The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-30

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N,r. BlChrnann added that the state
confronted FOR ;hc first time. with
The suggestion that Mrs. C"nkie Was
responsible. Mr.. Boyce had NOT IN
tiuated. he said. at any GARNER point
that this would be the defense. In con-
nec,Inn Mr.. Rachmann said that he had
on the day OF The tragedy 70
Mrs. Conkle examined as 10 her
sanity. but that Mr.. Boyce had opposed
Il. holding that Mrs. r'oHkle was sane
At tnat :!me.
In reply. MIR. Royce said that ne had
never changed his position: that ne OPP
nosrd tho examination because he he
i,evcd then and still believed. that Mrs.
WAS sane at that time. but was
MOI responsible at the time OF the shoot
ing.
Husband on stand
This then brought the issue directly
a. To whether Mrs. Conkle had knowl-
edge Of her husbands relations with
Nrs. Williams or not when she did the
killing.
rJnkle was questioned by Mr.. Boyce,
and among some questions asked were:
-. How long have you been married:
g.. About twenty years.
-. Where were YOU on october To-
1921:
4. In Pittsburgh.
q. What hotel did YOU stay at?
\. Monongahela House
q. Did YOU register?
\. Yes. sir.
Q. Under what anne
4. Mr.. AMI Mrs. Perry White. OF
Grafton. W. Va.
At this point Attorney Royce offered
the register In evidence to show that
and a woman la registered at
the Pittsburgh hotel As man and wife.
The state objected TO this evidence.
hat Conkle may have registered
in the hotel with IN woman, and that
this did not prove who the woman was
that was with him. Attorney Boyce
replied that he would connect this teSt!-
mnny by showing who the woman was
that went to Pittsburgh with fonkie'
The court instructed the attorneys 10
proceed. and ruled that n tho defense
could not connect Mrs. williams as the
woman. the jury would be instructed 10
disregard all the evidence as 20 he
being Mrs. Williams.
"Who was the woman you was with
In T~lt,shurgh?" asked Attorney Boyce
OF Coakle.
Mrs. rearl Williams" replied the
witness.
@. Is tina the woman who worked at
Stone & Thomas?
a. Yes. sir.
q. Did you both occupy the samo bed
AZ the hotel"
\. Yes. sir.
Q. How long did you stay therec
A.. We checked out at 12:l5 p. m.
Q. How long were you acquainted
with Mrs. Williams:
a. About thirty years.
~ MIA - ,.ola n frin "a T0llfArnia
last January?
A. Yes. sir.
Q. You and your wite. accompanied
by Mrs. Williams"
\. Yes. sir.
Q. When did you leave and when aid
you return?
: a. we left in January and returned
in October.
Q. When did your relations with Mrs.
first begin"
A. About the middle OF october. 1920:
Q. Preceding your trip 10 California?
a. YES. sir.
Q. Prior TO your trip. what converse
ton did you nav with your wife as TO
Mrs. Williams coming 10 your home?
AT this point the state objected n
tho court susta med the objections.
q. Your trip was cut short by the
q -Atl1Nl'liN Ia fS'N NS
\. Yes. sir.
Q. Where did you stop in California?
\. In Los Angeles.
Q. Did you have an apartment?
\. We had rooms.
Q. How many"
A.. One large room which Mrs. Conkle
and I occupied: a small room that MIS-.
occupied, and a bath room.
Q. Tell TIE jury what occurred there
and OF her discovery IN your room after
your wife and YOU retired.
A. Some time during the night. our
door WAS opened and Mrs. Williams
over alongside OF our bed. She
ca me TO my side OF the bed. but I pre-
tended TO be asleep. She put her hand
up under the bed covers. S:tll l pre-
Mrs. Conkie awoNe and said; What
ara YOU doing IN cur room Mrs.
Williams then moved back and said: II
could not sleep and am nervous think
ing OF Charley" Mrs. Conkle then
said: Why didn't YOU stop on my side
Of the bed" She replied that she did
not want to disturb her. An argument
followed and I had to quiet them down.
what have you 10 say as 10 her
paying attentions TO you on the
inquired Attorney Boyce.
a. Every time she went by, as we
retired first. she could grab me
by my ear. pull my hair. OF pull NJ toe.
as she went by nv bed.
Incident In Sleeping Car
On questions asked by Attorney
the witness told hat there were
50 many arguments between his wife
and Mrs. Williams that they decided
70 come home. When asked as to an
on the train coming home.
said. in part:
That first night We secured a
Mrs. Williams had the upper
asked me 70 get her r drink
and I did. When I came hack she said
my breath smeiled like tobacco. I told
her I had Just smoked a stogie. Mrs.
then asked her TO kiss her and
I did. Mrs. C'onkls was looking out
from the lower berth n caught US.
This raised another argument. out I
soon patched II VI. The next morning.
Pearl, or rather Mrs. Williams got up
hrs,. Sle threw back the curtains and
argument started. Mrs. ConklS
asked her II she had really kissed me
and she said Yes Before that l had
that I kissed Mrs. Williams. 1t
was then that Mrs. Williams got
another berth IN another car at Chicago
and the two women travelled In different
from Chicago TO Wheeling.
Did your relations with Mrs. VIII
l'ams continue UP until the time OF he
shotinE"' asked Attorney Boyce.
Yes replied Conkle.
The witness then told OF heinE
through his days work at 1880 o'clock
In the afternoons; that he went up
eyerv day and that on an average
OF three times a week ne would mcct
Mrs. williams at Stone & Thomas store
and escort her home: that IL ne failed