Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-19
MOSER MURDER
CASE TO JURY
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serious loss of memory on the witness
stand or else was deliberately mis-
stating the occurrences that took
place the night of the shooting, and
Mr.. Heisley left no doubt in the minds
of his hearers that the latter idea was
the one that was predominant In his
mind.
He laid particular stress on the fact
that In her statement made in the
Fourth precinct station on the day
following the murder In which she
had made no reference to hearing
Mrs. Moser use the word revolver
while in Moser's room or to the state
ment that Mrs. Moser had screamed
"I'll kill your just, before. the fatal
shot rang out. In her testimony on
Wednesday Miss Ledos had insisted
that Mrs. Moser had uttered the
words. only to have Plainclothesman
George Kass, of the Fourth precinct,
one of the men who took the state
ment on the day following the muir
der, take the witness stand for the
defense and deny absolutely that Miss
Ledos had told the police officers
about any such exclamation being
made by Mrs. Moser, although they
had repeatedly asked her II she mad
told them everything she had heard
and seen the night of the shooting.
Mr.. Heisley then turned his atten-
tion to Prosecutor Hood and called
attention to the fact that he had not
placed on the witness-stand CHIEF
Frederick Weimer, of the county de-
tectiyes. or Captain Oscar Vogel, who
were present when Miss Ledos made
her statement. 1.-THE prosecutor dared
not put these men on the Witness
stand" declared Mr.. Heisley. for he
knew they would corroborate the
story of Kaas and only prove still
further that Miss Ledos, while the
memory of the killing was still fresh
In her mind, did not tell them of the
damaging statements she now de-
clares Mrs. MoSer made"
Police statement Refused.
He also called attention to the fact
that although he had placed Prose-
cutor Hood on the stand in an effort
to get the original statement of Miss
Ledos before the jury, he had been
unable to do so by reason OF the
prosecutor taking advantage or his
prerogative in refusing to produce a
statement taken by the state Tor the
purpose Of the prosecution of the
case.
Mr.. Heisley closed with an affect
ing appeal to the jury to consider
that through the brutality of Moser
abe had been forced on five occasions
to submit to Illegal operations or
otherwise to have premature births
because Moser did not like children.
His appeal on this point was very
strong and almost every woman in
the court room, as well as many OF
the men were in tears before he
finished. Several of the jurymen also
were noticed to furtively brush their
eyes as Heisley drew a magnificent
word picture Of the mental anguish
of Mrs. Moser at such times.
Mr.. Hood said the fact was un-
deniable that the gun with which the
| fatal shot was fired was in the hand:
of Mrs. Moser at the time, pointing
| as proof of this fact that 1t wa;
| found on a table down stairs in tht
Ledos home, where Mrs. Moser hat
| placed her hat as she ran from thu
| house after the shooting seeking hell
for her husband. Mr.. Hood con
tented himself with a plain unvar
nished analysis Of the evidence tina
! tended to connect Mrs. Moser will
a premeditated shooting, but wa
very considerable in his handling o
1 ..
who heard Mr.. Hoods summing UP
remarked, for a murder trial sum
ming I'D that does not seem to hav
the usual Louie Hood punch"
Mrs. Moser was on the witnes
stand for an hour and thirty-fiv
! minutes yesterday afternoon, all blu
twenty-five minutes of the time be
i ing devoted to direct examination q
the hands of Mr.. Heisley. The sal
lent points of her story were told Il
the Evening Star of yesterday. I
was noticeable that Mr.. Hood In hi
twenty-five minute cross examina
ton was very kind in his treatmen
of Mrs. Moser.
short Address to Jury.
In his opening to the jury, whic
was a speech of less than ten mir
utes In duration, Mr.. Hood said the
the State would show that Jealous
played part in the crime, and re
ferred to the note left by Mrs. Nc
ser when she left her room at Co
street house on the night of the xii
ing.
In this note to her husband Mr.
Moser said she chopped she was wror
IN presuming as she did" She mac
no explanation in the note OF VIII
she presumed and Mr. Hood conten,
! ed that 1t tended to show that 81
was Jealous of Mosers attention
other women. Mrs. Moser on the wi
ness stand had explained that she hi
meant she hoped she was wrong
thinking that Moser did not inter
: to keep his word and call on h
9 Saturday night and bring the fou
! year-old son of the couple with hii
I Mr.. Hood secuted that explanati,
( and insisted that the note showed tn
4 jealousy existed.
. Mr.. Heisley in his summing up t
x day made this an issue and cha
i lenged the prosecutor to show by
< single scintilla of evidence in the ca
n that any jealousy existed and cit,
}, Mrs. Moser's testimony in which 81
8 had sworn that as far as she kne
Q she had never had any occasion to
Jealous of her husband.