The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-29
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trunk wan going to the University
district. Then they left
PUT irish TUNES
ON THE PH0NoGRyAPH
They both came back again about
o'clock. Tho family was there and
Mr. heevan playing tho phonograph
Il introduced him 20 my brother
and sister-in.law. I told her he had
lots OF Irish tunes. and urged him
TO 80 after them, lie objected. be-
cause II was so late. but went and
got them and put them on the phono-
graph.
My daughter and my sister.in.iaw
danced around the room. People
were coming and going all the time.
They were the roomcrs. Katie and
Jim left In about an hour.
The next afternoon. Sunday.
talked TO Katie on the phone.
phoned TO her after the splritualist
meeting. She hadn't been there. She
said she had been lying down all day
In the apartment. She called me up
about p. m. and gave me n message
10 give her husband when no came
in
"fie came over and I delivered the
message. lie called her up and said
he was on his way home. That was
about . o'clock. Then I called them
both up after that and told them
goodbye. That was the last tims |
talked 20 Kate Mahoney.
About 7 p. m. Monday I went over
TO their apartment, at 400 Denny
way. I went over there TO turn on
the light. as had been instructed TO
do BY Kate Mahoney. Mother went
over and tended to Il after that"
Mrs. johnson said she had writ.
ten her brother one or two letters
to ST. Paul urging him and his
wife to come back because the
tenants were acting up" She
said she got a letter from Jim
dated ST. Paul. April 7s. The let
ter said:
Kate II going on TO Havana. !
would sure like to 30 with her
but can't This Is sure tough luck"
when court adjourned at noon.
Patterson said the cross.examina
ton OF Mrs. johnson would prob
ably take another hour.
sKILIFuLLY AVOIDS
TRAPS SET BY STATE
Deputy Prosecutor Patterson
crosscxamined Mrs. johnson. She
sklllfully avoided questions asked to
trap her. Patterson brought out that
Mrs. Johnson had met Mrs. Mahoney
first about two years ago. at n spirit.
ualist meeting. and Mrs. Mahoney
frequently visited Mrs. Johnson.
"shc knew my brother Jimmy be-
fore they were married quite =
WHILE" Mrs. johnson testified. II
brought a letter from Jimmy over to
her apartment. and she told me she
had met him before that"
Didn't you tell me you had intro
duced them at the New Baker
houser" Patterson demanded.
Yes. I did" snapped Mrs John.
son. And she said she knew him
before. They walked homo to
gcther"
You suggested they walk horne
together. didn't your
'Oh. no: I didn't--no. I didn't the
witness replied. testify.
Patterson questioned the witness
closely on the subject OF Kate Mahc-
ney's last visit to the NewNgsaker
/. house. Mrs. Johnson repeated that
Mrs Mahoney had been there for
about an hour. after 10 y. m. on the
night Of April is.
You said the family was there
Patterson reminded her. Now. who
else was there? Was Gus Johnson
there aisof-
"weil.' Mrs. Johnson hesi-
tatesi. III that's what you want
I ei me to say-he was"
"Ah! Why didn't you mention
that BEFORE" Patterson hurried
| back.
why didn't you mention II
beforef''' she snapped
Mrs Johnson. ] am asking
YOU" said Patterson. why you
didn't tell us before that Gus
johnson was there that night?"
because johnson was on the
stand himself. yesterday. and
said himself that he was not
there after Friday night" the
witness confessed.
But he was there Saturday night.
was her Now. was anything said
about Mrs Mahoney's travellers
checksz-'
II believe Gus Johnson did ask
ror,,e questions about the travellers
checks"
Mrs. johnson admitted she had re-
ccived a letter from her brother.
written at the St. Francis hotel. 81.
Paul. after the alleged murder. Pat.
terson then went further into Mrs
Johnson's visit on Monday evening
TO the apartment at 400 Denny way.
failing 10 shake her story in that're-
gard.
NOTHING DISTINCTIVE
ABOUT FALSE TEETH
DIR. Capps testified that he had met
Mrs. Mahoney In a social way In
1918 and had once examined her
mouth later. He said she had full
set OF upper teeth but no lower. He
admitted he had done no dental work
for her. Handed the false teeth
taken from the body OF the woman
the state contends was Mrs.
Mahoney's. DIR. capps said there
was nothing distinctive about the
dental work that had been done In
her mouth. This testimony was
brought out by the defense 20 dis