Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29
Letter Bearing on Question Of Mar
riags Admitted, Despite
States Protest.

letter written by DR.. Mohr to e. J. Sui
Ivan of Fall River. Mass. to which At
torney General Rice objected.
Letter Bears on Marriage.
This letter bears upon the question
of the marriage" John J. Fitzgerald OF
the defense declared. in arguing that 1t
should be admitted.
After reading the letter the court
ruled that it could be introduced on
proper proof, but held that the prosecu-
ton should have the right to comment
on the absence of Sullivan, who is Mrs.
Mohr's brother-in-law. II he 10 not put
on as a witness. Mr.. Cushing then
baptism of the Mohr children. The
witness testified that both children
were baptized at the cathedral, and
that DIR. Mohr took them there.
Didn't Know His Meaning.
On the recross-examination Mr.. Rice
asked:
What did your husband mean when
he wrote to Mr.. Sullivan, I am not In
the mud-slinging business'?'
IT don't know"
what did he mean when he wrote
Il
an at present. Did he mean you
were not a good woman before?"
mo, sir; I was always good girl
and mother"
She admitted that at the time the
letter was written she was not ltv-'
ing with her husband, but was with
her mother in Taunton.
Did you say that you had made
man of him and that every one knew
it?"
a man of him and he told hundreds
about it."
This completed Mrs. Mohr's testi-
mony and she left the witness stand.
Had Discussed Divorce Terms.
After having repeatedly asserted that
she never intended to divorce her hus-
band, and that there was no sincere de-
sire on his part to divorce her. Mrs Mohr
admitted In croes-examination yesterday
afternoon that she had discussed with her
attorneys last summer the question Of
divorce, on the basis Of his turning over
q her ms Newport villa. known as thu
She: denied that she had made offer0
to DR.. Mohr's attorneys through her own
lawyers to let her husband have an abso-
lutte divorce for the Newport house and
10000, or the Elmwood avenue house
and $4,000. She would not say whether
her husband had made an offer Of $4,000
for the divorce, but declared that some
offer was made to her and refused.
Then you did decide to let the doctor
have a. divorce for the Newport house
and $4,000" asked the attorney gem
eraL
x talked it over with my attorneys"
replied Mrs. Mohr. but I don't think I
could have done 1t.
Mrs. Mohr's Letters Read.
Apart from her testimony regarding the
conferences over the question Of an alb
solute divorce. the introduction Of letters
written by Mrs Mohr to George w. Rocks,
brother-in-law Of Emily Burger. who was
wounded the night when DR.. Mohr was
killed.: was a feature Of the afternoon
session.
In one of these letters 1t appeared
that DR.. Mohr had said to Miss Burger
over the telephone in the presence of
his son Charles: II know we love each
other and they are trying to part u.s."
Another letter contained the declara-
ton by Mrs. Mohr that she believed 1t
impossible to keep Miss Burger away
from her husband The third letter in
dictated that Mrs. Mohr, at the time
she wrote 1t. was angry with the girl,
whom she accused Of breaking up her
home.
IF I'd got ahold of her Saturday"
this letter said. I'D have about killed
her."
Mrs. Mohr seemed moro composed on
any time since she began her testi-
mony Wednesday afternoon. In reply
to various questions, she gave as a rea-
son Tor many Of her actions that she
had followed the instructions Of her
counsel She reaf1rmed her former dec.
larations that she had nothing but I'M
dying love for her husband. She did not
deny that she wanted Miss Burger to
know Of her feelings.
Says She Was Heartbroken. !
II was heartbroken," she declared.
and I wanted Miss Burger to know
how distressed I was over her actions.
But the doctor never would have mar.
ried her."
She denied telling the police oficials
after she was taken into custody that
"the doctor was a terrible man." She
admitted she did not see her husband
at the hospital the night he was shot.
pleading that the sight Of him covered
with blood was more than she could
stand. Asked to explain why she CALI
ed UP her attorney about 1880 O'clock
on the night Of the shooting. she said
1t was to tell him she was going to fhe
hospital. as the doctor had been shot.
She denied attempting to get friends
to come to court and testify that they
were at her homo on the two Friday
to George Heals, the negro chaufreur'
who Is a witness for the state, the al.
legged murder plots were being discuss.