The sun., 1916-01-30
MRS. MOHR, IN 4 FURY,
DEFENDS HER CHILDREN
Offers Husbands Letter as Proof of Marriage, Then
Angrily Resents Reflection Cast by Prosecutor
Son to Testify Tomorrow.

PROVIDENCE. Jan. 2o--For a brief mo-
ment to-day in the trial OF Mrs Eliza
beth +. Mohr for Navigating the murder
Of her husband she vas aroused to fury
by her relentless prosecutor. AnGered by
the tactics OF the defence Attorney-G Gen
era! Rice had cast reflection on the
parentase of her children and she glared
at him with the concentrated hatred Of
woman defending her young.
The incident altered her entire de-
meanor. The hesitant. fearful manner
which had marked all nor testimony OF
the preceding days dropped from her like
a mantle and she fought back at her
opponent with angry retorts. Hsr love
for her children has been the one out
standing feature OF the otherwise sordid
proceedings. and II was evident that she
had been deeply wounded.
Memory OF all the brutal things she
has related Of her husbands 8 conduct, his
unfaithfulness. drunkenness and cruelty
seemed to be swept from her mind by
this crowninR injury and when Mr. Rice
asked sarcastically. Wasn't there more
mud thrown at him than by him she
retoited:
II made a man Of him; he said so
himself hundreds or times"
FIsshed by Anger.
Her face was flushed at times Ay her
anger, her mouth set in an unpleasant,
hard line that only broke to be replaced
by "A mirthless grin. All the reiterated
defence Of her character was discounted
by this expression and when she cried
that she had been a good girl. good
woman and good mother her words
carried none Of the convincing pathos
that might have marked them.
THE opportunity OF the Attorney Gen
eral was presented by a letter onered
by the defence to prove that Or. Mohr
had contended that their first marriage
was legal The letter was written to
T.. J. sullivan. a brother-in-law Of Mrs.
Mohr. in 1909. at about the time when
she said they had their first quarrel
She has said this quarrel came from
the doctors denia, Of the legality Of
their marriage. although the state has
attempted to prove that the disagree
ment was over something she told the
doctor Of her relations with Samuel Nc
Doueal, a theological student The let
ter follows:
DEAR SIR: am rather surprised to
learn from Elizabeth that you nave 50
doleiully betrayed a trust and, II dared
to believe her. have added talsenoou'
You must not say too much about Eli i
I beth. or you will have me to deal with.
I don; care what you think about me,
but don't think, too loud. ] am not in
the mud singing business myself
Married, Doctor Wrote.
81 thought We were not married. but
I t,nd now that We were. I got my idea
from the Maloney case in New York.
! Maloney was secretly married had no
record made OF IL and the court held that
IL was not legal. hut they assumed
names. Religion mixed us all up and
made US do as We did.
II consulted an attorney this morning
and And that the fact that the certificate
| was not recorded did not !nvalidate the
| ,ransaction. write this in defence OF a
| good woman--at present. What con-
| tend she admits. and that is our present
difference. am very respectfully yours,
&c. r. MoHR."
! Then the defence attempted to intro
! duce the birth certificates OF the two
| Mohr children. Charlie IL years old, and
, Virginia. ., and the way was paved Tor