Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-21
HUSBAND TEST|F|ES
WIFE SLEW WOMAN
Gamble Relates Shooting of
Mrs. Davis in His Car
After Night Ride.
y a star Correspondent Of The star

BY q etaa Correspondent Of The Star.
LA PLATA, Nd, November a.
With her husband. father Of OF her
10 children, in the role Of principal ae-
euser, Mrs. Lulu May Gamble went on
trial for her life in the Charles County
Circuit Court here today. charged with
the murder Of Mrs. Elsie Davis.
Mrs. Davis Ii alleged to have been
MORALLY wounded by Mrs. Gamble early
on the morning Of September 10. when
Mrs. Gamble Is said to have found her
husband seated in an automobile with
Mrs. Davis. Mrs. Davis died four days
after she was shot. in Providence Hos
pital Washingtons
Warned by the court that he did not
have to testify, Joseph Gamble, the first
witness called by the prosecution
agreed 10 present the principal testi-
mony for the prosecution and waived
his right to refuse to testify.
Says wife Waited With Gun.
Gamble told the Jury that on the
night Of September 10. he and Mrs
Davis went out for q ride in his auto
mobile and returned some time after
midnight TO ind Mrs. Gamble waiting
near the home in which Mrs. Davis
was living, armed with q pistol. Al
they drove up to Mrs. Davis home
Gamble said, Mrs. Gamble rushed tt
the side of the car, pulled open the
door by the drivers seat, pointed the
pistol inside and fred.
After the shooting, Gamble testified
he picked up DR.. James e. Nolan, who
trailed him In another car, and raced
TO Washington, where Mrs. Davis, I'M
conscious from q bullet wound In the
center of her forehead, was committed
The state next called DR.. Fred n
Sanderson of Providence Hospital, who
attended Mrs. Davis. He testified she
died Is a result Of bullet wound in her
temple. On REORGANIZATION on the
point as 10 whether the bullet wound
was in the temple or in her forehead
Or. 6andefson admitted he did not re-
member exactly where the bullet wound
was.
Sheriff Takes Stand.
Deputy Sheriff MitehsII Cochrane
was the third State witness called. He
testified that Mrs. Gamble came to his
apartment in La Plata shortly after
the shooting In q hysterieal state and
told him she had shot at Mrs. Davis
Cochrane said Mrs. Gamble was not
sure that she had hit Mrs. Davis, but
was positive she had shot at her.
Cochrane also testified both on direct
and on cross-examinatton that Mrs.
Gamble told him she had waited al
her home for the return OF her hus'
band and Mrs. Davis, and that when
she saw the lights Of her husbands
car going into the front yard OF the
up to the house, about 100 yards away
from her own home, and shot.
The court room was crowded long
before the trial started this morning
On the bench were Judges W.
Mitchell Digges, Joseph G. Mattingly
and William G. LokeF OF the seventh
Maryland judicial district.
Refuses Money for Defense.
Before the trial opened this morning
Gamble reiterated q former statement
that not one cent of the money he had
saved as Q thrifty hee-keeper and farm
er would be spent for the defense Of
his wife.
Attorneys wafer y. MALehelt ana John
p. Mudd appeared for the defendant.
with States Attorney Edward j. Edelen
prosecuting.
The State has called seven witnesses
to appear against Mrs. Gamble, while
the defense has summoned only four.
It appeared from the preliminary
proceedings Of the trial that the de-
Tense would rely on the "old unwritten
law"