Evening journal., 1917-01-24
Love STORY BACK
OF MURDER CHARGE
Witnesses Say GangeS
Wanted TO Marry Katie
Bodeski, Slain
ONCE TOLD GIRL
HE'D KILL HER

Springs Park last July, opened this
morning III the oyer and Terminer
Court, with Nicholas Nichol a for
mer employer of the dead girl. on the
stand for a continuation OF his cross
examination to which he was subject
ed yesterday afternoon by ]. Frank
Ball. counsel for the defense.
Ganges, attired in a pink shirt, blue
suit and blut bat tie, appeared to
be cool and collected when brought
into the court room today by Warden
Cross and Deputy Warden Hastings.
The prisoner took a keen interest In
the proceedings.
Prior to resuming the trial, the
judges dismissed the petit jurors not
sitting in the case until next Monday
morning.
Chief Justice Pennewill asked
counsel involved how long they
thought it would take to conclude
the trial. Attorney General Reinhardt
replied: Il have thirty more Wit
.nesses, many Of whose testimony VIII
NE short" It was intimated that
IL would take at least two or three
days for the State to finish.
Relative to the phone message re
ferred to by him yesterday, Nicholas
stated in cross-examinatiOn that the
incident was on Decoration Day
1915. or about four days later. He
admitted he didn't know when Can
pes saw him at the park but It was
within two weeks He admitted
talking about the incident to George
Regas in 1915. Nicholas repeated
his testimony Of yesterday afternoon
that Ganges had insisted on seeing
Katie whom he wanted TO marry.
Asked by Mr.. Ball if Ganges ever
went 10 the restaurant without asking
for Katie. the witness said he. al
ways asked for the girl.
When asked II Ganses had ever
harmed the girl at me park. the VII
ness replied He slapped her and SAID
he would l9n her"
AS Mr.. Ball continued TO question
witness about the lunch stand near
the mark entrance. District Attorney
Reinhardt objected Mr.. Ball said ne
d dn't propose to reveal what he IN
tended u prove. The witness, VINO
evidently read The meaning Of the
proposed cross-examination. replied
~ didn't have that stand in l9l5''
which caused Mr. Ball to explain
''You know more about this than your
attorney; you know what I mean"
The witness said that he secured
the stand privilege in 1915 and that
Catherine was in charge OF the stand
AT times and sold coffee and sand
wiches.
Mr.. Ball asked the witness if the
dead girl could make change. This
caused the States attorney to object.
He then withdrew the question.
Nicholas was then asked: Where
we're you when you Said you saw
Ganees at the stand?'
Nicholas sad at the tobaggon
slide. some distance from the stand
Mr.. Ball then switched his exami-
nation Of incidents at the park to
this city, asking the witness what he
did at the police station. on ths morn
ing of the arrest. Mr.. ReiThardt OBJ
iected and Mr. Ball then asked: "Why
were you at the police station"
Nicholas said he went there be-
cause of fire. He had no place to go
and was attired in his night shirt and
was bare footed.
The police officeni told him to stay
there he said
Did you tell Ganges at City Hall
that you were going to be witnessE
asked Mr.. Ball Nicholas replied, I
did not say a word to him"
Sergeant of Detectives Green upon
being recalled by the State, said he in
spected the ruins Of the Brandywine
Springs Park fire two days after the
blaze. He was accompanied by Spirio
Nicholas and others, and searched places
pointed out by Spino. Mr.. Ball objected
and Sergeant Green withdrew.
Mr.. Reinhardt then called Spino Mich
oIas and asked what he and Sergeant
Green had found in the ruins. Mr. Ball
objected and the witness was then
asked if he knew where the suit case
owned By the girl had been left. Spirio
replied he did, and they searched in the
ruins OF the kitchen where the suit case
had been left. The question was recalled
by the State. Mr. Reinhardt asking the
witness what was found in the ruins. He
said the suit case.
Mr. Reinhardt produced a portion bf
. burned postal card for Identification
bv the witness. but Mr.. Ball objected on
the ground that the question was lead
ing. Mr.. Reinhardt then recalled Ser
reant Green. saying Mr.. Ball had opened
the way for him.
Sergeant Green said several days after
finding a postal card in the ruins he
showed it to Ganges at the police sta
zion. who said It was the one he had
given the girl. This was then offered in
evidence and Sergeant Green was cross
examined bv Mr.. Ball, who asked when
he found the card and where he found
Spinor.
Had Marked Girls Heart.
Sergeant Green said he met Spino
at the park when he arrived there and
they searched the ruins. The card
was then showed 80 the court, Mr.
Reinhardt asking the court TO look at
both sides OF it. Mr.. Ball. who had
been warned by the Attorney General
20 handle the card with care, asked
how Il was to be examined IL It
couldn't be handled. The card was
partly destroyed in the fire that fol-
lowed the murder and. had been
photograph OF Ganges and the dead
girl. On one side we're the words writ
ten in ink, THAT you do 10 you.
Sweetheart. Last kees," followed by
chree KS.
Sergeant Green said Ganges had
FOLD him what was on the card. say
fng Il was marked with ink on the
forehead and heart OF the picture OF
the girl. The witness said Ganges
Claimed he marked Il to scare the
girl and meant no harm to her, but
be had sent it to her.
Mr. Rail then objected to all the
testimony by Sergeant Green relative