The Washington times., 1920-02-07

sometimes getting thete at day.
break. Asked IL he had ever turned
his wife out of doors, Uhl said that
he had locked her out after she had
refused to take OF his socks.
Sat On Couch.
I came home and sat on the
couch" said Uhl. I asked my wife tc
take on my socks. She refused ana
went into the yard. ] shut the door
and secured II, keeping her outside
for some time.
'Did you ever spend. particularly
on January 20, two days before the
murder. the entire night out with a
woman"
yes" said UhL He refused to say
where he spent the night with the
woman.
WAS II the johnson woman?"
Yes" Uni retorted angrily.
The Johnson woman was arrested
with Uhl in the latter's room at a
hotel here since the tragedy.
In referring to his good home
which he suspected had been wrecked
by Pownell, Uhl testified:
stayed Up for Him.
my wife was a woman who would
not 20 to bed until o'clock In the
morning II I did not get home. She
would sit up and wait for me until
that time and then go to bed. In the
summer she would sit at the window
and watch for me to come home
Then" shouted States Attorney
Barnard. while your wife sat home
and waited for you at the window or
in the apartment. you would be DOWN
town at dances and with other girlsT'
Sometimes" admitted the witness.
"Did you make the statement that
your wife. was better of in Jail than
she had been at your homer
mo"
Did you and your wife always
quarrel?"
"Yes, we quarreled: but most Of our
trouble was caused by people driving
stun in her head"
What do you mean by 'stuf'-peo-
pie saying you were with women"
Yes"
isn't it true that you have stated
in the presence of Mrs. Pearl Kolb
that you were only staying around
Cumberland until the case was.over-
and that then you were going to
beat it2" Objected to by the defense
and sustained by the court.
Caught Him On Steps.
Uni Inen Teldteu IN uctdll tne cir
cumstances which caused him TO sus-
pect his wife had been intimate with
PowneT. He told of receiving a tele-
phone message from Pownell. of meet
ing him and a girl downtown, and Of
his return to his apartment to find
Pownell going hurriedly up the steps.
MY wife tried to explain there had
been nothing intimate between her
end Pownell, urging that / call him
downstairs to Explain. 1 told her /
was through. that had laid my trap,
caught her, and now she could go
back to her mother. told her not to
discuss the matter any further, as l
was afraid it would get hotter and /
did not know what / would do"
What did you mean-afraid 1t
would get hotter"
We'll, 1 cannot explain what l
would have done--it was not done"
The prosecution attempted TO indi-
cate that Uhl contemplated. killing
Pownell, and probably his wife be-
cause Of his suspicious. He would
not admit this point.
While Uhl was testifying, his baby
daughter, Virginia, sixteen months
old, clasped in the arms of the de-
fendant, continually called Dad,
Dad" The other two children. Rus
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romped about the court room, chew
ing candy and playing with a toy.
Occasionally they stopped in front OF
the spectators within the rail and
laughed at them. The children have
captivated onlookers at the trial
A determined effort was made by
the defense to impeach the testimony
of Mrs. Louise Pownell. wife of will
liam J. Pownell, the lumber dealer,
Repeats Confession.
Harry Robinson, in testifying for
the defense, repeated the confession
made by Mrs. Uhl Immediately after
the Staying and when she was being
questioned by Coroner Finan.
MRS. Uhl was asked by Mr.. Finan
IL she did not know that her husband
had been running around with other
women and on that account felt she
could do the same" SAID Robinson.
Mrs. Uhl answered: mo. indeed,
have my children and my home"
Harry r. Donnelly. city attorney,
another witness 'for the defense, tes-
titled that Mrs. Uhl had told HIM shc
killed Pownell when he attempted to
ravish her in the Kitchen of her home.
"She said to me-" testihe Mr.. Don.
nelly: L did not intend to kill him.
l only wanted to stick him with the
knife to stop him from assaulting
me. saw her father and told hun ne
should stand by his daughtsr-that at
her story seemed true.
Efforts were made by States At
torney Barnard to get Mr.. Donnelly
to admit that he had hsen engaged
as counsel by Mrs. UhL He admitted
discussing 1t, but said, II never got a
fee.r
Declaring that his son had been
the victim OF cleverly laid trap.
and that he had been stabbed to
death by the defendant because OF
her infatuation with him. Thomas y.
Pownell took the stand for the prose-
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