New-York tribune., 1919-06-26

despite the fact that the handle was
covered with blood-stained paper.
Here the District Attorney concen-
trated his cross~fre on DR.. Wilkins's
conduct Immediately following the
beating Of his wife, and got the de-
fendant tangled up in his admissions
that he had delayed going to the hos
while he took Duke out for an airing
and rearranged his dress.
Overcoat Clew Brought Up
Producing the overcoat which the de-
fence contends was left at the Long
Beach house by the burglars, Mr..
Weeks asked the defendant why he
hadn't told about it earlier in the case
when the police we're hunting for clews.
"You were asked time and again if
anything was left by the burglars that
might help to identify them,S charged
Mr.. Weeks. "But you didn't tell Mr..
Wysong about this coat until after you
were in Jail and you never discovered
the cigarette box and matches in the
pockets, although, apparently, you were
so anxious to find clews."
In an effort to discount the defen-
dant's testimony that the alleged bur-
glars had left cigarette and cigar stubs
lying on the table Mr.. Weeks asked
him if it was not true that Judge
Coleman and Ebert White smoked in
his house on the night of the murder.
The defendant said he did not recol-
lect.
"You know that the moment you ad-
NIT this love knot pin is yours your
whole case falls to the ground ?"
charged Mr.. Weeks, holding up the
stickpin.
"No, I don't know that I do" re-
torted the defendant.
"You mean to tell US that, although
you say you were robbed Of the love
knot pin and then it was found in your
coat pocket it does not discredit your
whole story?"
"Well, in way"
Then the defendant got himself into
an unintelligible mix-up in trying to
explain that the pin in evidence was
noS his. He said that his En- used
to fall out of his tie all the time. Then
he said he had new pin put on with
twist and that it had not fallen out
tor two years. In the next breath he
told the court that he had to get a
catch for it lately because it was still
falling out.
Apartment Often Raided
The District Attorney got the de-
fendant to admit that mis- apartment
house at 164 West S,Xty-ifth Street
had been raided several times, and that
/ tenants had been arrested lie finished d
his cross-examination by producing an
old clipping which showed that the
doctor had run out for TIE police dur
ing burglary enacted years ago, end
SAID: "As young, strong man you
took care to get the police before you
tackled burglars, but now that you
are old you go bravely into your house
and face them"
The defence produced witnesses who
testified to the good character of the
defendant and to the loving relations
of DR.. and Mrs. wilkins. Clothing ex-
perts were called who said that the
coat alleged to have been left by the
burglars had beea made within the last
seven years. This was intended to Off
set the contention of the prosecution
that the coat belonged to Leon Krauss,
who died eighteen years ago.
Mrs. Beeson, s West Sixty-ffth
Street, said she saw She defendant in
the city on the day of the murder, and
that she noticed he was wearing a
Prince Albert coat similar to the one
he now wears. She also testified that
she had frequently seen him with an
open-faced Waltham watch. Conductor
Edmund W. Boyd testified to the "lov-
ing attitude" of DR.. Wilkins and his
wife going home on the train on the
night the murder was committed. He
said the defendant wore the clothes he
now wears, as far as he could see.
1t is expected that one of the wit
nesses who testified for the defence
Will soon be arrested Tor perjury.