Evening star., 1944-05-31
Both Sides Rap
|hiIIef's 5 Wife in
Final Argument
Defense Tells Jury
Lind Used TuIent
To Wreck Home
BY NORMAN A. KAHL.

hangs in the balance as his trial
on charges OF first-degree mur-
der draws to a close, was depicted
today by his attorney as 4
broken hearted man whose home
and life have been wrecked by
a man who used his God given
talents strictly and solely as
tools OF the devil"
H. Mason WEIGH, who has con-
Quoted Miller's defense during the
last two and a half weeks, charac-
terized DR.. John E. Lind, st. Eliza
beth's Hospital psychiatrist who was
slain by Miller last February 81, as
"sadist," who knew more how
to seduce woman than any other
creature walking on Gods EARTH
The defense counsel began his
final appeal to the jury after As
sistant United States Attorney
Daniel B. Maher attacked Miller's
defense but did not specifically ask
for first-degree murder convic-
ton. which would carry the death
penalty.
Both Sides Castigate Wife.
| Both the Government and the
defense, in addressing the Jury.
castigated Mrs. Marguerite Miller.
over whom the Staying occurred.
The defense holds no brief for
Mrs. Miller" Mr.. WEIGH said, the
defense offered her only to testify
as to the facts of what happened
in the automobile.
"She had stolen from this broken-
hearted defendant everything he
still had IN life to cling to. She
owed him that much, even If her
lover had been shot. She owed him
that duty, and we commanded that
she take the stand and tell the truth
as to what happened in that car
Mr.. Maher previously had de-
scribed Mrs. MillerAs woman who
was "as versatile ih changing her
stories as she is in changing her
affections"
We have seen that she can
change her affections in a fiash-to
be specific, two fiashes-the flashes
OF two pistol Shots
Didn't Seek "Sinful' Details.
MIR. Welch said 1t was not the de.
sire OF the defense to introduce into
evidence the details Of Mrs. Miiler's
inndelity with DR.. Lind.
I'VE ask no questions and we did
not seek TO bring out the sinful re-
lationship between herself and DR..
Lind" Mr. WEIGH said. The defense
attorney said 1t was MIR. Maher hinl-
self who several times edged up to
the brink of this line of questioning
and Finally led us intosthe vulgar
details, which had no place in this
trial"
Mr.. Welch acknowledged the att
tempts Of the Government to inn
peach Mrs. Miller as witness and
admitted that every time she saw
DR.. Lind "she was living lie
II don't care how many lies she
told DR.. Lind" he said. But / say
that no lying, double-dealing woman
who broke the heart of a home-lov-
ing husband has the right to lie into
further devastating consequences.
Wife Not on Trial.
Mr.. WEIGH said that If the jurors
decided that Mrs. Miller and DR..
Lind were carrying on "an Illicit,
stealthy relationship, they will have
gone as far as they need to 60 "in
judging these two people"
We're not here to try Marguerite
Miller" Mr.. Welch declared.
When Miller learned of the re.
lationship between his wife and DR..
Lind, Mr.. WEIGH asserted, he went
to DR.. Lind and appealed to him
to break up the affair. After Miller
learned of his wife's unfaithfulness
he lost weight and became haggard.
Lind knew better than the law
yers and the merchants and the
court officials what this loss of
weight and haggard look meant"
Mr.. WEIGH said. IF Lind had been
man he would have given this
woman up.
Pays Tribute to Court.
"But with the silent and raucus
laugh of the devil he merely said
to himself, the fool. the fool, ask
ing me to give up his wife"
Before opening his plea, Mr..
Welch paid tribute to the flair, i'm
partial manner" with which the
trial has been conducted by visiting
Justice Ben Moore of Charleston.
w. Va. He also said the defense
owed the prosecuting attorneys "a
simple word in appreciation of the
manner in which they have con-
Quoted the trial"
He said both Mr.. Maher and As
sistant United States Attorney
Charles B. Murray had handled the
proceedings with quiet, dignified
ability"
Earlier, in his address to the Jury.
Mr.. Maher charged that Miller
meticulously planned the slaying
days before he fired the shot.
The only thing that went wrong
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