El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-25

q started out I saw Harry's feet un-
der the bed I pulled out the bed
and told him to come out that I'd
/ not hurt him was much surprised
I that a man would hide that way from
! a woman. AS he started out from
under the bed he came at me and ]
Z backed away. Then remembered
l the gun and pulled it out in the hope
/ OF stopping him He would have
killed me II he could. I knew that
[ Then the gun went off I did not
consciously pull the trigger. It was
an accident but before I would have
[ let him get his hands on me I would
have shot him When the shot was
/ fired Hines ran away. I turned the
| gun on myself. but It would not
shoot"
! On cross examination Mrs. Jurgen-
son testified that she had never
I known the real age OF her husband,
although he had told her on one oc-
/ casion that he was %. This was at
the time OF their marriage.
Denies She Drank.
Harry had filed a suit for divorce
about a year ago" she continued. i
admit at one time writing him a let
ter and sending him a picture OF him
self that ] had torn in two. but I did
not otherwise mutilate that picture.
That letter was written at my home.
vorce suit was Withdrawn.
Regarding her trip to Juarez after
her husband Mrs. Jurgenson denied
that she drank any liquor while
there She said she danced with a
friend Of Jurgenson's but with no one
else. During her stay there, she said.
her husband was acting sweet to
time.
She admitted that at one time she
had accused the manager Of 2 local
company OF coming between her and
her husband.
This man and my husband went
TO an automobile show in AIbuouer-
que, N NJ" she said There thew
met two Spanish girls with whom
they teu in love. The man said TO
NY husband Why don't you ask for
a divorce You can have a much bet
ter time on the road II you are sin
gle can meet you and we can put
on some swell parties"
At the conclusion OF Mrs. Jurren-
sons testimony copies Of letters
which she claimed had been written
ner husband by a Spanish girl in Al
Duquerque were offered in evidence
by attorneys Tom Lea and J. A. Dial
The first witness Of the afternoon
was Marie Jones. who lived with Ms.
! urgenson at 916 North Kansas
street. She testified virtually To the
same actions Of JurEenson at Juarez
as did Mrs Jurgenson and told OF
an incident at an FL Paso hotel where
the couple were living.
Says He Clicked Her.
Il had asked Nadine 70 20 TO the
Il Paso-PhoeniX road races with I
me- she said "A friend OF mine was /
with me We returned about 1890 /
that Sunday afternoon and Mrs. Jur- 1
censor and went to her room in /
me hotel A few minutes later Harry /
zane In and rushed up 70 her. He /
,hoked her and threw her on the bed /
[ threatened to call the police ana !
he stopped. Later we all had dinner
together at a cafe
again at 3 o'clock one morning he
,ame TO the front porch and quar-
relied with her and I saw him buron
ler mead up against the wall OF the
porch On the day OF the tragedy I
Jaw him in a car with another
Miss Jones's testimony REGARDING
ne trip Mrs JurEenson made Ia
uarez after her husband was fdenti-
al with that OF the defendant At
-orney J. A Dial objected to tesfi-
nony as 10 whether Mrs. Jurrenson
frank liquor IN Juarez but the testi
nony was admitted and il was shown
nat Mrs Jurgenson drank ginger
Within a month or two before the
nooting had you and Mrs. Jurgenson