Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-01-28
DIR. MOHR WAS INCENS BY
HIS WIFE'S CONFESSION OF HER
FRIENDSHIP WITH M'DOUGALL

didn't intend to have anyone else go
ing down. I decided not to let Charles
go. Heals then said: Well. maybe it's
just as well, I'm going to call for Miss
Burger at five minutes Of eight.
where were you the rest Of the
evening Aug. 31?"
AT my home. A woman friend left
me at 9.15 and l gave both the chill
dren bath. L retired about 1920 p.
NJ. Sometimes in the night someone
raped on my door. / and two train
ed nurses who lived in the house re-
sponded. 1t was an officer. He said:
Mrs. Mohr, Pm sorry to bring you
this news, but the doctor was shot
on his way to Newport I almost col
lapsed"
Went to Hospital
Mrs. Mohr was now speaking in
trembling voice.
Il called up Chief o'Neil." she
went on, and asked If the doctor was
dead. He said he wasn't. I got on
my clothes and went to the hospital
with Charles and the two nurses"
Mrs. Mohr said the matron at the
hospital told her the doctor was I'M
conscious, that his head was covered
with blood and advised her not to go
into his room.
Il went home and sat up all night"
she said. Il got word Of his condi-
:tcn every half hour"
when did you first hear Of the
doctors death?'
LAS soon as he passed away" re-
piled Mrs. Mohr with tears in her
eyes and her voice filled with emo
ton.
What did you do?"
Was Frantic
Il don't know what l did for Is min
utes-I was frantic"
Mrs. Mohr told Of applying for the
custodianship Of the children and her
husbands property. by advice Of
counsel, and Of going with friends to
the Doctors Office.
Florence Ormsby, (the doctors Of
flee girD and George Rocks were in
the Office" she said. Miss Ormsby
shrieked out. My God, Mrs. Mohr!'
asked her what the matter was. She
said, Let me out. Give me that key
told her to leave the key alone"
Mrs. Mohr said that afternoon she
arranged for the funeral. She spent
the night Of Sept. at home.
about O'Clock on the morning Of
Sept. @" she went on. Captain Mon
ahan and Inspector Ahern came to
the house and asked me to go to po-
lice headquarters. I told Mr.. Mona
han had to get breakfast for my two
children. Captain Monahan said,
You'll be back in time to get break
FAST"
Mrs. Mohr told Of calling up her at
torney. Mr.. Carroll. and that he ad-
vised her not to talk to the police.
The witness asserted that she was
denied the privilege of having her at
torney present while the police were
questioning her. She admitted talking
to Constable Wallace on the way to
the courthouse in Warren, but denied
having said to him, IF some had gone
| through what I've gone through, they
would have killed the doctor long
ago."
Felt Sorry for Negroes
She admitted saying that she felt
sorry for those boys,'' meaning the
negroes.
Mr.. Wallace said to me-" she went
on, ono one will believe these d
niggers.'"
Il did not say such thing and 1t was
Mr.. Wallace, not I, who said that Miss
! Burger was peach blonde. Mr.. Wal
| lace told me there were two men down
his way who had it in for the doctor
| because Of blackmail at the time the
| doctor was treating their daughters. He
said No one has any love for the doc
tor. Don't worry. you will be all
right"
Mrs. Mohr denied that she had told
Miss Ormsby she was bitter toward the
| doctor.
Would Never Divorce Him
II told her. she said, that I loved
| the doctor and loved no one else; that
| I never would divorce him and that
| some day he would return to me-
Reverting to the dispute with Miss
| Ormsby over a key, the witness said it
was key to the Doctors Office desk.
She denied having talked to Miss
| Ormsby about Miss Burger. She said
Miss Ormsby once told her Of row
she had with the doctor because he had
bought a corduroy suit for Miss Bur-
ger.
She also denied having asked Miss
Ormsby if she could find out whether
the doctor had put his personal property
| in Miss Burgers name.
Il knew he hadn't done So" she
added.
On the Monday before the shooting,
Mrs. Mohr said she conversed over the
telephone with Miss Ormsby telling her
she was as bad as Miss Burger" but
denied that she said, eff you go with
the doctor in the machine you'll have to
take the consequences give you fair
warning" - o.
| did you on the morning Of the night
Of the shooting say to her that you
would lay for the machine and that
someone would get trimming?'
II did not. Miss Ormsby called me
up Wednesday morning and asked her
II she had heard about tho tragedy Of
the night before. When I told her the
doctor had been shot, she let out one
shrek and hung up the receiver"
| did you tell Constable Wallace that
you loved the doctor, that he was the
father Of your children an did Wal
lace say the doctor was a scoundrel?'
| "Yes."