The Washington times., 1916-01-21
TO SHAKE STORY
OF DEATH CAR DRIVER
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house itself contcnted themselves with
a brief glimpse Of Mrs. Mohr as sho
arrive in her cu:tained BLACK limousine
and skipped up +he st"n@. or of the three
r~'"' "' red "limou-
sine" Of the States prison.
the sheriff iorce tu uy declined to
place tho extra chairs in the courtroom
which were packed in Yesterday There
were fewer women in the crowd.
Fitzgerald started at Heals the mo-
ment court opened. Refreshed by the
nights interval in his Cross-examina-
the late hours Thursday. but his MEM
ory under Cross-QueStioning was no bet
ter. He mumbled his replies, mainly
the monotOnous II don't remember"
Heals for the sixth time could not re-
call having seen Winfield Thompson, a
Boston newspaper man, who Is alleged
to have interviewed Heals in the Bristol
Jail. In that interview Heals is said
to have told Thompson that Mrs. Mohr
had othing to do with the plot.
Fitzgerald closed his Cross-examina-
ton at 1910 a. m. He had failed ut
terly to break down Heals story Of
either the plot or the actual murder.
but he left the negro's veracity under a
serious cloud of doubt,
John B. Edwards. colored lawyer.
of Providence, once known as the
"Delmas OF South Carolina" took up
the cross-examnation.
MISS burger OlOn Cll1nD out OF the
car; she fell out" said Heals to Ed
wards.
Did she hit the ground?" Edwards
demanded.
She did"
Two court officers raped for order
when the spectators showed their
amusement a Edwards methods
Edwards appealed to Heals from a
sentimental standpoint. asking him
about his earlier associations and train
ing.
II have been to both church and sun
dav school," said Healis. II knew it
was wrong for m" to entertain agree
mcnt to Kill. hut | had been promised
a lot of money"
Healis found reason to smile fire.
\ letter from Heals to Edwards.
written while Heals WIS a prisoner in
the local Jail last October. was intro
duced by Edwards Healis admitted he
wrote it. The letter asked Edwards to
call on him and aid him. and the other
two bows" in their defense That was
before Heals turned States evidence
Edwards tried to show that Heals at
that time was giving a different version
Of the shooting.
The trial Jagged during Edwards
Cross-examination. His questions came
whole minutes apart in some instances.
and mainly wer" in repetition of Fitz-
gcrald's examination.
The attorney cleared up the puzzle
CorCrrring Emily Burgers black eve -
and the bruises on her arm. when he
elected the information that the girl
struck on her face when she tripped
over the robe and fell from the murder
car. The injury to her arm was caused
bV contact with the tonneau door. which
was swung open. 1t was assumed
Lewis said he wanted to ask "a few
more questions" of Heals before the
redirect examination began. He Went
into the letter which Healis admitted
writing to Edwards. Heals was pin-
ned to an admission that although he
made his hrst confession on Septem-
Der Is. the letter was written October
IL
"Victor Brown persuaded me to
write the letter, saying ! ought to
| change my counsel and stick with
that side. He came to me a dozen
| times and finally / wrote TO Mr.. Ed
wards"