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had told me about that before at
headquarters.
Il started to say no. but Mr.
EStowich-her husband-made
break at me to hit me with his
fist"
Signed Blank Sheets.
Mr.. ESher showed him the con-
fesSion which had been read earlier
and asked him if the signature on
it was his. Catoe studied it
thoughtfully, then said:
That there reading wasn't on
there when I signed"
Mr.. Esher asked the defendant to
read through the confession and
Catoe puzzled over it for several
minutes.
I can't read it all" he said at
last. There are some words I can't
make out"
Mr.. Escher asked him to point TO
one of these words, and Catoe
showed a word which Nj. Esher
read out as voluntarily"
DO you know what that word
means?" asked the attorney.
Catoe looked thoughtful, and Mr..
ESher shouted:
"Catoe, let's hear you pronounce
that word"
Justice James w. Morris cautioned
the attorney against using a loud
tone Of voice and Catoe replied:
I'm trying to think: volunteer
means to sign something or do
something of your own free will,
don't it?"
Points Out Other Words.
Continuing, Mr.. Esher had Catoe
point out other words which he said
he could not pronounce and did not
know the meaning of-words such as
"splgot. unconscious, ~ "condi-
ton" position" etc. 1t was in the
midst of this testimony that court
adjourned for lunch.
The text of the confession was
brought into the trial over the OBJ
lection of Catoe's counsel, who
fought bitterly to exclude it from
evidence. The jury listened intently |
and when the reading had been |
finished the four-page confession |
was passed to them for study.
In the statement Catoe told how .
he was on his way to a laundry .
on the morning of March 8, 194l,
when he came to an apartment at
Sixteenth and T streets NV.
This lady was standing there by |
the sidewalk at the side entrance |
OF the apartment house. the state
ment read She says Mister, are
you working?' l said Yes, nam, I
have to be at work at IL o'clock
"She said I don't know where the
janitor is. I can't find him. I want
some things moved Would you
mind coming up for a few minutes
and move some things for me- I
told her I would and she went into
the apartment and I followed her.
I'VE got up to her apartment, it
was on the third floor from the side
she unlocked the door and
she walked into the kitchen and I
followed her in"
Story of Attack Given.
The statement then went on to tell
how Mrs. Abramowitz had asked
Catoe if he could fix the faucets and
he told her he could not.
Then she said All right, now
what did YOU say you could wax
these floors for?' She was in the
kitchen and I was in there too. AS
she said this she turned around to
the sink. Then I caught hold of her
and brought her into the front room.
laid down on the couch and then
attacked her.
Then I opened her pocketbook
and got a $40 bill out of it and
then l came back and looked in
where she was and she was still lying
here"
The statement then quoted Catoe
as saying he went to work and
that the next day he read about
the crime and first learned the iden-
tity of his victim from newspaper
stories. The statement continued
with questions put by Detective
5ergt. John w. Wise.
In the conclusion of the state
nent, Catoe was quoted as saying
hat it had been given voluntarily,
hat he had read it and did not de-
sire to make any changes.
During this mornings session the
police who took the statement were
allied to the stand to testify that the
defendant had been under no duress