San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-22
MOCK WEDDING
(. ceremony IS
REVEALED
Girl Tells Of Her Fear Of
Former Husband She
] Killed.
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S'oSiOus TtCtcStu court
Monday morning, when arguments will
begin.
Immediately he began preparation Of
his charge to the jury, promising coun-
sci that it would be ready by o'clock.
Murder, manslaughter and self defense
these arc the issues which will be
submitted.
Six arguments probably will be
made, three to the side. Carl Wright
johnson and Lamar Seelisson. assist
ant district attorneys, and L. b. Sim
mons, special prosecutor, probably will
be the states lineup. Dave Watson,
ID. b. Chaplin and Tuck Chaplin are
expected to speak for the defense,
Judge McCrory. it was predicted, will
not limit the argument.
WOMEN IN CROWD.
Saturdays session of court, with
Suzanne as the star attraction, drew
the largest crowd of the trial. From
o'clock in the morning until court
recessed. every inch of space was
Jammed-women. being in the major
ity. Some brought lunches, all re-
manned in their coveted seats.
At one time during Suzanne's tes-
timony a woman in the outer fringe
OF the crowd tainted. But so tense
was the interest that this incident
went unnotieed. except among the few
directly around her. She was carried
out.
Suzanne. the testimony disclosed.
based her defense on the claim that
Crawford had attacked her and was
attempting to drag her from the car
when she fired.
FEARED FOR LIFE.
81 believed he intended TO kill me.
That old railroad track was there; j
didn't know what he was going to do.
imagined all sorts of things" she
sobbed.
Supporting this statement, the de-
Tense introduced letters alleged to have
been written her by Crawford in one
of which he threatened her if she per-
sisted in marrying Prentice NJ. Hen
ley. Another letter mentioned Eddy
and Suzanne's testimony was that
Eddy had been killed.
Suzanne also barred a mock mar
riage, a secret she had kept locked In
her heart for years, in extenuation of
Crawford's Staying. Ha had led her
TO the mock altar when she was 10
she said. and she had lived with him
often at his mothers home. for nearly
a year before she had discovered it.
Then he had choked her and forced
her to keep her secret. Not until four
years later was the legal ceremony per-
formed.
All this to counteract evidence of
the state contained, primarily in IL
letters which Suzanne had written
Crawford. In these letters. she asked
for money. discussed planned trips,
and invited him to see her.
The state showed that Crawfori
knew Of her engagement to Henley
before he came here on September Is.
that he knew she had the ring which
she claimed he tried to take from her
on the night Of the shooting, that Hen
ley knew she was a married woman
that she had married +. II. Dodge
because he bad said he would leave
town." that Henley had loaned her |
money to 20 to the university.
IL is this evidence which the jury
must weigh. upon which 1t must de |
eide the issue of Suzanne's fate.
Highlights ill Suzanne's testimony |
were:
I Suzanne Crowords real name |
- is Mrs. T. II. Dodge. On cross
examination she testified that she went |
under the name of Suzanne Crawford. |
One time, she admitted, she used the
name Of May Crawford. She is indict-
I'd under the name of Suzanne Craw-
ford.
TWO SOUGHT HAND.
. Both Charles Crawford. her
10 former husband and Prentice
Henley, her "fiance" wanted her to
marry them ut the time of the Craw-
ford Staying. Both men knew she was
married, she said.
4 Her first marriage with Craw.
" ford was fake. she said. al
though she did not know this until
months after the marriage. During
that time she was living in Crawford's
home. with his mother and sister, as
his wife
A Following the shooting, she
stopped by home to powder
her nose" before she went to the po-
lice station. she said. While there.
she testified, she also combed her hair
and brushed her clothes. Then she
went to the police station to report
that Crawford had heen shot.
TELLS OF THREAT.
z "If Crawford had only lived,
- my story that the shooting
ras an accident would have stood
upr" she said. He never would have
told
G "I only told the real story of
W the shooting after Chief of
Detectives Sam Street told me Craw
ford would die" she said. "Then ]
thought it was time to tell"
7 Crawford told me he was
- sorry for what he had done
and didn't blame me-" the defendant
declared the slain man said after the
9 Suzanne was formerly a mo.
ton picture actress. when
only child. She testified that was
her occupation when she first met her
slain husband.
O II only married Dodge to get
him TO leave town." the
livorecc declared.
IN Crawford had threatened
" 10 kill both Henley and her,
The defendant declared.
Suzanne was oil the stand for three
hours. Her testimony not only re-
riewed her life but also the story of
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