The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-10-27
JURY IN MURDER TRIAL OF
NURSE IS DEADLOCKED
Fate of Mabel Swami In Doubt
AS Jury Fails To Reach Yer
diet In Case at Cumberland
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the first degree. After reading various
authorities recognized in the Maryland
courts dealing with murder and homi-
eide, he reviewed the case. The farm
which Miss Swami rented from Mos
ser was the old Mosser home, he said.
Mosser, who lived at Keyser, Mr..
Renninger stated, came by train from
Keyser to Swanton, about mile from
the farm, on the morning of May 20.
About nine o'clock he went up to the
farm, seeking rental money He had
with him receipt, prepared by Mrs
Mosser. He met several men on the
way, it was stated. These men ap-
peared as witnesses Monday after
noon.
Saw Mcsser's Body.
C. O'Brien, farmer of the vicinity,
and Virgie Wilt, a mail carrier, were
those he passed on the way. Later on
in the day, Arlie Johnson, a timber
hauler, while coming down the road,
happened to glance in the direction of
the farm. He saw, the States Attor-
ney said, man lying in a strange po-
sition in the yard near the porch.
When johnson testified Monday after
noon he corroborated the States At
torney's statements. johnson then
went on to Swanton. When he re-
turned, he testified, he saw a large
crowd gathered in the yard of the
farm.
A number of witnesses Monday af-
ternoon testified to seeing the body of
Mosser lying on the ground, a bullet
wound in the chest. After Miss Swami
had shot Mosser she mounted horse
and rode to Swanton, where she in
formed those whom she happened to
meet of the shooting.
Tells of Shooting Threat.
Luther Shank, brother-in-law of
Mosser, was put on the stand during
the Monday afternoon session of the
court Although his answers to the
questions asked him by the attorneys
were rather incoherent and vague, it
developed, from his testimony that
on April 26, accompanied by Russell
Lee, Lester Weimer, Lawton Friend
and Joseph Friend, all of whom live in
the vicinity of Swanton, he visited
Miss Swami at her farm. Meeting
her in the yard, he said, he asked her
if she had any liquor in her possess
sion, to which she replied, he said,
"sure."
She told them, Shank declared, that
Mosser had been there in the morning,
raising hell" because she had liquor
on the premises. She feared, Shank
stated, that Mosser would inform the
Federal officers of the presence of the
liquor "I'm going to shoot the - -
- the next time he acts like that
around here" Shank said Miss Swami
told them. She then asked them to
help her load the liquor on a wagon to
take it away and hide it. This was
done, Shank averred, and six gallons
were hidden in the woods, while a gal
Ion was given to the young men for
their help, the witness testified.
Lawton Friend, former merchant
of Swanton, who testified in the morn
ing, and Joseph z. Friend his youn-
ger brother, when placed on the stand,
both told substantially the same story
as related by Shank.
Another Witness Tells of Threat.
Peter Bickford, another witness for
the State, declared that he had known
Miss Swami for about year. He said
that she had spoken to him about
raid which had been made on her farm
the Monday before the shooting. She
asked him, he said, whether or not he
thought that it was the Federal off
GERS who had conducted the raid. Bick-
ford stated that she told him she had
heard Mosser was the one who report
ed her to the authorities and that she
said, eff I find out, I'll kill him."
C. c. Mason, merchant of Swan
ton, who was near by when Bickford
had his conversation with Miss Swami