Evening star., 1955-11-19
Goricki Jury
To Hear Wife
Testify Monday
Trial Is Recessed;
Kin Tell Of Beutines
By Slain Lieutenant
By RICHARD RODGERS

BY RICHARD RODGERS
Testimony will be resumed
Monday in Arlington's pork chor
murder trial when Mrs. Elizabeth
Goricki. AZ, is scheduled to tes.
tify in her own behalf in he
husbands staying.
The State rested yesterday
and the 42-year-old defendant
lawyers Immediately begar
strengthening her plea Of self.
defense.
She is charged with murder,
ing Marine 1t. Edward Goricki
40. in their North Arlington
home on May 20. All through
the trial. the prosecution ha,
sought to tear down her plea
of accidental shooting. But
witnesses on both sides con.
sistently have repeated her story
that he was shot to death while
kicking and slapping her.
Breaks Down First Time
When testimony halted yester.
day. Mrs. Goricki was red faced
from weeping. She broke dowr
yesterday for the first time ir
her four days in court.
The States final witnes.
against her in direct testimony
was a cousin of the husband she
is accused Of numbering. The
witness was Lawrence M. Scott
74o8 Gary street. Springfield
Va.
Mr.. Scott testified he once
heard her threaten to kill hel
husband IF he ever lays hand
on me. The witness said Ile
didn't know what caused the re.
mark and that he forgot it unit
his cousin was slain.
Later Mrs. Goricki's sister and
brother and the sisters husband
testified. Each testified the lieu
tenant was brutal toward his
wife.
On Thursday, q medical expert
for the State testified blood tests
showed both the defendant and
victim were drunk at the time
Of the killing. Mrs. Goricki's
alcoholic blood content was even
higher than her husbands, her
all-male jury was told.
Police related then that they
found between Is and 20 empty
whisky bottles In the Gorickis'
bedroom. Other empties were
In the kitchen. they testified.
Calls Bottles Ornamental Gifts
Yesterday her sister, Mrs.
Kathryn Fielder. l458 Columbia
road NV. gave the police testi-
mony different appearance.
She testified she gave her sister
Q number Of ornamental Christ
mas gift decanters, all empty,
for recreation room decoration.
The State stipulated earlier that
the bedroom bottles were the
same ornamental type.
Mrs. Fielder needed a recess
during her testimony when she
was unable to speak for weeping.
Mrs. Fielder and her husband
William testified they were
guests in the Goricki home
shortly before 1t. Goricii died.
Each told the same story
that 1t. Goricki kicked his wife
on her feet in q rage over the
way she was cooking the pork
chops dinner: that he slapped
her and jerked her arm as she
lay screaming on the floor, and
that he shouted to her that she
was taking: that he either
showed. pushed. tugged or fol-
lowed her into the kitchen and
cuffed her around some more.
Neither testified seeing her
kicked down the cellar steps, as
earlier alleged. but both told how
there was a horrible noise OF
slapping in the kitchen, with
Mrs. Goricki ending up sprawled
on the stairs.
The Fielders testified they de-
parted In haste when she was
dragged back upstairs by the
husband for more slapping
Neither saw the fatal .25-caliber
shot fred that killed him, the
testimony continued. Arlington
Circuit Judge Walter 4. Nc
Carthy questioned them closely
about that point.
Brother Tells Of Attack
Mrs. Goriekd's brother. VII
fred Hooe. ALL Nicholson street,
Hyattsville, Md, testified he once
saw 1t. Goricki attack Mrs
Goricki. The incident occurred
In 1949 in Mr.. Hooe's home in
Frederick, Nd. he said.
Eddie--Mr. Goricki-jumped
on her and started beating her
and ] took him and put him out
the door the brother related.
Judge Mccarthy halted a later
bit Of testimony by Miss Clement
jackson, 1910 Twenty fifth street
NV, who is a Veteran Admins
tration co-worker Of the defend
ant and formerly had an apart
1nent beneath that Of the Co
rickiS'.
Her testimony about hearing
ssfurlitrre knocked over. in their
apartment. with Mrs. Goricki
failing TO appear for work the
next day. was halted. The court
ruled the date had not been es-
tablished. Thus and jurors could
not definitely Link the incident
with whatever testimony Mrs
Goricki might give later about
It, Judge Mccarthy ruled.
A physician and dentist testi-
fed yesterday for Mrs. Goricki,
One said she needed treatment
the day after the killing for