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in her bed room as Killeen was wait
ing for her on the lower floor
He shouted to her to come down.
stairs and fired through the ceiling at
the same time" she declared.
KilIeen Barred Visitors.
Mrs. Edwards said Killeen wouldn't
let Mrs. Maddox have visitors and
followed her whenever she went out.
On several occasions, she said. Mrs.
Maddox was given medical treatment
after Killeen had beaten her.
The witness also told of one other
incident one night last Winter when
Killeen came to the apartment and
found Mrs. Maddox in bed. She tes-
tilted the gambler drew gun and
chased Mrs. Maddox, who was clad
only in a nightgown. out of the apart
ment house into q snow storm.
Montgomery County States Attor-
ney James H. Pugh brought out on
croSs-examination that Mrs. Maddox
continued to live with Killeen despite
the beatings, but Mrs. Edwards said
she did this for fear he would kill
her if she left.
A high spot of the hearing came
when Defense Attorney Prescott in
troduced a confession made by Mrs.
Maddox after Pugh had said he did
not intend to submit it.
In this statement, made in writing
by Mrs. Maddox a few hours after
the shooting, the 35-year-old de-
fendant said she loved Killeen. al
though realizing there was nothing
in it" for her. She said she had
known the gambler for about 80 years
and had been going with him" since
May %, 1894.
At one point in the statement, Mrs.
Maddox said the gamblers estranged
wife. Mrs. Florence Killeen, had come
to her apartment while she was out.
She said Mrs. Killeen left note say
ing: Next time I come here I will
blow you to hell
The statement quoted her as say
ing she had been beaten twice by Kill
leen shortly before the shooting and
had received her fourth black eye at
his hands. She said they engaged in
arguments the Friday night before
she killed him and that he fired at
her, announcing he was going to
cripple the other leg" 1t was ex-
planned Mrs. Maddox had been Grip
pied in one leg for some years. She
also said Killeen had threatened to
leave her and go to Miami in his boat.
Shooting Described.
In describing the actual shooting,
the statement read as follows:
II was In bed In the house near
Brookmont, Md. and Killeen came In
and sat beside me. I started to put
my arm around him and he cursed me
and said he was going to kill me.
He picked up a gun from a table
beside the bed and jumped up. Then
he hit me on the nose and dropped
the gun 1 grabbed it and shot him
while he was standing up.
''I was sick and tired of him pound
ing on me and calling me names and
threatening to kill me. I knew what
I was doing, but if hadn't shot him
he would have killed me-"
Mrs. Maddox showed no signs of the
bruises said to. have been inflicted by
Killeen as she came before Judge
Smith.
Nervous at first, Mrs. Maddox
gained confidence as she discussed the
case with her attorneys.
States Attorney Pugh based most of
his case on the testimony of VIII
son Payne. a Bethesda. Md. police
man, who was first to reach the
scene Of the shooting.
Police Sergt. Theodore Vollton said
Killeen had been under investigation
in connection with the shooting of
Allen B. Wilson, newspaper route
agent. Prescott brought out this in
formation in an effort to show Kill
leen was a dangerous character Voll-
ten said he knew him as a gambler.
Desires Preliminary Hearing.
Mrs. Maddox, accompanied by her
attorneys, entered the court room at
1910 O'Clock. She wore q burnt
orange dress and stood calmly while
Judge Smith read the murder charge
and ascertained that she desired a
preliminary hearing.
States Attorney Pugh called Or.
William s. Murphy as his first wit
ness. DR.. Murphy described the bullet
wounds that caused Killeen's death.
Mrs. Maddox, her head bowed, held
a handkerchief to her eyes as DR..
Murphy demonstrated on himself the
course taken by the bullets.
He said one bullet entered the
right front side of Killeen's body, while
the other penetrated the back just
below the right kidney. He said Kill
leen was killed by the bullet entering
through the front, causing an alb
dominal hernorrhage sufficient to kill
him in 80 seconds. He was unable
to say definitely which wound was In
fieted first.
Under croSs-examination by Pres
colt, however, the witness said he be-
lieved the bullet entering from the
front was fred first. In response to
another question from Prescott, he
said Mrs. Maddox had numerous
bruises on her body, O swollen nose
and two black eyes when he. examined
her on the night of the shooting. A
subsequent examination indicated her
nose was broken, he said.
Pugh brought out that some of the
brfiseg were Rk last "a lfUurN cid.