Evening star., 1945-05-26

home. How did that body get ou
Of that house?"
Head IA Miles Away.
Mr.. Smith told the jury that, al
though four dentists had identifie,
the head as that of Mrs. Corens OF
the basis Of work they had per
formed on her teeth, lit is possibl,
that two people out of the millions
in this world could have had simila
work done on the same teeth"
He asserted that there was NJ
question that Mrs. Corens Otter
spent week ends away from home
that she did not tell her HUSBAND
where she went and that she dranI
heavily.
I'VE make no direct accusation
against any one," he shouted, "be.
cause We have no direct evidenc.
against any man. But you know
that Pearl spent the greater part O.
her time on the week end preceding
her disappearance in Virginia, no
in Maryland. The spot where tn,
head was found Is IA miles from tn,
Corens home, and no effort wa.
made by police to determine whether
a crime had been committed in tha,
area"
Questions Blood Spots.
He also said that no effort wa
made by the prosecution to test ths
blood and hair in a basket fount
near the head.
Picking up board taken from tn,
basement of the Corens home which
the State contended had spots O
blood on it, Mr.. Smith asked:
rs it reasonable to suppose tina
II d body was butchered on tha
board it would leave widely scattered
spots of blood instead of a pool.
Besides, many of the spots, accord
ing to the testimony, were found t,
be animal blood"
He emphasized that bloodstain!
found on articles taken from tn.
home could have come from a hngel
Corens had cut severely and tina,
pieces of human tissue, found OF
several Of the articles also couls
have come from the finger.
Anne Arundel County States At.
torney Marvin Anderson contendee
in his closing argument for tn.
prosecution that a logical motive
for the murder had been presented
the "other woman"
He told the jury that Corens hac
admitted he asked his wife for {
divorce but that she refused ane
that the "only living barrier to hi.
unbridled passion and desire wa:
his wife,
This man in the presence O.
his Maker committed one of tn,
most horrible crimes ever discov
cred in the State of Maryland"
The summations today picked w
where testimony left the case aftel
night session last night.
A Washington pathologist, testify.
ing for the defense last night, salt
he found no blood on articles take1
from the Corens home.
10 Defense Witnesses.
The witness, DR.. LIE Roy Robins
said he examined II articles but wa.
unable to find any blood stains. Thi
was in contradiction to testimon,
Thursday by DR.. B. J. White, specia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
agent.
Under cross-examination by Mont
gomery County States Attorne,
Joseph B. Simpson. jr., however
DR.. Robins admitted that he hat
not tested stains found on severa
Of the articles. He was qualif1et
as an expert on bloodstains onl,
after Mr.. Simpson submitted hin
to rigorous examination of hi
educational background and ex
perience.
DR.. Robins was one of 10 wit.
nesses, including Corens, to be calles
to the stand by defense counsel
Other defense witnesses included
John r. Mahoney, Charles E. Botel
er and j. K. Wheatley, all employed
at the Barry-Pate Motor Co., Wash
ington, where Corens had workes
for Is years; 1t. Comdr. and Mrs
Roy B. Jarvis and 1t. and Mrs
Theodore McGann, who live nea
the Corens home.
Heard No Disturbance.
All four of the neighbors testif1es
they heard no commotion or dis
turbance at the Corens home on tn,
night of February IL, when Coren
said his wife attacked him and dis
appeared.
Mr.. Mahoney, service manager O
the motor company, said he hat
visited the Corens home and fount
Corens and his wife on "talkin,
terms" He was not qualified, how
ever, as a character witness, no
were Mr.. Boteler or Mr.. Wheatley
During yesterday afternoons ses
sion, Corens, who was on the stant
most OF the day, repeatedly denie,
that he had killed his wife or eve
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