Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-19
CLAIMS MRS. M0HR
THREATENED TO KILL
Miss Burger Target of Ac-
cused Woman's Wrath, !;
Says George w. Rocks. !
LETTER OF WARNING
INTRODUCED AT TRIAL

IEII6h Uf WAhNlNG
INTRODUCED AT TRIAL
Said to Have Been Written by
Slain Doctors Wife to Brother
in-Law of Husbands Secretary.
| PROVIDENCE, r. l., January ia
! letter containing a threat to kill Miss
Emily Burger and alleged to have been
written by Mrs. Elizabeth +. Mohr. who
| is on trial for the murder of her hus-
| band, DR.. c. Franklin Mohr. last Au-
gust, was introduced by the prosecu-
ton today. George w. Rocks. brother
in-law of DIR. Mohr's secretary. Miss
Burger also testified that Mrs. Mohr
told him she could hire a couple OF
thugs to kill her husband.
| Miss Burger was wounded when Mohr
was shot, and the state claims that
| jealousy of her was one of the motives
that led Mrs. Mohr to employ Cecil
Brown and Henry Spellman 10 murder
| her husband
Denies He Was Jealous.
| On cross-examination Rocks denied
| that he had been jealous of the physi-
clans attentions to Miss Burger or had
| tried to prejudice Mrs. Mohr against
| her husband. Rocks first identified tho
| post card Mrs. Mohr wrote him warn
| ing him to keep his sster-in-law away
from her husband, which had already
| been placed in evidence. He then ideu-
| titled letter he received from Mrs.
Mohr December g. 1913 II was al
| lowed to go into the record over the
| objection of counsel for the defense.
Text of the Letter.
1t read, in part:
MY son Charles has told me that mis-
father had taken him three times to
call on Miss Burger. l am going to
get after her. She is not going to get
the best of me. 1 will kill her before
I'm through with the whole matter
She is low person, when she won't
listen to goou woman like me, VINO
asks her to stay away from my nus
band. She will be sorry before many
days
Il just want to let you know how
your sister-in-law is dcceiving you. I'm
look into this matter and don't let her
Jolly you. l give her fair warning.
Tells of Conversations.
Rocks told of conversations he had
with Mrs. Mohr between October. 1913.
and June, 1914, at his office in the post
Office in the south station in Boston.
How did Mrs Mohr express herself to-
a he
asked An
Very bitter"
What did she say?'
she said she could hire a couple of
thugs to murder her husband
''When?"
I'm January, 1914. She also said she
hoped he would get killed by his au-
tomobile."
Did she say anything about Miss
Burger"
.Yes. she said she would kill her be-
fore she'd let her marry her husband.
Mrs. Mohr added that Miss Burger
would never live to marry her hus-
band, the witness said.
Did she say anything about money!
Wanted $50, 900, Is Claim.
Yes, she said she would give her
husband divirce if he would give her
$50, 900 and the Middletown estate"
Did you do anything about the
threats?'
Yes. 1 went to see Attorney Arthur
Gushing about them" replied Rocks.
Mr.. Cushing is one of Mrs. Mohr's at
torneys.
On cross-examination the witness de
MED chat he had told Mrs Mohr in
1912 he could control Miss Burger.
Didn't you tell her you were her
friend and to call you up at any time?
Yes, sir"
"Didn't YOU meet Mrs Mohr on Elm
wood avenue, ana didn't she ten you
she loved her husband, and didn't you
tell her "a nice girl like you shouldnt
waste your time with fellow like
him?'''
Did not Mrs Mohr tell you she called
I'D Miss Burger and asked her to stop
going around with her husband and
that Miss Burger had promised to keep
away. and didn't Miss Burger tel l'r'
Mohr, and didn't Mrs. Mohr tell you
that as a consequence the doctor beat
herr"
II think she showed me some marks"
In General Denials. -
Rocks denied emphatically that H.
had tried to get Mrs. Mohr to go to
dinner with him; that he had told Al
torney Gushing that he had secured
evidence to permit the doctor to divorce
her.
Didn't you tell Mrs Mohr that DR..
Mohr was a scoundrel!
NO. sir"
Didn't you tell her on another occa-
sion that you'd like to put a couple OF
bullets into him.
NO, sir"
Blood-Stained Garments Shown.
The introduction Of the blood-stained
garments worn by her husband the
night that he was killed yesterday
afternoon almost broke the self-control
which Mrs. Mohr has exhibited ever
since the trial began. Although she
kept her gaze averted after one hasty J
glance at the bullet-pierced hat and
other clothing, and one of her attor-
news attempted to divert her attention
by talking to her while the various eN-
hibits were being offered, she con-
stantly wiped tears from her eyes and
it was evident that she was deeply
affected.
Aside from the introduction of the
exhibit a feature of the days proceed
ings was the testimony of Constable
James E. Wallace, who quoted Mrs.
Mohr as having told him that DIR. Mohr