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articles back to the States. I put
them in a little box in a dresser
drawer and took them with me
when I went back to the States in
May of 1946."
At this point, Maj Robinson be-
gan to produce bits of jewelry from
the huge amount of loot placed in
evidence on two 30-foot tables in
front of the trial board. The prose-
cutor brought a diamond pin out
and held it in front of Mrs. Evans
as she sat at the stand facing the
display.
"Can you identify this?" he asked.
The witness nodded her head. II
do" she said, 81 brought it back to
the States with me-"
Identifies Other Pieces.
Other pieces were identified in a
similar manner, including rings,
brooches, bracelets and a necklace
of orange-colored stones
When Maj. Robinson produced a
necklace of large pearls whose luster
drew subdued gasp of appreciation
from the women in the audience,
Mrs. Evans said she had brought
back such necklace but could not
tell If this was the same one.
did you bring back other articles
in addition to those shown you?"
Eyes" was the answer.
"What did you do with them?"
II brought them back to the
United States and later returned
them to Col. Durant at luncheon
engagement over in Virginia"
Not Sure of Number.
Mrs. Evans said she was un-
certain how many pieces of jewelry
in all she had disposed of in this
way.
did Col. Durant ever make any
other request?''
eyes, while in London he asked
me to sell a gold-mesh bag for
him"
While not saying what resulted
from this request, Mrs. Evans stated
that she saw Col. Durant again in
May, 1916, in this country.
What did he want you to do?"
'He asked me to write to the Gus
toms officials at Chicago"
Showed PhiaIs of Diamonds.
"De he show you anything?"
''He showed me some small phials
containing cut diamonds"
what was Said?" H
"He said for me not to say any,
thing to any one as to the letter
was writing"
when he showed you the dia-
monds, did he say where he got
them?"
II asked him where he got them.
He said, Don't ask questions, for
as far as you know, you don't know
anything about them I believe I
said something about not getting
into trouble. He replied, Trouble?
I'm already up to my neck in trouble
now, but don't worry"
Mrs. Evans was asked about COM
munications she received from Col.
Durant in November, 1945. She tes-
titled she received a letter from the
colonel saying he was sending a
package and to give it to his
brother, James. The letter, she said,
also contained a note for his brother,
James. Mrs. Evans said the note
instructed him to put the package
in a safe deposit box and the in
formation that the writer was
never more serious in my life"
Mrs. Evans said Col. Durant asked
her to acknowledge receipt of the
package by cable in code words, and
asked her to destroy the note to
James. Mrs. Evans testified she
destroyed the note, but did not know
whether the package referred to by
Col. Durant ever arrived in this
country.
Court Members Challenged.
Maj Joseph B. Bryan, defense
counsel, challenged the eligibility of
each of the eight colonels who flew
here to sit on the trial board.
Maj. Bryan questioned each Of the
eight on whether or not they had
read "scare headlines in the news
papers which quoted Trial Advocate
Robinson as revealing certain state
ments of witnesses.
Maj. Bryan declared that the
prosecution accused the defense in
the early stage of the proceeding
with trying the case in the news
papers"
The defense counsel insisted that
the prosecution had made '"repre-
hensible and prejudieial statements"
to the newspapers of confidential in
formation which would never be ad-
mitted in evidence at the trial.