Evening star., 1937-10-17
GIRL WAITS TRIAL
IN Staying CASE
Margaret brennan Goes
Into Jersey Court Tomor-
roW-Life Is Demanded.
~ the Associated Press.

~ tne A1eooAetoo Pfoos.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., October
le.-Fretful and nervous. her large
brown eyes reA after q week Of much
weeping. 2o-year-old Margaret Dren-
nan tonight impatiently counted the
hours until the opening Of her trial
Monday on the charge Of numbering
her alleged clandestine lover, Paul
Reeves. 25-year-old father Of two chill
dren.
II hate the watt" abe said fire.
quently to attendants 1T the Middle
sex County Jail. II wish 1t were here
now" Emotionally tense she wept
readily. guards said, when they spoke
to her.
II only have the truth to tell" the
slim and pretty secretarial school stu
dent cried. 1T won't be hard to tell
because 1t Is the truth. nothing that
II Just made up"
State TO Demand Death.
Miss brennan will hear the State
demand the death penalty Monday
when she appears for the opening Of
her trial in the old Colonial court
house near the center of this indus
trial city, home Of Rutgers University
and New Jersey College for Women.
Not far away are the scenes made ma
tionally famous by the sensational
Hall-Mills double murder case OF is
years ago.
When she steps into court. too, she
probably will come face to face with
Mrs. Myra Reeves, young and attrac-
tive widow OF the staying victim, who
has been bitter In her grief, sharp in
her denunciation Of the girl her hus-
band met only six months ago But
Miss brennan b confident" OF &C.
quittal, Just as the prosecution Is
confident" Of conviction.
One Of the major factors In the de-
tense OF the young girl who once had
ambitions Of becoming . lawyer, was
expected to b the fact that she Is an
expectant mother. Her condition was
discovered by physicians who exam
ned her after the staying.
Reeves Was Factory Worker.
In his bungalow at Iselin, a tiny
community Is miles from this county
seat. Reeves, . factory worker, was
shot to death on the night OF Septem-
Der last. Police Chief George E.
Heating quoted the girl a. saying she
shot Reeves because he threatened to
reveal their Illicit love affair to her
parents.
Mrs. Reeves was at the moving pic
lures when neighbors found him, nude
and nortally wounded. In another
bed room were the couples two sobbing
children. Paul. jr, S, and Emma, 2.
The clue leading to the girls arrest
was given by one Of the neighbors
who saw = lady in red" run from the
cottage after the firing. Police possess
. rust-colored coat they said Miss
brennan wore that night.
Selects Clothes for Trial.
Although fretful ~ abe awaits the
trials opening day, Miss brennan has
shown . young girls anxiety that her
clothes be attractive for her court
room appearance. She decided on q
black velvet hat. dark blue dress
trimmed with white collar, black silk
stockings and black pumps.
Miss Drennan's counsel, David I.
Stepacon and George l.. Burton. said
they had . complete defense, both
morally and legally. to the charge OF
murder
It will be the first murder case of
Prosecutor Charles M. Morris, middle
aged and quiet in manner.
I'VE have q very strong case and
believe sufncient evidence to con-
Wet her." he said
$50 Request Admission.
Sheriff =. Herdman Harding re-
ceived $50 letters requesting permis-
sion to attend the trial. The court
room will seat about 400, exclusive of
90 press accommodation. Cameras
will be prohibited In the court room
by order Of Judge Adrian Lyon, who
will preside.
Thirteen women are on the panel
OF 46 business men, farmers, factory
and office workers and housewives
from which the brennan jury will be
selected.
Conviction without . jury recon-
mendation for mercy would mean
electrocution. With such . recon-
mendation, the sentence would be
life imprisonment. New Jerseys elec-
trio chair has yet to claim q woman