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The Washington times., 1916-01-23
Jealousy Soon Marks
Early Married Life

Although marred by occasional con-
| ficts, which sprang from her jealousy,
the early married life OF DR.. Mohr and
his second wife was happy, although he
has been described as a man cold and
hard as steel, but potential of engen-
derinG the most unreaSoning interest in
most of The women with whom he came
in contact.
! By 1905. DR.. Mohr was in the first flush
OF his late prosperity and the founda ton
OF MS fortune, which has been estimal-
ed at S5S,WU was laid. In iJJS. after
Two children had been born to them-C
Franklin Mohr. jr,. now ten years old,
and Virginia Blair Mohr, seven years
old-he bought a modest little house IN
Newport 1t was soon after that that
the hand of domestic tragedy settled
| upon the Mohr household. Apparently
unmoVed by the memory OF 1t, the traii
little woman. after her husbands death,
| told OF the rift in the lutte of her happl-
ness. She said:
"Early in 1909 the doctor struck mo
without warning while we were at DIM
ner. lie gave me terrible beating.
hdd 10 go 10 sanitarum. The day
after my mother died, in June. 1903 he
gave me another beating because 1 re-
mained at my mothers bedside instead
OF keeping an appointment with him."
lardIy had she realized that whatever
dreams OF happiness she had fostered
ugly speCter OF differences over imam
Clal matters reared its head in the
Mohr household. At his marriage. Mrs
Mohr says. he had placed his property
IN her name. Lately he demanded thai
she return it to him. and. she SAYS
threatened her with bodily harm until
she complied. In June 1911. a brIer IN
terlude of good feeling reIgned between
the physician and his wife. 1t was Tner
with the lean years OF small practice
behlnd him. that &. Franklin Mohr Nv
then the much sought after society doc
tor, purchased as Christmas present
Ior ms wite, the magnificent estate at
Newport, toward which he was speed
ing with the Other Woman on the night
that he met red death.
From Christmas. 1911, until late in 1915.
Mrs. Mohr became more and more firm
~ convinced that her husband was
other women, and 1t was during this
iiine that his acquaintance with Emily
Burger riDened.
AS time vert by the changes which have
been so unexpectedly manifested in the
character OF the frail little woman be-
gan to germinate. Separated from her
husband early in 1914. Elizabeth Blair
Mohr. outwardly still the charity worker
and churchEoer. and apparently existing
uncomplainingly beneath the Sights
which had been put upon her. moved
to little house across the street from
Or. Mohr's town residence. There she
DeCdHe Il feminine MOfuecal Slttln5 at
the gate of her king. a constant though
silent reminder of all that had gone
before.
A commonplace enough situation. and
one which still lacked aught to raise it
above a thousand other such domestic
tragedies; yet the State of Rhode Island
claims that in the little house across the
street from the doctors residence a
frail and commonplace woman during
long days and nights of vigil changed
gradually to a vengeful being swayed
by an insane love for the man who
had neglected her. and by an unreason-
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Her Personality Repels
As 1t Enlists Sympathy

And while the dreary round Of wit
ncsses-ffty of them have been called
by the prosecutiOn-drags along on
loaden feet. a far-away look comes
over her tired face. and she turns to
her child for the sympathy which she
has been denied elsewhere.
The woman who sits on trial for her
liberty today in the superior court. a
curious admiXture of traits which re-
pei even as they enlist sympathy, is
tho product Of many years filled with
domestic tragedy. If she is an unusual
woman today, in her sorrow and trou-
ble woman whose characteristics are
often contradictory in the face of the
evidence against her. she is none the
less one of the members of a sorrowful
sisterhood-thc women who are the
wives of fascinating mon.
And so her story, because it is also
the story of others. ceases to the in
dividual chronicle of Elizabeth Blair
Mohr. one-time the joyous Lizzie"
Blair, to be held and kept from the
world.
The very fact that there are so many
other women who. suffering very much
as Lizzie Blair has done. will yet never
find themselves in the plight which en-
gulfs her, makes of it a preachment.
Therefore the saga of her misery must
he told in full before a full understand
ing OF the frail little prisoner may be
obtained
| ne sfIuZdDeln bIalT NOnT, accused
accessory to murder. of today. was born
in Norwich, Conn. Her family moving
to Taunton soon after her birth. settled
in the "Weir Village" end Of the town.
Her parents were moderately prosper
Gus. and Lizzie had the same sort of
carefully protected Girlhood as thou
sands of other children. Nor was there
ANYTHING in her earlv life which could
forecast the legacy Of trial and sorrow
which has fallen upon her. save that
necdlesslY Lizzie Blair determined to go
10 work for herself.
Although her parents were amply able
and willing to take care of her. she OBJ
tatned employment in number OF
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ing hate Of The Other Woman who on
the witness stand has claimed that
there. was nothing culpable in her
friendship for DR.. Mohr.
The prosecutors of the Commonwealth
go even farther. Under the biting acid
OF wrong, they declare. the colorlcss
wife OF popular physician In May, 1915.
began to consider the death of the doc
tor as a gateway to release from her
intolerable position. That even then the
death plot had terminated far enough
for her to give to the negro Brown
money with which to buy the motorcycle
he rode on the night, according to his
confession. he shot the doctor; and that
that followed was due to the almost un-
believable and unsupported cunning OF
the one-time helpless wife.
When Elizabeth Blair Mohr appeared
in court on January 10. arraigned side
by side with the two negroes whom the
police say confessed to having murdered
DIR. Mohr at her bidding. and confronted
by the testimony Of Heals, who drove
the death car. the little woman pleaded
mot guilty" quietly and without emo
tion
Always fond of jewely she took her
place before the twelve good men and
true" who are to decide her fate with
the sombreness of her commonplace APP
pearance unreieved by a single orna-
ment; a sharp contrast to The Other
Woman who took the stand a few days
afterwards. her hands covered with
glittering and expensive gems.
or her appearance, Mrs. Mohr has
spoken but once since the murder. then
1t developed in the testimony OF james
Il. Wallace. constable, who took her
from Providence to Warren, that she
said:
Il have had n lot of trouble. The
public doesn't know what I've suffered !;
what I've been through. / didn't kill
the doctor. but If anyone else had suf-
tered as ! have they would have killed
him long ago"
What kind of a girl is Miss Bur-
ger?' the constable asked her.
She's a bleached blond. used TO be
a gcod looking woman before my trou-
bic, but I've failed a lot now"
When she first entered the courtroom
she was silhouetted. a frail tense sha-
ooW against the glaring lights. She
wore a dark Norfolk suit of severely
pam cut and trimmed with fur. Her
race was shadowed by black sailor
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DANGEROUS CALOMEL IS
VERY SELDOM SOLD NOW
Makes You Sick and Miserable You All 0ut-Hays
Health Acts Much Better Than CaomeI and Is Harmless Too

or make you feel miserable and all in next day
like caomel
Hays Liver Health is real liver medicine
You'll know it next morning, because you will
wake up with your head clear your liver active,
bowels clean, breath sweet and stomach regu-
lated. You will be cheerful and full of vigor and
ready for hard days work.
You can eat without risk of salivatng your
self or your children.
Come in and get a bottle of Hays Liver
Health today. We are selling lots of it, too, on
our guarantee that it's satisfactory to every one
Try it on our guarantee-Peope Drug Stores.
Out-of-town folks supplied by parcel post.
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We have noticed great falling off of the
sale of calomel in our stores the Peoples Drug
Stores say. Hays Liver Health is taking its place
almost always
Calomel is dangerous and people know it,
while Hays Liver Health is safe and gives much
better results We guarantee Hays Liver Health
because we know it's good. A large bottle costs
only SO cents and if you find it doesn't take the
place of dangerous, salivating caomel, you have
only to ask us for your money back.
Hays Liver Health is pleasant purely veg
etable remedy harmless to both children AID
grown-upS Take a spoonful at night and wake
up feeling fine; no sick headache, Eiousness,
Sour stomach or clogged bowels 1t doesn't gripe
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Spectator At Own Trial
And Real Mother AT Home

She never looks toward her co-defend-
ants at all. For all that Is apparent
to the contrary during most of the
time she might be the veriest disin-
terested spectator at the trial which
means so much to her.
At liberty at least temporarily upon
heavy bond, she spends the interim be-
tween the sessions of the court at her
home, where Elizabeth Blair Mohr. the
mother, Is uppermost.
Last night she sat in the living room
with her two children Out beyond the
Continued on Page Fourteenl
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Mrs. Mohr Is Unn1oped
AS She Awaits Verdict
il Widow of Murdered Physician Stands on Brink
of Social Outlawry-Her Word Pitted Against
That of Colored Men.

Taunton stores. and then. firing OF
home ties. went to Providence. to com.
plete her education.
Out of school at last Lizzie Blair did
not return to the little town where her
parents still lived. but instead obtained
work in the larger city-the same city
Where today she faces a jury who may
| take away from her all of the coming
years of her natural life.
ana 1t was shortly after this that her
path and that of the man whose murder
crossed '''
She was then in the comeliness of her
,,i ,,liud,e teens. better looking. say those
who knew her. than at any time of her
SUBSEQUENT life.
Ir. Mohr. the fascinating, was a
natiVe or McEwensville. Pa. A graduate
9L Ro i,ins HGnns Hopkins; he practiced first in
place. The first Mrs. Mohr was
Josephine Hastry. OF that union two
children were born.
9 E.ldence that DR.. Mohr's life with his
me fact that in 1897 he sued a New
iork physician on charge of having
aienated his wifes affections
,ShortIE thereafter the man whose prac-
.Se @ was destined to become so closely
allied with the fashionable life of New
port, moved to that social center and
attenpted to establish a practice. He
Ialied however. and set I'D an office in
providence instead. where, still bound
10 ms hrst wife. he met and fascinated
Young department store buyer.
Details of Lizzie Blairs marriage to
me young physician are shrouded more
or less In mystery. and durlnS the
trial both the prosecution and the de-
fense have hinted that each might rely
strongly upon a disclosure of the cir
cumstances in evidence. This much
however. Is clear: Dr. Mohr. although
married when he met her awoke in the
girl a mad devotion which reckoned of
nothing save its own desires, anu which
carried her to his side when he was
Tree to marry her in spite of all upDosi-
ton; and it Is this same blind love
which the State of Rhode Island today
contends was responsible through ical-
ousy for the plot which eliminated in
the tragedy on the harrington road.
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Strength of Character
Developed BY Trials

The difference between the Lizzie
Mohr of the days when. madlv in love
with the man who now lies dead. and
the physicians widow of today Is one of
personally and character rather than Of
face or form.
girl, plant to the will of the man who
has awakened in her and famed to an
all consuming flame the love she bore
for him, and that same woman tensed
with disappointment, and reckless in the
knowledge that her love, in spite of its
strength which swayed her unthinkng-
ly at first to her husbands will, was
not quite strong enough to hold him at
her side.
A reed broken in the gales of domestic
pected strength. Looked upon as a sub
missive wife. ready and anxious to
caress the hand which struck her. she
is now charged with a vindictiveness
seldom equaled. a cunning which took
into consideration the slightest detail,
cretia BorGia.
Looked upon as slave to the conven-
ton of exclusive Newport. she is
charged with having so far forgotten
herself under the strain of her wrongs
as to bring the men said to be her mur-
er-hrelings into her house. receive
them on a plane of equality and prepare
meals for them. Thought to have been
made too stolid by neglect to be dis
turbed by slight or injury. she has
since the first day of the trial. run
every octave of human emotion and
misery.
She has been like a frozen Medusa one
moment. and like a fearful Niobe the
next. She was like a brooding tigress.
for all her slender weakness. when she
faced the Other Woman on the witness
stand. She sobbed quietly with the
tears of resignation when the old felt
hat-the one worn by her husband on
the night of his death-was shown in
court. But she gazed with stony eyes
upon a hospital orderly who described
how his garments had been drenched by
the life blood of her husband.
Yet. even now. whenever the testi-
mony fails to hold her avid attention,
Elizabeth Blair Mohr, the accused slay-
er, the woman of complexities. the
vengeful victim of neglect. momentarilv
fades away and "Lizzy' Mohr. the
mother OF the oden and more golden
days. comes to the surface. Then she
turns to a slight lad Of ten who sits
beside her, the constant companion of
her hours of trial. He is named for his
murdered father
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CONTINUED from First Page.)

heels of long and tedious illness, there
rs little physical difference between
elizabeth Blair Mohr, of Newport So
ciety, bowling beneath the inevitable.
and Elizabeth Blair Mohr, the vengeful,
The clever. the emotional standing to-
day upon the brink of social outlawry.
AS of old, she is still woman of girl
ish build. Her friends say that in spite
of the marks which her sorrow has left
upon her, she is only in her early thir-
ties. Her dark hair overshadows an
oval face of not unpleasant feature,
where still lurk traces of a certain
Comeliness of youth. Her eyes are big
and dark. Yet even in the heyday Of
her prime. she was never a woman. say
her friends, to hold to heel. with physi-
cal charm the vagrant fancies of man
inclined to wander far afield
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-18
SberiRs Sale

Bv virtue OF a special execution and Len
foreclosure issue5 out Of the SlerA oa
OF the District Court Of Gunnlson SounY
and state of Colorado. and TO me on 49,
whereby am commanded 70 maze tnS
sum Of Three hundred sixty tnree .ho
rli0D Dollars ts1-Ol and costs oi suIt, the
amount OF a certain Judgment heGehtU
obtained against Edwin VI. Burdick. Ee
nora Burdick and Elizabeth NJ sShnuf ~
favor OF r. A Catlin out Of me Iahos 1. y.
the said Edwin NJ Burdick. LenoIa but-
dick and Elizabeth NJ Schnur, ana whicn
iudgmen, was declared to be Hen upon
The following described properly. Lot g
Twp' IN. r. w. T. NJ. P. NJ. with priv.
ate Ditch and water right from sun OF
Bitch Greek. which runs through sac ha
land: tos ct her with all other ~ iShts 70 .nS
use Of water for irrigating said iands ana
premises and for domestic use theIeon-
Therefore, according TO said coinmAho'
/ shall expose for sale. At Pubic Auction,
ali the above described property, on AZ AZ
urday the 10Th day Of August, 1910. AZ i%uo %
O'Clock A. NJ. at the Front door OF the
County Court house in Gunnison. Colo
RADIO. -: as
d.y ~ inIy Igis Pat Hanlon,
Sheriff OF Gunnison County.
Catlin 4 Blake, Attorney
Date of first publication, Aug lslo
Date of las; publication, Aug. :. 1910
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-18
Political Outlook

From present Indications, it
looks as though in the Direct
Primary Election, which is to be
held on September 18th of this
year, that things are not going
to be SO harmonious for the Re-
publicans and Democrats as they
would have it.
In running through the list OF
acceptances, filed with the Coun-
ty Clerk, it is found that there is
to be a contest in Commissioner
District No. 2, for the Democrat
ic nomination for County Com
missioner. The aspirants for
that nomination are Clarence
Mcdonald, of Doylevllle, and
William A. johnson, Of Parlin.
Both Of these are men Of high at.
tainments and ability; have
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lived in the county for a number
OF wears: and know the condi-
tions OF the county quite thorO-
ughly; and no matter which one
OF these two men gets the nomin-
alton, the people OF this county
in general and the Democrats in
particular, can rest assured that
the affairs of the county will be
in no way neglected ii either one
Of these men lands the office. In
solar as the Republicans are con-
cerned. it seems as though at
the primary election the contest
will be more spirited, inasmuch
as there are four candidates in
the field; namely, l.. II. Rouviere,
T.. II. Mcdowell, A. l.. Nelson and
d. c. Mason. Mr.. Mcdowell has
been in the limelight before, and
it is likely will receive consider
able support from the old line
Republicans.
George l.. Miller, the Democra.
tic candidate for County Com
missioner, District No. |, will have
no opponent at the Primary elec-
tion and neither will W. A. Gillas-
pey, the Republican candidate,
in asmuch as X. II. Andrews has
failed to qualify. "a
The Republicans seem to be 'up
a stump for man who will OPP
pose Mr.. Palmer, the Democra tic
candidate for County Treasurer.
Mr.. Palmer's record as a public
officer has been SO clean, and his
ability is SO well known, that it
will make most any man hesitate
to oppose him. Efficiency seems
to be the watchword in political
circles this year, and Mr.: Palmer
has certainly corralled that
word.
The only other contest is over
the Office OF County Assessor on
the Democratic ticket. c. \.
Shaw and A. NJ. Thomas are the
rival candidates for the Demo-
cratic nomination, A. j. Koran
of Crested Butte having failed to
qualify.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-18

Having been nominated a can
didate for commissioner in the
second district by the republican
county assembly, respectfully
ask the support of the voters at
the primary election, Sept. IL,
1916. If elected, l pledge myself
to serve the county to the best
Of my ability; l stand for econo-
my and lower taxes consistant
with the proper needs of the
county. AS the bonded indebt-
edness comes due in the near fu-
tur~ 1 promise to give this my
early attention that we may be
able to refund this to the advan-
tage of the tax payers.
Louis H. Rouviere.
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RESPECTED RESIDENT OF
GUMN|s0N PASSES away
tContinued from First Pass.J

with her son-in-law and daughter, when
Mr. Cofer, who holds an important posi-
ton with the Rio Grande railroad. was
transferred to this point Owing to her
continued i'll health she was unable to
take an active part in the social life of
Gunnison, but her sweet and gentle dis
position secured for her many warm
friends wherever she went
Undertaken George Miller took charge
of the remains and on Sunday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Cofer accompanied them
to her old home in Cecil county, Mary
land, where on Thursday the funeral
was held. interment being made in the
Christine Cemetery by the side of her
first husband, Mr.. Kimble. Besides her
daughter. she is survived by three sis
tiers. Mrs. E. G. Ligge,t of oberlin.
Ohio; Mrs. VIM. Friston. of Belvidere,
Illinois; and Mrs. J. X. Brown, of Wich-
ita, Kansas. Mrs. Brown was visiting
in Gunnison at the time of her sisters
death.
Gunnison friends extend their heart
felt sympathy to the bereaved sisters,
and to Mr.. and Mrs. Cofer. whose ten
der care and devotion to their beloved
mother made her declining years so full
of comfort and peace.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-18
Notice for Publieati
Department Of the Interior,
IL s Land Office At Aontrose. Colorado

Department Of the Interior,
H. s Land Offce at Aonfrose. Colorado,
July -. 1916.
Notice il hereby given that Louis n. Phillips,
Of Sapinero Colorado, who, on August Z.
1911. made Homestead Entry No. U62s2. for
Nete. and Bounds Description. Survey No. lis.
Sec y. Tosn-hip 81 North, Range W. N. NJ
Meridian, has filed notice Of intention to mnkS
claim to the land above described. before Ernest
ii. Nour~e, U. 5. Commissioner. at Gunnisoo,
Colorado. on the ist day OF september. lsi6-
Claimant names as witnesses:
Henry Messenser. Mrs.. Francis Taft, John
Wise. Earnest Eubon. all Of Sapinero. Colorado
Within National Forest
o. C. SKINNER,
Register.
First published IDLY 5, 1916.
Last published Sept !. 1916.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-18

A game between Montrose and Delta
is always delight to fans and although
the game Tuesday a week ago meant
sorrow to Delta fans, it was corking
good one. McGraw was in the best
form possible and fulfilled the expecta-
ton of the aggregation present. Hall
had been feeling under the weather all
week and Delta feels that the game
was lost through Halls being knocked
out completely.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-18
Notice for Publication
Serial No. 035I

Serial No. 035I
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Montrose. Colorado.
July q, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Kate u. Calhoun.
of lola. Colorado, who, on August ls,
1905, made Desert Land Entry No. GSI,
for 81 SwS. Sec. 2s, 81 sen, Sec. ~, NJ
NEs, Sec. 81. NJ SWa. Section ss.
Township ~ ", Range W., n. 81 p. Meridian,
ert Land Proof. to establish claim to the
land above described, before Ernest NJ. Nourse,
U. ;. Commissioner, at Gunnisou, Colorado, on
the 2nd day Of September. 1916
Claimant names as witnesses:
Floyd Fluke. Frank Owen, Edward Owen,
William :. Spain,
All OF lola. Colorado.
Water supply:
Private ditch from East Elk Crock.
Noncoa
o. c. SKINNER,
Register.
First publication July 2s 1916.
Last publication September I. 1915.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-18
METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday School-10 a. m.
Churchill a. m.
Young Peoples meeting-7:l5 p. m.
Evening services-S p. m. Union SER
vices of the Methodist and Presbyterian
churches at the Methodist church. Rev.
Finch, state superintendent Of the anti
saloon league. will preach. Miss Agnes
Walker will sing.
MARK J. FIELDS, Pastor.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-18

will be a candidate for coun-
~ commissioner from the first
district for Gunnison county,
to the will of the voters
at the Democratic primaries.
Geo. l.. Miller.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-18

l desire to announce myself a
candidate for reelection to the
office OF attorney OF the Seventh
judicial district subject to the
will Of the voters at the Demo-
cratic Primaries.
VIM. Weiser.