Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-21
NJ COY IS INDICTED;
MORS IS ACCUSED
BEFORE GRAND JURY

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10. - The
grand jury late today indicted KID
Mccoy for the murder of Mrs. The
resa Mors here August -, last. he
also was indicted for robbery
The ex-pugilist is shamming insan-
ity, according to two alienists who
examined him today. This morning
he apparently became mentally I'M
balanced.
Coincidentally with the statement,
Mrs Iva Martin, apartment house
neghbor of Mrs. Mors, told the
county grand jury she was positive
that the man she saw running from
Mrs. MOrs' apartment a few mo-
ments after the woman died with
| bullet in her brain, was Albert A.
| Mors, her divorced husband, Eeir to
her estate and beneficiary of her
| life insurance.
Captain of Detectives Cline de-
cared his belief that the prize ring
| IDOL was not "acting,"~ but was
actually "cracking" under the
strain. A special guard was detail
ed to McCoy's cell to prevent his
doing himself any injury.
Mumbling and pacing nervouslv
about his narrow quarters, the for
mer fighter stopped every few min
utes to paste bits of cardboard on
| the walls. When asked what ne
was doing he answered:
I'm making a. trap for that rat
-Mors."
"Drunk-Not Crazy"
When informed of McCoy's. &C
lions, District Attorney Asa Keyes
said the three mental experts who
yesterday asserted that the prisoner
was sound in mind, would be sent
Gack Immediately to observe MIN
| further.
Meanwhile the district attorney
went forward with his preparations
to take the case before the county
erand Jury today. He reiterated his
belief that Mccoy would be indicted
for the murder of Mrs. Mors ana &C.
cIared it his conviction that Mccoy
was not insane the night OF the
shooting but merely drunk
AS Mrs. Martin concluded her posi-
tive Identification Of MOrs, Deputy
district Attorney Bonner Richard.
son left the jury room in search OIL
Mors who had testified previously.
Mors was not in the grand jury walt
ing room.
THIRTY witnesses were subpoenaod
IN testify before the county grand
iurv in it's investigation of the shoo:.
ing and the subsequent wound1ng OF
three other persons in and near the
Mors antique shop a cycle of events
which resulted in the arrest OF NC
Gov on suspicion of murder, atte1npI
IN commit murder and highway roo
berry.
Sister Bares Confession
Among them was Albert A. Mors
former husband of the dead woman
and until their recent divorce, Eel
mariner in the antique business; MIS-
Iva Martin. occupant of the apart
mont below that in which the shooI'
ing occurred, who insists sfe sa"
Mors leaving the building immediate
| w after the fatal shot was flred'
several detectives who insist she
must have been mistaken: William "
Ross. who was wounded in an at
tempt to escape from the Mors an
tioue shop after Kid Mccoy entered
it Wednesday morning, AMI Mr.. am
|
victims of the shopping district
shooting affray, who say Mccoy
sought them out and shot them be
cause they encouraged a reconcilia
ton between Mr.. and Mrs. Mors.
Out of the testimony Of these and
other witnesses, District Attorney
Asa Keyes confidently predicts, will
develop an Indictment charging Nc
Coy with the murder of Mrs. Mors
McCoy's sister, Mrs. Jennie Thomas
has aldeady told the grand jury OF
an alleged confession made by her
brother while the body Of Mrs. Mors
was yet warm.
AIienists Examine Mccoy
Mccoy says that Mrs. Mors killed
herself in mis- presence in the apart
ment tk ey had been occupying as
MIR. and Mrs. N. Shields" for about
a month, but the version on which
the district attorney expects the
grand jury to base it's Indictment is
that the former idol of the prize
ring killed the wealthy divorce in
a drunken rage when she told him
she would not marry him.
ri testimony of Mrs. Martin is
expected 10 prove important despite
the fact that police disagree with
J her ideltiflaation Of Mors as the
man she saw leaving tive apartment.
| Detectives point out that her story
of a wom2n's screams issuing from
! tie death room about midnight
| closely followed by pistol shot and
! the noise Of one or two men leaV.
| ing the Mace helps to fix the time
of the shooting and to establish it
as a case Of homicide, not suicide.
Alienists yesterday put serioC:
obstacle in TIE way of any attemp,
to free Mccoy on an insanity plea
when two of three specialists sent
into the suspects cell by the district
attorney reported him entirely sane.
The detailed written reports Of the
three alienists were to be submitted
today.