Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-26
JURY ORDERED TO
LEAVE ROOM AMID
VERBAL ENCOUNTER
Climax of Series of Dra-
matte Incidents Crowd
ing One Another.
FORMER SWEETHEART
is OVERCOME ON STAND
Ex-Army Surgeon Displays
Scant Interest i'll Exami-
nation Of Witnesses.
ENTERS PLEA OF NOT GUILTY.
Jury Is Obtained in Surprising TIne,
Negro Trnpper Tells OF
Finding Body.
FORMER SWEETHEART
IS OVERCOME ON STAND
ENTERS PLEA OF NOT GUILTY.
Jury 1s Obtained I'm Surprising TIne.
Negro Trnpper Tells OF
Finding Body.

The confession that Dr. Wilmer
Amos Hadlcy. the former army SUR
scon, who went on trial for the all
legged murder of his wife, in Henrico
County Circuit Court yesterday
morning. is said to have made n day
or two after his arrest in New McXi-
co. the latter part of last August,
was made matter of record by orr
der OF Judge II. Carter Scott, ycstcr-
day afternoon, following an argu-
mcntatiSc clash between opposing
counsel. The jury was ordered to
leave the room while the verbal en-
counter was in progress.
The admission OF the so-callcd con-
fession came rs the climax to n series
OF dramatic incidents which crowded
one upon the other from the time the
case was called to trial almost up
TO the hour in which court adjourned
for the day. a jury was secured with
surprising speed. in Wow Of the wide
publicity given the case. and taking
or testimony began about II O'clock
n He1iire OF forty had been summoned,
and the twelve men in whose hands
the physician's fate now rests were
secured In little less than an hour.
Ut. tadiey's former sweetheart,
Mrs Gladys Iobeli, the former Gladys
Mercer. who was nurse mt tina base
hospital at Westhampton when tho
surgeon was stationed there, was one
OF the witnesses at the morning ses
sion. appearing for the prosecution.
she mad come down from her home i'm
brooklyn. y. Y, where she had mar
RED after leaving this city and FOL.
lowing the disclosure that DR.. Had
ley was being sought By Virginia
authorities in connection with the
death OF his wife.
Witness Breaks Down.
MIS-. Zobell is apparently not more
thah - years old. She was very pale
ana nervous as she took the witness
stand nut managed to control herself
wh'le being questioned by Common
Meaiths Attorney w. w. Beverley.
"hen she was turned over to Seno.
.or Julien Gum, OF counsel for tho do
'e''ae' Tor CROSSE examination, how
ever she ut once showed evidences
Me"henihg and in II few minutes
was weeping So bitterly that she had
~ DC removed to the jurors room,
where she was attended by Dr
Fulmer Bright.
Dr. iiadlcy, who appeared ,o 10
'st uhcohcerned man in the
room all during the day.
'he young woman to whom
80 't one time engaged him
SELF to be married. very cIoso,u
she answered questions, but wltbout
the slightest sign of emo,ion ~,
.housn ne was apparently more in
s., III "hat she had to say than
ne was in what any of the o,b,.
W
~, gaze TO travel momentar-
M"ere lac was sitting on sey.
60, "'iercht occasions. but at no
'''"er while she was testifyins
-, she mad left the stand. did
S'H any sign of recoEnition
''ohcd stra light at her, a smils
paying about his lips.
Pleads Not Guilty.
"itS stood while the indict-
n' charging him with the mprdcr
o' h's wife nearly three years ago
vas oeinE read by the clerk OF RI.
lie betrayed no evidences az
e''o"Sncss, nor did he. at anv lin.
sPiaE any indication OF interest IN
MY me clerk WAS saying. Askad
loud: ana
Not guilty.
,,,l re,er Miles. colored trapper. who
d'scoVercd the body OF Mo-, F,.r,
oi 'he banks OF the James River neu-
"'S'hamht"h bridge. was the 0r.,
"ieness called by the prosecution. Fl.
tcid how he accidentally discovered,
'ne oody' and Identified some clothes
produced by the Commonwealth's AZ
'orhey as those in which the body
WAS clad. polka-dot skirt and Il
raincoat being among them. a niece
Oh wire. which had been wrapped
around the body. also was identined
by him
Or j. Fuimer Bright IYenrico
IouhtS coroner. was then called TO
the stand He was called to Vest
hampton bridge. or near IL, on M.
Continued on Page 6, Col, ~
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