Evening star., 1943-09-15

heard a telephone conversation be-
tween the late Mrs. Ruth Love and
! Clatterbuck, in which the defendant
| pleaded with her to ask her hus-
band ito be patient for few days
on a $4,000 note.
Clatterbuck is accused of killing
Mrs. Love, her husband, A. Morris
Love; their son, James; Walter
Russell tenant farmer, and Mrs
Russell on the Love farm on June !
The witness, Mrs. Annie B. Law
son, who lives west of the Love farm,
told the jury that she overheard the
conversation when. she had picked
up the telephone to call Mrs. Love.
She said she recognized the voices
of both parties. Mrs. Love, the wit
ness related, said very little.
The gist of the conversation, ac-
cording to Mrs. Lawson, was that the
defendant had asked her to tell her
husband to be patient for a few
days, that he expected to pay every
cent of the $4,000, with interest,
since he was receiving money from
West Virginia and other sources.
Testimony Conflicts.
This testimony conf1icted sharply
with the opening statement yester-
day of Maj. Robert A. Mcintyre, de-
fense counsel. In his opening state
ment to the jury he said that Mr..
Love had gone to Clatterbuck's par
ents and told them not to worry.
The defense claimed that Clatter-
buck had gone to the Love farm
on the invitation Of Mr.. Love, ex-
tended through the defendants
mother.
Earlier. Mrs. Lawson's daughter.
Mrs. Fulton Piggatt. who lives
across the road from the Love farm,
told of going to the Love farm.
when summoned by travelling
salesman, and finding the bodies of
Mrs. Love and James.
For the first time during the trial
the Loves daughter, Miss Sarah
Love, looked down.
Mrs. Piggatt testified that on the
morning of June /, she saw someone
of Clatterbuck's height jump in the
right side of car and roar away
as If making getaway" from the
Love farm.
Others Take Stand.
The prosecution made a pro-
nounced effort through number of
witnesses to prove that Clatterbuck
used the right hand side of his car
to get in and out of it, 1t promised
to bring out the significance OF the
point later.
Others who testified today in
cluded Richmond Ely. Hamilton fill
ing station owner, and j. D. Tribby,
cashier of Purcellville bank, who
identified two checks from Mr.. Love
to Clatterbuck. One was for $4,000
and the other for $500.
For the first time since the trial
has gotten under way, Clatterbuck' s
mother came into the courtroom.
She stayed only part Of the time
and started to cry softly when she
saw her son on trial for his life.
Both F. Mercer Love, brother Of
Morris Love. and Miss Love took
the stand. They testified regarding
the $500 and $4,000 notes on which
the defendant borrowed from Mr..
Love. Miss Love testified that she
discovered that the Endorsements
on the larger note we're forgeries.
Commemorative Attorney Charles
F.. Harrison, heading the prosecu-
ton, attempted to introduce Clatter-
bucks alleged confession yesterday
afternoon, but Maj. Robert A. Nc
Intyre of Warrenton, defense coun-
sci, objected that he had not seen
the paper before and requested time
to read it. 1t was withdrawn tenn
porarily after Maj. Mcintyre moved
to disallow this paper the confess
sion) as having been obtained con-
trary to law"