The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-24

posltivs this Is the work did for Mrs
Mahonsy,"
ON REORGANIZATION Or wood admit
ted that any other dentst equally skilled
might hsv. done the work for Mrs Ma
honey the same as he had done u.
The last time you saw Mrs Mshoney
In your office did she say an,thinEt
asked Douglas.
"sha said she was weins on her honey
NEON that night" said pr Wood.
mia you ever see kate Mahooey alive
again ." asked the prosecutor.
4 never saw her alive again"
Gus Johnson
~rhis defendant 4. the same man tia,
visited me Tor three DAYS In Arril. the
ssrd fsth aud skth. Ito was Registered
ct a hotel ther. I saw him pay Tor a
ticket back to Seattle With four travel
ers checks Before he left he offered to
take me to tho Dempsey -cafpsn'isr prize
Tight
rne travei@rs ch~ck. we're Identified
By the witness and put IN evidences. The
letter received ~ Johnson. after Ma.
honey had returned to Seattle. was read
to the jury. II said
rents and my lawyer tells me he has
ssSee In the safe from . mortgage he
sold for rne | guess | wnl 40 % the
fight. all right. all right. had mother
And sister and the dos cut In the sedan
r0rfNrdAFs AhAA auNAt RN"AA t@At $3.50
isn't another Ike n In the state. VIII
stop and Sc you on my way Fast. Coed
luck aud lots Of a. Your cid friend. J.
" Mshoney .tos Denny way. scattie.
MAhoney's Indifference" nj
the trial appeared. when court
closed Friday. 90 be ~ much .
mask as his -inssnity" was a
few weeks ago.
lie was pale. but u was prison
paiicr. and he yawned cavernousiy.
but the yawn seemed not genuine.
when Prosecutor Douglas emptied
three sacks OF clothing and rags out
upon the courtroom floor late Friday
afternoon.
Deputy Coroner Frank Koepfii
was on the stand.
IDENTIFIED As
TRUNK GARMENTS
One By one he identified the gar
ments as those that had been taken
from the alleged murder trunk
when 81 was recovered from Lake
Union. August =. and tho I'D opened
One by one. later. these same gar
ments were Identified by friends
and acquaintanccs OF tho dead wo.
man a. those OF Mrs. Kate Maho
neg.
The body that lies In the
morgue In Ice was id~nfificd.
too. while MAhoney's eyes rov~d
'indifferrntly about the court
room. ~ that Of Mrs slA
honey. This was no halfway
kIcutification - it was unqucs-
uonable, positive.
The state brought into line dam
Aging testimony just before court
closed Friday. calling witness after
witness. a. follows:
Detective M. J. McNamee
Testified that h. had taken ths mystery
trunk from the dock en- Lake union and
helped pot I, into the s,orwus vagon-
DR.. u. r. Sellers
Testified he had been given the stomach
OF the dead woman at tho rnorrus ard
had taken u to Prot. William DEAN.
University Of washnxtcn chsmist
Prof. william Dehn
7 analysed the stomach for pslsons !
found - grains Of morphine. res. have
them here In this glass dish. the needle
clusters on the bottom OF the diah are
the morphine. There we're 20 xrains or
more In the stomach. I io.t about one
third Of the stomach contents In my
analysA-
DR.. F. 8. Bourns
II am . physician .nd Surgeon. 7
have treated many morphine poisoninx
eAs<a I would give half q grain as .
dose more would h. dangerous Death
from morphine taken thru the mouth
would result I'm from six to ~ hosrs No.
cir. In no case you'd give patient 80
grains There Il no question but that
that would produce death
Frank X. koepfli
-As deputy coroner I was there when
the trunk vas opened havs an In
ventory OF What was inside
THE witness enumerated and dent.
fed a rug. portieres. checked apron.
. quilted mandarin coat several
other coats and Jackets and other
articles Of women's apparel and
cloths a. the things found in the
trunk)
The Jury GRAINED necks ~
Dougias picked up each article
from the floor, where ne had
shaken II from three oags- Ma
honey looked sideiong ut the
Jury. and eyed the garments
His sisters mouth stood agzpe.
His mothers lips drrw up In .
tight line His little i2-year-oId
niece, Margaret. ',oked askance
from one relative To the other
and ut the iur and the clothing
that was stili stained with the
dead woman's blood II was
tense, nerve-racking half-hour.
"Was there anything else In
the trunk asked Douglas.
"Yes, y body; the body Of
woman. II was nude. The knees
were drawn up n much as they
could be. The arms were crossed
on the breast. The head was
bent down on the chest, a little
TO the left. There was hole In
the temple, as II u had been
struck a blow with some blunt
instrument"
Anything eise?- asked the prose
cutor.
"Yes--a wedding ring was In the
trunk. over the face was n white
substance / took to be lime. The
hole in tho skull was about the size
of dollar. Parts OF the fingers had
been eaten away and the features
were unrecognizable."
NERVOUSNESS OR
JUST INDIFFERENCE?
Mahoney yawned a great. cavern.
Gus yawn, and settled back I'm his
chair. The witness fished from his
pocket set OF false teeth.
These he said, were in the
trunk. There were no teeth in the
lower jaw of the body. These are a
set OF lowers"
n var.rr. ~ r..