Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-19

| time the murdered woman's body was
taken to his place, and when ne Wis
tied the scene of the crime, the prose-
cution called upon Drs. William q.
/ Schauffier and A. M. Heron, Lake.
/ wood physicians.
| suffOcation Theory Advanced.
Both told of two wounds on the
woman's head, which were made, in
their opinions. by some blunt weapon,
but which, they agreed, would not of
themselves have caused death alone.
DIR. Schaufiier advanced the theory
that the woman, stunned by the blows
upon her head, had died of suffoca-
tion after her face had fallen into
the dirt
Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, a sister of
the murdered woman, was called and
testified that her sister had that day
been at her house and telephoned to
the Homelands Sanitarium. telling
them that she was going to take
them some garments which she had
that morning completed. She said
her sister had expressed a fear of
Leehan.
A number OF witnesses were called
and testified that they had seen her
going down the path which, with
one bend, would have taken her near
the spot where the murder ia alleged
to have occurred. The prosecution
then introduced a string of witnesses
to tell of the appearance of Leehan
on the day of the murder and on
subsequent occasions.
Says Leehan Looked wild.
William T. Mason, police officer of
Lakewood, was the first called in this
connection and testified that at Z
o'clock on the evening of the MUIR
der he saw Leehan In Lakewood The
defendant, he said, looked wild. His
tie was disarranged. his face showed
several scratches and his lips were
swollen as IL by drink. He told also
of the finding of box cover in the
rear of the little studio that stands
near to Leehan's home. The prose-
cution sought to establish that lid
as the one on the box carried by
Mrs Turner when she left home. They
failed, however. to prove their point.
John Henderson, a riding instructor,
who was a member OF the coroners
jury and whose home Is next to
Leehan's, told the jurors that on the
day of the murder he heard Leehan
and his wife fighting In their house..
The defendant, he claimed, ran out
of the back door when his wife went
to telephone and sent a call for the
police. She had one sleeve torn from
her waist, he said. His test imony
was introduced to show that Leehan
was not In his home that afternoon,
and that he had gone Off in the direc-
ton of the scene where II Is charged
he killed Mrs. Turner after an at
tempted assault.
Jurors at Might Session.
Justice Minturn announced a new
departure for the Ocean county
courts at the close of the afternoon
session. by demanding the presence
or the Jurors at night session which
he set for 1890 o'clock. These sessions
are to be held each night, 1t is learned,
IN order 10 close the case by Satur-
day, which has been agreed to by
prosecution and defense.
1t was during the night session that
the prosecution began to call its star
witnesses. Raymond SCHNEIDER. the
youthful detective. who traiied Lee
nan over this and other States and
finally induced him into New Jersey
from White Plains, N. Y, In order to
have him arrested, told of I.eehan's
wanderings after he left Lakewood.
Cnme to Newark.
He said that he had Swallowed Lee
mans movements to farm near
princeton, where an uncle lived, and
w hANAASOils WHtTo Il6 secured
employment. Through excessive
drinking he lost his position there
and went to Summit, where he was
discharged for the same reason. In
Montclair, his next place of employ
ment, he lost his position after his
wife had him arrested for beating
her He then went TO South Orange
and thence to Newark, Monmouth
Beach, New Rochelle and White
Plains
The lawyers engaged in a. lengthy
battle of words when tho defense at
tempted to bar tho testimony of
SCHNEIDER as to what was told him
by Leehan when they brought him
here from Fort Lee in April of this
year, after his arrest.
Took 10 Woods After Quarrel.
Charles Shaw, another detective,
testified as to his work on the case
Immediately after the crime had been
committed. He said that he made
canvass of the neighborhood after
the murder. inquiring at each house
for some information. At Leehan's
house he said Mrs. Leehan admitted
him and took him to her husband,
whose face, he said, showed scratches.
which the defendant told him were
caused by O razor.
II suppose you want me to tell you
all about my movements that day."
Shaw says he questioned. On this
voluntary suggestion he allowed Lee
han to proceed. The defendant, he
said, told him that he had a fight with
his wife and went into the woods to
hide after his wife had phoned for
the police. During their conversa-
ton Mrs. Leehan interrupted. Shaw
said and told him Tint no ,o,,ldnst
do anything with her husband be-
cause she could prove an alibi. Upon
a second visit he said he was refused
Mrs. Leehan telling him that he had
driven her husband insane.
Interesting testimony was that of
Andrew b. Griggs, who as bartender
refused TO sell Leehan liquor on the
night OF the day of the murder. He
was a bartender then but is now the