Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-22
mrs. GAMDLE,FREE,
.SPURNS OLD HOME
Goes to la Plata Hotel After
AcuuittaI in Death of
Mrs. Davis.
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belongings and started honewArd.
Deputy Sheriff n. v. Cooksey went with
her. She stayed only long enough to
kiss her four young children and then
went 10 confer with her lawyers, who
advised her 10 50 to q hotel.
The trial moved swiftly. A little more
than an hour was consumed in getting
together o jury. Two panels Of 26 tales
men was exhausted, however, and
special panel Of 10 was summoned be-
fore the jury box was filled ana the
trial could proceed.
Valves Immunity Right.
Joseph Gamble was the first witness.
AS States Attorney Edward J. Edelen
started questioning him, Judge DiegeS
interrupted to inform Gamble that he
did not have to testify against his wife,
that he could legally decline to give tes-
Gamble waived the right and became
the States chief witness In the attempt
TO exact the life Of Mrs. Gamble for
that Of the woman she slew.
Gamble told Of an automobile ride
with Mrs. Davis on the night Of Sep
tember 10. He said Mrs. Davis asked
him to drive her to party at Ropes
Greek, nearby. to ind Raymond Grim,
CANDLES stepso1, with whom Mrs. Davis
made her home. He said he drove Mrs.
Davis to Pope's Greek and found no
party, so came home again. When he
drove into the front yard Of CrlIns
home, O stones throw from the Gamble
home, he said, Mrs. Gamble, accom-
panied by her son, Billy, rushed to the
side of the car, flung open the door and.
raising q pistol, fred.
Immediately after the shooting,
Gamble said, he drove to the home of
DR.. James z. Nolan to get aid for Mrs.
Davis, who was unconscious from q
wound in the center of her forehead.
After an examination, he continued, Dr.
Nolan ordered that Mrs. Davis be rushed
to Providence Hospital in washington
and agreed to follow in his car.
Denies Warning by wife.
On cross-exaniifation Gamble denied
that his wife had ever warned him to
stay away from Mrs. Davis.
The second State witness was Deputy
Sheriff and Town 1ailiff Mitchell
Cochra11e. Who testified that Mrs.
shooting and told him she had fred the
pistol, but didn't know whether she had
hit any one He also testified Mrs.
Gamble vas nervous and historical.
DR.. Fred r. GAnderson, surgeon at
| Providence Hospital, gave q brief Ac-
count Of the arrival Of Mrs. Davis At
the hospital and Of her death after four
| days Of unconsciousnees
The last State witness wAs DR.. Nolan,
who verified CANDLES testimony a. TO
what took place Immediately after the
shooting and who testified to the fact
that Mrs. Davis died as the result of the
l Aa.ll, -.
The state, with the testimony Of
those four witnesses, then rested It's case.
Mrs, Gamble was the first witness
| for the defense. Haekard and nervous
| from her two-month stay In the little
La Plata Jail, abe, nevertheless, told
her story clearly and unhesitatingly.
She dated her trouble with Joe Gam
Bile and Elsie Davis back to August 49,"
Then, she said, she called At Raymond
0fifi's house and found her husband
\ attending 4 party.
she. went to Mrs. Davis and pleaded
with her to leave Joe Gamble alone.
Mrs. Gamble Claims Threat.
Zone time" she declared, Mrs. Davis
reached for 3 gun lying on the table
ana said I'll 90 with Joe Gamble ali
please, and II you don't get away
| III blow your brains out"
Another time, Mrs. Gamble said, Mrs.
Davis picked up o beer bottle and
threatened TO bottle your brains out"
On the night Of the shooting. ehe
said, she saw Gamble 10 TO Grim's
house ana start out for ride with Elsie
Davis. Most Of the night, she testi-
| ned, she walked the floor and cried. and
her son, Billy stayed up with her.
About ;46 in the morning, unable to
stand the waiting any longer, she OBJ
tanned an old automatic pistol from O
desk drawer, put two steel-jacketed
cartridges In 1t and went up the road
TO orim's house, taking Billy with her.
| She had not long to wait. In q few
| minutes, Joe Gamble and Mrs. Davis
In CANDLES car, came into the front
yard Of the Grim house. Fiinkink omen
the door Of the car, MrB, Gamble ftAd
| the pistol, she declared.
| i couldn't see any one in the car.
couldn't tell whether Elsie Davis was
IN the front or the rear seat and / jtist
shot to scare them. I didn't mean 10
hit no one" she continued.
DR.. Spencer Testiaes.
Or. Ernest Spencer, Charles County
practitioner, testified that twice on the
Gay OF the shooting he was called 20
treAt Mrs. Gamble, the first time for
muscular pains, the result Of her work.
ing In the tobacco fields beside her
husband. At that time, he said, he
gave her q half grain of morphia, In
lected In her back muscles, and told
her 70 50 TO bed and rest. Later that
Gamble told him she was nervous.
Asked by the doctor what made her
nervous, she said her children were
raising q racket downstairs.
| i told her had no pills for that, to
send somebody down there with q stick
and cure the trouble" DR.. Spencer tes-
At II o'clock that night. DR.. Spencer
said, ne was called by Mrs. Gamble
| again. but did not respond, not be-
lieving MRS. CANDLES Ailnient war
fanted O night visit,
| Little Billy, called to the stand, vcri-
hed his mothers version OF the shoot
ing.
with Billy's testimony the defense
rested its case and States Attorney
Edelen asked the jury to throw away
any sympathy they might have for the
defendant and decide the case on the
bare facts and the law OF the State.
His opening address TO the jury was
statement Of the evidence as presented.
Mud Makes First Plea.
The first address TO the jury by the
defense was made by Mr.. Mudd, who,
| disregarding the evidence, called upon
the fury TO insure the sAnctity Of the
homes Of Southern Maryland and free
Mrs. Gamble.
His ringing appeal TO the Jury,
touched here and there with pathos,
brought tears to the eyes of members
Of the Jury and sobs to the throats of
Mrs. Gamble, her son Billy and scores
Of spectators.
! The closing argument for the de-
Tense was made by State Senator