The Washington times., 1930-01-02
JUROR PRAISES
SHELBY-KELLy
At TRIAL
CONTINUED from Pase 0ns)

(C0nfInued from rage One/
stenographers in the room when
the investigation opened, but that
Assistant District Attorney VIII
liam H. Collins was questioned on
this point. He said that Collins
said the stenographers were there
In case the Grand Jurors later
wanted to refresh their memory
on the testimony.
It had been previously testlfled
that Shelby had said that the
stenographers were there TO take
testimony for use in possible per-
Jury proceedings and before the
police trial board. The witness
said that Shelby was asked why
finger prints had not been taken
at the Mcpherson apartment and
that he replied that, II they
were not taken, there had been a
mistake"
Didn't Say "Bungling"
did Inspector Shelby use the
word bungling in his testimony"
mo, sir"
WAS the word bungling used
by any witneSS?"
Positively not"
The witness testified that
Shelby had told the Grand Jury
That woman and that man Al
len ought to be indicted for per
jury"
The witness said. however, that
when Shelby raised his hand in
making this statement, he did 1t
for emphasis and not because ne
was enraged. Prosecution wit
neSses had testified that Shelby'S
gesture on that occasion was one
of wrath. In regard to the re-
mark about perjury Beatty said,
that remark only showed Shelby
was human. l came to the same
conclusion myself before the case
was over"
Allen Had One Fact
According to the witness, Po-
liceman Lawrence Bolts. former
partner of the then Policeman
Robert J. Allen. had testified that
Shelby had not requested him to
withhold any testimony from the
Grand Jury. Beatty said that
when Allen appeared about the
only fact he gave the Grand
Jury was the statement that he
had seen a man leave the window
of the Mcpherson apartment.
"All the rest" the witness
said, were charges against
Shelby, Kelly. and Collins. that
they had made q mistake and
were trying to cover it up. He
accused Collins Of causing evi-
dence to be destroyed"
Beatty was questioned about
the examination of Mcpherson
before the Grand Jury and said
that he was put through q grill
ing as to his conduct on diScOv-
ering the body of his wife. He
said that this went so far that
some members of the Grand Jury
objected and that, with McPher-
son on the verge Of breakdown,
he was excused.
n VOOc OA GLldIlAo "dS OlACCOCu
by the Grand Jury to Assistant
District Attorney Collins before
action was taken on the special
report in which Collins was
criticized. He said that when
the vote was taken there was
loud applause in the Grand Jury
room.
Describes Celebration
It was then that Beatty went
on to describe the celebration in
the Grand Jury room after the
indictment had been voted.
Prosecution Counsel Robert E.
Lynch objected to questioning
along this line and. after a heated
protest by Attorney Quinn, the
witness was allowed to answer.
The witness was then taken
over for further examination by
Attorney James A. O'Shea on
behalf of Kelly. He said, Kelly
gave a very clear, concise picture
story Of the case"
Beatty denied that Kelly had
identified two dresses produced
before the Grand Jury as the one
which Mcpherson threw over the
body of his wife. He said that