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 years ago, who Simpson said had brought Detective Felix Di Martini Into the case. to shut up and ter rify" witnesses.
 Calls Martini A liar.
 "Di Martini is a liar by the clock" he continued, asserting that neither Pfeiffer nor Di Martini ever gave the state any aid
 She doesn't care If the murderer Is never found" Simpson said in assailing Mrs. Hall.
 "On the witness stand she said 1t wouldn't be decent to offer a re- ward. Four years ago she said what was practically, I'm not interested in finding the murderers'. She knew who they were"
 "On this much testimony the fair est jury in the court couldn't escape convicting this woman of complicity. I don't say that she did the shoot ing"
 The Calling Card Again.
 He then pointed to what he said were discrepancies in statements ol Willie Stevens and began tracing the history of a calling card which the state contends was found near the bodies, bearing the print of Willie Stevens index finger.
 One of the defenses own wit nesses. Simpson asserted, testified that the enlargement of Willie Stevens alleged fingerprint by the defense was distorted and that this throws it out altogether"
 They say 1t is forged finger print, yet they say 1t is not Willie Stevens" said Simpson. Then whose was it? Willie Stevens was not fingerprinted until August 1926. How could 1t be forged?"
 Henry Stevens's statement before the MiddleseX county prosecutor in 1922 differed from his testimony on the witness stand, Simpson said, adding that Henry Stevens knew "all about" revolvers in 1922, but knew nothing about them on the witness stand. The prosecutor charged that the bluefish entry in the diary of Stevens for September 14, 1922. was cooked"
 'Is an innocent man doing that?" he asked.
 Says Willie Was Taught
 Willie Stevens, the prosecutor charged, had been taught story"
 He hasn't got your minds" said the prosecutor to the jurors. He has a boys mind. He may believe his own story"
 In upholding the credibility of Mir. and Mrs. John s. Dickson. who said they saw Willie stevens In North Plainfield the night of the murder. Simpson said: You can kick all that out, as one juror said. You can kick the whole case out in twenty min- utes-but you'll kick yourselves out, too"
 The prosecutor had repeatedly taken direct swings at some mem bers of the jury, evidently directing his words at the members who were accused of irregularities in the affi- davits which Simpson presented in his motion for mistrial.
 Says Defense is Slimy
 They (the defense) talk about a nasty prosecution" said Simpson. "Why, the defense Is slimy. They take an old 70 year old woman and bring her In the courtroom against her own daughter" He was referring to Mrs. Salome Carenner, mother of Mrs. Gibson. who was brought into court the day her daughter testified, but was not | called to the stand. Simpson charg- ed that the defense had placed Mrs. | Cerenner in a seat near the bed | from which her daughter testified. | and had instructed her to say during 1 Mrs. Gibson's testimony. You're a liar, you're liar" The prosecutor | claimed this scheme was blocked by | the prosecution's placing detective near Mrs. Cerenner.
 Extolls Mrs. Gibson
 Simpson said that while Mrs. Gib- son had no 'footman and butler like | Mrs. Hall," he believed she was a woman of good character. He pic tured Mrs Gibson as dying wom- An," who has lost all but a few acres of her farm and whose stock and poultry had been poisoned because she appeared as a witness against the defendants.
 There are other witnesses who know something of this murder" de- ,lared Simpson. t.No wonder they won't come out, because they know they will get the same treatment"
 Defendants Listen.
 The defendants gave MT. Simpson heir rapt attention.
 They call Mrs. Hall a Christian ady." the prosecutor continued. em- { ,hasizing the word Christian" Has she ever batted an eyelash? ' Did you see a tear, did she blink an yelash? She's been through this hing for your years" The prosecutor compared Mrs i Iall to Lucretia Borgia and Bloody" Queen Mary. saying there (