Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-14
HEAR TESTIMONY
IN GRECO CASE
Evidence Completed and Argu-
ments Will be Made
This Afternoon.

The case of Peter Greco, charged with
assaulting Mary Lapsley with criminal
intent, engaged the attention OF the
Supcrior Court TODAY. When court adj
iourned Yesterday afternoon there was
pending objection made by Attorney Ball,
counsel for the defence, to the admission
of the testimony of Marie Brennan.
Court reconvcncd at 1905 o'clock
tLis morning. and Judge Royce soon
thereafter sustained Attorney Ball OBJ
lection to Miss Brennan tcstIfylng.
DIR. Jacob Kaiser was called TO the wit
ness stand and after qualifying rs an
expert in liquid anaestheticS told effects
of chloroform DR.. Kaiser said chloro-
form when placed over the mouth would
produce the same effect as testified To by
Miss Lapslcv. Attorney Rall subjected
him to a rigid CrosS-eXamnation, and
Attornev-Gencral krlnhardt interposed
numerous objections.
The State rested at 10 ~ o clock.
Attorney Ball, outlining the defence,
said he would contend it was case OF
mistaken identity. =,
For@the purpose OF proving an ailbl
counsel for the defence called TO the wit
ness stand Catherine Greco, wife oi the
defendant She was ready witness.
often starting 10 answer questions be-
fore the asking was finished. She said she
lived at No 1902 West Thirteenth street
and testified that Greco was IN bed Mt
home between : and o clock on the
morning of November %. 1917, the time
of the alleged assault. She called hlm
between 30 and 745 o'clock. and he
came downstairs and paid 81 10 an IN
surance collector.
Lizzie Adams, a friends of the GrecoS,
\ ,k,.aF
corroborated Mrs. Greco.
Ernest Chicadell collector for the PrI-
dental Insurance Co, testified that he
collected 81 from Greco between 80
and 40 q clock on the morning OF No
vernhcr -. 1917. and made = memoir
andum in an entry book The book was
produced and offered IN evidence. hut
tttorncv-CrneraI Ecinhardt objected 10
il, admission because il contained four
mcmorandtlmS OF - cents each. instead
OF one memorandum of 81. The ohIcc-
tlon was ovcrr,Iled and the book admitted.
t,rcco tc>tlfVinc III his own behalf.
spoke OF the 81 insurance payment On
November -. 1917. which he said. hc
made between 80 and 80 o clock IN
the morning. He stated he never SAW
Mis-, Iapslcy previous to meeting her
n The police station
On eros examination fhc defendant
denied having made contradictory state
mcntS at the police station He did not
know the location uf the place Of the
alleged attack and could not tell the
distance Of the archcd bridge from his
home
The defence rested II ! / 40 0 clock
QUESTION ABoUT DISTANCE.
Detective Sergeant King. called in
rebuttal. was questioned concerning the
distance from the Clayton street en-
trance to Brandywinc Park 10 Greco ;
home Acknowledgement Rcinhardt ;
purpose In asking the question was to
prove that Greco had time 10 run home
from the park between the time q hc
alleged assault and the time OF the IN
surance payment
ATTORNEY Ball objected, coutcndng that
the State having failed 10 0ffcr such tcstl-
monv at the beginning had no right to
offer il at the ending he SAID the At
torncv general should have prepared q
chart The objection Wa~ overrui"d.
and King testified iha; the distance
concerning which the attorney general
inquired Wa moi morr than three blocks
King also testified thai Mrs t'reco ;oid
INN her husband lcir hom, al 80 " cioch
in the morning on NoyemDcr >. l"le
. nd did not return untli ".il
Detective Fairchild corroboratcd kng
concerning the statement attributed 70
Alr> Greco.
~wEAR> To BAD KIrlIATio>
Dotectivc ~crccan; t;rccn SAID hc
did not know tircco> reputation for
truth md veracity IN The community.
hui. after energetic objection ny A.
lorney Ball. testified that Greco ; reputa-
tinn in Wilmington was bad Green
stated nc would not believe Greco on
oath
sDctcctive Sergeant hing was recalled
and testified th..; the defendant rcputa-
tlon in the community was bad
Testimony was concluded ~ II Il
o clock this afternoon, ana argument be-
gan immediately eacn side being given
half an ho,r deputy Attorney-t'eneral
Green made the opening address for the
state and Attorney Ball spoke IN behalf
al the defence At | O'Clock court re-
cessed to 230 when Attorney-General
Relnhard' vii reply after which the
chargc to h. jury viii be delivered.