Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-24
Cline Case May Go
to Jury Tonight

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told Cline about the scene she had
witnessed between Mrs. Cline and Ber-
gen in her presence the night OF the
murder. Cline then turned to his wife
and said, she testified:
"Is this the way you treat me after
all live done for you?" Cline then
told Charles Scullion to go upstairs
and get a gun, but she did not SEQ him
come back with any firearms. Then
Cline shouted nt Bergen:
Get ont Of my house at once.
Bergen then told Cline to come out
side as he had something to tell hin,
she testified. but Cline told him If he
had naything to say. to say it there.
IAN women nrc-- | can say tn"
word he used" she said Bergen re-
tortnd.
''Go on up stairs and we will fight
It on, man TO man. God will judge
between u.s." she said Cline answered.
Hears Shot Upstairs
The men were upstairs just a few
minutes. she suid, when she heard II
noise and shot. and then Bergen came
stumbling downstairs with his hand
clasrcd to his side and went out
"Why did Cline 90 with you to the
backwoods Of New Jersey to find ont
son. n.ething about his wife which h"
could have learned in New York! Can
YOU explain thatT' asked Prosecutor
Hart on cross examination.
"IIc told me he had asked Mrs, Cline
10 20 with us. and that she did not
object" said Miss Thornton In low
..,,J ,,.n ,unrn n IIuhlip "
Her voice became fainter rs the
prosecutor continued questioning her
! and her eyes were filled with tears. but
! there was a firmnrSs in her answer a
! she denied that she was seeing Cline
! frcuucntly.' the man whom the pros
ecutor accused her. "you had told OF
/ his wife's unfaithfulnoss.
GLOW did you play this spin the
bottlc?' asked the prosecutor.
Jurors Enjoy Theatre
The twelve jurors. six of whom are
women, were given convenient quarters
in the Mansion House. directly acroe,
from the courth"rsc. and were tukcr
, to the theatre last night and. It wa
reported, allowed TO read the news
papers after they had been drleted.
The youngest member of the jur,
is the foreman. Mrs. Susan Squire
twenty five years old. a stenogrNphcr
who Is an cmploye Of the Bergen Coun'
~ Tuberculosis Society. The first o
tho thirty four jurors who were exam
inpd, ehc was accepted immediatel,
By both the State and the defense.
The other five women are older -
rather grave. determined lookin!
women. almost grim, with nothing o
weak clen"ncy or indecision in thci
expression.
Women on iuries in Bergen Count!
is the usual rather than the unuSuA
thing, and many of them take up thei,
duties in the court with the Familiarity
with which they would pick up a disl
reg or Il brOom--Or. in the case of Mrs
Squire, pound the keys Of typewriter
Often more women than men are i'm
paneled on a special jury. and sev"ra
If those excused from jury services to
day. among them Henriette Terhune,
distant relative of Albert Payson Ter
hune's. have been doing jury scrvic
since October 4.
"But women aren't always capable
of serving on juries.' said OH" woman
II kn0" l couldn't have served on thi
one. Most mothers who have son
couldn't acQuit Cline. because the.
would be thinking of their own boys am
sympathize with Jack Bergen. ever
though he did betray another man
wife,
"And they haven't always got tn
balance and common sense either.
added another frankly. "Often the.
are just as capable as men, and | thinl
they should have women on jurics, b,.
they ought to choose tn III carefully.
The chief witness yesterday wa
County Detective Nathan Allyn. O
Bergen County, who testified TO Il state
fment by Miss Thornton prior to he
arrest.
From notes taken 1T The Fort l.c
Hotel, Allyn said Miss Thornton tol
him II first met jack irrg"n abou
two, years ago on his twenty hir
birthday. lie took me ont that evening
'On August % George Cline aSkc
me to come over to his house tha
night. lie said Bergen and Charie
SCullon would he there to talk thing
over. crossed the ferry that nigh
with Bergen. When we went into tn
house Cline said. Now, Alice, tell you
, story.
! Miss ThorHton. according to the wit
} ness, then related how she had tOl
of the relations between bergen an