New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
Mlohr, Y on Stand To-day, Witty
10 Prore Confessed Slayer Mad
Defense in Brunen Murder Opens With Advan.
iages on Powelrs Side; Widow Cooks Meals in
Jail for Brother. Works on Christmas Presents

part Of which is taken 10 him, a. they
are not allowed 10 see each other. The
usIden's wife does the buying for them
on saturday. The menu az q rule con-
stats OF two snail roast chickens,
boiled spinach. boiled potatoes, corn,
sonss and lemon .msringue pie, baked
oy the eifcus owners widow. For
oreakfs5t they have potato pancakes.
hra Brpnen Works on Presents
AfL Arvnou hes domestic tastes.
5ne worked all to-day on Christmas
presents for hor friends, confident she
vii be free for the festivc oeasou.
she is = eompstsnt needlevomsn and
has been doing enc embroidery 10
psss the time N Jail.
According 10 her sigter-in-law, Mrs..
Bessie AohF, Ghe rarely discusses the
ease, bot dwells on the old eirrus days,
bret when she was eashler and sold
iekets, later ghen she Travelled around
a. the vitc % the circus owner. She
speaks With nffeetionste rcmcmbraaes
q, the slowns and Grange people Of
/ the carnival
The trial Is telling on tie faded
biorde of too smple proportions. with
out being at all hystoYieal or giving
nay openly 20 her feelings. depression
hat been apparent IN her bearing. She
has taken esfe 10 look her best each
dag, smoothing out the lines and iiycn.
Ing pp her psliOr with a rubdusd uss
o. eoJnietles. fa
FROM TIE tinsei, rags and tattsrs of
tho circus people vho figure IN this
cAss The beVildered Mrs Powell stands
aloof. brought 70 court By force. OF
circumstances slons. she Is not OF the
circus world, and her delicate senses
shrink from the contacts Of the trial
Only her loyalty to her husband ard
her love for her babies bring her there
dsy after day, . pathstie, suffering
figure. Her chlldren, two and sixteen
months old, have serious colds, and ore
OF thsn Ia threatened With pneumonia.
drsons Caring for Children
-Bu. her th!r5 child needs her more
although he ls thirty-onc years old
asd would ordinarily be her proteetof
/ iustssd OF charge. She loves him
dearly ard Insists he was trieked AID
| cajoled into shooting Brunen. He is OF
low physical stamina and is weak and
easily led. although he Ueems to have
nens Of the aggressive qualities 90 sp-
/ parent In Mohr. She admite they de.
/ pezded on Nohr 10. their daily bread
Her husband Is Mason, and she snC
I her babies arc being cared FOR Eor b.
/ Masonic brethren. She was psthsti-
csly grateful FOR The collection tsko'
up II court 70 provids cheer for the
bA5iesr Christma..
With fellow feeling OF enETishe,
I suspensc over the future OF their hus'
bands, she and Mrs. Bohr watch Ike
! isaloue mother cats from the dcpths oi
I the courtroom as the testimony sweeps
/ ore way and then another. Mrs. Aohri
| With her cruel, brittle manner and her
| boisterous threats. is touched tribe
81 tie psthos % Nrs. Powell. e-el
/ though sbc condemns the man who &C
cuses her husband Of murder. For
Hazel B.uuen, the seventecn-yesr-old
! daughter Of tae murdered man, she
holds no quarter. Hes threats acsinot
the girl have been ore Of the features
% the trial.
Hss.l, sup.reiiieus and vapidly
pretty Is elosely guarded. bIt 70 ON
Ger OF the lar can protect her froEl
the veromous looks Hsrry Mohr and
his wife throw in her direction. They
lad coaated on Hssei's frieadshlp. She
gfsited The Jail until three weeks sgc
ard k.sssd k-r uasls ard gtepmothei
eoo60y when she lett thcnl. But last
week she took the stand and pro-
claimed them the murdercrS Of her
father. She struck deadly blow a.
their defease, and they know H.