The Washington times., 1920-05-25

pie fled. Mother and daughter later
became reconciled.
| Early last June, when Grace's
mother was motoring from her home
! in Palatka, Fla, to Atlantic City, n.
j., she brought the young couple as
| far as Washington. Upon their ar
rival here. however. difference over a
800 Indebtedness arose between the
girls mother and Cothron, and the
couple were left in teh Capital. The
next day Cothron took his child wife
to Baltimore. Her reckless career, she
| testified. began In that city. The girl
denies kidnapping Mamie Groscup. de-
claring the child's parents had en-.
| trusted her to her care.
Statements Conflict.
States Attorney Thomas L. Daw
son, of Montgomery county. who is
prosecuting the case against the girl,
today succeeded in baving admitted
| into the record that part of Grace's
signed statements to the Baltimore
detectives which related to the cir
cumstances of the Jones killing.
These statements are at variance with
| those made by Grace on the witness
stand. In one of these statements,
purporting to bear her signature. is
the direct accusation that her hus-
ban nd killed Jones.
After giving her experience with a
number of men. one of the signed
statements obtained from Grace when
| she was held pending trial in the
| Baltimore City jail says:
| when they decided to rob the
bank, Gene got an extra cap and sur
| glasses, and Clarence got extra bull
1 L. 4.
had been down there before, with
| Slim and that the old man ,uht
cashier) was alone with a lot, OF
money in a drawer. but. that Slim
got cold feet"
| II cautioned Clarence not to do 1t
and Gene got mad and said: we
| should have left you home They
made the chauffeur believe they had
| come down there to get a girl, and
| told him to be ready to go quick and
not to mind any shooting as her (the
giris) father had a bad temper. :.
| e.. Gene Has "a Scheme,
"They went to the bank and re-
turned, saying there were. too. many
people about. Gene said L have q
scheme.'' and talked with Clarence
He said they had no money to pay
the chauffeur and would throw the
| negro out of the car and go on. We
| drove away and went into the woods
| and cooked some food. After | had
| eaten ! left the woods and Gene
walked to the road with me. | heard
a revolver go off; | heard two shots
and Clarence called Gen, Gene" AnC
Gene said he's game; / didn't think
he would do it Clarence came out
of the woods and Gene started in
and Clarence went back and l heart
a third shot. 1 know Gene. could mol
have fired the shot. Gene and Clar.
| ence came out of the woods together
and Clarence. said 4 killed him. and
Gene said It's no time. to talk now.
l. "Genc, then said, we will get ths
bank now as l don't want that tc
| slip by me- He didn't get the bank,
| and we drove on to Baltimore. Or
the way Clarence told me he asked
Jones to have shooting match: and
| when the negro went to put up g
tin can target, Clarence shot him
once in the back of the head and
twice in the breast"
| ExpunGe shame Details.
The statement then says the car
was driven to Baltimore and thence
to Atlantic City. where 1t was sold
for $3.50. Grace paying 500 from the
| money that she owed her mother
| The girl then further tells OF the
life of shame she claims she was
driven to take up by her husband and
Landers, but this portion OF the state
ment was not admitted by the court
| into the record.
| Further on the statement tells OF
the shooting. of Weldon. After the
details of the hiring OF weidon's car
in Philadelphia and OF their arrival
at Elkton without Landers, whom
| they left in New York, the girl
states:
| Clarence saw the diamond ring on
weldon's hngcr. and made a sign with
his head that meant, BE sure to get
him ! became sick from excite
ment. I knew what was going to
happen. and I asked Clarence not to
kill Weldon. Clarence said he would
go to nearby farmhouse when the
ear stopped, and when he returned I
was to shout had been attacked by
weldon.
weldon said nothing improper. but
when Clarence came back to the car
7 told him Weldon hsd- insulted me.
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