Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-16

was Kidding. / said TO him : %, you
don't mean that He laughed and suid
he was fooling."
Herbert Groves. Of Tabernacle, and
Frank Gibcrson, of Medford, testified to
finding the shovel and rake.
The COmpOsurc of Mrs. Frances
Schuck, the defendants wife. today
drew many admiring and respectful
glances in her direction.
When the luxurious Hudson seal coat
said to have been bought by Schuck
Tor another woman. was offered as evi =
dcnce, Mrs. Schuck, her face slightly
flushed, leaned forward in her chair bet e
ter to glimpse the garment. She wore
no fur coat herself.
While witnesses told of the wild auto :
mobile rides her husband and James had
with two young women, her composurc
did not lessen. Several times she turned
to talk with her brother who sat beside
her, or with young women friends.
Schuck Averts Eyes
II was nearly 10 80 o'clock before
Mrs. Schuck entered the courtroom. The
trial was in progress. She came in the
door near the judges stand and walked
past the table where her husband and
! his lawyer sat without speaking.
Schuck had avcrtc dhis eyes when he
recognized her and made no move as
! her sleeve almost brushed his shoulder.
Clad in the same neat blue suit and
nat. the wife sat among other specta
tors on the second row.
More women we're in attendance to.
/ day than at any other time since the
! trial began Monday. Intense Interest
was canifestcd in women witnesses and
III testimony given by taxi drivers.
AS the fur coat was brought forth
Women half rose in their seats to see the
SlSO garment. There were "ohs" ant
! abs of admiration from many femi
nine lips. Schuck himself blushcc
slightly and his lips tightened.
SO many persons wanted to get II
for this mornings sitting of the triu
that they broke down the door on thu
Broadway side of the courthouse.
1T was the biggest crowd of the three
days that the trial has been in progress
1t was biggest crowd than assembled
at any dny Of the trial of James.
Long before 0 o'clock the crowd hat
formed in long line about the court
house. SO heavy was the press at thu
door itself that in spite of efforts d
special details of baliffs aud police
the door finally yielded to the weigh
of the milling crowd and was burst in
n stream of people went in who were
promptly put out again by the police
Order was restored
Woman's Brother There
One of those on hand early was Free
McGorveY, brother of Mrs Mary Nc
Garvey.
Young McGarvcy sought the prose
cutor's Office to tell Prosecutor Wolvcr,
ton that his sister could not be presen
because Of illness. In the absence o
Mr.. Wolverton at the time McGarvc,
arrived he saw Assistant Prosecuto
Burling.
Mr. Burling would not say how lon;
Mrs. MC(iGrvoy would be absent on aC
count of illness. Nor would he sa.
whether her testimony was essential I,
the case
Young McGarvey refused to talk t
reporters. He said his mother as vel
as his sister had been made i'll by tn
notoriety of the case.
James is expected to take the witness
stand to testify against Schuck.
James, though II convicted criminal
and therefore. under the New Jerse,
law. n witness whose testimony is TO b.
received with caution, possesses knowl
edge of the, crime which is regarded q
essential for n conviction in SChuck'
case.
Schuck's attorney said today tha
James is so incenScd against SChuck 70
his confession that he will be a willing
witness for the state.