Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-08

Chester, jr.. suggested q recess, which
the court allowed.
The story was the climax to DR..
Shocks account of his three-year love
affair with the medic coed.
1t had carried them to the New York
Central rife range, where they sat in
his parked car arguing because he in
at Lebanon, Ohio.
The girl attacked him, he said, as
the quarrel grew in intensity.
Il tried to shove her of and reached
back to get something to hit her. I
got hammer lying on the shelf back
OF the car seat. The first blow was q
light one. She started to get out Of
the car, yelling damn you, I'll kill you.
1 came to my senses and realized she
was grabbing for her purse. / snatched
at her shoulder, but she pulled away"
Then grabbed her by the face and
drew her back into the car. She was
still struggling. hit her second blow
and she slid out of the Car onto the
ground. hit her again, but that blow
had no more effect than the others.
Hit Four Times.
"I am sure didn't hit her more than
three times in the car and once after
I got out. The last I remembered was
when I was sitting on the running
board holding my head in my hands.
Il have no recollection Of how long a
time passed after the first blow until
I found myself sitting on the running
board. don't remember q thing after
the fourth blow"
There was not one word in the testi-
mony about his cutting the girls throat,
which he included in his confession,
explaining that "she had his sympathy
and he did 1t to end her suffering"
Did you think she would kill you?"
his attorney asked.
II was sure of it. She had threat
ened me before and the way she said
it knew she meant It,"
did you really think she was going
TO take your life?"
IT certainly did,
DR.. Shook said he sat on the running
board. crying, for several minutes.
Il looked at her lying there. I spoke
to her. but, she was quiet. Then I
realized I must get away. got back
III the car and hurried away"
DIR. Shook said nothing about tear
ing the girls key TO their room from
her keyring as the State maintains
he did. Instead. he testified she gave
him the key as they drove to the rifle
range.
Contradicts State.
He also contradicted the contention
Of the State that he had given the girl
a sandwich containing an emotional
stimulant. Miss Xix. he said, had the
sandwich when she got in his car and
gave 1t to him as they drove to the
range.
Dr.. Shook said he went home from
the scene Of the killing and that he
slept that night.
He identified a blood-stained dress
Miss Hix wore the night Of her death
and claimed ownership OF knife. He
said he found it on the floor Of his
Car the morning after the killing.
DIR. Shook, under oath, If Theora
Hix's jugular vein was cut, did you cut
it with this knife?"
Il do not know" the witness replied.
He identified a pair of blood-stained
gloves as his own and said the stains
were from his own hand.
Then Seyfert took the story back to
the following day, when DR.. Shook said
that were later found by police at his
home
DR.. Shook denied emphatically that
he gave the girl the stimulants found
in her stomach after the killing.
The story then detailed how DR..
Shook took two keys to the room he
shared with Theora and left them there
the day after the killing. One was the
girls and the other was his. He had
previously testified that they had agreed
to give up the room for time.
The defendant was deep into the ac-
count of the investigation which led
to his confession when the noon recess
was taken.