The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-20
Chauffeur of Death
 Gar Describes Plot
 To Murder pr. Mohr
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do it. She told me not to, be afraid, that I could say it was a 1holdup and to call up the nearest house and tell them that the doctor had been held up and. shot. The murder was planned for the next night
 Healis said he and Brown picked out the spot for the murder, that they agreed to throw the guns into a lake and that Brown showed him where he would 1eaVe his motorcycle.
 HeaIis told of driving pr. Mohrs to Bristol Ferry on the night of August 28 and how he lost his nerve and continued faster'' when he reached the spot where Brown and Spellman were waiting in ambush. He explained that another reason why he did not stop was because Miss Florence Ornsby and Miss Martha Wilson were with. the doctor and Miss Burger.
 Miss Wilson, who was pr. 1Iohr's Ihousekeeper and regarded as a, leading witness for the state, is said to be i'll in Chicago.
 day. continued Hea1is, and he asked me why I did not stop. I promised to stop on the following Tuesday night
 / sOn the evening of the shooting the witness said, "I saw Mrs. Mohr and she asked me why I. didn't stop Friday night. She told me to be sure 2 want to. She said. Don't be afraid. Y ou can say it is a hold-up.' This was the last chance she said, as she had a divorce suit coming up the first of the month. told her I'd stop. She told me ff7I got into trouble to stick to it ton her name and that she would spend her last dollar onS mes
 Healis then told of Arriving Dr. MoIr and Miss Burger to Bristol on August 31, the night of the murder.
 t'When got to a dark spot in the road about halfway between two lights,'' he said, MI stopped my car, got out, turned ont nay headlights and put my sideItgF1ts on so could see the engine. Then heard two shots and saw Dr. Mohr leaning toward Miss Burger, his head covered to get out and fall into the roadway. I picked her up. "A bullet whizzed over my left shoulder and struck her. She fell again and picked her up and carried her to the side of the road. recognized SpelTnnan behind the car to the left side. stopped the first machine that came along and told. the people there had been a hoId-up.''
 Healis said he purposely stalled his engine on the spot where the shooting took place. The witness was then turned over to the defense for cross f# '
 Questioned by William H. Lewis, for the defense, Healts admitted he could not be sure that he saw SpelIman i'm mediateIy after the shooting but that he thought it was SpeI1nan's shadow.
 Didn't you find at one time a let ter in the doctors automobile in which the writer threatened to kill the doctor if he didn't leave his wife alone ?" MT. Lewis asked. F ssNo sir,'3 the witness replied.
 Healis also admitted he had made two different statements about the shooting. the first relating to a hold up and that which he gave on the stand.
 Attorney Lewis asked Attorney General Rice if he would produce Healis written confession.
 .sYes, we willy said Mir. Rice, 'sand we now insist on 1t going in and it will duplicate all of them"
 Up to this time the defense had fought against the Introduction of this socaIIed confession.
 NHealis denied that he had repudiat-s ed his confession while he was in Jail at Bristol.