Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-27
Mrs. Mohr Makes
UnequivOCaIDe Denial
THAT CHE EVER PLOTTED TO
HAVE HER HUSBAND KILLED
COOL WHILE TEsTIFYING
Said That Or. Mohr Had Been Cruel
and Abuivs. But That She Loved
Him, Notwithstanding His Treat
ment.

ment.
Providence, R. L. Jan. 2e. - Mrs.
Elizabeth F. Mohr, on trial with two
negroes on the charge of numbering
her husband. DR.. G. Franklin Mohr. as
serted on the witness stand today that
she loved her husband and as always
with him. She denied uneuuiyocally
killed.
Told Her Story In Low Voice.
The accused widow told her story
In very low voice, the attorney gem
eral finding it necessary at times to
nave the stenographer repeat her
words. She appeared cool and col
lectod. Once or twice while telling
or scme particularly Irritating turn in
her domestic troubles, she seemed on
the verge of breaking down, but each
time she regained control of herself
Hundreds Of people sought to OBJ
tain entrance to hte court room to
near her narrative. but only those
who found seats in the room were ac-
commodatde.
Loved Him Notwithstanding His
Cruelty.
In answer to the questions put to
her by her counsel Mr.. Cushing, the
witness said that her husband had
been cruel and abusive. but that she
loved him Notwithstanding his treat
| ment. She identified letter she said
she had received from him while she
was at the Newport home in the fall
CT 1918. in which the doctor said:
Husbands Letter Barring Her.
Il don't want anything around that
reminds me Of you and If you ever
put foot in my place in Providence
again Twill kill you. You are barred
from my Providence places and viii
/ never associate with you again. The
| only time We viii be under the same
roof again will be when I go to New
port, perhaps. When you leave there
YOU leave everything and 7 don't care
when you leave. I've been pstting on
snam front all summer for you but
4 can do 1t no longer. 80
\ II am tQttexing noves--1 win have
no more of It. When you come to
town on some important business. see
that YOU get your knife and fork. They
Will be useful to you when you are
shifting for yourself. You can also
have your leather pillow. Ia ia"
I Wanted Her to Shift For Herself.
Mrs. Mohr made the assertion that
DR.. Mohr wanted her to get out and
shift for herself. that he urged her
| to go west and get a divorce. but that
she refused. Or. Mohr threatened to
| Kill her because she would not give
him her jewelry according to her own
4 testimony. She also said the doctor
coerced her into deciding her property
| 10 him and that up to 1912 all his earn
ings had been put in her name.
She Had Received Many Beatinas.
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 ad-
dicted to the use Of liquor and drugs
and while. under their influence was
dangerous.
| Admitted Writing to HeaIis.
She did not deny writing letters to
Heals, DR.. Mohr's negro chauffeur
| while she was visiting the doctors rel
atives in McEwensville. Pa, explain
ing that she wanted to know what the
doctor was doing-that he was her
husband and she was interested in
what he did. She said that DR.. Mohr's
brother, Augustus Mohr, and her sis
ter Mrs. Ella Morgan, would testify
for her in support of her assertion that
her correspondence with Heals was
not carried on in pursuance of an i'm
pending plot to kill the doctor.
Wanted to Become ReeonciIed.
Several times in her story the widow
emphasized her undying affection for
the DOCTOR ana Two or three tunes az
firmed that she had wanted to become
reconcilled to him
Furnished No Money For Motorcycle.
Sc denied furnishing the defendant
Brown with money for motorcycle in
May, 1915, in furtherance of the alleged
plot against her husband.
Il did not have enough money for
myself and two children to get along
on" she said.
Defanse Will Ra Brief
Mr.. Cdshing. who made the opening
argument, indicated that the defense
would be comparatively brief assert
ing that only eight witnesses out of
the 81 produced by the state needed
refuting. He said that it would be
shown that Mrs. Mohr never had
any murderous intent against her hus-
band and never conceived any plan to
kill him, but that on the contrary sne
loved him and hoped for a reconcilia-
ton some day.
The opening address for the defense
followed the denial by the court Of
motions by counsel for Mrs. Mohr to
have the indictment against her dis
missed on the ground that 1t was at
variance with the evidence.
On Stand When Court Adjourned.
Mrs. Mohr was still under direct
examination when court adjourned
until tomorrow. The early part Of the
days session was occupied with the
testimony OF George H. Monahan, a
police captain, the last witness for the
state.
First Married May IS, 1908.
when were you first married -
asked Attorney Cushings, in his open
ing question to Mrs. Mohr.
May Is, 1908. 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.
Il First Serious Disagreement in 1909.
| "'When did you have your first seri-
; Gus disagreement with the doctor?"
In February, 1909. The doctor had
, been drinking and taking drugs and
he gave me a dreadful beating. told
him I was going to leave him. He told
! me had no record of my marriage
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