work for.
her own living. Mrs. Moser told
Mrs Ledos that Moser had not
worked for several years, and Mrs
Ledos testified that she expressed
surprise at this as Moser had given
her to understand he was employed
IN the Court House as court officer.
1t took less than one hour to OBJ
tain a jury in the Court of Oyer and
Terminer TO try Mrs. Mabel Moser.
charged with the murder of her hus-
band Ferdinand c. Moser. on SAT-
urday nignt. May 3 last.
No Trouble Getting Jury.
There was no trouble whatever In
obtaining a jury, Prosecutor Hood
contenting himself with asking tbe
prospective talesmen If they had
! conscientious scruples against the in
Fiction of capital punishment and
on receiving an answer that they had
not accepting them as jurymen, while
about the only question asked tho
taiesman by Mr. Myers or Mr.. Heis-
ley was whether they were married
men or not
Every man on the jury. which is
men is married and has children. Mr.
Myers excusing all unmarried men
who were called. All told thir.y-two
talesmen were examined before the
twelve men who will hear the cxi-
dence were obtained. this large num-
Der being due to the fact that two
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