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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25
Detroit Six
Defeated In Two
Straight Sets
Peterson Best
Player In The
ournament

The shattered hopes OF ST. An
toine YMCA TO retain the yolleyhall
championship won in Chicago last
wear when the Detroit players
spread -eagled the field. were scat
tered in fragments about the gym
nasium floor OF ST. Antoine YMCA
Saturday night.
The Detroit hopes had been
smashed To smithcreens BY the agile
legs and supple arms Of the Cincin-
natl YMCA team as the boys from
the city on the banks OF the purlng
waters OF the Ohio River. rode
foneh-shod over the locals. 1j-S.
las. in the semi-fnal game Of the
tournament sponsored by the Ma
iional Nolleyhall association.
Makes Comeback
Cinciunati. champions for FIVE
wears proceeding 1888. came back
after an absence OF two years and
demonstrated TO the hilarious crowd
that they are still the best Ia vol
leyball.
1t was on the nnerring spiking
OF DeHart Hubbard. Harry (Wu
Fangl Ward. Saul Sanford and {.
r. Singer the champions were pro-
jectcd into the lead which was new
or relinquished. Hubbard and
Ward, ably assisted by some OF the
hest boosting seen In the ST An
tome gymnasium, were getting ION
ton of the hall and driving It 10
the nntenanted spots. Those drives
which were stopped by Detroit
players were seldom returned.
Olfcr stubborn Resistance
But don't become imbucd with
tho thought Detroit did not put up
a stubborn resistance against The
cincinnati hlitzkricg. with Hughes
Peterson easily the outstanding
man on the court. pacing the way.
Detroit offered a strong counter
attack until the hnal whistle mad
blown
Cincinnati had gained victory
over Detroit early in the afternoon.
sitting the 81. Antoine PLAYERS hack
on their heels to the ture Of 1911.
1854. Both matches were grueling
contests.
Detroit won IT'S way into the
semi-hnals by defeating Columbus
l5-6. l5-6. Dayton 1873. l5-S. Co
lumhus l5-l3. 1910, and 81. Louis
l5-9. l5-i2.
The tournament attracted six
teams. with Cincinnati Detroit. and
81. Louis ranking above the others.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25
Pioneers Sign Former
Kentucky State Star
For Coming Drive

Dwight Nuttall, general manager
OF the Pioneers, Detroit pro-foot-
ball eleven, is not permitting the
warm days OF May TO disturb his
program of providing excellent
PLAYERS for the coming years. Hes
been busy scouting around for new
material.
The latest addition 10 the Pioneer
eieVen Is Lorraine Miller. former
s'ar end at Kentucky State col
iege. Miller. who towers s feet =
inches and weighs 2O5 pounds was
a team mate OF Eugene Toomer and
george (Big Bertha) Edwards. two
OF hentncky's greatest football
players
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25
Xavier Wins
Track Meet
Detroiter Ties
40 ard Mark

ATLANTA No less than six re-
cords were broken and two tied
IN me Southern intercollegiate
track and field meet held Saturday
Nav l1l AZ The Atlanta uriver-
siiy athletic field.
Cnlp OF Natler repeated his nor
Torrance ~ last season and set
Now mark IN the mile run of
4.2fl. Henderson ~ Navier was
TOO strong for Slade of Tuskeeee
the defending champion in tho $50
yard run. and established a new
mark OF 1918.
Mitchell OF Morehouse collapsed
his record breaking time OF ASS.
set last year by fraction of a
second. finishing IN 4S4 Amos Of
Morehouse tied the existing mark
IN tho 22o low hurdles with the
Time of % e. 'rarrant Of Alabama
state cquallcd tho mark Of Mozelle
Ellerbce in the loo yard dash run
ming it IN a5.
Two new marks were set In the
ja'elin and pole vault. Williamson
OF Nayier tossed the Javelin 1856
feet inches while Farmer. his
teammaie, tied his old mark OF IL
feet.
BY far the most thrilling event OF
the day was the hundred yard dash
featuring crack men from Xavier
Alabama state. and Morris Brown.
The winner, Tarrant Of Alabama
state. tied the existing record set
by Mozelle Ellerbee, Of Tuskeeec.
in 1888
The beautiful WA Scott MemorI-
al trophy offered Ia The winning
team went 10 Aavior for the third
consecutive wear. The Navier SQUAD
captured the meet with q total ~
70 points. Alabama was second
with ~ Morehouse third with 90
and Tuskegee fourth with u
points.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25

However If the little white ball is treated unfair it
viii always haunt you with untold despair When one
the little white ball setting screnely upon the
ANYTHING happen L YOU are not relaxed and free.
Ina game IKE golf where informaty is paramount
characteristic and where % speak. lets his or her.
sell 20 ia Tree and relaxed is ironically that
while executing shots tends to tighten up instead Of
In pia>ing golf roand moneys emotion usually run
the gale from the Sublime 20 the ridiculous Emotional
teppcramens hc GAGGED by the type Of golf one IS
platlug one tends execute shots the manner IL
whh he kinks he ,hoad-hat being Very efficient
maunerfis mental attitude one ovality But
on he other hal lie tends play badly and in very
nefieino; way hi attitude one Of utter despair.
Bora ong ..mc haze been watching various and IN
numerac golfers heir execution q the various strokes
and heir menal reaction after having made good or
E.is ,.rnsfg ud 3e' not surprising note the
mena rattN ~ golfers after having made bad or ln-
correctly ste6 amazed the mental dis
ceAffnneni Nr'aKe; aneit iF ne little "hNe pal winch
after all So pgeieStned destination. The IT.
tie vhte BAH ld as q, we Ike 20 SO onto he green
hole hgr ~ M the Sana fap 70 SIDE 81 the green be-
fo the sand tran there would be less pos
siblts ete faes IS usefalneSs ty topping huge cut
body elsa, - * shots, tends through the missing of
she's Sc more les, mmaro q the mental dis
rair Wf0 garingly ideni III the good golfer H.
seems inevitable ,signaton the effect that
ne miss usn'hcr ~ shots however always
hsnNe 'og gtti snethe nos, tsro seems that the
cyerare ger vha TAKES the good SHOT, along with no
bad niat. a.waNs te getting great
or enot Nesf fe' ., he game En- oncNi which for tho
or 81 Anittf 'f' game. En0SnieNi md exercise arc
two en*f tf MAKE tor "a, pnitiarS Of golf.
b' ths golfer who eNdentr -appose~ hat he
isr@rF PISS shos 4n he does suppose. always
ac's - d snt ,4plp>ed miss snor-scems always
sFfrse r nenfasll pee}ed AZ missing a shot A good
feF, aa average golf r'4rd misses only limited num-
Aer rs rhss 50 ne' beng used q missing shots, he
antonably 'ee- % adjust himself the new Sit
tnr ~ the e.'iei o mental discomfort But If only
fe miss Is >fo', round he most certainly would
4fft tepife attitude
Na'e sven so.iers MSS nfameeaic shots. but uever
50 z. N' f''ain4ng ma happy-go-lacky at
N-'e' 'ne ''ea % mad Of making it on the next
h'fe N ih"' Haafy medium golfer Who makes no
'FlN@'a esila missing a shot who seems calm some
inSS ana q Ai,f Despair AZ e'hcr times The last type
'a0' ife Aese i'fs 81 ho en- missing Shot b,-
-ii}f nai anything nigh happen.
THROWING Abs, becoming mcnialls
visfh AM H disagreed
N some rcsgec tai mo ono ii the
See Z Soe can unbiasa classify
r1 Affect. nc The leass-ors Who'll.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25
Walt Arriingto|
High Point Nd
Wingo Breaks
Field Record

LANSING W air Arr
Michigan State college innlo|
has not been performing Nd
In previous meets hlt h.sl
here Saturday In tho twon1
annual running 81 me Siafe
collegiates. Arlington caliccl
points 10 capture indiyidual
ors.
The Michigan State coles|
ior won the running hrh /
with a leap Of 6 feet e,.S
captured the running broad
at 23 feet , inches and ID
fourth in the shot put
Willie Henderson, Nayn4 d
siiy junior, gave Arlington 4
fight for the individual II
finishing the day with lols 4
Henderson tied for third nj
running high jump fielshedl
in the 120-yard high hgrdles,|
fourth in the broad JUMP AM
ond in the 22O-ysrd iov hari
Robert Wingo. former
tramck .quarter-miier. hrod
meet record set by Herman
Marquette when Ne oircel
track in 49.4 seconds.
Horace Coleman former
tramck star and nov irss
al Western State Teachers "a
was a member oi mat sd
winning team in the ~ ehmanl
William Paris was memu
the Michigan state y rmal
which won the meet IS TO \
gan States 72iz. Paf' vas \
in the Ss0-yard run
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25

former Inivcreiiv of Michigan star
leapcl p feet 10 rs inches 10
break the Now Gonrdins record 81
- foot 2 inches Gonrdn. formc
Harvard athlete. was the frsl
lnmp'r 10 exceed - feet. attaining
TINS mark ~ a meet between OK
ford Cambridge, Yale and Harvard
halk I'm 1910
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25
Howell King Defeats
Coley Welch To Even
An Old Feud Account

BOSTON Not 80 long ago rolcy
Nclch % Portland Me. defeated
lioweii King. Detroit middleweiu T.
go a i0-iound bout Last Thursday
night the hard-punching kim
eScned that count WITH Wcici hy
defeating his Maine opponent lu IS
lO.iound bout held here
King started of with "a fu.h
piline up enough points 90 gain
he unanimous verdict OF the Off
cials He scored heavily win his
left hooks and right rrossos 10 me
hoad a. he speoded around Welch
and shot lorr LET'S and ri-h's
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25

bout Toles stated that he was cer-
rain It would be held some Time in
juno.
The heavyweight has been doing
mostly road work rp on INC farm
Ne has not done any boxing vet.
However. he expects 20 icsi the
rishl hand which was MINED IN
his hout with Johnny Whfcl~ Feb.
?. Toles had to have an oi"ra,ion
on the hand because Of q hroken
homo.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25
Toles Expects
Bout With Baer
Training At
Watson's Farm

sporting a heavy coat of tan and
looking the picture of health. Ros-
zoe Toles Detroit heavyweight,
came back to. the city Saturday fol-
lowing two-week stay in the
country Tolcs had been M on tho
farm of Everett !. Watson mana
ger 81 the state heavyweight cham
pion.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25

AS 4 decisive win over Snl't
IS 'Hrmef world middle
tnpipn. iu 10 rounds an 10
tE hn-cif in ln' Tor chance
eAt-foayiveieh' crown.
Nrr l,'stos former Golden
hampton was unable fO
HwN kuegcr or his focf. he had
' fiookiyr fighter reeling on The
ptfs ~ The end OF the ninth
oJi krieger failed 10 win a
ind
lhe Vn over krlegcr marked
i;,rF~e fourteenth victory la u
b pf' ~sional nights Ills only rover.
sil Was 10 the hands 81 Iedd
.falesI veteran Pittsburgh bat
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25
Benton Harbor Sprint
Aces Wins Is Points

Reit Copeland WIS individual
point winner ~ tho Class 4 region
al track and field mocl ~ Kalaina-
zoo Salafs.ay hu' his school, Ben-
TON HaiAor finished IN ihird place.
toprmnd scored Is points. winning
'hc 700 and a2O. and broad jump
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25

This Is a little early In the year,
hut 10 this date there has been no
standout two-year-old TO show up.
They Just beat one another al dr.
ferent times Hirsch Jacobs seems
10 have his hosees in fine form.
especially Conhado who Is beating
everything up Narragansett way.
Jim Fitzsimmons steeds have
started clicking with regularity. 40
watch old foxy Fi,z as he runs for
the money AZ all times. Kayak II
IS n very sick boss. Fever at lOi.
and that may end his career as
fever at n high point almost always
leaves boss thick winded. hope
this nag gets we'll as he was m
honest boss that always gave the
public a run for their money.
At the Detroit Fairgrounds VIC
will watch all the hard-boots a.
they are very slick with their
bosses. and they usually set nice
prices for their steeds. And then
the leaky-roof hoys from Column
hue. Ohio. will win a race every -
often. and the payoff will be in box
car numbers.
am forced TO select the boss.
Eight-thirty. in the Metropolitan
Handicap, now that Kayak II Is H.
disposed. Yes, the Widencr goodie
should have no trouble handling
the l2S pounds. Black Brummcl.
the colt that ran at Detroit Fair
grounds last. will be back to give
account OF himself as this colt IL
in rare form and should win few
purses.
Washington Park track in Chicl-
go will open and many OF the 20 d
hosscs will shift back and form
between Detroit and Chicago.
especially on Saturday for the STAKE
races Knickerbocker is goodic
that will be cut loose before long.
and watch him whizz. II will hap
pen at Belmont Park. c. V. Whit
ney has hegnn 10 click with his
sieeds. Yes. and II looks like that
stable will win plenty OF races this
season.
The boys can tell all the people
hosses winning at the Fairgrounds
are going TO have tough shedding.
from what hear Watch out tonts,
Henry louden. a small coppcr-col-
ored boss trainer. who is as close
.mouthed as Scotchman. was horn
in Memphis. Tenn. and has been
with or around bosses since he
could walk His father was what
one would call very clever train
or. All of his brothers have been
around the tracks al some time or
other The I.ouden family is known
as horsemcn. This colored trainer
sent another ROodie TO tho post
and he rOmped home at II TO /.
The boss is San Domingo. aud he
beat the good boss Gold Flag. Lou
den is almost certain To come to-
the Detroit Fairgrounds. after
showing the boys at Churchill
hFNW'N WHhI w tVulU uV Win fllS
boss flesh. n n Is good. He dc.
vcloped that good boss stands
Alone for J. G. Stone. and sold him
for nice price AS he IL good
friend perhaps can get some vim
ter coal when he runs one OF those
goodies al the Fairgrounds this
season.
A. Allen, a young Negro trainer
from Maryland. dropped the sande
CASTOR. Fencing. Is soft place
the last day al Jamaica track aud
the boss ambled home at nice odds
Ills steed runs under the Mansfield
stable.
Elght-thlrty. the boss that
asiounded the race fans AZ the Del
aware track last year. Is hack IN
circulation. and. Judging from sis
race the other day. he ls going 10
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25
Chatter OF Hoofs
Watch Those Hard Boots At The Detroit
Fairgrounds, States Razz
BY RAZZ BROWN

Bimelechs next important will be at Belmont
Stakes "A distance of and one-half miles.
Now don't worry about Bimelech going the distance.
He's good colt but Just doesn't like cuppy track. He
will stand those threey ear-ods the individual heads
like any good boss could do Mark my word
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25

TOler. who re-
turned 10 the
farm Saturday
night had heen
doing q little
p re ii m in airy
training in anti
cipation OF \
contest W IT h
Buddy Baer m
June While no
definite date has
hocn set for tho
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25
Off The Fairway
Nv CHAS. PETwAY
ny CHAs. PETwAY

II the little ball
Is treated fair.
Il will never cause
ANY undue despair.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
BRITISH PREPARE.
FRENCH WARSHIPS
Plan To Meet Spreading
Menace OF Marauding
German Torpedo Boats

LONDON, July 26.-R-Britair
and the Frenchmen under her flag
manned for sea tonight a powerful
squadron of French men o'war to
meet the new and spreading men
ace of 1otillas of marauding Nazi
torpedo motor boats. attacking in
Britain's waters with clouds of Ger
man bombers.
The admiralty, in the careful Ian
guage of the silent service" dis
closed that "a number of French
ships of varying sizes are n o W
being manned and prepared f o r
sea- both by men of the free
French naval forces" and by Brit
ish seamen. At least one of these,
it disclosed, already has been oper-
ating successfully"
This new coup of Winston Chur-
chill's fight to the end" govern
ment was disclosed while the ad-
miralty acknowledged the loss or
Gripping of half of a 21-ship con-
voy before combined Nazi air and
torpedo boat attack in the English
Channel.
Moreover, the German bombers
struck for the first time today at a
convoy off the coast of loyalist
northern Ireland, Britain's vulner-
able back door. Shore watchers
saw fighting between the ships and
the attackers, while British fighters
sped to the scene. One German
plane appeared to have been shot
down.
Anti-aircraft guns went into act
ion tonight in Wales and southeast
England after enemy planes were
heard. Heavy explosions were
heard near the southeast coast.
Gunfre and explosions also were
heard near the mouth of the
Thames river.
Intent on sapping the basic
strength of the German air force,
the Raj again blanketed Ger
many's industrial areas with bombs
Thursday night. Oil storage dumps
in a half dozen cities we're reported
. CONTINUED on Page Three)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
MERCURY REACHES
&c DEGREES HERE
Hess Predicts Some Change
In Excessive Temporal
lures In Few Days

More collar-wilting weather de-
scended on Wilmington yesterday,
as the mercury climbed to a high
of Sc degrees in the seventh day
Of n of the s%everest heat waves
felt in this section in many years.
However, Weatherman Paul Hess
expressed the opinion that some
change in the excession tempera-
lures in due in the next two or
three days.
Possible thundershowers m a
tighten the heat this afternoon, he
said, but generally the weekend
will be one of temperatures in the
"90's."
Yesterdays low temperature was
rs degrees, while the mean was
sever above the 79-degree normal
Gentle west and northwest winds
will predominant today, weather
bureau officials said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
WAVE CONTINUES

CHARLOTTE, July 26@CP)-The
heat wave continued to grip North
Carolina today, the temperatures
shattering records in many PAGES.
Three deaths have been attrlbut-
ed to the intense heat. Reports
from some sections said crops were
suffering from lack of moisture.
Particularly were Eastern North
Carolina tobacco growers reported
to be concerned over the lack of
rainfall.
The mercury hit 100 at Green's
boro today, 101 at Durham, loo at
Winston-Salem, SO at wilmington,
"a at Asheville. and 101 at Ra-
leigh.
Asheville's temperature was an
all-time record for the day, and
was the highest of the year. Wins
ton-Salem's reading also was the
highest of the year. Durham's 1Ol
degrees was the highest there since
June %, 1888.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
faction SLATED SOON
Will Grant President Power
To Conscript Army
From 100000 Men
PENALTIES PROVIDED
Norman Thomas, Socialis:
Leader, Opposes Peace
time Consumption

WASHINGTON, July 26.-R-
Congress approached a history
making battle over compulsory NIL
litary training today as the senate
military affairs committee agreed
upon final details of a measure
granting the President broad pow
ers to conscript an army II o m
among 70, 1000, 900 men.
Chairman Sheppard D-Tex) said
the senate bill, revised to meet
war and navy department SUCCESS
tons, should be ready for senate
consideration early next week. One
of the committees final acts was
to insert penalties of five years IN
prison and $40, 900 fine for draft
dodgers"
Young Favors Training
At the other end of the capitol,
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New
York City and Owen D. Young, in
dustrialist, told the house military
committee they favored compus-
sorry training while Norman Thorn
as, presidential candidate of tn g
socialist party, protested the peace
time CONSUMPTION proposal as get
ting Hitlerism without Hitler.
Under the senate committees
bill the organization which would
conduct registration and selection
of conscripts would be headed by
a director of selective service"
nominated by the President a n d
confirmed by the senate. Local Sc
lection boards, similar to those set
up under the World war draft law,
would handle the bulk of the work.
The committee also completed a
section designed to retain jobs for
men after they had completed the
IL months training. This would
make it an unfair labor practice"
for an employer to refuse to rehire
a conscript unless the employers
circur etances have so changed as
to make it impossible or unreal
sonable to afford such re-employ.
ment."
Sheppard said disputes concern
ing unemployment probably would
be decided by the National Labor
board although neither this board
nor the National Labor Relations
act we're mentioned in the on
scription bill.
Men would have to spply for re.
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
Issue
Is Expected
Maintenance OF Continent
tai Solidarity AT Havana
Farley Anticipated
COMMITTEE TO MEET
Three-P Point Solution To
Problem Raised By Ar
qentina Is Indicated

HAVANA, July 26.-R-A com
promise which would maintain con-
tinental solidarity on the %controver-
sial question of European posses,
sions in the western hemisphere
appeared nearer tonight after a
meeting of the peace commission
of tn CONFERENCE of Il American
foreign ministers.
A subcommittee of the peace
committee, headed by U. S. Sec
rotary of State Cordell Hull, will
meet tomorrow with Leopold Melo,
and the chief objector to proposals
for a Joint mandate for threatened
European possessions in the Amer
icas.
Brief Meeting
A meeting of the full peace com
mittee tonight was brief. That indi
Gated to some observers that he
Argentine delegation might be
waiting to hear further from it:
government on how far it might g
publics in measures to keep Euro
pean colonies in the new world Out
of unfriendly hands.
On leaving the session, Secretary
Hull would say only that he was
hopeful. One Argentine said he
thought progress was being made.
Earliert oday a three-point com.
promise. solution of the problem
posed by Argentine's lone opposi'
ton to the United States proposals
for an American trusteeship over
the European colonies in the West
ern hemisphere was indicated when
members of the peace sub-commit'
tee agreed on accommodations.
Course of Action
Delegates disagreed on whether
final compromise drafts could be
phrased to everybody's satisfaction
before tomorrow, but reliable cir
cles said the conference was point
ing to the following course of act
ion:
l.. A general declaration recog-
the danger to hemisphere
Continued OH Page Three
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
SHANGHAI FEARS
MORE JAP ROWS
japanese Officials Declare
F Foreign Areas In
Bounds For Soldiers

Shanghai, July q Saturday UP
Japanese military authorities de-
clared today the foreign areas OF
Shanghai "in bounds" to Japanese
soldiers on leave, arousing foreign
fears of a multiplication of the I'M
pleasant incidents which have dis
turbed Japanese-American re-
lations in recent weeks.
simultaneously it was reported
from Tientsin that japanese re-
strictions virtually have halted the
activities of American traders In
North China. This report conceded
with United States action in lie
ensing all it's own oil and scrap
iron exports.
lin Tokyo the presidential licens'
ing order was regarded as intend
ed to curb Japan as well as being
aimed at Germany and Italy, and
the Japanese ambassador in Wash
ington was directed to investigate
the new c%ontrol.)
The action of the Japanese in
permitting their service men on
liberty to have free range OF the
Shanghai foreign concessions was a
Continued on Page Three)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-27
EVIDENCE COMPLETED
Murder Case Is Expected
To Be Giuen To Jury
Early This Afternoon >.
BY DAVID
Staff Writer

Leona Allen Edwards, charged
with killing her husband, Lloyd Al
len, got her first chance to tell
her story when she took the stand
in New Hanover superior court yes
terday afternoon and in a rambl-
ing, hour-and-a-hak testimonial
said:
/. She did not kill Allen or any
one else.
2. She has not boosted about hav-
ing killed him.
8. She did not know what caused
his death.
Evidence Completed
At the end of Mrs. Edwards
testimony, the presentation OF all
evidence was completed and agu-
ments of the attorneys began i'm
mediately. The case will probably
be turned over to the jury early
this afternoon.
Twice during her examination
and cross examination, she stopped
and explained that the 1ltters are
getting me" and asked to be allow
ed to stop for a moment. Other
than these two times, she talked
spontaneously and and submitted tc
questioning for 9 0minutes with lit
tie display Of emotion.
AS to charges that she fatally
injured her husband at the Delta
roadhouse on the Carolina Beach
Road on April %, 1889, she replied
that she never hit him. She added
that she threw a beer bottle at him
one time, but missed.
AS to charges made by witnesses
that they heard her boasting thai
she had poisoned her hus'
band, Mrs. Edwards testified thai
she, instead, had said: "Old maj
Allen has accused me OF shooting
one husband and poisoing anoth'
err