The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-10-27

defended by William C. Walsh a
berland, and William R. Offutt, O
The trial attracted many peo-
pie, the courtroom being crowd
ed to capacity with spectators all
the time the case was in prog
reSS.
There were thirty-two wit
nesses for the State, including
those who were on the scene i'm
mediately after the shooting,
physicians who examined the
body of Mosser, and Sheriff
Casteel of Garrett county and
his deputy Joy Griffith.
The fate of Mabel Swami rested
with the jury until 1920 o'clock this
morning, which body remained at the
court house from 500 o'clock yester-
day afternoon until midnight without
reaching verdict. 1t was rumored
that one member of the jury held out
against the others of the body, which
prevented the early rendering of the
decision of the body. At midnight the
jury was taken to hotel in Cumber-
land where they remained until this
morning.
The case closed yesterday after
noon when Julius C. Renninger, States
Attorney for Garrett county, conclud-
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Prosecution Ridicules.
The closing arguments for the State
were opened at noon yesterday by E.
r. Jones, who ridiculed Miss SWANS
story of the shooting, which he said
was a fabrication. The shooting, ac-
cording to him, occurred outside the
house. 1t was an unjustifable muir
der, he said.
The state of the door and the lock
after the shooting, William A. Hustler,
Allegany county's States Attorney
asserted, indicated that they had been
tempered with The testimony of the
defense, he asserted, was both ridicu-
lous and unreliable. He asked for a
verdict of guilty.
The fact that the testimony offered
by several physicians to the effect
that the bullet had taken a downward
course in Mosser's chest, showed, Mr..
Renninger said, that he must have
been shot while he was still outside
the house. AS there was slight in
cline in front of the building, he stat
ed, Mosser was shot while he was APP
preaching. All the facts showed thar
Miss Swami had deliberately planned
the act, he asserted.
When Mosser came to the house on
May 26, Miss Swami was lying in wait
for him, Mr.. Renninger said in closing
his argument and asked for verdict
of murder in the first degree.
Asks For Acquittal.
Former Chief Judge William c,
Walsh and William R. Offutt asked for
an acquittal of their client. David A.
Robb, who closed fer the defense asked
the court that if Miss Swami deliber-
ately planned the murder, she would
have secured better weapon. The
rifle which Miss Swami used in the
killing was ridiculed. He asked for
either verdict of not guilty of first
degree murder. "No other verdict
would fit the case," he said.
Defendant Recalled to Stand.
Miss Swami, when placed on the
stand yesterday morning before the
testimony was completed, told about
the brick, which the defense claimed
Mosser threw at her. The State con-
tended that Mosser never threw the
brick. He never even got to the house
on the day of the shooting, the State
claimed.
Miss Swami yesterday explained
that she used the brick when mending
harnesses. DR.. A. H. Hawkins, who
was the first witness summoned yes
terday morning, testified that Miss
Swami suffered from a toxic goitre,
which probably would affect her thy
roid gland, he said.
Witnesses Called in Rebuttal.
Deputy Sheriff Joy Griffith was re-
called and identified the two pieces
of brick which he found in the room
the day of the shooting. The large
piece, he said, was on the table, and
the smaller piece on the floor. The