Evening star., 1945-06-01
DefenseReques'
Brings Recess
In Medley Trial
Counsel Asks Time
To Investigate
Angles Of Case

Government efforts to send JOSEPH
D. Medley to the electric chair fol
the murder of Mrs. Nancy Boyer or
March were recessed today.
At the request of defense coun.
sci, Justice T. Alan Goldsborougt
yesterday adjourned the District
Court trial until Monday. The de.
fense indicated that it wished time
to investigate certain angles of the
:. case.
ID The other man at the poker party
that preceded the shooting of Mrs
Boyer in the kitchenette of hel
q Sixteenth street apartment testified
late yesterday afternoon.
He was James G. Milton, 201c
First street NV. Medley and 81,
women were in the poker game
according to testimony Mrs. Boyer
an attractive red-haired divorce
was one of the six. She dealt anc
cut the pot per cent for the eX-
pense Of giving the party and serv-
ing food at midnight. Milton was
the only other man in the game.
Mrs. Magee Served Food.
Mrs. Dorothy Mickey Magee
10l6 Tenth street NV, served the
food and drinks casually soft drinks)
as she did at all the parties of the
female poker playing set that Med
. ley, on a tour after his escape in
November from the State Prison
Tor
Mrs. Milton preceded her husband
on the stand. She said Mrs. Boyer
. was expected at poker game al
i the Millions rooming house on First
! street the night of Tuesday. March
. 6, the night after Mrs. Boyer's party
Milton Cross Examined.
Mr. Milton, plump man of plus
so with curly gray hair, spoke with
a strong Greek accent when he was
cross examined by Denny Hughes,
older brother and associate of James
K. Hughes, Medley's counsel.
The testimony went as follows:
@. Have you any legitimate busi-
ness? A. No, I have a rooming
house.
@, How long is it since you have
been in a legitimate business? A.
Forty years, I was a confectioner.
@. Where do you come from? A.
Greece.
@. What is your real name? A.
James Milton.
@. I mean your name before that?
A. Steve Mezinis.
Q. What did you do for living
in Lynchburg, Va? A have a
little income.
@. What did you do in Hickory
N. c.? A. have some income there
@. You're gambler. aren't you?
A. Well, no use deny it. I've been a
gambler, yes.
@. Are you in the numbers busi-
ness? A. No.
Not Race Gambler.
@. Are you in the horse race
gambling business? A. No.
@. Are you in the confidence busi-
ness? A Not at the present time.
A litter went through the court
room. The judge raped for order.
@, Were you in the confidence
business with Mrs Boyer? A. No.
@. Are you married to Mrs Milton
A. No.
@. How long have you lived with
her? A. Seven years.
The story of Medleys participa-
ton IN the poker games came from
the six woman players and Mr.. Mil
ton, who took the stand one after
another. Each identified the emer-
aid and diamond ring, sold to a
Pittsburgh jewelry dealer by Medley
two days after the murder, as Mrs.
Boyer's. And all but one remem-
bered she wore it at the final poker
party which started on the night of
March 5.
Dress Is Identified
All identified the blood stained
pcWder-bl dress as the garment
she had worn that night. Most of
them had seen Mrs. Boyer wearing
the silver fox jacket found in Med
ley's ST. Louis hotel room when he
was arrested. These exhibits were
shown to each witness by John w.
Fihelly, assistant United States at
torney.
The last witness was Ann M. ELL
ington, who has an antique shop at
1850 Columbia road NV, and Med
ley again stood to be identified as
one of the players
Mrs, Ellington testified that Med
ley put her in a taxicab after the
game at 5 am. March 6.
Are you going my way?" Mrs.
Ellington asked
She said that Medley's answer
was:
mo, I'm going back upstairs to
get Nancy and we are going out to
eat"
Mr.. Fihelly asked:
Was Mrs. Boyer alone up there
in the apartment at the time?"
ITO the best of my knowledge,
she was said Mrs. Ellington.