The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-25
STATE BUILDING UP TIGHT CASE
 IN JUDD TRIAL
Seeks Hanging Verdict for Slayer of Two Form
 CT Juneau Women
POLICE DOCTOR SAYS
 SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE
Witness Testifies of Find
 ing Powder Marks on ] Heads of Both

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 25.-Driv- ing relentlessly toward the comple- tion of a strong array of circum- stantial evidence by which the State is endeavoring to hang Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd for the killing of Mrs. Agnes LeRoi and Miss He'd viz Samuelson here last October, County Attorney Andrews was to- day appr aching denouement which is expected to unmask the motive for the staying. A crowded courtroom waited for the climax which has been gradually building up since Saturday when police of ficials from Los Angeles took the stand
 One of them, pr. A. P. Wagner, police physician performing the autopsy, declared the pistol with which both were shot and killed had been fired from close to their heads, leaving stains from unburn- ed powder.
 Gets in Full Story
 Over continued strenuous objec- tions from the accused woman's counsel, the State has so far pre- sented the story to the jury of Mrs. LeRoi and Miss Samuelson enjoying a peaceful evening in their home on October 16; their disappearance; the shipping of two heavily laden trunks and -hat= tered suitcase to Los Angeles; the ultimate discovery of the bodies in a Southern Pacific baggage station in that city.
 Saturday afternoon, Lieut.. Fred Ryan, of the Los Angeles Police Department took up the story from that point. He described his in spection of baggage in bad order" which had aroused the suspicion of the train baggage clerk, and iden- tified the receptacles in which were found Mrs. LeRoi's body, two human feet with the legs severed from the knees, the upper portion of the human torso including head and shoulders and the middle sec- ton with the lower part of the body attached to the upper legs.
 Dr. Wagner, chief autopsy sur geon of Los Angeles County, de- clared from his observation of the bullet wounds, of which he found one in each head, the pistol in each had been held very close in each instance when the shots were fired
 Mrs. Judd Unperturbed
 Mrs. Judd listened to the wit nesses without apparent perturba- ton. In a brown dress as new as a 1892 penny, woman-handling her handkerchief with which she did everything but dry her eyes and they didn't need it, she sat between two of her attorneys, bobbing one foot up and down and listened to even the most grewsome details without a noticeable quiver.
 She had on another new dress today, the fifth in succession since the trial started. She seemingly has an entire brand new wardrobe for the occasion.
 The State was expected to com- plete it's case in chief today and the defense may open it's side be- fore adjournment The trial prob ably will be concluded by Febru- ary 1.
 Ryan Opens Saturday
 Lieut.. Ryan was the first witness to be called by the State Saturday. Called to the baggage station -by Agent Anderson, he picked the lock on the larger trunk first and dis covered the body of Mrs. LeRoi which was so decomposed that the odor was distinctly and disagree ably noticeable.
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