The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-06

walked close up TO the wall en- the
right When he got to the door Of
the room he took one big step In
ana came down with the pipe on the
bed. / ran down the stairs and when
l got to the dining room l heard a
shot.
Il left my Ratchet on the tub In
the kitchen and put on my shoes AS
i went out the back ! heard more
shots. went To where my truck
was. and waited for Wade l waited
about an hour and a quarter, until
1920.
"He didn't come. so / went home
to breakfast and then made my milk
deliveries.
Il saw Wade later In the after
noon and asked him what happened.
lie said he had a tough JOB. Then
he told me Mrs. Mott wanted him TO
move trunk for her ana would
help him. i said yes. Each OF US
drove his own truck, At Wads's
house he brought out the empty trunk
and put II In my truck.
I'VE went In his truck 10 Nott's
home. Mrs. Mott was in tho street.
and said. It's about time you came
WADE TELLS OF TRUNK.
we got the trunk and put 1t In
his truck. IL was SO heavy II most
pinned me down once when l let II
slip. We drove down TO my truck
and he wanted to put the heavy trunk
on my truck. but 1 said It was too
heavy.
He slid the trunk up toward. the
front OF the truck and covered II with
a raincoat. / helped him take the
empty trunk to Sanford avenue. Then
] got on his truck and We drove
away.
"On the road he pointed out the
house where he was born. When we
got TO the end of the trolley line
Wade said:
1--WE got old man Mott in the
trunk
II didn't know what to say. He
said he was going to put the trunk
In swamp little further on. We
passed the cemetery and entered the
swamp through an opening in the
fence.
Wade got out and began looking
around. There was a piece of fence
there and we used II to get the
trunk off and slid IL along to keep
II from slipping to the ground. Wade
pushed the trunk with his foot and
fell overheard; then he held TO a tree
and opened II and took out a paper
and his shirt and overalls and threw
them on the bank.
BOX KEPT FLOATING.
There was a little water in the
trunk.
Wade went to a stone wall and
got two stones and put them into the
trunk. 1t didn't sink quick enough to
suit him, and he sent me for another
stone, but II slipped and fell in the
water. He pushed the trunk around
a little and then said: 4 guess thatll
do Then he said: We'll. what do
you think of that?'
He said: We'll, We'll come back
in few days and take him out and
bury him / said II was late and
we'd better be going. / went to sleep
on the way home.
81 went with Wade to his house
and slept in his room. He said he
wanted to get an hours sleep. Pretty
soon his father called. Elwood.' and
he got up and dressed. l went down
to get my trunk. and that was the
last time i saw Wade"
Whenever he could Wade kept his
gaze on Mrs. Mott: never once did he
look toward his girl wife.
In the morning session Daniel Fer
guson, q partner" of the dead gam
bier, told OF going to the house three
times the day of the murder. Mar
garet Bopko and Pauline Bopko, girls
living next to the Mott house, testi-
fed to seeing Wade and Johnston and
the truck the Sunday morning of the
murder. This was on their way to
mass about Z o'clock.