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

ldnlS. was because OF tue
breaking down OF tho defendant I'M.
der crosS-examination.
Late in the afternoon. Prosecuting
Attorney Carl G. Bachmann asked
Judge Alan II. Robinson to send Perry
Conkle. husband OF the defendant, TO
jail for his admissions that he mad
accompanied Mrs. Pearl Williams the
victim OF his wire's deed. to Pitts
burgh and stayed with hcr In q hotel
there as man and wife. The prose
cutting attorney also asked that agents
OF the United States department OF
Justice be notified OF Conkle's admis-
slons. which the states attorney de-
clared constitute violation o. the Mann
white slave act.
Testimony OF a sorGid nature was
introduced BY Mrs. Conkle's defense
Yesterday afternoon and last night.
designed to show that Mrs. Conkle had
been worried for weeks because OF the
knowledge that her husband was hav.
ing illegal relations with Mrs. Will.
Jams. Cross-Qrestionilg OF witnesses
on this score by the prosecuting al
torney was designed 70 show that Mrs.
Conkle did not kill Mrs. Williams un
der the heat OF passion Immediately
upon learning OF the relations her hus
bandts alleged 10 have had with Mrs.
WiHianrS. but that the killing was
done after The defendant had taken
ample time for meditation.
The sensational testimony a the
afternoons session was repeated last
night by Mrs. Conkle in substantiatlrs
the evidence brought out in the tests-
mony OF her husband, Perry Conkle.
earlier in the day.
Mr.. Conk!c. in general testified that
he had taken Mrs. Williams 10 Pitts.
burh2 and spent a night with her in
the Monongaheia House. On his re-
turn home the next evening. he said.
his wife looked as II she had been cry.
ing. He asked her - she had. ard she
replied no. but that her eyes always
looked that way when she was feeling
unwell. He replied. so you are feel.
ing unwell. too"
On croSs-eXamination. he testified
that his uuderclothinG was badly
stained with blood. and that he had
cut the stains out with a pair VI sCis-
sors so that his wife would not see il.
Also, before retiring. he testified. he
had washed his hands downstairs and
Lent blod stains on a towel where he
; wiped them. He stated that he had,
on frequent occasions, had intercourse
with Mrs. Williams, as well as with
! other women.
, courx Room Crowded
The testimony % Mr.. Conkle In the
afternoon had evidently spread by word
- mouth very quickly. for the court
room in the evening was crowded to
absolute capacity. Men. women. young
girls, old mothers. husbands and wives.
young men and their girl friends crowd
ed the room and blocked the halls. Not
J fo- years has any case created more
curiosity or drawP a larger crowd than
the present one.
when Mrs. Conkle entered the room
last evening. there was n showing ard
jos,llnG that she might be seen. ard a
buzz OF whispers arose. Bui when 'hs
trial opened there was not 4 niIrmGr.
not q sound: tho proverbial pin could
very easily have been heard as II drop
Ped on the floor. Interest was intense
and no word was to be lost.
Attorney 5. O.. Boyce. for tho defense.
called as the first witness l.. G. Knee.
a photographer. The defense desired 20
: introduce in evidence Mr.. Knees trip TO
Pittsburgh. 10 photograph the page in
the hotel register where Perry CoHhle
had signed his name when he went there
accompanied b. Mrs. Williams. The
} court ruled that this evidence was i'm
material. as the page from the register
itself was already introduced. The Wit
ness was dismissed.
Pair Seen IN Pittsburgh.
The next Witness called hy The de-
tense was Robert w. -NenN;rs. He tsS-
! tiried that ne had known MIR. and Mrs.
lConkie for a number or years. ilA sad
that he was in Pittsburgh on IN" er"T-
Ing OF October IS. 1921. and had se"r
Mr.. Conklc in the Pennsylvania station
there accompanied by 2 woman whom
he did not know. He testified. howele-.
that no had seen this woman upon s"v-
eral occasion previously in wheeling
with Mr.. Conkle, on cross eIam:nati""
he reiterated his story. and was d.
! missed.
Perry Conkls was next called. Luc
after a short walt Mr.. BoycS announced
! that he had nor ct returned from din
ner and that he would put Mrs ronAl"
on the stand and examine Mr.. Ccrkl"
later. ,
MIS-. conkle Fakes Stand.
On direct examination. Mrs. Cor.:.e
made a wonderful impression on the
Jury and the large audience. In r.:
long story. covering a'per!od OF friend
ship OF years Standing with Mrs. MI
llam ms. and intimate details ot her OWN
life, as well az that % her husband.
during the year immedia teiy preceding
the shooting OF Mrs. Williams. Mrs
! Conkle never faItered. She old a story
, FUN % pa,hos. jealousy. little Incidents
! leading up to the elimination o. her
: domestic NE on the evening when her
husband returned home from Fitss-
hurEh and ASKED her. Are You feeling
'unwell. Too
u, was then said Mrs. Cunkl". that
- knew VIVA he had been doing. He
z We himself completely AVA"
She told her story IN a st~raiEGtfor-
vard and convincing manner. attracting
the admiration OF everyone within reach
Z OF her words. She was com posed and
sAlf-posSessed. It was a long story.
and consumed slightly over an hour IN
telling.
She testified that she and Mrs. VII
Hams were the very closest o! friends
8 until they arrived N Chicago ON the:r
return home from Los Angeles. Callfor-
u!R. in the latter part OF February. 1921.
I Mrs. Williams said Mrs. ConHle.
q twas always the best friend l ever mad.
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