Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-01-21

DAILY KEN
saw DR.. Mohr leaning toward Miss
Burger with his head covered with
blood. l said, oh, my Cod and then
I saw Miss Burger start to get out
and she fell into the roadway. 1 pick
ed her up A bullet whizzed over my
left shoulder and struck Miss Burger.
She fell again and I picked her up and
carried her to the side Of the road. I
recognized Spellman behind the car to
the left side I held UP the first ma
chine that came along and told this
people there had been a hold-up."
Dr.. Mohr Breathing
Heals said he purposely stalled the en-
CINE on the spot where the shooting was
done. Witness said DR.. Mohr was breath
ing and Miss Burger was bleeding from
bullet wound in the neck. Five shots
were fired altogether. he said No words
were spoken before or after the shoot
ing, excepting his exclamation "Oh. my
Cod" and Miss Burgers ejaculation 'Oh,
DOCTOR witness said.
Met Defendants
Heals said that while he and Brown
and Spellman were confined at the Prov
idence county Jail he had half an hour
to talk with the two defendants in the
Jail yard
What did Brown say?'
He told me to stick by him."
Spellman did not have much to say.
What did you tell Brown"
Il told him l had already told the
truth and was going to stick to it. lie
said I'd get the worst of it. Brown fur
Their stated he would say nothing. Spell
man also said he'd keep silent"
Cross Examination
The cross-examination was then begun
On cross-examination by Attorney Lew
is, Heals admitted that he could not be
sure he saw Spelln,an Immediately after
the shooting, but that he thought the
shadow was that Of Spellnan's.
Didn't you find at one time letter
IN the doctors automobile in which the
writer threatened to kill the doctor if
he didn't leave his wife alone?"
mo, sir"
Heals admitted he made two different
statements-the hold-up story and the
one he told on the stand.
Confession Sent for
Attorney Lewis asked Attorney
General Rice if he would produce
Healis' written confession and Mr..
Rice said: Yes, we will and we now
insist on it going in and it will impli-
cate all of them"
The confession was sent for. Up to
this time the defence had fought hard
to keep this from the jury.
Heals denied saving that the plot
was Browns and that the plan was
for Brown to hold up the doctor and
rob him.
He was asked if he didn't talk to
Winfield Thompson of the Boston
Globe, who was present in the court
room. but he couldn't remember.
He denied repudiating his confess
sion while he was in Bristol Jail.
Heals admitted he owned one gun
but said that the only time he car
ried it on an automobile trip was
when he moved to Newport.
Didn't you show Brown another
nickel plated gun and didn't you tell
him that you'd fix the doctor some
night with your own gum"
mo, sir"
Haven't you told story about the
poison to the effect that Mrs. Mohr
gave Brown bottle of poison to be
put into DR.. Mohr's pocket 80 he
could drink it at leisure?" asked Mr..
Lewis.
mo, sir"
Heals Reward
What are you to get for turning
states evidence?" asked Mr.. Lewis.
Nothing" replied Heals.
DO you expect to go to jail for the
rest Of your life?"
Yes, sir
Haven't YOU said you expected pro-
bation?"
NO, sir
Don't YOU understand that you
have not yet been sentenced because
they're waiting to see how you tes-
tify?'
NO, SIR
Haven't you any hope?"
mo sir
He denied that he told Henry Pine.
a prisoner at Cranston that to protect
himself he had to bring someone els
into it.
Mr. Lewis wound up his cross-eX-
animation very dramatically, asking the
witness with a voice choked with emo
ton if he did not stop his car that
night to let his employer be shot to
death.
| Il did" Heals coolly replied.
You are part Indian, Mr.. Healis?'
Il am"
That's ALL
Adjournment
| Court adjourned till p NJ.
| The largest crowd that has yet
| sought admission to the courtroom be-
| sieged the entrances this afternoon and
| other crowds were stopped at the doors
from entering the court building at
ALL
John ]. Fitzgerald, of counsel for
| Mrs Mohr, began his cross-examina-
| ton of Heals when court convened.
| Did the attorney general act as
/ though he didn't believe your story the
first time you told it to him?"
mo sir"
Have YOU ever heard Of the Becker
! case in New York;" Heals was asked