The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-10-21

Fudge Acknowledges Cartridges.
Mr.. Kelly, embalmer, stated that al
body into which the embalming fluid |
had been injected, would flex suffi- |
GENTLY to make the arm measure
ments by which the coroner had as
certained that the child's reach was
several inches shorter than the dis
lance from muzzle to trigger of the |
gun.
The above testimony, except as re-
CARDS to the cartridges, was substan-
tiated later by DIR. S. r. Mallory Ken
needy, medical expert introduced byi
the state.
Coroner's Physician.
That the mark on Tennie's nose was
Enthusiastically the imprint of an
adults finger nail, was the statement
of DR.. v. r. Mobiles, coroner's ply
stefan, who examined the bodies. DIR.
Mobiles described the finger marks
around the throat of the older girl,
and stated that the bruises on her
hip were such as might have been re-
ceived had she been dragged.
There was no powder burn on either
child, DR.. Mobiles stated, which argued
that the gun must have been held a
distance away from the breast-prob-
ally three feet.
The Money Involved.
About $3.50 was the sum involved in
the life insurance policies of the two
children, said Jas. T. Gerelds, agent
Of the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company in Pensacola. Tennie's
policy would amount to about 1910;
and Ethel's to between $40 and $50.
The payments on the policies, which
had been made two weeks in advance,
would have been due again the week
after the tragedy.
John Hinrichs and r. p Ray, bar
tenders in the service club on Palafox
and Zaragossa, testified to Judges
application for work, and his failure
to avail himself of the opportunity
Immediately job was offered. When
Fudge came in the service club be-
tweAn and o'clock in the morning,
Mr.. Hinrichs gave him note in
which he was told to report for work
at the navy yard that morning damn
quick" Fudge read the note, put it In
his pocket, walked to the door, came
back, and read it again, said Mr.. Hin
richs. When Mr.. Ray, who came on
duty at noon, saw him and asked him
why he hadn't gone after. the job,
Fudge said, according to witness, that
he didn't have the carfare. Mr.. Ray
said he told Fudge that he would have
loaned him the money.
! Drank Beer.
According to Hinrichs and Ray
Fudge drank three bottles of beer
costing 80 cents, during the, day.
Mr.. Ray, who went on duty at II,
said that Fudge seemed to be calm
| and as usual, but Willie Fell and
Chas. Meade, who saw him little
before at the Palafox street wharf
remarked on his extreme nervousness
"He seemed to be restless, he seemed
to be nervous" said Mr.. Fell, who al
though he had known him a long time
had never noticed anything approach.
ing this in his conduct. Mr.. Meade
/ thought Fudge might have been excit.
ed by helping to land the shark.
; The Woman in the Case.
4 Quite thrill went through the
courtroom when BERTHE Monday, thu
woman whose picture Tennie hat
found in her fathers coat, was pu
on the stand. Witness stated tina
Fudge had given her a ring, none!
and clothes-admitted by Fudge later
She had met the prisoner in Marcl
lin barroom. She said that Fudg'
had asked her to marry him, ''tie-up'
was, she said, the word Fudge hat
used, but she understood marry. TIL
Monday woman said she refused t
take care of Judges children; Fudg
later on, denied having proposed mar
riage, "tie-up," or looking after tn
children.
The Monday woman identified tw
specimens of her handwriting, mad
Thursday, and before the grand jur
, recently, and the trail was laid 70
the big sensation of the day.
The Bottle in the Bay.
James E. Malone was introduce
first, who testified to finding bottl
on Friday after the tragedy, Will
, crab fishing at the G. F. & A. wharf
He happened to look down and Their
was the bottle, he said, bobbin
against piling. He retrieved it, an
found inside note, which he deliy
( cred to the police.
: The Mysterious Note.
S The note, written on the corner {
t an old Journal, about three inche
square, read as follows:
!. Il am the one that killed them
: two little children. I live at Red
2. Bluff. Guess WHAT"
e Handwriting Expert.
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