Evening star., 1950-04-04
Experts Testify
Today on Tests
Of Myers Blood
Government Begins
Final Stages of Case
In Womon's Death

Results OF blood tests were tC
be given today as the Govern
ment entered the closing stages oi
its case against Ralph w. Myers
A.. charged with attempting ar
abortion, resulting in the death OF
q young mother.
Deputy Coroner Richard Rosen-
berg is to testify before the Dis
trict Court jury trying the abor-
ton charge against the Arlington
window shade salesman. Two blood
analyses experts of the FBI also
are slated to testify.
Police witnesses yesterday told
of seeing blood on Myers under
clothing. shoes and socks soon aft
er his arrest on January S. The
clothing, as we'll as specimens of
the defendants own blood. were
tested at the District Morgue aft
erWard
He is blamed in the abortion
death of Mrs. Nina Jean Campbell,
20, the night of January 4. The
dead woman, mother of two, had
sought an abortion because she
and her husband, Carlton Camp
bell, couldn't afford" another
child, according to testimony.
Statement to Police Read.
Mrs. Campbell was found say
agely beaten in the apartment of a
nurse friend of Myers. at 1921
Fairmont street NV. The beat
ing, however. did not cause death,
it was testified.
Assistant United States Attorney
John Conliff late yesterday read
into the record the defendants S
statement to police not long after
his arrest.
In an effort to keep this docu-
ment out of court, Defense Coun-
sci James J. Laughlin put his
client on the witness stand with a
story of police threats used to
force the statement out of Myers.
Judge F. Dickinson Let's ex-
cluded the jury while Myers
charged that Homicide Detective
Sergt. John L. Sullivan threatened
to knock my head off" unless he
would consent to give his version
of the death.
"Sergt. Sullivan also told me I
should be ashamed of myself for
running around with a poor old
cripple like Miss (Ruth) Childs
when I had wife and children
of my own" Myers testified. He
said was playing her for a good
thing. or something like that"
In Her Apartment.
1t was in Miss Childs' apart
ment that the abortion attempt
occurred. Miss Childs, former
head of nursing education at
Childrenis Hospital. has testified
she has known the defendant
intimately and for long time.
Myers also complained on the
stand that he was "all over" the
Metropolitan Police headquarters
building the night of his arrest.
They photographed me, finger
printed me, led me from one room
to another and back again, and
then finally back In the room I
started out in" he testified.
No one said why I was there.
They just told me to do certain
things, and I did it. I didn't feel
had any choice"
After Judge Let's overruled the
inadmissibility claim. Prosecutor
Conliff read the statement to the
jury. Myers version went this
way:
He went to Miss Childs' apart
ment at about pm. the night
of the death. They had couple
Of drinks together and several
more as each of two pairs of
guests arrived.
Says He "Blanked Out"
Somewhere along the line he
"blanked out" His next recollec-
ton was of waking up early next
morning in the same apartment.
He was in bed coatless and tie
less. The body of the dead woman
was on the floor, her head in a
pool Of blood.
He said he called Children's
Hospital to make sure the body
was not that of Miss Childs and
then left for his Job. Myers added
he met the nurse at about noon
the same day and then went home
when Miss Childs said she would
tell police of the body in her
rooms.
In his statement, Myers denied
abortlng or abusing" Mrs. Camp
bell. He also specifically denied
having had any sexual desires
for the dead woman at any time
while she was in the apartment.
Sergt. Sullivan in addition to
denying threats or other admon-
ishments against the defendant,
also disavowed a defense claim he
had promised others involved in
the case that IF they put the
whole load on the defendant they