Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-27

Says She Loved Husband.
Mrs. Mohr asserted on the witness
stand yesterday afternoon that she
loved her husband and was always de-
sirous of effecting a reconciliation with
him. She denied unequivocally that she
ever plotted to have him killed.
The accused widow told her story In
a very low voice and appeared to be
cool and collected. Once or twice while
telling of some particularly Irritating
turn In her domestic troubles she
seemed on the verge of breaking down,
but each time she regained control OF
herself.
In answer to the questions put to her
by her counsel. Mr.. Cushing. the witt
ness said that her husband had been
cruel and abusive. but that she loved
She identified letter she said she had
received from him while she was at
the Newport home in the fall OF 1913,
in which the doctor said:
Barred From His Home.
II don't want anything around that
reminds me of you. and II you ever put
your foot in my place in Providence
again I will about kill you. You are
barred from my Providence places and
I will never associate with you again.
Inc only time We Will De uuueT tus
same roof again will be when go to
Newport perhaps. When you leave
there you leave everything and I don't
care when you leave. I've been put
ting on a sham front all summer for
you, but I can do it no longer.
II am tottering now. l will have no
more of it,"
Mrs. Mohr made the assertion that
Dr. Mohr wanted her TO get out ana
her to go west and get divorce. but
that she refused. DR.. Mohr threatened
to kin her because she would not give
timony; she also said that the doctor
coerced her into deciding her property
to him. and that up to 1912 all his earn
ings had been put IN her name.
Says Husband Beat Her.
Continuing. Mrs. Mohr said that she
received many beatings from her hus-
band because of her attempts to keep
Miss Emily Burger away from him.
She asserted that Dr. Mohr was addict
ed to the use of liquor and drugs and
while under their influence was danger
GUS
She did not deny writing letters to
Heals. DR.. Mohr's negro chauffeur.
while she was visiting the doctors rel
atives in McEwensville Pa. explaining
that she wanted to know what the doc
tor was doing; that he was her hus-
he did. She asserted that her corre-
spondence with Heals was not carried
on In pursuance of an impending plot
to kill the doctor.
Several times in her story the widow
emphasized her undying affection for
the doctor and two or three times af
frmed that she had wanted to become
reconciled to him.
She denied furnishing the defendant
Brown with money for a motor cycle
in May. 1915. in furtherance of the al
legged plot against her husband;
self and two children to get along on"
she said.
Defense to Be Brief.
Mr.. Cushing. who made the opening
would be comparatively brief He said
that 1t would be shown that Mrs. Mohr
never had any murderous intent against
her husband and never conceived any
plan to kill him, but, on the contrary,
she loved him and hoped for a recon-
ciliation some day.
animation when court adjourned until
today. The early part Of the days SEES
sion was occupied with the testimony
tain. the last witness for the state.
Mrs. Mohr appeared self-possessed AZ
she took her seat in the witness box
and began the story Of her married
life.
when were you first married." asked
Attorney Gushing.
May 16. 1903. at Brooklyn. We first
roomed on Aborn street. taking our
meals outside"
She said that Charles Mohr, jr.. was
born in 1905. and Virginia Mohr In
1908.
when did you have your FIRST seri-
Gus disagreement with the DOCTOR"
First Serious Disagreement.
I'm February. 1909. The doctor had
been drinking and taking drugs and
he gave mo a dreadful beating. I told
him was going to leave him. He told
me I had no record of my marriage
and he told me to get out. I got out
the next day."
Mrs. Mohr told of a second marriage
ceremony being performed on May "a,
1909. at Lynn, Mass. A copy OF the
marriage record at that time was in
troduced as evidence. She gave her
name at that time as Frances Z. Blair.
aged twenty-nine, and described her
self as a dressmaker, born in Hartford,
Conn.
Mrs. Mohr said that at the second
ceremony DR.. Mohr made all the state
ments and that she did not know
whether he had made any misstate-
did Mr.. Mohr in 1soe-1o-11-12 treat
you abusively?" asked Mr.. Gushing.
Yes, SIR"
Did he treat you with violence in
June and July after the second cere-
mony?"
yes: he had been to Nova Scotia.
had found a letter in his pocket while
he was gone and I asked him about Il
when he returned. He got angry and
beat me-"
Mrs Mohr said he beat her again as
a result of a quarrel he started over
her mothers insurance policy.
Overlooked Many Things.
when did the doctor get acquainted
with Miss Burger
'In 1911"
How?
"she was a patient Of the doctora
She kept company with the doctor for
a year. overlooked a good many
things, but did not want them seen
in public SO much.
II spoke to Miss Burger about Il one
night. I overheard a telephone con-
versation between DR.. Mohr and Miss
Burger. They were making a date for
that night. After they finished went
to the telephone and called up Miss
Burger and told her was Mrs. Mohr
and asked her to keep away from my
husband. told her I had two chill
dren and wouldn't she please not go
out in public with DR.. Mohr. She hest
tated, but finally said L will
DIR. Mohr returned home that night