Evening star., 1938-08-04

~ the Associated Press
SOUTH PARIS. Me-, Aug Paul
N. Dwyer today admitted under cross
examination he made no mention of
Francis Carroll, the man he now ac-
cuses of the double staying, after his
arrest in North Arlington, N. j., where
he was found asleep in an automobils
containing the bodies of Dr. and Mrs.
James H. Littlefield of South Paris,
Dwyer, 18-year-old youth who pre-.
viously confessed the killing and is
serving life term, yesterday testified
Carroll strangled the physician when
he threatened to expose Carroll's al
legged relations with his own l8-year.
old daughter, Barbara.
He testified today, under cross
questioning by Defense Counsel Clyde
Chapman that the North Arlington
police took from him letters from
Barbara Carroll in which she said her
father seduced her.
First Admitted Killings.
Chapman drew from the slim. pale
Dwyer. the assertion he did not tell
Maine officers the truth about the
death of Mrs Littlefield In his origi-
nal confession, Dwyer said he stran.
gled the doctors wife
Yesterday he repudiated that state
ment and testified Carroll killed the
woman
Chapman offered the statement as
. defense exhibit Dwyer identified
the document as his.
In the statement. made to Sheriff
F. F. Francis last fall. Dwyer said he
killed DR.. Littlefield because needed
the money" In it Dwyer also said
the "girl angle" was a mistake and
was based on letters found in his
valise.
Carroll, who yesterday listened to
Dwyer without visible emotion. today
was clad in white trousers and wore
no coat He is charged only with the
killing of DR.. Littlefield, the crime to
which Dwyer pleaded guilty last fall
The hot courtroom was filled tn
capacity. Many women spectators
carried lunches
Counsel Becomes Ill.
Cross-examination OF Dwyer was In
terrupted when Chapman became Ill.
apparently due to the oppressive heat
in the courtroom He was able to re-
sumo after an hours rest.
Evidently attempting to break down
| Dwyer's new version of the strangula-
ton killings. which the youth contends
is the true" story Chapman piled
made last fall
Mention of dope ring" was made
when Chapman drew from Dwyer ad-
mission that the boy had talked with
officials on that subject on on occasion.
Carroll. in a Jail statement before
being brought to trial, had said he
believed members of dope ring
killed DR.. Littlefleld.
Dwyer said he had made confess
sion attributins robbery as the motive
for the killing of DR.. Littlefeld after
Carroll had asked him to keep Bar
bara's name "out Of it."
Chapman asked Dwyer. Had the
dope ring story been suggested to you?'
Dwyer replied it had been suggested
| by Carroll
"Disparaging Remark" Told.
| The defense offered as exhibits writ
ten statements by Dwyer to New Jer.
sey police in which the youth admit
ted he had struck and killed the doctor
when the latter made a disparaging
statement about an old friend Of
| mine"
Dwyer. in his shirt-sleeves. as were
| Carroll and others in the court room,
sat erect. hand under his chin, as he
answered Chapman's questions
During Dwyer's trial for murder last
November-which seemed to have
closed the sordid story-a confession
was introduced in which the youth
said he had killed the physician and
his wife. his former benefactor. then
had taken their bodies on a motor
death tour" through six Northeast
ern States, ending in North Airing
ton. N. j.
DR.. Lttlefield was killed, Dwyer
said, in his new version of the slay-
ings yesterday. when the elderly ply
sician threatened to send Carroll to
prison for alleged immoral relations
with pretty Barbara Carroll.