The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-02-08

Where is he?" she was asked.
I'm Baltimore" witness answered.
Have you ever lived With him." in
quired Attorney Barse.
Yes. sir; two weeks" she replied,
and added, 81 found out he was not
goOd-he drinks"
Ran Away From GreerE.
do you remember while you were
at Mrs. Greer's-running away!
Attorney Barse asked.
Yes, sirr l got into a fight with
Mary Mcknight"
what were the children punished
with while you were at the Greers--
the cat-o-nine- tails?" inquired the
prosecutor.
eyes, sir
Did they always use the cat-o-nine-
tails?" -g4s
on redirect examination, Mrs. Bayne
was asked if Mr.. Greer whipped the
boys.
"They were whipped only when they
really needed it" she said.
DauEhter-In-Law TeStifIes.
Mrs. John ]. Greer, of Philadelphia,
| daughter-in-law of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
| lam 4. Greer, testified for them. She
| married John Greer November -,
1911, she said, and for two years there
after she lived in the Greer home and
came in daily contact with the orphan
! children there. Since then she has
| visited the Greer home frequently.
| sometimes remaining one to three
months.
81 never had one minutes trouble
/ with the children, and 1 never saw
anything questionable going on in the
| home" Mrs. Greer said.
| The children were always WEI
| clothed, she testified, and added: Il
| bought some of the clothes for the
boys, and Mother Greer furnished the
money"
| After the witness and her husband
moved to Philadelphia, five years
ago, Dorothy Harmer, one CT the
/ girls from the Greer bakery here
! went there to make ner home. She
STAYED only a few months. She was
sent back TO the bakery when Mrs
Mamie Margaret Lynn Bayne went
| to Philadelphia to live with them.
On another occasion Merry Nc
knight, who was at the Greer DaIl-
cry fourteen years, spent several
months in the home of the witness
She also returned to the bakery IN
Washington.
"Did you ever know your father
fn-law to offer an insult or iniiS-
nifty to any of the girls asked At
torney David.
POSITIVELY no." she answered en-,
phatically.
Did you ever hear any OF the girl.
charge such a thing
Positively no." she answered.
Did Mrs. Greer give any attentiOI
TO the moral welfare of the Ei:ls?'
TOO much attention, I thought.
said the witness. SHE took NOR
pains with them than the avcraB,
mother"
Asked if she considered her father
in-law and mother-in-law prOpe
guardians for the orphan children
she said:
Il considered them a perfect ra:he
, and mother
, Asked about charges Of scve-I
witnesses. for the District ;hat III
| Greers had a pet in the person {
5 Nellie O'Brien, witness said:
? Saw No Partially.
l 81 cannot see where they eve
showed partiality, but we all knov
= that in any group Of children Their
are some that are more likable tina
others. Everyone has their likes an
. their dislikes."
Nellie O'Brien was an UNUSUAL
: Gne girl?" inquired counsel.
Positively" witness said.
Witness said she had been spend
ing Christmas with the Greers her
since her marriage eight years az
and always was surprised at IN
handsome gifts the children received
"Is your motheT-in-law generous O
pepuriOus2" asked counsel
'If anything, too generous" the wit
ness answered.
She said that "the boys and girl
we're not imprisoned in that house"
Son Tells of His Aid.
John James Greer, eldest son c
the defendants in the investigation
told how he had assisted his parent
|