The Washington times., 1933-01-19
FIERCE BATTLE
IS DESCRIBED
To COURT
Stabbed Miss SamuelsOn Only
After Being Shot in Hand,
Mrs. Judd Declares

RA RHOENAA, AIIEsS JAN 40
(I.N.S.l.-"Oh, 1 so hope they
believe what I told. ] tried 20
hard-sO very hard to make
everything cIear-hOw Jack buE
lied me and told me what to
do. II they hadn't interrupted
me SO many times, ! wouldn't
have gotten so excited"
This was the reaction today
Of Winnie Ruth Judd-calmed by
q nights rest after her senSa-
tional revelation Of what she
claimed was the inside story" Of
thei"trunk murders" Of her two
friends, Agnes Anne Leroi and
Hedvig Samuelson.
MIS-. Judd was not merely q
witness at the preliminary hear
ing Of j. j. Happy Jack" Hal.
loran, who is charged with having
been an accessory to the murders
for which she has been sentenced
to hang.
Fighting for Life
She was woman fighting for
life, striking with all the force at
her command against the man she
says she appealed to in her
trouble and whose silence she now
feels has placed her in the shadow
Of the gallows. F.
) It is Halloran's hearing, but to
the pretty brunette nurse, it was
''her day in court" which she
claims she was tricked out Of
when she was tried for murder.
Her story Of the fight with
Agnes and Sammy" which cul-
minated in their Staying poured
from her lips in furious torrent
OF words.
Bitter Toward Jack
Throughout her recital famed
her bitterness against Halloran.
She screamed: @ ID
"He il responsible for the
death Of three girls.
''You sit there and laugh
you don't care what happened
to Sammy-that she and Anne
are dead and that I am going
TO die"
= On another occasion she
shrieked:
phoenix Is known for its
playbOys-and Jack is the prize
playbOy."
Just before she left the stand
for the day, another outburSt, in
which she shrilled accusations at
the rich lumberman, brought him
to his feet. He shouted:
''YOu can't say that about
me-"
Another half yelled threat Of
suicide rather than death on the
gallows crept into her testimony.
She sobbed:
''If anyone thinks they are
going to hang me for protect
I ing myself will take my story
to God Almighty"
% Whether or not Mrs. Judd will
resume the stand depends upon
admission Of testimony she gave
xbefore the Grand Jury. II the
court rules favorably, the defense
expects to question her further.
One Surprise Witness
Y Meanwhile the State continued
its effort to bring Hslloran to trial
as an accessory by producing a
sIirprise witness. Miss Maude Mar
shall. who lived near Mrs. Judd's
apartment, told Of having seen
Halloran there several times. On
the night Of the murder she saw
an automobile drive UP and be-
ing curious took its number. She
was to be questioned further to-
day as to the identity OF this
car.
The fatal quarrel began, Mrs.
Judd testified, when Anne asked
her how. Halloran came to meet
Lucille Moore. Mrs. Judd said:
81 told her introduced them.
''She said: Don't you know
better than to introduce Jack
to her?'
81 asked her what difference
it made. I told her she had NO
reason to tell professional Sc
Crets. Anne said she was going
90 tell Jack.
sThen she said she was going
to tell my husband about Jack
coming over to see me every
night. Then / told her I would
ten about she and Jack staying
at the Plaza Hotel In San Fran
. cisco.
Got Into Argument
eve argued and Sammy
started to yell at me, saying
had no right to say such things.
Then Sammy came after me
with q gun. grabbed q bread
knife and stabbed her twice
after she shot me in the hand.
"Then Anne came up scream
ing: shoot her, Sammy! Shoot
her, Sammy
Sammy and I grappIed and
the gun went off. It was In
3 Sammy's hand and It shot her
In the chest. We rolled on the
, floor and Anne came after me
with the ironing board. ,.
"She was Draining me with
that ironing board. cot the
gun from Sammy and as Anne
hit me again with the board
/ shot her.
'She fell. and as she fell !
dropped hetween her and
Sammy.
@After Sammy shot me, she
didn't relax until after she shot
herself in the chest. / don't
know how many times ] shot.
When / got hold Of the gun
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