Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-02
ATTORNEYS IN
Case SEEK TO
SHOW MOTIVE
Clash Comes AS Wit
ness Asked About
Meeting of DR.. Dire
her and Woman

FRANE-.E, La, Aug 2.-(P}-De-
fense attorroy in the lie Bouef mUr-
der trial clashed today when wit
ness was asked whether he had ever
seen DR.. Thomas f. Dreher and Mrs.
Ada Bonner lie Bouef meet in Nor
gan City.
The two, together with James Bea-
| die, are on trial on q charge Of MUIR
dering James J. lie Bouef. husband
Of the woman defendant.
did you ever see DR.. Dreher and
| Mrs. lie BOuef meet in Morgan
City?" Rene S. Himel, attorney for
Beadle. asked Edville Plesalta, the
/ witness.
James K. Parkerson. attorney for
DR.. Dreher and Mrs. lie Bouef, Oh
| jectcd and the jury was taken from
! the room.
Mr.. Himol said the object of the
question was 20 show that enmity
existed between DR.. Dreher and lie
Bouef and To bring out the motive
! for the alleged killing.
Right TO Show Motive
"Beadle mas the right 70 show who
had motive for killing Le Bouef," /"
Mr.. Himel contended.
The court ovcrruled the objection.
The witness said he had seen the
two 20 into the house Of q negro at
Morgan City. He said they remain
ed in the house about % minutes
and said that it was "in broad day
light
Examined by Mr.. Parkerson, the
witness said DR.. Dreher and Mrs.
/ I
ceal their identity.
Sheriff Pec0t was called TO the
stand and testified that Mrs. lie
/ Bouef told him she mad written a
/ note 20 DIR. Dreher telling him she
and her husband We're going on q
I boat ride the night OF the killing.
\ Mrs. lie Bouef said, according to
the sheriff, she had no intention Of
having her husband killed
Saw Angle Irons
\ Lawrence Acosta testified he saw
angle irons in a tree near the scene
Of the alleged crime IN June 26. lie
\ did not know whether the irons were
the same as the ones on Lc Bouei's
/ body. The same testimony was Civ
az By Michael Fields and George
/ Gendron, all of Morgan city.
ourt then was recessed until
Z 1880 p. m. for lunch.
/ FRANKLIN, La. Aug. Up r.
| Sheriff Charles Pecot made publ,
/ today the confession alleged TO have
\ been made yesterday BY James
Y Beadlc. one of his defendants in the
7 Le BOutf murder trial. In which Bca-
/ die accused Dr. Thomas N. DrehCr,
another defendant. Of numbering
James Il. Le Bouef and splitting tho
Z body open.
Beadlc. Dr Dreher and Mrs Ada
Bonner II Buuef. widow of the we
( tim, are on trial here on charge
Of numbering lie Bouef.
Asked Ia 20 Hunting
"Dr. Drcher came 20 my house
ana asked me TO go hunting with
/ him and when We had reached a
pasture he told ME he had come cut
there 10 k.ll Jim lie Bouef." the
I confession related.
Beadle said he told the physician
Y not 20 kill lie Bouef. and the physi.
elan was quoted as replying: "Yes
\ ! am going 20 do il and NJ you opsI
your mouth about this, am going
" 80 AAAA AhA
The confession continued:
when we met Jim Le Bouef. Dr.
Y Drehcr said Jim ~ that your and
Jim Lc Boucf said Yes. who's there
Dr. Dreher had his gun IN his
hands and IN moment he fired twc
shots BAN. bam.
Tied Irons u Body
"Dr. Drcher said Lets go get
4 that iron IN that oak tree. He said
! i want 20 sink that ..-.-....in the
lake. He almost worked the life oUi
of me getting out 10 the lake. He
( tied the irons 10 his head and fees
"Dr. Drcher then said 4 am goIng
20 split him open 20 that he vii
The doctor and my lawyers want
me 20 say that | did il all IN self
defe-se. hut ! told them ia do any.
\ thing in this world 10 get out Of thi.
trouble ! told them that ! had not
done IL"
DR. Dreher in an alleged confes
sion admitted yesterday as evidence
accused Bcadle Of firing the fata
! shot and cutting the body open.
Mrs. Le Bouef had sdmitted beins
present when her husba9d was killet
but was unable 10 IDENTIFY two met
in boat. one Of yhom she said
fired the shots. The defense wa
overrulcd in seeking to keep out th'
+ 1llfged confessions % DR.. nrehe
and Mrs. Lc r uef.
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