The Washington times., 1938-06-18

"When did you first become
acquainted with Mrs. Landls?
AFTER I was discharged from
the Navy. I got a job in the
Post office and I wanted to COM
plete my schooling, so I enrolled
at Tech"
DAY or night school?"
"Day school," I worked from
midnight to eight a. m"
when was that?"
''In 1885,"
"How mdch did you earn"
1850 a year"
"When did you meet MIS-.
Landis?'
Sometime in September or
October, 1885,"
How long did you keep com.
pany before you were marr1eo?
From that time until we were
married, November 16, 1885,"
when you got married were
you still working at the Post
Office for the same salary?"
mo. I had been promoted to
Q clerk and was making $l,7OO a
year"
Where did you ive?"
"At l41O Orren st. N. E"
did you live together con-
Stantly?"
"On August S, while was at
work, a marshal served me with
papers for separate mainte-
nance and that was the first I
knew my wife wanted to sepa-
rate. I went to see her and when
she said she did not want to
live together I went back to
camp"
FROM that time until you
were arrested did you ever live
together in the same quarters"
mo"
"From that time. how fire.
Quently did you see her?
For the first three weeks after
I came back from camp l went
to see her every day, trying to
get her to come back to me. But
she said it was against her
mothers wishes and she did not
want to go against her mother" "
Directing your attention to
the twenty.third of March, !
want you to tell the jury in your
own way what happened that
night. And Jimmy, speak loud
" so the men in the far corner
Of the jury box can near you. "
"I reported for duty about
$50, although I was not
due until 6. At Sis I did set
ting.up exercises and then sat
around the firehouse until $3.50,
when I was supposed to go on
watch. .,
About $50 got phone call
from my wife who said she had
to see me about something I'M
portant. I did not think she
knew where was stationed,
but she said she called my
mother to get my phone num-
Der.
"I told her I was on duty and
could not leave, but I would
see her as soon as I could. Inen
Iwent on watch and sat around
talking to Private Christensen
who was on watch on the boat
until IL O'Clock, and then ]
talked to Private Stone who re-
lieved Christensen.
s'I was supposed-to call my
relief at / o'clock. but I sal
around talking until 1880 befor'
I called him. Then I took OF
nv clothes, turned down th'
covers and got in bed I begar
thinking about my wife wanting
to see me, and I wanted to SCI
her about something, too. With
out thinking got up, dressed
went out the back door ant
drove to her house.
ASKED WHY HE CAME
"I looked up at her window
I saw a light there and blew m
horn. She came to the windoN
and I thought she saw m
parked across the street.
waited about five minutes an
blew my horn again and the
she came out. When she got l
the car she asked me what wa
doing there that time Of nigh
and I told her she said sh
wanted to see me about som
thing important. She never tol
me what it was.
"I began talking about a do
tors bill I owed Of sos, and tt
doctor wanted $50 right away
What was the name OF tn;
DOCTOR"
I'm not sure. I think 1t WI
DR.. Cox"
"Tell us where you went aft
you met your wife"
81 drove straight out Monr
Street to Rhode Island AvenC
through Mt. Rainier, about ha
way to Hyattsville and then car
back Rhode Island Avenue
Eastern Avenue. On the W
back had my hand in
shirt and my wife asked
what I had there. I told h
nothing When we turned ir
Eastern Avenue she asked
again what I had in my shi
and I took my hand out
show her had nothing.
when got to Twenty-foul
Street I turned left. There v
A kind of ditch there and I
road was bumpy so I SLOW
down to about 20 miles an no
Ny wife opened the door q
said she wanted to get out.
SsY Soeeded up to As or so m