Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-04
MRS. MOHR DECLARES SHE
IS VICTIM OF CONSPIRACY
Negroes Who Accuse Her, She Says,
Planned to Waylay DIR. Mollr
and Rob Him.
MURDERED MANS BODY BURIED
Wife, Charged With killing Husband,
Loses Composure for First Time.
Woman. jealousy of Whom, Ii Is
Said, Inspired Crime, Talks.

PROVIDENCE, II. l.. September g.
The defense OF Mrs Elizabeth Tiffany
Blair Mohr to the charge that in a
Jealous rage she plotted the death of
her husband. will he that both Or.
&c. Franklin Mohr and herself were
victims of conspiracy. unless present
expectations arc disappointed.
In an Interview to-day, which was
posurc for the first time since her
arrest. she declared hcr belief that
III" three negroes who now accuse her
had planned to waylay pr. Mohr and
rob him. She holds that when they
broke down under tho grillinG Of the
punishment by representing that they
had been melted by her on promise
of Il reward.
The body Of DR.. Mohr to-day was
placed In IA receiving tomb at Swan
Point Cemetery, after brief ceremonies
Mt the Mohr home i'm the presence OF
several relatives and nciShbors. Mrs.
Mohr and her two children. Charles
Franklin. Jr.. and Virginia Blair. were
present and accompanied tho body to
tho cemetery.
Mrs. Mohr did not look at the body.
Only once did she show any emotion.
Then for few moments az she stood
near the caskct, she wcpt convulsivc-
ly.
MISS BURGER NOT YET TOLD
OF EMPLOYERS DEATH
Miss Emily G. Burger. the Doctors
secretary, jealousy OF whom, 1t Ia al
legged. inspired the crime, has not yet
been told Of tho death OF her en-
ploycr. She is at the hospital recov-
cring from bullet wounds received
while on tho automobile ride with Or.
Mohr. After visiting her to-day. her
hrother-in-law, George Rookie. said her
feelings for tho physician were such
that knowledge OF his death would
kill her.
For long time" he said Miss
Burger did all in her power to re-
unite DR.. Mohr and his wife. She found
that he vas bitter against Mrs. Mohr
and would not entertain any such
idea"
Miss Burger gave Rookie state
mcnt which was In substance as fol-
lows:
DIR. Mohr was suspicious during the
ride. Heals ran the machine from the
Sewart Street office at a high rate Of
speed. Several times the doctor re-
marked about IL.
we did not stop until the chauffeur
brought the machine under the trees
on the Washington Road. George then
switched or the headlights and turned
OH the sde-liEhts. remarking, am
having trouble with the gas
We sat in the tonneau of the ma
chlnc ana neltner questioned nim
THOUGHT SOME ACCIDENT
HAD OCCURRED TO CAR
II was startled by the first shot, but
thought it was the car back firing. a
second shot did not make me realize
my danger Then three successive
shots caused me to feel pain behind
my ear and In my shoulder. but even
then did not renlize that was wound
ed. and thought that some accident
had occurred to the car.
II jumped up when ! saw the blood
streaming from DR.. Mohr's wounds
hut all this time 7 had no idea OF the
true state of things. sprang out OF
the car.
81 remember standing on the ground
and Heals grabbing me roughly by the
arm. He dragged mo TO the grass by
the side OF the car. did not see either
Brown or Spellman before or after the
shooting"
Arthur Cushing. chief counsel for
Mrs. Mohr. said il was doubtful whether
his client would make more than Il
bare plea of mot guilty" when tho
case comes up OH September Is.
Lawyers here tonight expressed
doubt whether the confessions Of the
three negroes would have any standing
in court. I'm so far AS they tend to
implicate Mrs. Molir. The Rhode island
law, they explained. does not allow the
admission as evidence Of a confession
by one person tending to incriminate