The Washington times., 1921-04-01

being cross examined by states At
torney Thomas l.. Dawson.
Asked. IL she had taken any
whiskey to the roadhouse. Mrs. La
Rue declared:
eve always took our booze with
US when we want on a party"
did you attack .Tapner?"N asked
States Attorney Dawson.
Certainly. He made a pass at
Killeen and also said cuss words
which reflected on Kilieen's mother.
hit him several blows with my
fist on the jaw and face"
Were you drunk" asked Dawson.
I'VE were not drunk, but we were
feeling good Killeen and 1 drank
most of the quart of whiskey."
You're some fighter?" suggested
Dawson.
Yes, / can always manage to take
care of myself"
WOMAN HIDES FACE.
During the cross examination Mrs.
LaRue became extremely nervous.
At one time she placed her hand
against her face. shielding 1t from
the jury.
axe your ndHu youi i"'V'
shouted Mr.. Dawson, Let the jury
see your face"
The woman WINGED as she jerked
her hand away.
In giving her testimony, Mrs. Lud-
wig stated that Killeen had called her
to his table and asked who Mrs.
Harris was. that he wanted to know
whether she was a professional
dancer.
'He answered for her name and
address and telephone number, all of
which / wrote on a card and handed
to him." said Mrs. Ludwig. Later
we sat at his table and had several
drinks. Tanner, who was our host.
wanted to know who Kileen was and
the chauffeur. Clyde L. Amer, OF 1910
ID southeast-said he was a pool
shark, who hung around the National
HOTEL"
After Mrs. Harris had been shot,
testified Mrs. Ludwig, her last words
were For Gods sake, get a doctor;
I'm shot"
While Killeen's wife and relatives
were in court, not a friend of Mrs.
Harris was seen. She was appar-
entity unmourned, as not only were
her friends absent, but none of her
relatives attended the trial. Even fol-
lowing her death the police notified
her parents. who live in Virginia, but
they did not arrive in Rockville until
three hours after the girl had been
buried.
WITNESS GOES TO DEATH.
When Harvey Harris. foreman Of
the jury. announced the verdict of
acQuittal for Killeen. Mrs. LaRue
was in her room at the National
Hotel, having left Rockville shortly
after she had testified. Friends at
the hotel say she was extremely
nervous and that she had expressed
anxiety as to what the jury would
do in the case.
Learning at IL o'clock that Killeen
had been acquitted, Mrs. LaRue went
to her room and shortly afterward
when friends went to see her, she
of the Emergency Hospital stan,
was summoned and he declared the
woman was suffering from poisoning
and had her removed to the hos
pitaL Her death followed an hour
later.
Mrs. LaRue was a woman of re-
markable strength, Weighing over 200
pounds. In recent years she had COM
mercialized her physical prowess as
professional wrestler and by per-
forming "strong arm" tricks on the
stage.
There was no happier person in the
court room when Killeen was acquit-
ted than his wife. who has stood by
him since his arrest. When the jury
brought in the verdict of mo. guilty"
Mrs. Killeen fell into the arms of her
husband and sobbed. Her devotion
to her husband was the only pathetic
feature of the trial.
Immediately after his acquittal,
Killeen. accompanied by his wife, two
brQthers and two sisters, and John
f. Costello, his brother-in-law, left
for his home at 1927 p street north
west.