Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-25
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Aide Testifies
ForGovernment
BY JERRY oLEARY. yr.
star star Writer

brief examination three weeks
after his arrest.
The psychiatrist testified as
a Government witness In the
22-year-old defendants kid
mapping trial in Alexandria Fed.
eral Court.
Carpenter told me he would
talk about George Washington,
or Sputniks. or poetry. but not
about his personal situation"
DR.. Duval told the jury Of nine
men and three women. He
said he spent most Of his time
playing cards and reading
poetry. He said he was very in
terested In poetry"
Testifying under interroga-
ton by Assistant United States
Attorney Frederick @. Smith
son. DR.. Duval said Carpenter
did not wish to submit to q
mental examination. such as
was given him by two psychia-
tristS for the defense.
Couldn't Help Him
You're a Government psy-
chiatrist." DR.. Duval said Car
penter told him at their jan
uary Is interview in Arlington
jail. II don't see how you can
help me-"
The defense and the Gov
eminent rested their cases at
1885 am. today.
Judge Albert v. Bryan then
denied q motion by Defense
Attorney Albert ]. Ahern. jr.
for a directed judgment of &C
quittal for Carpenter.
Mr.. Ahern cited a case in the
District Court of Appeals last
year which held that the Judge
may not submit q case to the
jury when there is uncontra-
dicted testimony from medical
experts that the defendant was
insane at the time Of the
offense.
Final arguments were to be
made by prosecutors and de-
tense attorneys this afternoon.
Believed irresponsible
DR. Robert p. Odenwald and
DR.. Michael M. Miller. pSychiat-
rists called by the defense yes
terday. said they examined the
defendant within the past week
and believed him to be mentally
irresponsible on the day of the
kidnapping last December 81.
The trial of Carpenter on
charges of kidnapping three per-
sons as he fed from the scene
of a triple-murder in Washing
ton with the late Henry Clay
Overton entered its eighth day
this morning. 1t appears likely
Judge Albert v. Bryan will give
the case to the jury of nine men
and three women Monday
morning after a weekend
recess.
Cited for Contempt
Yesterdays testimony had
two main phases:
/. Judge Bryan ordered Car
penter cited for criminal con-
tempt for refusing to answer
II questions by the prosecutors
about what transpired in the
Jo-Del Restaurant just before
the kidnapings.
2. The defense presented the
two psychiatrists who agreed
that Carpenter was under the
domination of Overton as q
father-flgure and was tempo
rarily insane at the time the
pair set out on their wild fight.
Carpenter invoked the Fifth
Amendment on advice Of his
attorneys, James j. Laughlin
and Albert J. Ahern. jr., when
Assistant United States Attor-
neys A. Andrew Giangreco and
Frederick G. Smithson began
questioning the defendant
about the shootings.
Carpenter was indicted for
flrst-degree murder in WASH
ington in two of the three
deaths in the Jo-Del.
Citing Carpenter for con-
tempt when he is on trial for
one major offense and under
indictment for two more may
not affect him very much UNI
less he wins not guilty verdictS
from all juries he faces.
Examined Tuesday
DR.. Odenwald testified that
he examined the defendant
Tuesday for one hour and de-
clared he believed Carpenter
was in a nearly psychotic con-
dition and suffered from tenn
porary insanity on December
o."
Fear for self-preservation
can produce momentary in
sanity from an hour to a day
in duration" DR.. Odenwald told
the court. I'm a moment of
fear, tension or anxiety, it is
very difficult to distinguish
right from wrong.
The other pSychiatrist, DR..
Miller. said he examined Car
penter twice for a total Of
three hours on Monday and
Tuesday. He said the defendant
was an emotionally immature
character with certain passive.
dependent traits and with an