Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-18
Paul Lured to
Death and Robbod

continued from Pags One
low moan, and sank on Oh, L.,
front OF him, arms outstretcbod '%
sprawled and his body twis,oI len
racked with nausea that shook hi. una
frame. "'S WhoI,
IN the whole courtroom. norL
GUY eyes that held pity for Jor,olm tt
,, .mose OF his wife and family, anJ weh
were averted until the man. "ri thes
SSonspse. The wife, white l,;,npn npnysial
,, ,,vid checked, her eyes red rim,nu"S1 uv1 and
,meeP'ns, sat with head bowed arJ IRON
At hands pressed In front of Ln. WIN
VT WI; ana Mrs. John James. tbo ,ae
Jau inu,a mother Of the prisoner. nnd 'Svne We
ua,nes' .,' ms younger sister, woro Nin
nUyeu ranhs, Dy the story that the stos Nv les
ra aper droning voice told 70 tbo 'o.nos' os
gallery p'eNed 10 the last chair in outt !.
stricken Man Revived
For a moment the procoodi.
stopped by order Of Supreme TCi,Ss CnpSt. ven
tice katzenbach, who with 1,,Jur Iurt jus.
is presiding at the trial se Jos,a Mats
revived with fresh air and roS,n a,nes wa |
and the story of the crjmo W. w,oos'orative
Highlights Of James' confosaI satISumed
GUIDED the direct and unoualiscG N in'
that Schuck was q sharer T., cnatn
that ended In the death of po'Ie ,ne hIot
two had planned to meet tho "uii uii III.
and carry him in James' nv anu tIa man MAJ
20 the ferry, for the purposo ''"ttnoo,h W
ping him. James made tho VI % too'
statement that he and ScbrdIr IrDS.V.
talked the matter over, and tbat 9, nS
presumably knew what the nIarn "'nuct
when he met James that dav nna "eN
two went to the bank for Paul '' 'n'
Defense Loses Hard Fight
me confession was read only s.,.
another long wrangle. Mr. ua.T ua
again raised the point that the cnnt.1 an
SION was not admissible because W,
corpus delicti," or body of tho % ",,.. m'
had not been proved by outside eyid,e i5,ne
as having. taken. place in CamS.
county, He was overrulcd TODAY
he had been yesterday, by Justic" ~
zcnbach, and the confession was oIIo%'i
in evidence. W." "''o"ea
, James made the charge also IN,
Schuck had double crossed him
the division Of the spoils Of the murd..
and robbery. The prisoner declared NV,
Schuck had given him only S5OoS ~
the S4O,WO stolen,. retaining the o,hs,
$50, 900 himself. '' ''H"
When the confession was comnI.,a
Justice. Katzenbach ordered court t't's az
journed until Monday. James wa,
nervous and exhausted that he conS
not have lasted much longer IoS,
Harris, his counsel. would have asksj
Tor an adjournment had not Jns,is
katzenbach ordered one, Mr., Harr,
said aftcrward.
lie then made an effort to force Pm.
e"utor Wolverton to give him n typs.
written copy Of the confession, 50 hn
ne could read ahead and make obie.
ttionS whore he thought proper. Justks
katzcnbach refused to order this con.
reSSion. and Mr.. Harris last demand
was that the confession be read by me-
court stenographer who had taken 4
ana from the original stenographir
notes. This was done. '"''
Mrs. James to Testify
Mr.. Harris said after the adjourn.
ment that tho confession had not made
the case so black against his client as
he had feared. In the opinion of conn.
sol for tho defense, it helps as much
as hurts his case.
There will be consultation tomor
row evening between Mr.. Harris and
members of the family to decide The
line the defense shall take when il opens
Monday. Mr.. Harris had decided to nut
Mrs. James on the witness stand to
contradict certain statements made BY
witnesses for the prosecution, which
Mr.. Harris snys Mrs. James can show
arc untrue. James probably will not be
put on the stand.