The Washington times., 1928-03-17
WIF { TEST|F|Es
FOR FA|SON

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Of the dead woman taken as her
body lay on the slab in the under
takers ennbaln1ing room by Sergt.
william Toler. Of the police identifi-
cation bureau. The jury has mani
tested q keen interest in the photo
graph. ghastly picture showing
clearly the death wound, about
which appears TO be slight dis
coloration.
The right side Of the face below
the wound seems bloated. The lips
are tightly compressed. Mrs. Snipes
had suffered terribly in death. The
picture II ghockingly different from
those photographed OF the young
woman, smiling tensively, which
have appeared in print.
Faison leaned forward eagerly to
see the photograph as it was placed
for q moment in the hands of coun-
sci.
His brow contracted slightly into
froWn ais AIRS. Annie r.. Williams.
right supervisor Of Stuart Circle
Hospital, told Of endearing terms
Faison addressed to the unconscious
girl after he brought her into the
institution.
Elsie, Elise. speak to me. This
~ Hon., he said to her. The girls
right hand moved convuIsiveIy and
there was seeming effort to speak,
but the only, answer was an mar.
licuIate choking gurgle, the witness
declared.
The prosecution has presented its
case, except for rebuttal witnesses.
and has rested-having woven a net
OF circumstances about Faison which
II submits to the jury as evidence Of
the accused's alleged guilt Of muir.
der.
The defense has begun its deter. |
mined attack In an effort to under |
mine the structure built by the com. |
monwealth, asserting that Mrs. |
Snipes died suicide. The fate of |
FaisOn may be given to the delibera.
ton Of the jury tonight.
Theme of Defense
Through two days of arduous legal |
battle the jury has taken an intense
interest in the testimony--an inter. |
est attested by the fact that several |
Of the Jurors, particularly j. M. |
Abrams. accountant for the Chesa.
peake and Ohio railway, and Thomas |
p. Duggan, store clerk, have cues. |
toned almost every witness to take |
the stand.
Suicidal mania is the theme of |
the defense theory. The prosecu.
tion's case has been directed to |
show the contention that Fatson |
killed Mrs. Snipes in a jealous rage. |
The flight angle of the fatal bullet. |
the position OF Mrs. Snipes at the |
instant of the shot. the actions of |
the accused and young woman
prior to the tragedy are interpreted |
by the prosecution as adequate Gvi. |
dence Of guilt. The defense has
established that Mrs. Snipes was
subject to dependency and melan- |
cl1oly. and, on occasion, was seized
with hysteria.
Detective-Sergant Organ, detailed |
to the Faison case Immediately |
upon receipt of advice from stuart |
Circle Hospital that a young
woman had been brought into the
institution in a dying condition and |
that the party who brought her
in said she had shot herself, was
an important State witness at the
afternoon session yesterday.
Path of Bullet
A bullets groove In the left leg
of the headpiece OF Mrs. Snipes'
bed and the position of the bullet
mark in the Dashboard of the room
was explained by Sergeant Organ. |
indicating, according to the prose
cution's theory, that the bullet
which killed the young woman
took q downward angle in its
flight. The bullet itself was found
wing on the cover OF the bed.
sergeant organ told also of CUES.
tionlng the accused, asking par
fictIiarIy concerning the finding of
two revolvers in Mrs. Snipes' bed.
rooun--the death gun" found by
fhe chair in which the young
woman was nortally wounded. and
ar automatic of smaller calibre
discovered lying on the bed.
sDo you need these two guns for
rrotection?" the sergeant said he
saI,ed Faison. to which Organ
stafad Faison replied that he was
victim OF circumstances" he
aould not explain at the time.