New Britain herald., 1915-09-03
MRS. MOHR BREAKS
 DOWN DENYING HER
 PART IN MURDER
Insists That Story of Negroes
 That She Hired Them to Kill < Dr. Mobr Was Concocted
PHYSICIANS FUNERAL
 {. DIRECTED BY WIDOW

DIRECTED BY WIDOW Latter's Interview With Newspaper V, man Interrupted By Sobs and Ends
 in Outburst of Weeping-Claims
 That She Has Nothing to Fear and
 Cares Not So Much for Herself as ,<- for Her Children.
 Providence, R. l., Sept. 3.-Amid the preparations for the funeral of her husband, of whose death she is accused, Mrs. Elizabeth Tiffany Blair Mohr today lost her composure for the first time since suspicion fell upon her. She had attempted a formal in- terview but it was soon interrupted with sobs and ended in an outburst < of weeping.
 The funeral of pr. Mohr which was held at noon today, at his pretentious - home in the Elmwood district, was arranged in all it's details by the widow, who following her arrest yes- terday, was released on bail of $1O,O0O and returned to her modest boarding place on Reservoir avenue. Here she halted her duties to receive a newspaper man and indicated a pur- pose to break the silence heretofore 7maintained'
 E. Negroes Story COncocted. ' She reiterated her declarations of innocence and insisted that the story of the three negroes that she had hired them to dispose of her husband was concocted after their plot to rob Dr. Mohr had resulted in his murder. -< 'I am absolutely innocent of this whole terrible affair." she began calmly enough. T do not care so much for myself as for my dear chil- dren.'' With the mention of the chill dren the tears came and was some moments before she could continue. Then she said: EF .s ,sf~.a. Nothing to Fear. , "But I am innocent and have not1- ing to fear. The story told by those. negroes is ridiculous. There is no question but that the story they first told of their plan to rob the doctor was the real motive Tor the shooting.
 With my attorney, Mr. Cushing, am making all the arrangements for the funeral services of Dr. Mohr to- Bay. I shall attend the funeral with my two children"
 Breaks Down Completely.
 Here Mrs. Mohr broke down com- ,pletely and her caller withdrew.
 Though this was her first formal statement for the press, it was learned hat ha ha fol 1o that her life with Mohr had been most Unhappy, that he taunted her and made her witness his attentions to other women. It was "In one of my jealous moods" that she wrote the letter threatening Miss Emily G. Burger, she said.
 Talked With Chauffeur.
 According to the officers she also admitted that she had talked with the doctors chauffeur, George w. Healis and c. Victor Brown, who was formerly employed as a hostler by the physician, but said that she had sought from them gro find out what the doctor was doing.''
 Brown and Healis, with Henry .Spellman, are alleged accomplices of Mrs. Mohr, who was involved by their confessions.
 } Life Anything But Happy.
 My life in recent years, she told Chief. Inspector O'NeiI has been any, thing by happy. He used to taunt me terribly by letting me know in one way or another that he went around with other women. He made it a point to let me see him out rid ing with other girls. He would get some young woman and take her horse back riding and ride past the -.house so that I could see him. He Haunted these other women right in my face"
 Doctors Funeral Private.
 The funeral of Dr. Mohr was pri- vate, the attendance being limited to relatives and a few neighbors. <
 , The casket, upon which was spray of pink and asters, the only flowers received, was in the parlor on one side of a long hall and opposite a reception room where were seated Mrs. Mohr, her two children, a nephew, and the doctors brother John D. Mohr of McEwensville, Pa.
 Widow Tn Deep Mourning.
 The widow was in deep mourning The children were dressed in white, and wore panama hats. Mrs. M OhT sat composed as the Episcopal service was read but later as she passed through the hall and glanced at the caslet she wept audibly. She did not view the body.
 .@ A large crowd had gathered out side the house but there was no dis turbance and the curious watched in Y silence as Mrs. Mohr and the children J,~1 the first of three carriages that car