Evening star., 1926-11-18

adultery?'
No"
Did you live with him?"
Never lived with any such per-
SON."
did you ever live with Harry
Ray"
who is he?" and then NO
Denies Picture Is Hers.
ping containing a picture before the
| witness. who put on her glasses and
gazed at 1t.
rs this not you?" he asked.
The witness hesitated and finally
said 1t was not.
You were once a singer in concert
halls?" Case continued.
Simpson objected and was sustained.
How does her having a poor voice
or good voice affect her credibility?
II she had once been a lawyer. it
might be different" he said.
There was litter in the courtroom.
Then a pounding for order.
did you know 'Stumpy Gillen'?"
NO" she replied while Simpson
was interposing that Gillen was not
on trial here.
Case then handed her an old time
worn photograph which might have
been found In some dust.coyered
album long forgotten in an attic?
| Aren't you one of the persons in
that picture?" he asked.
mo, of course not"
Isn't your sister the other?'
Wasn't that picture taken at the
cemetery gates In New Brunswick"
mo, didn't live there then. was
living in Trenton"
Weren't you living In Gillen's road
house at that time?"
Simpson Takes q Hand.
Here Simpson put in a demand that
the cemetery be named
"Was that the cemetery in which
Eleanor Mills is buried" Simpson
asked.
when it becomes your turn with
the witness you may do what Is law
full" said Case.
Here Mrs. Gibson's physician
walked over and spoke to Case. Case
walked to the bar and conversed with
Justice Parker. Simpson stepped
nearer.
1--WE will not recess until after this
ross.examination is finished" Justice
Parker was heard to say.
Defense attorneys conferred.
When the cross-exanlination was re-
sumed Mr.. Case asked: ION or about
October II, 1922. did you say to F'erd
David at the prosecutors office in
New Brunswick that you could not
identify Mrs. Hall?"
NO" answered Mrs. Gibson.
did you not at the same time say
you could not identify Henry Stevens
mo"
"Did you not say that you could
not identify Willie Stevens"
"No."
When Mr.. Case reached the Incl
dent which she had related concern
ing the visit of Di Martini to her
house, the witness. 1t was brought
out, had said that she pounded her
shotgun on the floor in ordering him
from the house, and not her foot.
After bringing out testimony by
Mrs. Gibson that she had no pistol
but kept a shotgun, which she said
was "to scare thieves away" Case
asked her:
when you got on your mule to
pursue some one whom you thought
to be thieves. what kind of firearms
did you take?'
II didn't take any the witness an
swered.
Inc questioning lIicil vas SW AISASN
to bring out that the woman's hus-
band, youth, William Whitaker. and
the witness son, then 1S years old,
were at home when she saddled her
mule and went out alone to hunt for
thieves.
Questioned About Wagon.
Questioned as to her following of
the wagon, Mrs. Gibson said she got
as close as 80 feet to the wagon. but
could not see who was in 1t.
"How did you know that the wagon
stoned at the middle of your farm?"
II listened"
"Was the cornfield in front OF your
farm along the road?"
YES"
"You heard the wagon stop in Ham
ilton avenue in front of your f1eld?"
"Yes."
How far away was it when it
stonned?o