Evening star., 1945-05-26

burned any of her clothing In the
fireplace Of his home.
He admitted he had had domestic
troubles, but attributed them to his
wife's heavy drinking" He said
she could take pint bottle sof
whisky and kill it in three drinks"
Angry at Questioning.
After she had engaged in such
drinking bouts" Corens said, his
wife would become mean and
nasty" and would strike him.
He grew visibly angry under cross
examination by Mr.. Simpson and
at one point, when Mr.. Simpson
asked him if he had killed his wife,
he burst out:
II don't know if my wife is dead.
You'll have to prove that to me.
You can't prove 1t with the evidence
you've got. I didn't commit any
crime in that house and I'm proud
to say it,"
Mr.. Simpson brought out that a
deed signed by Corens in March
had described him as widower and
that marriage license issued in
1888 to Corens and Pearl Walker
stated that Corens had not been
married before, although Corens ad-
mitted he had been.
Calls 1t Frame Up.
When asked whether he could &C.
count for human tissue found on
articles taken by Montgomery
County police from his home and
on the wall in back of the laundry
trays in his basement, as testified
to by DR.. White, he shouted:
"All that stuff you've got up here
I don't know darn thing about.
Many things have happened to my
house since I've been put in jail. I
wouldn't be surprised if some one
put things there on purpose. There's
a lot of money involved in this case
and some people will do anything for
money"
Mr.. Simpson then asked him who
he thought would frame" him on
a charge as serious as murder.
Corens replied, his face becoming
flushed:
Il don't know, but somebody's been
doing it if all these things were
found in my house. can truthfully
say no murder was committed in my
basement.
Explains Bloodstalns.
you're the first man who ac-
cused me of killing my wife. I'll
never forget it if I live a million
years."
Earlier, Corens said he often killed
chickens and turkeys in his base
ment and once killed a rabbit and
skinned it there.
He said bloodstains found on
articles taken from his home may
have come from a severe cut to a
finger on his right hand which he
said he sustained at work in De-
cember. AS a result of the injury, he
said, he was forced to stay home for
five weeks and spent most of that
time in the basement.
Il used to change the dressing on
my finger in the living room and I
used to throw the old bandages in
the fireplace and burn them" he told
the jury. Besides, my finger bled
profusely every time touched
something"
Used Saw on Callouses.
He said he spent much of his time
during the flve-week period at his
work bench in the basement. A
hacksaw, however, was his wife's
pet" he said. DR.. White had testi-
fed that the saw bore human tissue
and human blood stains.
Pearl used the hacksaw to cut
fish and meat" Corens testified.
"and I've even seen her use it to cut
of callouses on her feet.
I'm December, 1914, she came
down to the basement and told me
she had job for me- She said she
wanted me to cut the eallouses of
her feet.
Il told her she had ruined every
razor blade in the house by doing
such things and asked her why she
didn't use the hacksaw. She said
she would and used the hacksaw to
remove callouses on one of her
feet"
Tells About Dates.
Corens demonstrated his wife's
action by taking the hacksaw and
scraping it in an up and down mo-
ton on his shoe. Previously, he
went before the jury and showed
the finger which he said he had
injured.
He said he had met Miss Thelma
Pack in July, 1914 Miss Pack, who
lives at 5007 Seventh street NV,
testified Thursday that she had re-
ceived gifts and a marriage proposal
from the automobile painter.
II asked her for a date and she
agreed" Corens said. "and one date
led to another
He said his wife often accused him
falsely of going with other women.
so Il decided that I might as well
do it."
The courtroom was filled with
spectators during the afternoon and
night for the first time since the
trial opened, with people standing
in the hall outside waiting for seats.
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