Evening star., 1942-05-27
Miss Webb S Shouts
Create Explosive
Scene in Court
Two MistrioI Requests
Follow Outbursts, but
Judge Refuses Both
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 27.-Angrily
shouting at Judge and prosecutor
alike, Madeline Webb created an ex-
plosive courtroom scene today
shortly after she took the witness
stand for second day OF ques-
tioning at her trial for murder.
Listen, you," shouted the 28-
year old model at Assistant District
Attorney Jacob Grumet, you ques-
toned me for whole day"
II wouldn't answer you," she con-
tinued, her face 'contorted. You
told me you would give me the third
degree"
Control yourself" admonished
General Sessions Judge Jonah J.
Goldstein.
Turns on Judge.
The former saltwater (Okla)
honor graduate, accused with two
men of the suffocation-slaying OF
Mrs. Susan Flora Reich. wealthy
refugee, turned to the Judge and de-
clared tearfully:
I'm not used to being pushed
around like this and being insulted. u
While she shouted, her sweetheart,
Iii Shonbrun, and John D. Cullen,
:he other defendants, sat impas-
lively.
The outbursts were followed by
wo successive motions by Chief De-
tense Counsel Jacques Buitenkant.
for a mistrial, both of which were
denied.
Judge Goldstein ordered a brief
recess when Miss Webb became
hysterical, flung her glasses down on
a ledge around the witness stand and
stormed:
Il have nothing to be afraid Of.
{ won't be quiet"
Says Reputation Was Ruined.
The witness accused Grumet OF
running my reputation before the
trial started and declared he tore
my character and tore down every
thing built up"
Her outburSts appeared to have
been touched off by mention OF
testimony given by previous pros
ecution witnesses. While defense
and prosecution attorneys sought
to quiet her, she charged that
prosecution witnesses had been re
hearsed and rehearsed down In Mr..
Grumet's office"
Up to the time she lost her poise,
Miss Webb had been answering
questions relating to direct testi-
mony in which she said she had
been confined by illness to the
Hotel Sutton on the Sunday and
Monday preceding the Staying and
made no telephone calls which
might have "lured" Mrs. Reich to
her death.
In her testimony yesterday, Miss
Webb fought for two things:
To keep clear Of completely in the
Staying.
To proclaim her love for shon-
brun.
Her love for Shonbrun, de-
layed her surrender when she
learned Mrs. Reich had been slain,
she declared.
Tells Of Leaving Hotel
Time and again she repeated she
had left the Hotel Sutton a full
hour before the time the State con-
tends the killing occurred there. .
It was not until March 7, Two
days after the body was discovered,
Miss Webb testified, that she was in
formed of the Staying by Shonbrun
who declared in court that he and
Murray Hirschl, his uncle, muir
dered the woman entirely alone" p"
Hirschl is also accused Of the crime,
but won a separate trial by testify
ing for the State.
my life is an open book" Miss
Webb asserted with great posturlng,
land I would have given myself up,
Mr.. Grumet, If you had waited
30 minutes before you arrested
me. - ="
She declared that even as Shon-
brun told her Of the crime he
suffered a periodic heart attack"
and added that although she knew
delay in surrendering would deepen
the impression Of her guilt Il
couldn't leave Eli because OF his
condition" :"