The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-15
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apartment and saw blood upon the
blade.
Seated at the table with her coun'
eel, Mrs. Collins watched the jury
poll with interest. She was wear
ing a white blouse, dark SKIRT
white slippers and bobby-sox:
The state, represented by Clifton
Moore and Alton Lennon. local
attorneys, called DR.. A. H. Ellio1I'
county health officer, as Its 1irss
witness.
Fatal Wound
The doctor claimed that Mrs.
Bordeaux's death resulted from
penetration Of the upper LETT looe
of the left lung with a sharp IN,
strunent. He described the fatai
wound as a large irregular lacera-
t;on under the left shoulder BLADE.
In addition to the wound, DR.. Ell
Init said that he. found definite
discoloration Of the index finger on
the right hand.
Police officers concerned in the
case were called to the stand to
tate results in their Investigation.
Defense Attorney Goldberg close
" examined police officers M.
" Mills and c. W. Wilson as to
Mrs Collins statements at the
time of arrest. For the consldera,
ton of the court he highllghteo
~. nsrt of their testimony con-
corning the self-defense claim
made to them by the defendant.
Describes Tragedy
Mrs. Dorothy Bufkin who is al
legged to have witnessed the sap.
hinr from the back door OF her
snartment overlooking the play
gro,,nds reconstructed the scene
With the aid of ground plan show
Ing the theater Of the Tragedy.
She told how the two women
whom she described as the black
headed one and the blond one,
came together by sliding ooaro
in the playground. She salo lha.
the blond woman seized the o.ne
and struck at her and that the TWO
then narted to walk in different
directions. .. ~
the time of the struggle.
Defense attorneys questionlhs
Mrs Bufkin sought to shake ner
evidence by her own ADMISSION
,,nau, neither of the prln-
cipals in the case and only loen.l-
lied Mrs. Collins as the blond WON
an after seeing her picture IN 1ne
press. ros+;f,es
Edward Bordeaux, called 10
the stand, disclosed that his w1s
had the metal knucks in her mana
when he carried her to the mouse
sfter she had fallen. He said that
he knew the knucks to be IN me
house but did not give them 70 nis
wife or know that she had carried
them to the playground.
The defense presented TWO
.harscter witnesses, Mrs. Taylor
ssrd MRS. r. D. McCurdy. They
had been neighbors to MIS-: Col,
Inns at the time she was living IN
Maffitt village and attested to ner
good reputation. A..
The defendants sister, MIS-
cadie Granger, with whom sne
has resided since Dec. T. wa
questioned about the incidents Oh
Feb 10 and Mrs. Collins De-
:haviour on that day. ~
Under examination by the stare
Mrs Granger displayed little
knowledge of the quarrel or OF the
events Immediately preceding or
following. She could not give
definite time limit Tor Mrs. Col
Inns. absence from the apartment.
Neither could she say when the
defendant took the knife or how
she carried it. She told the court
that her sister had been In poor
health since coming to the apart
rnent and that she had been iylns
down during the morning Oh feo'
10. -.
Mrs. Granger had not been Gus.
missed when court adjourned Tor
the day.
Grants Parole
Serving on the jury are Raymono
P. Farrow, J. W. Weinberg, Harola
G. Wood, William S. Keenan, W.
L. Grissom, e. c. Ray, E. H. De-
lano, E. L. Brown, E. S. Hart, c.
L.. Davis, J. w. Meyland, and
Daniel J. Black.
During the morning session the