The Washington times., 1917-05-02

all out into days, and that venlres
ton Heth until he found him to be g
| traitor"
Then he told how Heth had sought
and won his clients friendship and
I affection: how, after winning 1t, hi
! turned his attention to winning the
! affection of Vawter's wife.
"She repulsed him at first" he told
/ the jury in soft tones that neverthe.
less penetrated to the every corner
| of the little courtroom. "She repuls.
ed him. But he persisted. And
| with the assistance OF whisky he in
duced that beautiful woman into
| familiarities.
"Vawter had confidence in his
friend and in the mother OF his two
little children, and he was slow to
believe that there was anything
wrong. But finally he was forced
to it,
Mr.. Colhoun declared that he would
prove by evidence that on three
separate occasions Vawter had sus-
pected intimacy between his wife and
Heth, but because OF his love for both
his wife and his friend he had allow
ed himself to be blinded by plausible
explanations.
Last June" said the attorney,
'Heth went to the Vawter home
bringing whisky, bringing 1t design
ingly to tempt Vawter with the stuff
that he was making the fight of his
life to give up. They had several
drinks-which had their effect on
Vawter.
Another Woman n Figure.
'He went into the parlor and lay
down and went to sleep. leaving his
wife and Heth on the front porch.
Later he awakened. missing his wife
and his friend. He went upstairs
and found Mrs. Vawter emerging
from Heth's room.
Like a man he went to Heth and
demanded an explanation. His wife
became indignant and gave a plaus-
ible reason for her action. Vawter
accepted It. but Heth attacked him
and chOked him. 1t was then that
he begged Heth to stay away. But
he was upbraided by his wife for
what she termed a wrongful accusa-
tion, and retreated from his stand"
ColhOun explained that Heth had
gone away during the summer. and
had not seen the Vawters until the
following fall.
Hhere was a married woman stay
ing at the Vawter's. he said, to whom
Heth had been showing marked at
tention. He declared Heth had spent
an entire night with her in the parlor.
There came a time when circum-
stances led him TO believe that his
wife and Heth had been intimate
again.
HE confronted his wife with the
question, and she replied by casting
-k
ter" cried CoIhoun. "It was then
that Vawter demanded that the wom-
an leave the house at once.
Mr.. Calhoun then went on to last
Christmas.
Heth was calling when Vawter
found it necessary to attend to the
furnace. When he came upstairs
again he found Heth trying to kiss
his wife. he declared.
Branded As Traitor.
Then he branded him as a traitor.
and Heth leaped upon him and choked
him into insensibility," Calhoun as
serted.
After that. he said. vawter and his
wife entered into an agreement-he
not TO drink any more and she not to
see Heth alone again. This pact. he
said. was kept until the fatal night
CoIhoun then went over the death
scene in very much the same manner
al he had in his statement before the
bail commission, with the exception
that he said that Mrs. Nawter, aris-
ing TO give her children some medi-
cine, was called by Heth when she
went out into the hall. and was
dragged in when she refused to enter
his room.
The days session was brought to