Evening star., 1927-04-13

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/ is to halt unseemly ambition ana
/ rivalry.
cisseu asked her If she was engaged
| to Dick Rule, and she replied that
| she was not. She said they all went
| out as a group and not particularly
with any one.
| Miss Taggart told substantially the
same account Of how they were hav-
| ing tho Halloween party when the
| trouble started. She said she was
| frightened when Ward announced TO
Rule that it looked like trouble when
| the other group Of youths were COM
| ing up the road.
| There was a brief verbal clash be
| tween counsel when Prosecutor Cissell
asked Miss Taggart If the defense
| lawyers told her not to use powder or
rouge today She replied no such re-
/ quest was made of her.
Incident Blows Over.
! Attorneys for the defense objected
| TO Mr.. Cissell's asking Miss Taggart
| that question, but the incident was
| passed over after exchanging 4 few
words.
The defense put on several more
character witnesses today, all OF
whom said Rule had q good reputa-
ton. They included Maj. George Oak
| ley Totten, jr., Washington architect,
who said he employed Rule as &
craftsman and regarded his reputa-
ton as good. Other character wit
nesses were Lynn c. Drake. executive
of the District Council of Boy Scouts
Of America; J. w. Talley. assistant
executive Of the Boy Scouts. and
O. 3. Fuller, boys secretary Of the
Y. NJ c. A., who told of Rules good
reputation as an assistant Scout mas
ter In the Boy Scouts.
Donald Dow. father of one of Rules
companions, said he had visited the
camp quite often and had approved
Of his son belonging to it.
Policemen Disagree on Stand,
Two members Of the Washington
police force disagreed completely dur
ing Yesterdays session as TO whether
Rule had the odor of liquor on him
following the shooting and as TO
whether he admitted having had IL
quor.
Policeman William II. vermillion.
who sat on one side Of the defendant
on the automobile ride to the station
house that night, testified for the
State that he detected the odor, that
he asked Rule about it and that Rule
said he had had some.
Later in the afternoon the defense
called Policeman Fred ScoYille to the
stand and he stated with equal posi-
tiveness that he did not smell liquor
on Rule and did not hear the defend
ant say ne had had liquor. Scoville
said he sat on the other side Of Rule
in the back seat Of the machine.
Appeared to Be Sober.
"Did he show any evidence Of hav-
ing been drinking? asked Defense At
torney Welsh.
HE did not" Scoville replied.
Prosecuting Attorney Cissell sprang
surprise at this point by asking Sco-
vile If he had been sitting in the
courtroom since the noon recess, and
when Scovilie answered in the affirma-
tive Cissell moved to strike out all Of
his testimony. Scoville, who had been
on the stand In the morning as State
witness to tell Of the examination he
made Of the gun used in the shooting,
explained that he asked the district
attorney after he testified in the morn
Ing If it would be all right for him to
remain in court and was told yes.
Prosecutor Peter said that when he
Idlh6u Will I>tONkkiE l1C was AtCS eAW~AA
than the officer was to be called to the
stand again as a defense witness.
The court ruled that his evidence
should remain in the record.
Character Witnesses Presented.
AS soon as the state had rested its
case, shortly before o'clock yester-
day. the defense began by presenting
several character witnesses, who said
Rule had q good reputation. They
were William Stephenson, Mrs. Julia
=. Webb and Allan M. Ergood, all of
washington. Mrs Webb said she
| taught Rule in Sunday school.
The defense put on Mrs. Donald
| Dow, mother Of one OF Rules COM
panions, in an effort to bring out
testimony concerning statement al
| legged to have been made since the
| first trial by Eugene 3. Abadie, one
| of Barbee's friends. The defense
wanted to ask Mrs. Dow If she heard
| Abadie say that Rule took O good
| beating. He was no match for Perkins,
| who was a foot ball player" The
prosecution objected to the propriety
| Of such procedure by the defense, and
the objection was sustained Earlier
| testimony had been to the effect that
| Perkins, one of Barbee's companions,
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| fore Barbee was shot.
| Donald Dow. friend Of Rule and one
| Of the group Of boys who rented the
| little cottage near Burnt Mills at
which the shooting occurred, was on
| the stand as a defense witness the
| greater part of yesterday afternoon,
| giving testimony to support the con-
| tention Of the defense that the boys
| maintained the place as a camp for
| outdoor recreation during last Sum-
mer and that they decided to hold
| their Halloween party there the night
! Of October 80, when Barbee and his
| group Of friends stopped to ask for
| directions TO fraternity dance which
was to be held at a country place in
the same vicinity.
Is High School Senior.
Dow, who is II. and in the gradu.
ating class Of local high school, said
he had known Rule for five years
since they were Boy Scouts together
He said they rented this place on
the Colesville pike because they want.
ed to be near the Boy Scout reserva.
ton at Burnt Mills and that they
had used it all Of last Summer as a
camp.
He testified that about s weeks be.
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