The Washington times., 1930-09-23
0athie is Faced By Curious
!Throng as Fight Begins

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taking. He was making an
& address ko the jury:
II the court please, and
ladies and gentlemen Of the
jury. the people win prove that
Oh the fourth day sOe April last
year, Alfred Avery EaxnswOrth
took into his employ Is 3 ssen08-
rapiaer In the firm 0f Vaughan
and EarnsWurtll, Consulting In
gineeKs. this defendant, Gather.
Inc EaF1asw0rtia. or Catherine
raige as she was then known.
This Catherine FarIlaWOFth,
or Catherine Paige, was Q 0trl
OF poor family. She was glad
to get employment 10 help salT1-
port herself and her family.
Accused by Attorney
1--WE viii prove that this de-
fendant, Catherine Fsrlsworth,
was ambitious. She applied her
self ct her work. She kept
aloOf from her fellow workers.
She Wor1ne6 her way into her
employers affections.
"On the 9Th Of October, less
than seven naenthg after meet
Ing Alfred FarnSwurth for the
first time, she became his wife.
It was o hurried marriage. Mr..
FarnswortlI's best friends did
not know Of 1t until after IL
had taken place. Mr.. Horace
Vaughan, his senior partner,
did not know Of Il. His own
son, Chester r. FarT1Sworth,
was not Informed Of 1t. Ae
Alfred FarnsWorti was at
that time 60 years Of age. His
bride was 10.
I'VE viii prove that this 90
year-old bridegroom snowered
every luxury upon the defend.
ant. SE1e gave her unlimited
credit at department stores. He
gave her unlimited credit aE the
bank. He settled money upon
her family. He was In every
way q devoted and induigent
husband.
Tells Of Tragedy
"And we win prove by .
chain Of circumstances beyond
and to the exclusion Of any
reasonable doubt, that this kind
and generous old man. Alfred
Avery FarnsWorth. was mur-
dered in his bed while he
slept, between the hours Of IL
midnight and l q. m. ON the
morning Of April 2 by Catherine
Farnsworth. his bride Of six
we win prove.
Beyond the bulk Of the men,
acing figure swaying It's long
arms, pointing Its finger, cali
ing her cruel cold-hlooded
calculating mur-
deress Cathie saw her
mother. Saw Mary Paige sit
ting up straight as q ram
rod white-faced, con-
teHptuotls, furious fight
sometning in Cathie seemed
TO crack. She thought, Now
Tm going to faint I'm
going to slide right out Of my
chair onto the floor ana lie
there. I've got to. cover
INV face. I can't stand
them all locking at me
IovAa1e ~ S;a..,t s.,,,A sna
didn't move. She sat immobile,
ard the district attorneys words
pattered all about her. and
never penetrated her nlmbed
brain at all.
Some tine later she realized
that he had stopped talking.
ne was through telling what
the People were going to prove
about Catherine Farnsworth.
Recess Taken
Mr.. Allen was on his feet. "At
this time, il your honor please"
he was saying In his smooth,
rich voice so different from the
district attorneys harsh, loud
one, "the defendant respect
fully asks that the jury be IN.
structed that the opening state
ment Of the district attorney Is
not evidence In the case"
The Judge put on his glasses
again. He said in his nice.
tired voice, ] suppose that
YOU understand. ladies and
gentlemen. that any statement
made BY the attorneys Is not
evidence: It is merely an out
line Of what the district attor-
ney expects to produce in the
way Of testimony here, in order
that you may more clearly u1'
derstand the case"
Then he got up and walked
out, using o little door In the
rear Of the room.
Mr.. Allen wiped his bald head.
There win be . ten minute re-
cess, = he explained 10 Cathae.
Cathie looked down ct her
hands, A ten-fninute recess IN
the trial for her lie.
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