Evening journal., 1919-06-24
MORE TESTIMONY
IN GRECCO CASE
Man Convicted OF Assault
and In Workhouse Seeks
Pardon
SEVERAL WITNESSES
HEARD AT DOVER
sncclal 10 Nd EyenIng Iournal

Special 10 The LNcnlhg duuihdl-
DOVER. juno 2i-At an adjourned
Injecting of the state Board of Pardons
today The case Of Peter Grccco Was
again taken up. Deputy Attorney Gen
cral Percy Warren Green opened the
case by producing am afildavlt from
Mrs. Mary swan, where Mary Laps
lev lived at the time when Father
Ouigley Is stid 90 have gone TO the
house in an effort 90 get the Lapsley
girl 10 sign paper relative 10 Greece
not being the man who had assaulted
her. The anldavit corroboraied the
testimony OF the Lapsley girl at "
former hearing
Mr.. Green produced three witnesses
John Wesley Morris, president OF the
Wilmington Fibre Company, In whose
homo Mary Lapsley lived for three
years: Horace Brown, of the Electric
Hose and Rubber Company. and George
O.. Lenning. also OF the Electric Hose
and Rubber Company, who fesiined TO
the good reputation Of Miss Lapslcy
Mr.. ionnng stated that the woman
was still In the employ Of uieir conf
pany and a trusted and honest en-
ployc
Sergeant King. Of the Wilmington po-
lice. also testified 10 investigating the
reputation Of the Lapsley glrl and said
II was OF the best.
The State rested is case at this point
and ] Frank Ball. counsel FOR Greco,
then took mp The case producing four
witnesses. Phillips Cohen. David fieisii-
man, Benjamin Rather and Samuel Co
han, an OF Philadelphia, and an OF whom
testified 30 seeing Greece In phlladel-
phia on the evening OF November -
1911, at practically The same time ne
was said 30 have been In Wilmington
and attempted an assault on Miss Brrn-
nan, another young woman Of Whining
ton, who testified before The board al
is last meeting as having recognized
Greece as the man who had made such
an attempt
Judge Ball also produced two other
witnesses, Mrs. Wilmington and Miss
C0ughlln. sisters. both living In VII
minglon. Mrs Wilmington testified that
she knew Miss L1pslcy and said she
broke up her home boy going with her
husband, She testified that size saw
Miss Lapsley with her husband She
also testified 10 seeing Miss Lapsley out
riding with her husband IN a carriage
and an automobile al different times.
She said on one occasion the Lapsley
girl in riding plst the Wilmington home
had laughed and gr'inned at her She
also said the Lapsley girl was arrest
cd on one occasion and held under q
peace bond by Magistrate Gills f0r
disorderly conduct
Miss Coughlin's testimony was un.
important except as 90 having admitted
The Lapsley girl 20 The home OF Mrs
Wilmington after She. Miss Lapsle'
had received telephone message q
call at the house.
I'm rebuiial, Miss Lapsley. who wa,
present, testified that she knew ih,
| Ninningt0ns living FOR a time at thr
/ home or Winningt0ns father and
mother. and while there would ride out
with Wilmington. but said she was
never alone. other members " The
family accompanyin her
She testified that she had been told
that everything would be done against
her. Miss Lapsley declared that despite
an the abuse she had suffered she was
a Catholic and expected 20 remain So
Sergeant King testified % going t0
Philadelphia and t0 learn when Pefor
Greece left his home on November %
ne said GrcccO's mother stated that he
left about . o'clock on November - and
was going 10 Wilmington, which state
ment did not correspond with the time
testified 90 by Witnesses from philadel-
phia. who said no was I'm that city on
that particular night at 8 O'Clock. The
decision reserved.