Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-06
Woman Charged With Con-
SpiraCy to Murder Her HuS-
band CoIIapSeS When Ver-
dict Is Misunderstood,
RELEASE FOLLOWS
TRIAL OF ONE MONTH
Another Indictment Alleging
Assault With Intent to XIII
Miss Burger Likely to Be
Dismissed,

icy MORNING Journal SPECIAL luAsrp wIRxJ
Providence, II. l.. Feb. mir.
Elizabeth T. Mohr was acquitted to
night by jury in the superior cour
Of a charge Of having instigated tn
murder of her husband, DR.. G. Frank
lin Mohr. G. Victor Brown and Hen
~ T.. Spellman, negroes, who wer
accused of the actual killing, wer
found guilty. The jury reported a
6:07 o'clock after having been on
since 1880 o'clock this morning.
Mrs Mohr swooned while the fore
man was announcing the verdict,
! Her head dropped forward and sh
was slipping from her chair when he
attorneys grasped and supported hci
while a court officer rushed for
glass of water.
rs there any other charge agains
these dcfendants?' inquired Justic
Stearns.
"There is, your honor" replied At
torney General Rice, but Mrs. Moh
is on bail ON the other charge"
it uftbtudIAS IpiONH anu toIltll
man are committed without bail" SAT-
the ourt and Mrs Mohr is discharge,
from custody on this complaint"
Another Charge Remains.
The other charge against Mrs. Moh
and the two negroes Is that they com
mitted an assault on Miss Emily Bur
ger. with intent to kill Miss Burge
was shot while riding with Dr. Moh
on the night he was attacked, Brow
and Spcllman are accused of actuall
firing the shots at Miss Burger, Will
Mrs. Mohr is charged with being III
accessory before the fact of the crime
The first word received from tn
jury after 1t took the case came Il
further instructions were desired
Half an hour later the prisoners ha,
been brought to the court room. bu
a deputy sheriff Informed the judg,
that the instructions asked for wer'
not needed.
Less than ten minutes elapsed wheI
word came that the jury was ready tt
report. The jurymen looked tired ant
worn as they passed into the cour
room After each man had taken his
place in the jury box the clerk asked
the foreman
Mrs. Mohr Collapscs.
Did You find the defendant, Ceci
Victor Brown, guilty or not guilty."
AS the foreman replied: Guilty
Mrs. Mohr collapsed. While hel
counsel was assisting her, the clerk
continued:
Did you find the defendant, Henry
Spellman, guilty or not guilty ?"
Guilty"
Did you find the defendant. Eliza
beth II. Mohr, guilty or not guilty"
Not guilty"
Mrs. Mohr apparently was in u stu
por when the foreman pronounced the
words mot guilty" She recovered
however. Newspaper men
began to surround her but were told
by her counsel, John j. Fitzgerald,
that she was not in any condition to
talk
The fight has only begun, was
the comment OF William il. Lewis,
counsel for Brown. Mr.. Lewis has
taken numerous exceptions during the
trial and said that he might carry the
case to the supreme court.
Attorney General Rice declined to
comment ON the verdict He would
not say when the other charge
against Mrs. Mohr would be tried, if
at all.
Trial on Since January 10.
The trial began January 10 ana the
jury had been kept together all that
time. They went to their respective
homes for the first time in four
weeks after being paid off tonight.
Or. Mohr, n physician, practicing
in this city and Newport, was shot fa-
tally on the evening of August 81,
1915, as he was sitting in his stalled
in lonely spot In Bar
rington.
George W Heals. the negro chauf-
feur, made confession in which he
alleged Mrs. Mohf had agreed to pay
him, Brown and Spellman, $1,000, If
they would murder her husband
The police also claimed that the
other two negroes made confessions
which were subsequently repudated
Heals pleaded guilty to manslaughter
and became q witness for the state.
DR.. and Mrs. Mohr had been living
apart for two years as result Of
Quarrels growing out Of his alleged at
tentions to Miss Burger and other
women. Separation suits were pend
ing and the state claimed that Mrs
Mohr sought her husbands death for
revenge and to obtain his estate. The
defense maintained that Mrs. Mohr
loved her husband and that she had
been involved in the case by the
actual murderer who hoped thus to
his own punishment.