The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-20
Captain of Detectives Thomas
Mcmahon Put in Vulgar
Words That She Did Not
Use
Also F allied to Read
Document to Girl
Police Officer Did Not Hesitate
to Use His Own Words
Rather Than Eiers---Defense
VIII Rely Upon an Abb

Captain Of Detective Thomas Nc
Mah0n, Of the Richmond police de-
partment, yesterday afternoon admit
ted, In the trial Of John Clements,
charged with criminal assault upon
Miss Fannie T Cbenault. before
Magistrates Sunday and Smith, that
he put his own words in the state-
ment which he had Miss Chenauit to
sign and that the filthy language con-
tanned therein was Of his own crea-
tien and did not come from the lips
Of the prosecutrix. Captain Mcmahon
lso admitted that he didn't want 70
get the statement in the presence OF
the girls father and that he didn't
read to her what he had written. ex-
cept in q general way as he was writ
ting IL down.
Captain Mcmahon appeared In
court Yesterday morning in response
TO a subpoena ordering him to pro-
duce a paper which Miss Chenault
said on the stand she had signed and
which the detective had in his pos
session. II was believed that the
statement would he used by the de-
Tense in an effort to impugn the
veracity OF the Young woman by
bringing out apparently irreconcilahIe
@tdtFbtrtt7 Gt'f'No't'f "a ~ FttV 50
ard which were in contrast to her
story on the witness stand.
The paper was delivered TO the
court Immediately after converting,
bat Captain Mcmahon did not take
the stand until the afternoon session.
On cross examination, he vas asKed
BY Attorney isaac bfsgs' you nave
heard Miss Cheuaultss statement that
she did not use certain vulgar words
contained In the statement to which
you secured her signature. Now ala
you not supply in certain parts OF the
statement language of your own ?"
.'Yes.r said the detective When I
"a me 10 a place where | could use my
own language. I did not hesitate to
do 90"
.yo, ,,ecd n shorter word In a
v,,.,,o ,,bnra vnv Thought Won could
Ia,.o .tt,,e md tha vulgar words used
+, tba .taternnt are votlr own. aren't
~rs,3,,nns NJ MICS
W. .,1-r,aaa csntain Nc
~
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MISS Chenauft VINO resaI'ien aii0
S'ahd 1ot 1nf ttieI sraMahan
Immediately after Captain McMahon
delivered her alleged statement 10 ,n1
court Identified her signature on tne
paper. but said that the HANDWRITING
Of the remainder was not hers. She
df4 not read over the statement be-
fore signing H. she testified.
Miss Chenauit went 10 CAPTAIN Nc
Nahnn's office, she said, with Deputy
sheriff Syancr
ibid Won take any one with you7"
she vas asked.
"%oi was told not TO take any one
With me"
Tho witness stated that she had read
a tynewrltten COPY of the supposed
~tatay,ant hut did not know that ii
was Inc same as the original The
tvnevritten eonv contained substan-
.tial1y what she had stated with THE
execution Of certain expressions and
words and language. which was Cap
cain McMAhon's composition, she tes-
tffed
The endowment ~ a number Of ex-
tranalv y,ilgsr expressions in the
statepoent we've firmly denied by the
witness she said that the detective
had nsrtfally read rhe statement to
ber Ana mad repeated her statements
n bnr ~ he NM them down. but she
ala M, knew at the time what he was
nnftipe down.
Denutv Sheriff Svdnor introduced
Mics f'hena4a1t IN CAPTAIN Mcmahon,
ans ssid while she was at the city
IAN seeking To identify her assaiiant.
Ten,Itv svdnor told her he needed
some helm in the case. and, therefore,
had asked Saptain Mcmahon to help
him
"Nr Svdnor asked me to meet him
~ Nfa,asv in order 10 talk over. as
~ eaia he case. He told me not 10
,,,e,stion y any one. and that it was
I'm rortant not 10 mention it to my
father" the eirf swore.