Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-09
.nEuI I'M AMI WIEF
IN COURT ENACT
TRAGEDY AGAIN
Woman Holds All Spell-bound
With Dramatic Recital of
Policeman's Staying.
SHOWS HOW CONSIDINE
WAS SHOT WITH OWN GUN
Woman's Voice and Superb
Acting Are a Study for
Any Star.
rFrom n staff Correspondence

HACKENSACK, N. J., July a.
With all the dramatic intensity of an
actress playing a stellar part in
Broadway drama, Mrs. James D.
Devln told in court today the story
of the shooting of Policeman Patrick
Considine by her husband on May "a.
On the stage her acting would have
scored a hit; as 1t was, she thrilled
the courtroom. The sordidness of
the tragedy in which she figured was
lost in the thrilling scene she re-
hearsed before the jury box.
She was fighting for her husbands
life, for upon her testimony depends
the case for the defense. Yet she took
the stand with the knowledge that her
husband, himself an actor, was re-
garding her coldly and critically, with
no sign of sympathy for her position.
She was dressed in a blue linen
dress with a huge collar of white lace
and a f1imsy creation of white straw
on her head
Her maiden name she gave as Eliza
Lowell; her age as 2S years. She said
she had been married two years ago
and that. on the stage, she acted with
Devlin under the name of Mae ELL
wood in a song and dance sketch,
"The Girl from Yonkers."
TELL us in your own way what led
up to the shooting" said Alexander
H. G. Maidment, counsel for Devlin.
Tells What Preceded Shooting.
"on Friday afternoon" she began
deliberately, my husband had met
Considine on the street and had ac-
cused him of being intimate with me-"
Her very calmness enthralled the
spectators who had crowded into the
courtroom to hear her sensational
recital.
Jimmie told Considine," she con-
tinued, that he knew we had been
out together Wednesday night and
that he had come home with me.
'"The facts are these: ] did meet
Considine Wednesday night and
cafe) had some money and we
both bought drinks and we both be-
came intoxicated
II was there when my husband met
Considine on the street and was talk
ing to him. Jimmie said MY
mother told me that you had been
too intimate with my wife on Mon
day night Considine denied it.
Told Considine to Stay Away.
Jimmie then said: L will take
your word for it, If you say that you
did not do 1t, but stay away from
my wife and my home That ended
the conversation between Jimmie and
Considine on Friday afternoon"
Prosecutor Wendell J. Wright tried
to get the witness to say that Dew
lin had accused her of misconduct.
HE did not" she retorted. When
Considine denied 1t the entire matter
was dropped"
ut was untrue, anyway wasn't
it?" the prosecutor suggested.
II won't say whether 1t was or
not, Mrs. Devlin replied cautiously
Il refuse to answer
Continuing her story, she said:
Il went out at 8 o'clock on Satur-
day with little Anna Devlin Ian
orphan taken care of by Mrs. Anna
Devlin, the mother of the prisoner).
We went to Bender's Hotel "a hotel
in Cliffside Park, near the Devlin
home). We were sitting in the dining
room when Mr.. Bender came in and
said: Hello, Mrs. Devlin'
"Considine was in the barroom and
he heard him. He came into the
room. Pretty soon Considine got
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