, 1935-02-10
Mrs. Morrow Testifies

Mrs. Morrow Testifies
Mrs. Morrow, pale and sedate. was
dressed In modified mourning for
her eldest daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth
Morrow Morgan. who died last De-
cember.
Attorney General wilentz ques-
toned Mrs. Morrow in a quiet voice
@. VIII you tell US about what
time the last time you saw Miss
Sharpe that evening? A. She serv-
ed dinner. which was at z o'clock
and ! did not see her after q quarter
before 8, about, until I saw her much
later in the evening.
@. Did you e her al about a
quarter TO eight this evening? A
I saw her at approximately quarter
OF eight.
@. And then you didn't see heT
again. you say, until quite some time
later that evening? A. ! didn't see
her again until after IL o'clock that
night.
@. ! see. And did you see her
after IL o'clock that night? A.
did see her, yes.
Q. Would you say it was before
IL. pefore midnight? A. II was
much earlier than that.
@. ! see. And when you say that
you saw Miss Sharpe at the times
that you have indicated, I take IL
you mean in the Morrow home2 A.
Yes, she served dinner that night.
@. And when you saw her some
time after IL and considerably be-
fore II, il was in the Morrow home.
! take 1t? A. 1t was.
Q. Yes. Ma'am. Now the house
hold at that time consisted OF whom,
on that very night. Mrs. Morrow?
A. That night IN the house there
were only two. my daughter Eliza
beth and myself, Of the immediate
@. / see. Miss Cow, / take It. had
gone down to Hopewell A. She had
gone to Hopewell.
@. Now was Miss Sharpe in the
home all day during the day time
as nearly as you can remember? A.
AS nearly as I recall she was there
all day.
@. Did her sister ever work ut your
home in Englewood? A. Never.
@. So that the only member Of the
family that was employed by you
and the late Senator was Miss Violet
Sharpe. A. The only member Of the
Sharpe family.
Reilly Asks About Butler
Reilly in crosS-examinatIon asked
Mrs. Morrow about her butler, Sep
timus Banks.
@. And was Miss Elizabeth home
that evening? A. She WIS.
@. So that there was Just service
for two7 A. Service for two.
@. At which the butler presided?
A. He did not serve that night.
@. Did he serve the night before?
A. ! don't know. because ! was on
the train.
@. Had you been away for a few
days? A. I had been away over
the weekend.
@. Did he-did the butler serve
the next night? A. The night OF
the End Of March, I was not there.
You see. ! was in Hopewell, so /
don't know.
Q. Well, now, was ii the custom
IN our home for the butler to
serve you, and the waitress to serve
your daughter at the same table and
at the same time? A. The butler
served sometimes with the waitress
and sometimes alone.
9. Was the buffers night off.
March LIST? A. He was in the house
that night but not serving.
q. How many other maids did
you have at that time? A. We had
a cook and housemaid and seam
stress, five. there were six other
maids In the house.
Q. Six other maids in the house?
A. In the house.
In addition to Mrs. Morrow there
were witnesses TO tell that Violet
Sharpe was in their company the
night OF the crime: that she accom-
panied two men and another young
woman TO a speakeasy; that she
drank coffee; and that she returned
home about ii d. m.
one OF her companions of that
night, Ernest Miller, said he met
q girl on the road about a week
before the murder. ard the defense
counsel wanted to know II that
wasn't what Is known as picking
up" a girl.
Miller said 1t wasn't exactly
picking up"
She was walking along the road
ano she asked me for a ride"
Miller said. She waved her hand
and ] stopped. She must have mis-
taken we for someone else"
Miller didn't remember what time
u was when he gave Miss Sharpe
a lit to Englewood. which moved
oeiense counsel Reilly to inquire:
DO you pick up so many girls IN
afternoon on the roads around
Englewood that you didn't remember
WASP" :"
And MilIer's answer was: II am
not IN the habit of picking up girls"
Reilly Curious Over Coffee
Another member Of the March |.
1882. party at the Peanut G.il"
speakeasy where Miller said he and