Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-27
Mrs, Mohr, on Trial With Two
Negroes, Takes Stand in
Her Own Behalf and Tells
Dramatic Story to Jury.
DOMESTIC TROUBLES
FEATURED HOME LIFE
Many Violent Scenes Said to.
Have Occurred Appealed
VainIy TO Miss. Burger to.
Leave Doctor Alone.

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tsy MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wiRsi
Providence, II. L., jan. 26--Mrs.
Elizabeth r. Mohr, ON trial with tive
negroes on the charge of numbering
her husband. DR.. c. Franklin Mohr
asserted on the witness stand today
that she loved her husband and always
was desirous OF effeeting reconcilia-
ton with him. She denied unequivoc-
ally that she ever plotted TO have him
killed. The widow told her story in
low tones. once or twice while tell
ing of some particularly irritating
turn in her domestic troubles. she
seemed on the verge of breaking
down.
Loved Her Husband.
In answer to questions put to her
by her counsel. MIR Cushing. the wit
ness said her husband had been cruel
and abusive. but that she loved MIN
Notwithstanding. She Identified a let
ter she said she had received from
him while she was at the Newport
home in the fall of 1913, in which the
doctor said
II don't want anything around that
reminds me of you, and If you ever
put your foot in my place in Provi-
dence again / will about Kill you. You
are barred from my Providence places
and | never will associate with you
again. The only time We Will be un-
der the same roof again will be when
| so to Newport, perhaps. When you
leave there you leave everything, ana
| don't care when YOU leave. I've been
tst4t1 afAf
for YOU. but / can do 1t no longer
am tottering now. | will have no
inore OF H.
Wanted Her TO Get divorce.
Mrs. Mohr made the assertion that
Dr. Mohr wanted her to get out and
shift for herself" and that he urged
her TO go west and get u divorce, but
that she refused DR.. Mohr threat
ened to kill her because She would not
give him her iewelry according to her
testimony. She also said the doctor
coerced her into deciding her property
to him and that up 10 1912 all his
earnings had been put in her name.
Continuing. Mrs. Mohr said she re-
ceived many beatings from her hus-
band because of her attempts to keep
Miss Emily Burger away from him.
She inserted that DR. Mohr was ad-
dicted to the use of liquor and drugs
and while under their Influence was
dangerous.
She did not deny writing letters to
Heals. DR.. Mohr's negro chauffeur,
while she was visiting the doctors rel
atives in McEwenesville, Pa, explain
ing that she wanted to know what the
doctor was doing--that he was her
husband and she was Interested in
what he did
Mrs Mobr se,r.nosscsscd
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IN fepruaiS, i'u', ~ unu.oi
liau oeen urlhhins anu taNiiE nIuss
ana ne gave me ure'ul"' pea'ii.s. :
,old MN was GONG 10 ieaVe nm.
re toia me 1 hau no recotu % my
,harrlase ana ne 'o,u ne u get ou''
sot oul we neNt gay
MIS- hoiii t',u u ." acNo'u c,-.' h'''
Iiase ceremony psihE p,,ioii"eu vi
May zf, Ivo., at Lylln mass'
bc'i her Sev'i"i iiines'
MIS-, MOTT sa.a Una, at the secohu
CEREMONY Dr. moir iiaue an tho
statements ana 'hat she olu not kiioW
"hether ne han hiiue any ihis-s'a'e-
ments. ,ooo 60 :,
Dld MI Monr, ~ i'Vy- ~
.reat you aDuslNeiS asheu MI
Susnlns'
es' SIT ., .., j..
piu ne tfeal YOU witH Nioienee III
Iune ana July aitef the second cere-
nony
eSi nc nad neeh 70 NoVf oco,id'
nad lound ietter m ms povhe.
Nnlie ne was sohe ana l ashea hlih
ipout II Wilen ne re'uriieu' ne so'
ihsIy anu pe"t me,
Mrs Mohr sald ne peat hcr asail
IS q result OF a quaIIei ne starte"
,vef her motner insurance polloy;