Evening star., 1945-01-31
Mcfarland
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the most part in monoSyllableS.
He said he had met "a short, stubby
woman" in front of Jimmy Lakes
Restaurant on Ninth street when he
was with Corpl. James l.. Westberry
Corpl. Westberry in his testimony
placed the meeting in front of
Jimmie's, Tenth street cafe. 1t was
on Tenth street that several other
Government witnesses said they saw
Miss Berrum.
Talked Only Few Minutes.
Mcfarland said he spoke to the
woman, she smiled at him and they
started talking. Corpl. Westberry
he added, also talked to her for a
few minutes.
Corpl. Westberry left him then,
Mcfarland continued and after he
had talked to the woman for about
10 minutes he went into Jimmy
Lakes restaurant. The rest of the
evening, until he returned to his
barracks about Ills, he said, was
spent in and out of Ninth street
beer joints"
He placed the time that Corpl
WestberTy left him at about 10 pm
The Government contends he was
at Hains Point at that time.
Mcfarland denied he ever had
been to Hains Point or even knew
where it was.
Left Knife On Locker.
AS for the belt, Mcfarland said,
under cross examination by United
States Attorney Edward M. Curran,
that the only belt he owned until he
bought a new one on October 6-the
day after the murder-was nom
regulation belt he had bought in
Australia. The belt Government
witnesses say was found at the scene
is stamped with the name of an
other marine. The Government con-
tends Mcfarland got the belt from
the other marine when both were
patients in a Melbourne (Australia)
hospital.
Reminded that he had told his
commanding officer that he had lost
his belt, Mcfarland responded that
he had not actually lost any belt, but
he didn't want to "lie in the face" of
his commander when he had previ-
ously given the loss as an excuse to
get a new belt. He said he bought a
new belt October because his old
one war wearing out.
Mcfarland said he didn't know
whether he was wearing his nom
regulation belt when he left the
barracks with two companions on
the night Of October and he didn't
know how a belt got into the pic
ture taken Of him in Ninth street
shop.
He said as far as he knew he left
a switch-b knife, similar to the
one found at the scene of the crime
on the top of his locker box when
he went into town. He denied he
snapped the knife as he left the
barracks, as one Of his companions
on that night has testified.
Subject to Spells.
Asked whether or not he had told
Government psychiatrists in jail
that he remembered nothing from
1920 pm. the night Of the murder
until 2:30 am, he responded:
I'm not sure I said that. I told
them had spells Of coming and 60
ing when I didn't know what I was
doing"
Asked about the conversation with
Detective Sergt. Robert v. Murray
during which Sergt. Murray has tes-
titled Mcfarland admitted he was
"in the grease" Mcfarland contend.
ed he didn't say exactly that!
II got hot under the collar" Nc
Farland admitted. II said know II
looks pretty bad for me but I'll bt
damned if I'm going to say it's my
belt If it's not, with all the belts ano
marines there are around Washing.
ton"
Earlier. Mr.. Cassidy had ques-
toned Mcfarland on his overseas
record and his medical history. Nc
Farland testified that he had seer
quite a few" of his buddies killed
and had seen them hit every day
on Guadalcanal He talked of living
on captured Jap rice, wild pigs ano
monkeys when supplies ran out or
Guadalcanal. He said he had beer
subject to constant attacks of ma.
larta and had had nnalarial chills
since he has been in Washington
\ Sister Describes Illness.
Il Despite the malaria, he said he
\ made three requests to go back te
combat duty afer coming to Wash.
ington last March, but had beer
turned down each time.
H McFarland,s sister, Mrs. FlosSie
Emory, who came here from New
Market, Tenn, to testify IN hei
brothers defense. described attack.