San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-20

Old women stood alongside Eum-chcW-
ing flappers and strained for better
view of the proceedings. The small
room was packed with spectators,
! most of whom were women, long Oc-
fore o o'clock.
SUZANNE LAST TO ENTER.
The last to enter was pretty Su-
zanne.
Her entrance was greeted with i'll
concealed "ah's" and that's her,
breathed in unison by the feminine
trial fans.
The comely divorce was dressed
? in another stunning gown. She wore
4 a modish black velvet dress trimmed
\ with caracul, black velvet toque
= with a long white ostrich feather
which drooped rakishly over her right
eye. gray hose and black slippers.
About her neck was n platinum fox
: fur and a double strand OF pale blue
: beads.
Suzanne was in high spirits and
nodded gnily and smiled at her at
. torneys.
She then l.r the court room for
, moment and returned with her
fiance. Prentice NJ. Henley.
fAEhDS NOl O1lLAIs
Across the narrow table in front
of Judge W. W. McCrory's bench,
two women carefully studied her.
They we're Mn. Clara Crawford and
Miss Xena Crawford. mother and
sister of the slain man.
The jury, which had been selected
Thursday was sworn in at 8 100
o'clock. --..
A look Of pain crossed SuEanne's
face when the indictment was read.
Defendant pleads not guilty
doomed Dave Watson, her chief coun-
sci, and the third day Of the trial
was under way.
EXCLUDE HENLEY.
The witnesses were then sworn and
placed under the rule, excluding them
from the court room. Among those
necessarily removed from the scene
of events by this order were Prentice
Henley and Mrs. Clara and Miss
Xena Crawford.
How Suzanne Crawford attempted
TO conceal the fact that her twice d.
yorced husband had been mortally
wounded By a pistol shot the night OF
September Is last was related in the
Ninety-fourth District court by Mrs.
Emma Grosshenny, 1915 Broadway
avenue.
did you observe the LADY," asked
johnson.
"Yes," she replied.
.How was she dressed?" he asked.
DRESSED PRIMLY.
Every prim. She looked like she
had just come out Of a bandbox,'
she said.
Mrs. Grosshenny was the first |
c-lled by the state in IT'S attempt TO
prove that the pretty former Univer-
aity of Texas coed slew her ex-hus-
band, Charles NJ. Crawford while rid
ing in an automobile with him on the
North Loop.
The witness declared she was on the /
porch Of her home the night OF the
ooting when a coupe stopped IN
{ Mt. A woman got out and went
across the street 10 a drug store she
said. She returned to the car, opened
the door and felt about the bottom
of the machine the witness declared.
TN AUTO WRECK"
The woman then went over 10
gasoline station, she testified. While
she was zone a man fell out of the
coupe and lay sprawled upon the
sidewalk, Mrs. Grosshenny said.
Then what do you do" asked As
sistant District Attorney Carl Wright
johnson.
II went out to the car. Just as /
got there / met the lady" she replied.
What is the matter with this man?
/ asked
"'He was in an automobile wreck
she answered"
"'Where? I asked"
Il don't know she said"
Where did you pick him upT
said"
said"
The witness was then questioned as
to the light. She said that an electric
street light was near the scene.
CALL DEFECTIVE
John Higgins, city detective was the
second witness called by the state. He
told Of going TO Santa Rosa hospital
and talking with Mrs. Crawford short
iy after the shooting.
The witness declared that Mrs.
Crawford told him it was TN accident.
She told him, be related, that the
couple had been riding on the North
Loop. She had a small pistol in the
car, the detective said she told him. /
She heard a muffled explosion as
though tire had blown out and turn
ed 10 find her eK-husband fatally |
wounded, she explained, the detective
said.
Higgins testified that he found the |
pistol in question, in the pocket of 4
one OF the doors Of the coupe. II had |
one empty and three loaded shells in /
the chamber he said.
Higgins said he later saw Suzanne |
az police headquarters at which time /
she denied knowing that the pistol
was loaded.
Captain OF City Detectives W. A. |
Harvey. third state witness. testified |
that the defendant told him the shoot |
ing was an accident when he ques-
tioned her on the fatal night.
"She esid that her uncle was fool |
ing with Il and II went off," he de-
clared in answer 10 a direct question /
BY johnson.
Harvey then said he sent for Chief
~ Detectives Sam Street and that the |
divorce made a similar statement to
him.
WEARS HENLEY'S RING
ibid she tell you whose engage
tncnt ring she wore." asked johnson. |
yes Heniey's," be replied.
Harvey testified he then left the |
boom and when be returned Suzanne |
told the detectives that "she had shot
him.