The Washington times., 1921-10-27

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Dwyer testified that his first wife
hnf GlNNYG heaz a g0tksE pooT ke&.tk,
and that a short time after he had his
Jaw broken during an alteration In
the street with the May brothers his
wife's condition became much worse.
Wife Became ExcitabIe.
He declared that Immediately follow
ing the attack upon himself. his wife
became very excitable and developed
peculiar fits OF temper. During these
fits, he declared. she would often run
out into the yard screaming, and he
would have 10 rush out and forcibly
bring her back In.
During these spells. Dwyer said. his
wife would become irrttated at the
barking OF the dog In the yard. or at
the children, and begin TO scream and
carry on In a hysterical manner. He
never chased her out In the yard. he
said.
Mrs. May has testified that In June.
1921, you kicked your wife. Do you
recall any such occasion" asked At
torney Caywood
mo. sir. never did" was the reply.
did you ever throw shoe at her. "
II never struck her In my life." he
said.
Struck BY Door.
When questioned by the attorney AN
TO Mrs. Dwyer receiving a block eye
some time during the past summer,
both Dwyer and his son testified that
she received the black eye by being
struck by the door. In explaining the
occurrence. Dwyer said:
Mrs. Dwyer was sitting on a couch
talking to a friend. The couch Is
near the door and as / went out the
children came In. The door opens
into the room toward the couch. As
the children rushed by me they
pushed the door open with great
force and the knob struck Mrs.
fDwyer In the eye. That is the only
time l know of that she ever had a
black eye"
That both he and his son were
prosecuted by the police of the
Seventh precinct last August when
his wife made her first attempt to
take her life by taking Illuminating
gas. was charged by Dwyer and his
son during the time they were on the
stand yesterday.
He testified that on the night Of
August 10. when the suicide occurred,
he had taken all of his children, ex-
cept Harry. and two neighbor's
children for an auto ride to Glen
Echo. He said they got back about
10 o'clock when he noticed a crowd
in front of the house. Upon going
in he was informed by his son Harry
that Mrs. Dwyer had attempted to
commit suicide by taking gas, but
that she had received medical treat
ment and was partly recovered.
Aul
Dwyer testified that he had been
in the house but a few minutes when
two policemen from the Seventh pre-.
cinct came in and placed Harry and
himself under arrest and took them
to the station house. where they were
released by putting up IS collateral
each. He said Harry's collateral was
returned to him sometime later.
He declared that when the police
attempted to take Harry, Mrs.
Dwyer, Ill and hysterical from the
effects Of the gas, threw her arms
around the boy and begged the DO.
lice not to arrest him. She followed
the policemen out Of the house to
the sidewalk in her nightgown and
bare feet, he said, and she returned
to the house only after she had been
threatened with arrest herself.
testimony given StNeTdi adSs ak
by Policeman Dowd. of the Seventh
precinct, that he had been called TO
the Dwyer home a large number OF
times, was emphatically denied by
Dwyer. Both Dowd and Policeman
Taylor, of the" same precipct, testi-
fled that they had seen Dwyer in
Miss Coyle's company several times
in Georgetown at a late hour, and
that they saw him and Miss Coyle
get off a street car at 1880 o'clock
In the morning on one occasion. This
Dwyer denied last night.
Wife Goes to Country.
1t was after his wife took gas.
Dwyer testified, that she was taken
to her ter-in-law's place out in the
country. Then he stated. without his
consent, they sent his wife to the
Georgeown University Hospital, and
later to the Washington Asylum
Hospital.
Dwyer denied that he had ever
made the statement that you have
. beat 'em to make em love you,"
referring to Mrs. Dwyer.
First Met Miss Coyle.
For the first time during the trial.
Dwyer testified as to how he met