The Washington times., 1920-02-06
DEATHPENALTYFOR
/. MRS. UhL IS ASKED
States Attorney, In Bitter Ar
raignment, Declares Slay'
ing Was Plotted.
Ccontinued from First Pass)


fear Of the influenza epidemic which
has Den somewhat pronounced In the
city. The spectators which crowded
every corner and aisle OF the court
room, unable TO md seats. hesitated
TO leave.
t"shouId I have the injunction OF the
court carried out by having the sher-
IN force the unwilling spectators to
leave" he announced. There was
then a~low meandering OF the specta-
tors through the exits.
Pleads seIf.Defe,se.
Self-defense, In protection of her
honor. is the plea of Mrs. Uhi, who
will take the witness stand In her
own defense. It was announced by
Attorneys David A. Robb and Saul
PraeEer, counsel for the woman.
Mrs. Uhl will testify that Pownell
attempted to ravish her when she in
sisted that he clear her character to
her husband OF the suspicion OF inn
deity which had been aroused by his
presence in her apartment on Decem-
Der 80 when her husband returned
Unexpectedly.
The prosecution, however, sprung
q surprise when States Attorney
Barnard. in his opening statement,
declared that = blind" had been put
over the kitchen window by Mrs. Uhl
before she had asked Pownall to her
apartment on the morning that she
admits plunging carving knife
through his heart. causing death
few minutes later.
This blind" said States Attorney
Barnard, had never appeared at the
window before, and the prosecution
will show that II had been put there
by the woman in her preparation of
plans to kill the young man."
Dead Man's Kin Present.
Sitting at the trial table with
States Attorney Barnard and Joshua
s. Zimmerman, of Romney. w. Va.
who is assisting in, the prosecution,
were Miss Nina Pownall. school
teacher, and Thomas T.. Pownall,
prosperous fruit grower, sister and
father of the dead youth.
The latter will testify as - the
circumstances leading up to the mur-
der. He requested his son not to
visit Mrs. Uhl. he says. In his open
ing address, Mr.. Barnard declared that
Pownall went to the woman's apart
ment after she had cried: "Oh,
Bryan! oh, Bryan! Come here.
have something to tell you" That,
said Mr.. Barnard. was the reason
Bryan had gone 10 the apartment to
see the woman.
HE had been IN the apartment but
a minute or SO" said that States at
torney, when AFs Jhl stabbed him
to death with deiiberateness."
Claim Mr,. Uht Pid Knife.
with blood flowing from the flesh
wound, Pownall rushed up the steps
to the second ftoor epartment, where
he was stopping with his uncle Will
liam Pownall, gast his tather. also
guest, crying, Gs. aoctor, quick!
Mrs. Uhl has stab 5eJ, ne! Then.
what did she O.? ste hid the knife
under the carpet and 2td not reveal its
whereabouts vi tiI aNer Gaving been
questioned by thc p0tce. II she
killed in self-defcrSa or her honor,
why did she Bcs the aeath-dealing
blade? She pleaded 9Ith Pownall to
come to her apartmaC. because she
wanted to lure BIN sh.rs % kill him"
Sensational disclosures are prom
ised by the defense, yhich 1t Is al
legged will attack ths Creditability
of several witnesses the prosecution
will put on the witness stand to testify
as to what actuSNy happened in the
she killed PownalL One of the wit
nesses for the defensr viii be a store
keeper here who will testify of
conversation he had with Pownall
about Mrs. Uhl,
This storekeeper, it was stated, will
testify that Pownall came into his
place and stated he he had his eyes
on Mrs. Uhl-that she was an attrac-
tive girl" and other comment tending
to show he was anxious to become
intimate with the defendant. This
witness will be called this afternoon.
Mrs. Uhl will deny emphatically
that any improper relations existed
between she and Notwithstanding
that he attempted to force his atten-
tions on her. that she repudiated him.
She will recite the conversation che
had with her husband when he came
home on the night of December 80
and found that Pownell had been in
her apartment. She will testify that
her husband declared: II don't blame
Bryan blame you. You were
good girl when / met you. but now
you can go back to your mother"
She will testify that she begged
her husband to trust in her honor
not to suspect her OF any Illicit re-
lations with Pownell, but will say
tndt ne OTutItu HtT out VI liit uouSt.
1t was to get Pownell. she will tes-
tify, to tell her husband that their
relations had not been improper.
that she called him to her apartment,
and that Pownell refused, saying.
Let him go. He's running around
with other girls. Til look out for
you" She will then tell of Pownelrs
alleged attempt to attack her and OF
her picking up the carving knife and
plunging It into his heart"
Personnel OF Jury.
Here is the jury which will decide
Mrs. Uhrs fate:
Cornelius C. Chandler, Baltimore
and Ohio railroad employe, married.
Hugh Kelso, coal miner, of Frost
burg. married.
George w. F. webster, merchant,
married.
August II. Fogtman. builder, mar.
ried.
Chester r. Parker, clerk for Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, single
Israel Morgan, department store
proprietor, married.
Franklin f. Kelly, retired glass
packer, widower.
John r. Steedwig, contractor, mar