The Washington times., 1920-10-29
MOTHER Will
PLEADFORSON
Mrs. Perrygo to Give Jury His
tory Of Boy Charged
With Staying.

Mrs. Rose Perrygo, mother OF
Edgar Randolph Perygo, is ex-
pected 10 take the stand In de-
fense of her eighteen-year-old son,
charged with the murder Of Mrs.
Mary Emily Faithful, when ths
case is resumed Monday morning
in Judge Gould's court.
~ PATHETIC SIGHT.
Mrs. Perrygo. who Is the mother OF
seven other children, five boys and
two girls. has presented a pathetic
sight around the courthouse and In
the witness room during the four
days that the Government has been
conducting the case. With her hus-
band she spends most OF the time sit =
ting on one or the benches beneath
the shade trees In the park. And all
she will say Is;
81 can't understand IL. He was
such a fine boy. SO courteous and so
gentlemanly."
Just what evidence Mrs. Perrygo
will be able to give to support the
Insanity plea" of the defense for her
son IL not known. Ii Is expected
that in revealing a history OF the
boys life. she will tell of a number
OF knocks" he Is supposed to have
received on the head at various times.
and of one particular occasion when
Edgar. as a two-year -old baby, was
thrown from spring wagon with
herself, receiving serious bruises on
the front part of the head.
MYSTERIOUS DRINK.
That the defense may base its plea
of'insanity on the mysterious drink
which Edgar is supposed to have been
given by a strange man the morning
of the crime, was indicated during
the cross-eNamination OF Lieut.. Nj
chael Ready yesterday afternoon.
Did Edgar at any time during the
three or four hours' grilling he re-
ceived at Police Headquarters say
anything about thinking he had been
given wood alcohol?" James A.
O'Shea asked.
"He did not" replied the witness
Lieutenant Ready admitted that
Edgar had said at the police station
that it was after he had been given
the mysterious drink by the stranger
that he made up uis mind to rob
Mrs. Faithful instead of getting a
marriage license to marry Mabel Hill.
his sIxteen-yesr-old sweetheart, as
he had intended doing when he left
Mabel that morning at the home of
her sister. Mrs. Viola Anna Hill.
The Government concluded its case
yesterday afternoon. after an unsuc-
cessful attempt had been made to in
troducc Inspector Grant az a witness,
When the inspector was called.
O'Shca objected on the ground that
his name had not been furnished ID
counsel for the defense. Judge Gould
sustained the objection.
Adjournment was taken following
the conclusion Of the Government 3
case to give the defense IN opportun-
ity 10 prepare its case. Judge Gould
announced.
WOMAN IN THE CASE.
Mabel Hill. who is alleged to have
been given 1895 by. Perrygo, follow
ing his attack on Mrs. Faithful, was
not called by the Government, to the
evident disappointment of the crowd
who had filled the courtroom daily
in the hope of getting n glimpse OF
"tbc woman in the case"
The confession which Edgar is al
legged to have made at police head =
quarters was put before the jury a
second time yesterday during the eS-
animation of Lieutenant Brady, who
repeated the confession almost word
for word. He denied that any third
degree" methods had been used to
extract the statement. but admitted
it was not made until after Mabel
Hill had been brought into the room
and had been allowed to talk with
Edgar.
DO you remember hearing any
thing said to Edgar about the Hill
girl being locked up unless he con-
fessed?'" O'Shea cross-exnmined.
- do not remember anything like
that being said" replied the witness.
I'm fact, ! am quite sure nothing like
that was said