Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-19

~ up thcref" yes
Wasn't this after your husband
.eftT" II never seen the landlady but
Didn't she say 'whsts the
troubleT" mo. / never seen the
Didn't the policeman say This is
married woman?' Never" /
Justice Knlisch again interrupted.
MI. NJ Kelsey. hasn't this gone far
sn'f; cn 4. ). Give your question and III Ful'
Didn't she say. This man and
woman were introduced as Mr.. and
Mrs. No.an?' +" asked Mr.. Kelsey after
the Justice had passed on the question.
Never, Mr.. Kelsey" replied Mrs.
Brunen.
''Then you all went 20 the Jersey
Gity police station, did you not.
l,aIkstrom IJ and Hazel; your husband
And you had conversation there
certain. Mr.. Ke.sey. l don't want to
give tbs wrong answer"
Didn't you tell the captain when
your husband went outside you wera
Going to get a div orce?"
Justice kalisch interrupted angrily.
Don't answer that question-it's ruled
out. It's stricken out. 1t makes no
difference"
Didn't you say you hated your lus.
banG'' insisted Mr.. Kelsey. NO"
snapped Mrs. Brunen.
"Didn't you say he was n brute?"
mo"
Didn't you say you lived the life
Of q dos?" mo"
Didn't you say you loved Doc
Ward" mo. never made any such
assertion"
Didn't you shake the tablecloth out
| Of the window the evening Of the mur-
dery mo. shook it on the porch,
as did every night
| Didn't Mrs. Powell coll on you after
her husbands arrest? What did you
say?" II said to her that my brother
Then ] called my brother and he came
down"
"What was saidI' "No;hing. only
that her husband had been arrested. ]
only said 10 her: Don't worry. He'll
soon be out. They're only taking every
body"
"Then Mrs. Powell was incorrect
when she said YOU said 'Shh--'E'
! The Judge interrupted again and
said: That's for the jury to decide"
"You say your brother never told the
different times he wen, 10 see Powell ~
mo. he never did. He only told me
Powell had some flags 70 sell for Us and
that lie was 4 promoter
Mrs. Drunen admitted later she had
seen Powell riding around in Mohr' s
motorcar.
Mr.. Kelsey then returned to the fight
last Christmas Day, insisting that Mrs,
Brunen repeat the names her husband
had called her. She did so under pro
test, saying again that he had called
'5oth~ her daughter and herself by q
name applied only to outcast women,
and that she had said: John Brunen,
she said, he had drawn a revolver and
Hazel had interrosed between them.
Mr.. Kelsey then insisted on taking
the witness over the same ground GOV.
cred by him before, relating to the fight
and her reputed friendship with Doc
Ward. Justice Kalisch regularly re.
minding him that it had all been gone
over before and didn't matter anyhow
Convicts Testify
The first of the five convicts to TAX,
the stand for the defense was Ernes,
l.. Mayo. serving life term for killing
Jonas X. Fox. a jitney driver. As hi
took the stand the sun, breaking
through clouds. shone strongly into th'
courtroom, and 30 dazzled the eyes o
the jurors they had difficulty seeing tn,
witness. The foreman, Walter Wills
held up a big writing tablet to shiell
his eyes as the convict was sworn.
Mayo's testimony was not heard b,
his fellows, as the other four wer
kept on the second floor until wanted
Thomas Mahoney. Identification officer
md Z. l.. Eldridge, his assistant
brought them in one by one. TIL
others were Joseph Belman, burglar
Grover Duncan, murderer; Johl
Denno, burglar, and Job Noe,
burglar.
The coming Of Mayo was swaite,
with interest by the crowd in tn
courtroom. Their interest was height
"ned by II rumor that he had take!
part in The recent unsuccessful at
tempt 10 make Jail delivery at Noun
Holly, in which it was reported, thougl
! crroneousyl. as it nfterward developed
that Mohr had taken part.
Mayo Is about twenty-five years oil
and looks anything but murderer
lie is rather good looking, with rudd
, kin and c!eancut features. lie sook
in A pleasant voice. He wore q dar
suit, white collar and gray tie. Non
Of the convicts was In prison Garb.
I Mayo smiled at several ncqunint
; nnrcs in the audience. They smile
( back cordially.
e Walter Kcown, counsel for the de
y PENDANTS. asked him TO narrate occur
rencas in the Jail during his cpnlincmen
there with Powell. Mayo said:
Il talked to Powell two or thrc
times and asked him how he was gettin
, along. lie would shake hands with mt
but that was all he would do
"Barkcd Like a Dog
Ibid he ever do anything else beside
] Just tbat?" asked Mr.. Keown.
YES said the witness. IN
barked like dog and yelled: Don
: bother me. Call the cops. I'm undc
the bathtuh. I'm T. NJ. man.
Some one surmiscd that 1T. NJ" mear
d theatrical mechanic.
= This was in the month Of May.
continued the witness. ''and l hear
n these shouts off and on for tw
= months
I. Duncan was tho next convict. II
gave his full name as Grover Land
/, Duncan. He is serving a life sentent
n for n murder at Camp Dix. He wa
e thin, pale, unshavcn. He, too, VOL
dark clothes. lie said:
r II often heard Powell vel 'Helr
t Help! Here ! am under the bathtub
Fl, screamed, NO, that man next dor
k isn't Charlie Powell. Here's Charl
It Powell. Don't hit me with that stick
e Duncan said he heard a sound as
Powell was humping his head Again
e the wall and that he barked like n do,
- Denno, short, thick set and "hard
looking, came next. When asked il