The Washington times., 1929-08-09
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He declared that when he came
to his senses after beating the glri
to the ground with the hammer ne
found himself sitting en- the FnHs
nine.hoara OF the ear, ~
81 spoke to her Saapk SAID, ~
called to her. saia, se0lae en- eF
let's 60 or something like that.
know 1 said something to her, but
she didn't m0Ve.
II realised what had happened ana
] got scared.
ase climbed in the car and drove
away. ..., !, .v.rv,n,.v
around there. ] was uneasy about
everything"
"You knew she was dead?" Ches-
ter remarked;
then, quickly catching himself. he
saidi II assumed that to he It,
neniss Police Statement
sneok denied saying to pelieei Il
was a damned coward. He said
after going home he cooked ham,
burger, ate 9part Of it," went 10
bed and slept all night,
Chester questioned the witness
about his trip to the sIeve Nest"
and about Shocks remoyal OF the
articles there. Saeek said he burned
the pajamas and girls slippers in
tha furnace at home, and left the
other articles at the effiee.
He denied putting the ee.ed's e0Ial,
pact into the furnace. He denied
telling i police officer he burned
the tiaings Ter fear they might @get
nae In BAD
Chester questioned snopk In great
detail concerning what transpired
at the police grilling the defendant
was given after his arrest,
Odd anyone strike you?
A.-Ne.
a-Were you refused ANYTHING
you asked fer in the way Of tped9
A.-No.
Refutes Record
Q-Did you tell Police Chief
French that you had eftsn heard q
third degrees, but you found this
one very aInusing?
Al do net remember saying
that.
Chester read scores Of questions
and answers from a recorded con.
versatien between Ghief french and
Sneok. The defendant repudiated
practically AL Of this conversation
which occurred when he vas being
grilied. mo, didn't say that
Sneek reiterated 40 each bit Of the
conversation was read.
Q.-Bid yeu tell Chief French that
Miss Hix was q "rare type2"
Al did not.
Shook could not remember his
attorney, Judge John r. Seidel,
advising him as he was about to
confess the crime net to confess.
He did remember Prosecutor Chester
ordering Seidel cut of the room.
The defendant could recall very
clearly the 'slamnaing'' Prosecutor
Chester gave him a short time
after that.
Q-By Chester / hit you!
Ayes, Y0u slammed me on the.
head four or five times.
Chester is . slim, Well-set up
im front of the witness chair as he
questioned Sn0ok.
Q.-What did you do when l hit
yaH4
A.--I simply took it. picked
cd my glasses which yea knocked
eli. I told yau / was al in.
Fails to Recall
Qs--Isn't it q fact you had just
told me you would not answer any
more aHestieRs2
Al don't recall that.
Chester asked Shook if he had not
slapped him with his open hands.
Snook thought Chester's fists were
closed, he said. The blows were
dealt on the side of tho head.
Snoek denied that during the
police grilling he had said!
II know nothing about the death
Of Fheora HiK. but IL I killed her
] was sane"
Court was adjourned at this point
until 1870 this afternoon, when
cross-examinatien of Shook will be
resumed.
Under the opening fire of the
states tions Shook was
forced to squirm in his seat with
embarrassment as Chester revealed
that he had signed Mabel to q
number Of love letters he had writ
ten to the coed whom he invarfably
addressed as my Dearie."
Letters Are Read
Prosecutor Chester read excerpts
of the Mabel letters to the Jury,
over the protests of defense attor-
neys, in an attempt TO show that
Snook was more responsible than
the girl for the "affaiF" they were
carrying on. Some Of the letters ex'
pressed regret at even being sepa-.
rated for q while and others sug-
sested methods by wh:cn they
might be together more frequently.
Isn't it a fact, Dr. Shook" Ches-
ter asked, that Miss Hix expressed
regret that she had ever become
friendly with your"
'I cannot say she expressed re-
gret about starting, but she did say
she was in doubt whether it was the
right thing to keep our relations
up" Shook replied.
The Mabel" letters Shook wrote
to Miss Hix were impassioned mis-.
with vulgar expressions. They were
so conical in spots they drew un.
restrained laughter from the specta.
tors. Chester developed the fact
that Shook had performed an opera
ton upon himself and that he had
written details OF 1t to his coed
paranaouf.
When Chester confronted Shook
with the letters ne had written Miss
Xix while she was In Cleveland and
asked him why he had signed them
Mabel" the witness. after mani,
fecting some confusion, declared he
signed them "anv name that came
to my mind as she knew whom they
were from" ExRmina ton OF the
packet Of letters, however, revealed
that most OF them were signed
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