The Washington times., 1936-12-11

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connect Edith with the killing Of
her father. This motion was over
ruled. DR.. Tudor testified that
the body had been embalmed be-
fore he performed the autopsy.
Blow, Death Cause
There were two small cuts on
the scalp, he said, but no evidence
of a skull fracture.
The ak introduced in evidence
by the State yesterday as similar"
to one mySteriously missing since
Trigg's death was "too wide" to
have inflicted the cuts on the
scalp, DR.. Tudor said.
He said death was due to a
"terrific blow" on the top of the
head with a blunt instrument
which caused the blood vessels in
the brain to burst.
There were minor bruises on the
left arm and hand, DR.. Tudor said,
but these had nothing to do with
his death.
The defense has summoned an
array of medical authorities in
an effort to prove that Maxwell
died of natural causes.
Heading them will be DR.. A.
Magruder Mcdonald, Coroner Of
the District of Columbia. DR..
Mcdonald is expected here this
morning, and will testify that
Trigg died of a blood clot on the
brain.
DR.. George A. Wright, superin-
tendent of the Southwestern Vir-
ginia Hospital for the Insane, a
State witness in the sensational
Bell poison trial at Fredericks-
burg, and DR.. j. H. Scherer, wide
ly known pathologist and director
of the laboratories of the Memo
rial Hospital in Richmond, are
other defense witnesses.
The three doctors are expected
to offer testimony that will off
set the States contention that
Trigg Maxwell was beaten to
death by his wife and daughter,
eliminating years Of quarreling.
Array of Weapons
The State yesterday introduced
an array Of weapons. Among
them is an electric iron, which, it
Is claimed, was found bloodstained
and hidden in box in the Max
well home.
Then there is a small hand ak,
not the weapon the State con-
tends was used, but one similar"
to q strangely missing ak, owned
by a neighbor and borrowed on
several occasions by the Max
wells for the purpose of chopping
kindling.
The state implied that the
missing ak might have been
thrown into the Pound River,
which flows only a few feet from
the Maxwell home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter Tiller,
who owned the missing ak, testi-
fled they had been away from
home a week before Trigg Max
well died, and when they came
home they found their ak gone,
and have not seen it since.
Mistrial Demanded
Introduction Of the second ak
was opposed by the chief defense
counsel, Charles Henry Smith,
who moved to declare 1nistrial
because of remark by Judge
Ezra Carter that he considered
an ak was pertinent to the case.
Judge Carter, who was appointed
by Governor Peery to hear this
second trial after Judge H. A. w.
Skeen had disqualified himself on
the ground he is distant relative
Of the Maxwell family, denied the
motion.
Introduction of the flat-iron and
AK caused a sensation, for evi-
dence at the last trial showed
there was no fracture Of Trigg's
skull, but that there were only
two small cuts on his head.
Miss Maxwell admitted striking
him on the head with her slipper,
declaring she did so when he at
tempted to whip her for going out
to a party without his consent.
The girl who spent IA months
IN Jail before she was released
on bail last September when the
Virginia Supreme Court of Ap-
pealS set aside her conviction and
sentence of Is years in prison,
was nervous yesterday as the
State presented it's evidence. Sev-
eral times she broke down and
wept. Once it was necessary to
bring her sedatives to calm her.
The case has brought about
split in the family, and yesterday
a number of her first cousins on
the Maxwell side testified as to
bad blood between Edith and her
father and threats she made
against his life.
But today the defense will have
its innings, and her family on her
mothers side-her mother was a
Dotson-will come to her defense.
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