The Washington times., 1920-04-08

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state OF the patient" was The further
ayerment Of the physician A number
OF Hypothetical Suestions were put to
the physician By the acting attorney
for the Commonwealth, but TO all OF
them the physician replied that emo
tlonal insanity" was the logical out
come OF such strsins and stress as the
prisoner had labored under.
That Mrs. Cumming had been n
good mother TO Kenneth, and that
she had done everything possible for
him at all times, was the statement
OF Mrs. Dennis Ault. who occupied an
apartment In the same house In which
Mrs. Cumming lived with Kenneth.
She spoke OF the poverty OF the
woman.
A. l.. Dixon. another witness. told
how Mrs. Cumming had asked him II
he wouldn't buy her cooking stove, his
store having advertised that II want
ed to buy stoves. He said that he
called TO look at the stove and. seeing
that IL was the only one they had 70
keep the apartment warm. he tried to
persuade her not to sell II. She re-
piled, however. that her brother was
sick and that she was bound TO have
some money to pay the rent" Dixon,
feeling sorry for her, he testified, ad-
vanced her s5 on the stove, and said
he would let her know later II he
wanted Ii. At that moment, Dixon
said. the boy came In crying for some
thing to eat
Had -Four Cents when Jailed.
Jack Wyatt, a cousin of Mrs. Cum
ming, testified that Cumming had
telephoned him to get a message to
Mrs. Cumming. Cumming said his
mother was old and infrm. and want
ed to see little Kenneth, and that II
Mrs. Cumming would bring the child
to his house, II would, he was sure,
brighten his mothers spirits. The
next day. he said, he heard Cumming
had put his wife under peace bond
SO she wouldn't annoy him.
On the day OF the killing according
to the testimony Of George b. Schef-
fey, jailer, Mrs. Cumming had cents
In her purse when she was brought
to the jail. II took three men to
carry her back to the cell, he said.
She seemed to be helpless. he said,
land could not use her legs or hands
or anything"
The TALLER also told how she was
locked UP In the jail four days by
Mayor slater, who took her son, cling
ing to her skirts. away from her. A
few minutes later, he said, Cumming
took the boy to awaiting q automobile,
In which sat a negro woman.
That Cumming had asked him to
perform criminal operation upon his
wife, was the. Testimony OF DIR. Paul
Parker, of Hampton,
- ~ Says Case Is sordid. ~
DR.. d. r. Gary, coroner OF Newport
News, substantiated the testimony OF
Mrs. Cumming, given yesterday, that
he had been called to attend her at
the Commercial Hotel. Newport News.
Va. where she said Cumming first
drugged her and then assaulted her.
Commonwealth Attorney Cook
opened hts argument with the state.
ment that "where a woman is in
volved the question OF sympathy Is
upon'fus and very apt to bias us In
one way or another in our judgment" !"
He spoke of the case as a peculiar
ly sordid ahd distressing story-.-a
story that, no matter what the out
come may be, has already resulted In
the wrecking OF two lives. perhaps
three"
Tracing Cummings attention to the
young girl nearly 10 years ago and
his Invitations to her, eliminating In
the attack upon her In the hotel at
Newport News, Byrd said that he fol
lowed the arts of the accompiishe"
libertine and the habitual seducer."
MY friend seems to think that
Cummings name was something
precious" said the attorney for the
defense, referring to the prosecuting