The New York herald., 1922-07-13
kLUXEN WILL TELL
His STORY TO JURY
Goes on Stand To-day or To-
morrow in Trial for
Staying Girl, II.
GIRL TELLS OF THREAT
Says Prisoner Stoning Vic
tim Cried Dam You, I'll
Get You Yet
COUNSEL STRESSES DOUBT
Reminds Jury That Youth Is
Third One to Be Tried
for the killing.
COUNSEL STRESSES DOUBT

Special Dispatch 10 THE New YORK HERALl
MoRRIsTowN, N. j., July 12.-The
State rested its case early this after
noon in the trial Of Francis Kluxen,
the fifteen-year-o boy who is ac-
cused of the murder of twelve-year-
old Janette Lawrence at Madison on
the night of last October 6. Elmer
King. attorney for the defense, i'm
mediately began his address to the
jury and said afterward that young
Kluxen would take the stand either
Tomorrow or next day.
Francis will take the stand and tell
the jury just what he did on that day
and night and the day after" said Mr..
King. ''and the State will have full
opportunity to question him. The boy
is as innocent of the murder of that
poor little girl as l am, and he has
nothing to fear by telling his story"
Mr.. King, when he had concluded
his address to the jury, called several
witnesses in an effort to prove that it
would have been an easy matter for
any one to have murdered the Law
renee girl and then escaped through
the woods. He also brought to the
Frank Jancarek had been indicted and
tried for the crime and acquitted, and
that another man picked up near
Florham Park had also been suspected
for a time.
Mr.. Kings witnesses included also the
man to whom Jancarek was alleged to
have confessed. and police officers from
Newark. who worked on the murder case
and who said that the answers given
them by Kiuxen when they questioned
him were clear and direct He also at
tempted to have Prosecutor John NJ
Mills Of Morris county testify, but Mr..
Mills protested that any information he
might have obtained during his investi-
cation was privileged. The lawyers
argued about this matter. which will be
decided by Justice Parker tomorrow
morning when the trial is resumed.
Bertha Crane, one Of the children who
used to play with Kluxen and others
In the woods where Janette Lawrence
was murdered, testified that she had
heard Kluxen threaten the life of the
Lawrence girl. Once last summer he
threw stones at her, she said. and when
he missed Janette he cried
Damn you. I'll get you yet"
Mary Ward and Mary Walsh, seam
stresses of Newark. were considered
among the most important witnesses
called by the defense to-day They
testified regarding the darned handker-
chiefs found on the body of the murdered
girl, and other darned handkerchiefs
provided by young Kluxen's mother. and
which are said to have been darned by
the boy. The contention Of the State
Is that the work is the same on all
handkerchiefs and that all the darning
was done by the same person. Mrs
Ward and Mrs. Walsh said that this was
not the case that the person who
mended the handkerchiefs found in the
kluxen home was not the same who did
the stitching on the others.
Throughout to-day's hearing young
Kluxen. who is very large for his age
showed little emotion and very little
interest. He sat between his father and
his counsel, occasionally turning to smile
at his mother who sat among the spec
tators He looked at Justice Parker al
most all tine time. glancing only once in
awhile at the jury box.