The Washington herald., 1920-11-04
Alienist Says Boy Denied
He Intended to Mar y
Sweetheart.
PARENTS ARE IN T&ARS
Mabel Hill Tells of Night
After Murder of Aged
Recluse.

Edgar Randolph Perrygo. the 49,
ycar-old boy now on trial for muir
der in District SupTem' Court,
never intended to marry his l6-
year-Old sweetheart. Mabel Hill.
This was the substance nf testi-
mOny yesterday by DR.. John T. NJ.
Murphy. of the STAFF of St Eliza
beth's Hospital
DR.. Murphy's testimony came after
the girl had taken the stand yes
teTday in an effort to save her
lover. charged with the murder of
Mrs. Mary E. Faithful. an aged
recluse, last winter.
Started>for License.
- did not intend to marry this
girl PerTygo told me on more than
one occasion" DR.. Murphy declared
"RcCOUntinG to me the events of
the past few months Of his life he
averred that he left his sweetheart $
home presumably to go to the bu-
reaU for a marriage license"
When Mabel Hill took the stand
earlier in the day she admitted, un-
der crOss-eXaminatinn. that she stiIl
loved PerrygO and that shed marry
him now if il were possible. She
confessed that her sweetheart had
given her roll OF money when he
returned to her sisters home the
afternoon Mrs. Faithful met her
death.
said He Was Sick.
He told me that he'd gone to the
city Hall to get a license" the girl
declared, and that he was taken
sick and had accepted a drink from
a stranger 1t had made him dizzy,
he related. and he didn't remember
a thing from then until he re-
turned to the house"
"Perrygo told me that he had
won heavily shooting dice on Feb
ruary - asserted DR.. Murphy on
the stand. He'd won more than
$1,000; had taken most Of il to the
girls house the following day, and
with 50 in his pocket had osetnsibIy
set out for the marriage licenue
bureau"
Mother in Tears.
Mrs Rose Perrygo. the youths
mother who is constantly at her
sons side, broke down in tears
when the girl spoke Of her unfal-
tering love for the defendant.
Again. when the testimony of Lud-
wig Augustinus. an aIienist and
cellmate Of Perrygo at the District
jail told Of the prisoners crying
every night because he was think
ing Of his mother" the huddled
black figure in the chair beside the
young man shook in humiIiated
grief, and the father - Elmer W.
FerrygO-sitting on the other side,
passed his hand over his wet eyes
Both AugUstinUs and DR.. Murphy
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acted peculiarly. Perrygo's ewes.
said the latter. have an unnatural
stare, the pupils being much larger
than ordinary and having a slug
Gish reflex when exposed to dark
ness and light.
Says Boy Not Normal.
Despite the fact that Perrygo' 5
mentality and body were equally
normal for his age. testified Angus
tinus. tests showed that he was not
normal as regards his intelligence.
He was continually depressed, he
said and did not have any will
power.
DR.. James \. Watson, the Perrygo
family physician, declared that Mrs.
PerrygO was abnOrmalIy nervous
and that this condition was most
evident at the time her son was
born.
Others who testified during the
day were Clarence MalOney. a
newspaper route man. for whom
PerrygO had once delivered papers
PerrygO's younger brother. Roy, who
described how the prisoner had on
one occasion forced him to shoot a
revolver into the floor of his home a:
Emmet Hunt. a school mate: George
PeTryEo. the defendants oldest