Evening star., 1922-05-04
Jury TO GET KNOX
CASELATET0DAY

Nurse in Closing Argument.
| Sister on Stand.
From staR Correspondent.
MONTROsS, Va. May A--In q
scathing denunefation Of the defend.
ant, whom he characterized as, the
perpetrator of the "faulest crime that
ever sullied the fair name Of Vir.
ginia," Commonwealth Attorney Watt
T. Mayo barred the life of Miss Sarah
E. Knox. Johns Hopkins graduate
nurse. on trial for her life here fol
the murder Of Mrs, Margaret L. East
lake, in his opening argument to the
i jury here today.
!. The states representative was
un mereiful in his expose Of tho &C.
cus> nd woman's life after she first mot
RsdA asr D. Eastlake. husband OF the
dead. woman, and declared that II
ever n, olive had been established to
show. caA use 1t was in this case now
about to end.''
IRA ces Nurse's Actions,
Weaving a net Of ctrcumstantial
evidence aga inst the defendant, each
thread: taken, from the action OF the
nurse, from ia e tine time she left Ocean
the dead BODY a I Mrs. Eastlake was
found in a pool a blood on the kitch-
en- floor of her hA me, Mr.. Mayo pre-
sented to the jur3 "nat ne termed
the most complete. case OF premedi-
tated murder ever IA rousht out In
Virginia court"
Summarized, the alta 'rney said that
motive had been . Anquestionably
established by the ten timony pre-
sented against the defeKA'a
Nearly two hours wea~s consumed
by Judge Joseph w. Chi.an and op-
posing counsel discussing jury in
which was at 1920. o'clock. George
Mason Of Colonial Beach Ntas per
mitted to testify in rebuttal by the
court. The witness said that Mn his
opinion Eastlake had been shaved
when he saw him on the morning of
the reurder. The witness was mot
cross-examined by the defense
W.shinEton Man on stand.
Dr. Charles H. Burton. a chemist. OF
Washington. then took the stand anC
testified that hat. said to have been
picked up near the body, contained
bloodstains-
Judge Chinn then read the instruc-
tions to the jury. taken from recog-
nized forms. and which have been
passed upon by the court of appeals.
He, concluded his reading, at 11:40.
Mr.. Mayo began his opening arGu-
ment mnediately. He will be fol-
lowed by Tred w. Coleman Of the de-
fense. after which Harry NJ. Smith.
jr., chief counsel for Miss Knox. will
deliver his argument. Mr.. Mayo will
1l1 nA so n
the jury. A verdict is expected late
this afternoon. During tine early ses-
sion today. two men. john Self of
Meenah and Fred; ShakiefoHd of War
saw, were overcome by the, tremend-
GUS crowd. and had to I've carried
from the courtroom.
Sister Of Miss k'poxon stand.
Character Witnesses for the defend
ant occupied the st;tnd throughout
Mary Bridgewater and Mrs. Meta w.
r. Salter. both Of, Ocean 'Sft1. N j.. the
latter a sister of Miss KNOX. testified
that the nurse always had bean noted
for her kindness aud 1amiabilfty. and
declared that her work among the
sick at all times was well known
Asked to identify the hatehet with
which the crime is supposed to have
been committed, the witness said she
had never known Miss Knox to own
a hatchet during all Of the time sf e
lived in Ocean City. She testified
further that Miss Knox had never
owned a raincoat such as, found on
the Eastlake premises on the day of
the crime.
The witness related many conversa-
tions held with the defendant regard
ing the Eastlakes and said that they
were invariably to do with the money
said to have been owed Miss Knox by
the Eastlakes.
Scores States Witness.
Questioned regarding the reputa-
tion Of A. R. Crowthers Of Ocean City,
who testified to having sharpened the
f1atchet' for Miss Knox with which
the murder was committed. the wit
ness said 1t was most "unsayory" and
that she personally from all I have
heard about him would not believe
him urAer oath.
Mrs. Salter testified further to the
many good traits her sister possessed
7 Crowthers was called in rebuttal by
the prosecution to refute- the testi-
mony given by the two witnesses for
the defense.