Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-03
AIibi Defense in
 MOIlr Murder Case
BROWN, ONE or ACCUSED NE
 eRoEs. ON THE STAND
LACKS cORROBoRATIoN
Claims He Rode Toward Rocky Point the Night of the Murder-Mrs. Bes- sic spelEnan and Mrs. Gertrude Daley Charged With Perjury.

Providence, R. l., Feb. z-The final appeal to the jury by counsel for the defense in the trial of Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr. accused with two negroes of Franklin Mohr. will be made tornor- row. When court adjourned today the state had begun putting in it's rebuttal and it was announced that all of the time before the noon recess tomorrow and that the closing arguments would be made at once. The case will prob ably go to tie jury on Saturday
 Only onM of Accused Negroes Testified Only one of the two negro defend- ants-Ceciis Victor Brown and Henry H. Spe1lman-was put on the stand. objection was made to his testifying in the abSence of MT. Edwards, his counsel, Brown was called and the de- fense closed with his testimony.
 Brown Denied All Allegations. Brown denied all the incriminating allegations made against him by the states witnesses.l He was asked charges, and he denied each one cate- gorieally and discIaimed all Knowledge l of the murder of Dr. Mohr on the night of Aug. 31, 1915. He denied he shot 1 the doctor; denied that Mrs. Mohr had promised to give him s2,000 to do the l job: denied that Mrs AIohr bought him l a motorcycles; denied that he said in 1 Mrs. Mohr's presence at police head quarters that she hired him to slay her husband.
 Defense Was an AIibi.
 Browns defense was an alibi He asserted that on the night pr. Mohr was shot he rode his motorcycle down toward Rocky Point and then to River side. The latter place is about half l way between this city and the scene of the shooting.
 Not at Mrs. Mohr's House With HeaIis The witness in cross examination was able to give no reason why he 1 took the ride other than just riding, 2 nor could he name a single person he or four state witnesses who saw him ] at Riverside He denied he was at Mrs. Mohr,s house with George Healis Ton the night of Aug. 27. when Healis claims the murder plot was matched. Made No Confession. He Characterised as untrue tue story of Healis that Brown said Mrs MOhr
 had given him poison to drop in the doctors coffee, or that he ever threat Newport" He asserted that he did not make any confession to the police or newspaper reporters.
 Making Fun of Police. 
 We were making fun of Chief Rob-
 bins and laughing at him, although he did not know It, while we were show ing him where we threw our guns into the lake" declared Brown in testifyine
 about this portion of his alleged con fession to the police.
 Two Arrests for Perjury.
 The announcement that Mrs. Bessie SpelIman and Mrs. Gertrude Daley
 wife and sister respectively of Henry Spellman, were arrested this noon charged with perjury in connection with their evidence in support of the Ilprisoner's alibi, reached the jury al the afternoon session when Attorney I Lewis got Police Captain George H kAdonahan to admit 1t on the witness 1 stand
 Captain Monahan and Court Clerk Robert Root were called in rebuttal by the state after Brown left the stand l The court will announce in the morning
 a ruling on the question of permitting Captain Monahan to say if Mrs. MohI made some remarks when Brown. as the state alleges, accused her at police 1 headquarters on the morning of Sept I of hiring him to kill the doctor