Evening star., 1932-01-22
TRIAL Of MRS. Judd
|. GOES. INTO RECESS
AdmisslbiIity of Suit Case
as Evidence in Staying
Is Disputed.
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHOENIX, Ariz., January 22.-Winnie
Ruth Judds counsel started court
battle today when the State offered its
exhibits of receptacles in which the
bodies of Anges Anne Leroi and Hedvlg
SamuelSon were sent from Phoenix to
Los Angeles.
Prompt objection was made by Paul
Schenck and Herman LeWkoWitz of the
defense as the State brought to the
court room in the murder trial the
first Of its major physical evidence
suit case which contained parts OF the
body Of Miss Samuelson when 1t was
found october 19 in Los Angeles rail-
way station.
The State contends both women were
slain by Mrs. Judd on october l6.
In addition to the suit case, hat
box and two trunks were awaiting SUB
mission when argument over admlsSl-
bility of the first threw the court into
recess while counsel and judge con-
suited authorities.
Suit Case Exhibit Protested.
Attorneys Schenck and Lewkowitz
argued the suit case did not come un-
der the rule by which the other recep-
tacles might be entered in evidence,
since it contained only parts of the
body of Miss Samuelson and nothing
else" Mrs Judd is on trial only for
the murder of Mrs Leroi in the present
case.
The two trunks and the hat box,
defense indicated, would not be pro-
tested since they were understood to
have contained portions of bodies and
material pertinent to both the Leroi
and Samuelson cases.
Court Takes Second Recess.
The interruption of the States hith-
erto rapid progress came while the first
witness of the day, John D. Washing
ton, colored. head porter at the Phoenix
Union Station, was on the stand.
Washington rolled his eyes toward
Mrs Judd. seated at the counsel table,
identifying her as a woman whom he
had helped aboard the Southern Pa
cific train for Los Angeles at 8 o'clock
on the night of october 49,
After a recess of Is minutes Judge
Howard C. Speakman called the jury
back into the court room, only to dis
miss it in custody of bailiffS while
court again went into recess at l0:45
am. until ! 80 pm.
The fastmoving parade OF State wit
nesses, is unnerving the once apparent
ly calm and confident defendant
When a prosecution psychiatrist, Dr.
Joseph Cation of San Francisco walked
by her chair yesterday she sprang to
her feet.
Get out Of herel ! won't have you
near mel" she shouted. You talked
about me. I won't have it."
The first State witness yesterday de-
tailed the last living moments of Mrs.
T ~ nd Mice ro1Io1Snr anH the O
serted impersonation by Mrs Judd and
Mrs. LIE Roi in placing telephone call.
Others traced the trunks from the LIE
-Samuelson home to the railway
station.
Mrs. Ernest A. Smith, an employe OF
the clinic where Mrs. LIE Roi was en-
gagged an technician, testified she re-
ceived g. telephone call the day follow
ing the Staying of Mrs. LIE Roi.
This is Mrs. LIE Roi," Mrs. Smith
testified the voice said. rs DR.. Brown
there? SammyS brother has arrived
and we are taking him to Tucson. Will
you give the message to DR.. Brown
State Charges Impersonation.
The voice, Mrs. Smith testified, was
that of Mrs Judd. The State con-
tends Mrs. Judd impersonated Mrs lie
Roi in order to forestall investigation
Of Mrs. LIE Roi's disappearance.
DR.. Brown. who also talked to the
purported Mrs Leroi' in the forenoon
of October II. corroborated Mrs.
Smiths testimony.
EVELYN Mace, physicians secretary at
the Grunow Clinic, told Of playing
bridge at the Leroi-Samuelson apart
ment on October 16. with a physician
friend making the fourth. She was the
last to leave, Miss Mace said, at about
Gas pm, at which time Mrs Lero1
and Miss Samuelson were preparing for
bed Mrs. Judd had not arrived, al
though she had been expected to spend
the evening there.
B. H. Jurgemeyer. street car motor
man conductor, testified that the night
of october l6 his northbound car car
ried Mrs. Judd toward the apartment
either at 9:40 or 1925. At ll:25 she
boarded his car travelling south, ne
testified, and asked for Brill street
transfer. Her own home was at ll50
East Brill street.
Jenny r. McGrath and Gene Cum
nineham. neighborS of Mrs. Leroi and
Miss Samuelson on North Second street,
told of hearing three shots about 1890
pm, October leone shot with sllght
pause following, and then two in quick
succession.
Trunks Sent to Los Angeles.
Richard Schwartz, truck driver, said
he moved a large trunk from 1929 North
Second street to ll30 East Brill street
after 10 pm. october IT, at Mrs Judd's
request.
IL. U. Grimm, owner Of the cottage
court at 1880 East Brill street, told OF
transporting a large trunk, small
trunk, a suit case, hat box and satchel
from the Judd apartment to the railway
station on Sunday, October l8.
Beverly Stallings and H. w. Boutchee,
baggage clerks. testified to handling and
checking the trunks, and to their haV-
ing been consigned to Los Angeles.
BOutchee, under cross-examination,
testified Mrs. Judds left hand was
bandaged when she appeared at the
station to check her trunks. Mrs. Judds
left hand was bandaged when she sur
rendered in Los Angeles. A bullet was
extracted from the base of her third
finger.