Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-17
defense SCORES HEAVILY
BRAIN EXPERTS ON STAND
~ ssss IN JOE WILLIAMS TRIAL
TeSttfy womnn's Death Probably Re
tstAsSS suit of D,scHsc nnd Not Blow
&rair-It.s.. bE husband

XG1VNty "Onaus Death Probably Rc-
,siesSS suit of Disease nnd Not Blow
{ ssses-- f.e'- by husband
brain experts, testityins in TIE muir
der-trial of Joseph Williams yesterday
Ease as their opinion that the blood
Sios, found upon the hlain Of Daisy DAISY
y have been struck by Williams three
days before the woman's death. II
inganswer TO hypothetical question
which Incorporated the claims Of the
result of some unknown disease.
Mrs Williams would have been
Enocked unconscious If her husband
had hit her hard enough 70 ordinarily
death Or. Coleman held. The question
asked assumed the truth os ali points
Claimed by the defense.
EAPect Decision Today.
tie the defense rested las, night a 7:l5
case today Only the arsumen emit in-
struetion 10 the jury and the hearing
Of some rebuttal testimony presented
py.the prosecution yet remains
Williams was called on the stand In
person for more than an hours grilling,
and denied that he so much as touched
BACK bed, Dom At ne. fathers home the
Eriday before her death II was in
in -question that the prosecution con
tends that Williams struck his vic
the fatal blow whicl! caused 4 rupture
oaoaa oiooo FesSei in her head. and sub
pr. c, c. Coleman and DR.. W. II.
gppenheiner we're the specialists called
to be:the star witness for the defense.
both OF the experts. testified in an
bysAttorney Louis Wenden suig. for III.
defense. Revising OF the original oues-
tlon and argument over the details
question was so long that i, took TWO
ana half typewritten pages Of fools
cap TOT Its expression.
AZ Of the points made by the defense in
f nls, evidence 1. assumed that Mrs.
s Mhe,am rs. suf NE from chronic head
by an automobile three weeks prior
Io he5 death; that while living in New
PS orp neTs she had fallen and struck
aer head against door.
-, Feared City Detective.
MI MI ALSO assumed that on September
alexandria because OF sickness: that
sne was pushed into chair by her
d dsatSi "a. on the Friday before her
thtns wrong with her mentality until
ida asttt SUNDAY afternoon before her
f haie, II Included the assumption that
Hetective Louis BertUcci had passed
the home OF the wife and husband the
,snd iho atte epn prior to her death
thInking that, as she se had ' bsen in,
formed. the detective had a warrant Tor
ner husband and that he was coming
tho. serve it and that she had talked
foolishly" and out OF her head over
lhe telephone to both her mother ana
sister and awolie about O'Clock Mon
uay morning and died within two hours
later assuming all of this as a fact
inc question asked was what would the
Hams death. VIZ
believes Disease Cause.
In answer. DIR. Coleman testified:
the blood vessel whieh 'H e;,u secure re- Of
was due from disease"
~, asked by Attorney Wendcnburs if
Sne push or slap which Williams raye
nIs VILE Friday afternoon in the rrcs-
ence OF witnesses could have caused tbs
s MSerS when resulted in death, he an
would unless the blood OF Mrs Wi
liams was diseased
sons a sa D.. Kind IND. Of blow would have
sN,d peneve that blow delivered with
SSaIieieni force 10 loosen the petrous
was foun o9hG od pehind The left ear, which
t she aulopsy), and cause the blood clois
ecIs1msd, would cause profound uncons
INA, Nt.s ,eaSon given for his belief
. tda. Mrs; Williams death was due 10
Was the ~ absn,G caused lhs blood clots
s e,c OF violence DR. Coleman
5o IL don, think / would have been
tnentloned In the question without inay1
ing marks or bruises In nt, nnivinn
short1Ip re-, OF me blood vessel occurred
SHoi tiS aiter the symptoms shown nv
Mrs: Williams" Dr.. Coleman tcs,i,ic a."
every effort 10 shake The tcstiimonv
Neither Dr, Coleman nor pr onno,
s HsNneF would venture an opinin, on
me age Of the eliot OF blood found
coroner. Neither would veni I'm by ne
s solute and unqualified opinion ,hot
Ii ersd W. vas not caused by the blow nj.
II was admitted 't tbs TT Il. .!n;n, :.
The, blood vessel hight ha un."f 6cS OF
y the blood vessel ruptureI ''i vas = en lar
r :Da; oppenheimer was the las, witness
Query that bs iJ hS and admitted upon
nFHypothetical question asked Mn, b bac
the def f se'e psea, ihe court and tina,
iivsssd were going 10 be before de-
\. s,s, 15SSple4, 1, Theory.
lhe assumed facts of The uuss,;nn on
.9eath might possibly have been trn,,l
appre ess b ne b ars9 r. reiterated hS belief
WHiiarns had been struck hard tnom ~ >,
cause the fatal injury she u,n,sI, i
s.igsS , eoen knockcd completely OUT"
blow which would have ra,is. ,hat
Z piood ciot would have n,ada rEa nv,
. man IS LEFT ear bleed W.
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rather hagsard. and with red, ;r"mhicd
\ eyes was called upon the stand h.forn
the experts His chubby Iiitio 80
4 headed son. Pete" not Yet four VAR
OF age, chung tightly 10 his iaiber,s
Rsha' "a ana waadlsd ,manfuny to the Wit.
Ytssaae ciinncd upon his fathers knee
\ ma determined manner and "a, down
cli1ging tightly to tho prisoners coat
Takes I'abr From stand.
+ y4gT113re. here' objected tho Judge .you
But Pete" had decided ids an ,t", RI,
y subject. and deticd tho court oneniy
until his father was coupelIed TO lend
HIS grandmother, Mrs John Jouns
W1lltams' mother, took MIN into nor
lrms-and held him while her son s,rnGo
pack TO the W .tncss stand
But the little fellow stretched ON,
Il 1IS.S tiny hands after his father and
With a prodiEous frown demanded an
y Immediate return to his parent llr
& was carried from the courtroom rrn.
q testing vigorously a. his father took
Il the stand in defense Of his Nfc
.eWilliams branoen az newly oricin.
atsb much of the evidence given
4 against him by the family OF his dead
4 wife and witnesses for tho prosecution
81 lie inn 4,