Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1926, Page 4

- 4 * D €. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1926. e : THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ; COURT TURNS DOWN SIMPSON'S MOVE FOR MISTRIAL OF CASE SCIENCE AT 0D0S N MURDER TRIAL Costly Experts Never Agree on Evidence Each Sees as Indisputable. BY DOROTHY DIX. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. BOMERVILLE, N. J., December 1.— A murder trial without an assortment of high-priced experts would lack ciass and style. It would not be comme il faut. It might not be even legal and binding. But to the poor, humble lay mind, untutored in Jjurisprudence, it does seem the most futile and footless thing in the world. For, behold! the prosecution puts upon the witness stand one, or six, or & dozen learned gentlemen. Each are cognized authority in mental disea or poison, or handwriting, or finge prints, and they solemnly swear that this is thus and that A makes Z. Whereupon the defense counters by also putting upon the witness stand one, or six, or a dozen equally learned gentlemen who are equally famous authorities in mental ases, or poisons, or handwrit or finger- prints, and they solemnly swear that this is not and that by no possi ble comhi of circumstances could A ever become Z. And there we are, And where are we? Whom are we to believe? Shall we pin our tai ¥ v Wi has the most or to the one who has.the longest hair, or to the one who wears the heaviest rims to his glasses and looks the most like an v1 and uses the longest st all of his costly X - junk heap and b the plain facts in the case stand and try to ses that might make in thing under cer- se we, too, have words, or | Held Baffling to Jury. Anyway, I can inlagine a jury, after Nstening to expert testimony all day, going home and taking its collective head in its collective hands and, tear- ing its collective cry out in agony, “Gosh, but those experts were flerce! They've got me going around Which of those birds is t dope? Come un, All of which is leading up to saving that the !all-Mills case is being con- ducted in the most recherche and ex- pensive manner, and that we have burn, both pro and con. experts to Y the handwriting experts inning, and after long study ent investigation with the enry Stevens' little announced that the in it on September 13, made a four-pound blue: to ecall on Art and ing else was writgen different lead pen: and that putting in the bluefish was an after-thouzht. All of which, of course, will be flatly denic the defense’s handwriting experis when they get a chance to play ball. Then the fingerprint experts came to bat, and we passed an_exciting hour or two hearing all about the ridges and islands and the dots in the mark on the card found at Dr. Hall's feet, and which the experts for the profecution say was made by Willie Stevens' fiv nd the experts never in the for the defense say lie's digit. Ay world made by Wi Agree It's Exact Science. And the only thing that the two sets of experts agree upon is that fir: niing is an exact science, in which there is no room for differ- ence of opinion or difference of inte pretation, as there is in law and medi- ‘h throws a humorous light tuation. vidently scientists have small faith in each other, for the defense @ccuses the pros:cution fingerprint expert of having put an overlapping print on the card, which is the main foundation on which the case rests, cution accuses the de- ing disioried the finger- they have enlarged to & - so that it is no longer a jury to go by. stimony Is only grown i reling chil Witnes in t other wii- 0 that in the end you may take your choice of whom to believe. Senator Simpson brought in a number Gilson's friends and neigh- estified that they regarded and the pros fense of h print that You're sther friends few days ago h her 1ion for truth and Gibson's doctor, wh mixed up with the cquaintances, balled thi ap for a bit by refusing o chorus of admiration. Then Mrs. Marie Demarest, who s@®ms to have the habit of s s men they never s r. wa to contradict t that he h it know her. introduc that Stevens tell h fled he did Now Await Fireworks. Dull and tedious the last few days of the trial, after the crisis of the drama is nd we are waiting for All the evi- s & on the nothing but the verdict r won and who has pme. those of to know lost Washington s Smm:test "lliesz‘aumr%t 2~ No.l JhomasCircle @ Phone Main ,336 for Reservations Thursday, Dec. 2d Grace Hayes d 4 an Passing \ 7 Show | ment. (Continued_trom First Page) of the jury. Case, speaking for the defense, siud thae vue Juew. o wele ULy human, and it would be remarkable if they had been able to restrain them, selves from discussing the case. Exchange By Counsel. Simpson retorted that he was not certain all the jurors were human and would like an affidavit as to some oL them. The two State Senators, on oppos- ing sides, exchanged remarks border- ing on personalities during the argu- The defense lawyer said that he trusted that remarks alleged to have been made by a juror about the special prosecutor were not deserved. Case also referred to Van Doren, who made the affidavit on which the State pinned most of its case in seek- ing the mistrial, as being "as cross- grained as a hickory knot.” When the prosecutor arose to make his motion he asked that the jury be >xcluded, ~the suggestion meeting prompt objection from the defense, Robert H. McCarter insisting that if charges were to be made against the jury the members should hear them. Justice Parker overruled the defense contention and sent the jury from the room. Reads Dozen Affidavits. Simpson read a dozen affidavits from newspaper reporters, detectives and relatives of. Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, lain with Rev. Edward W. Hall. The affidavits accused jurors of nodding, dozing or sleeping outright during the trial and of chatting with counsel or the defense and others. An affidavit was read from the housekeeper at the hotel where the jurors are lodging and the court’s at- tention was directed to a letter writ- ten by Gilbert Van Doren, proprietor of the hotel. The housekeeper's affidavit said that some members of the jury had used the telephone and received call- ers. Simpson announced that Van Doren, who signed a letter sent to the court Monday, was in the courthouse, but was sick and did not feel able at the moment to take the witness stand to support charges made in his letter that a portion of the jury was hostile 10 the State's representatives in the case. Judge Suggests Affidavit. Justice Parker suggested that an aflidavit be procured from Van Doren. Simpson, in repeating charges made by Van Doren, said that a per- sonal reference was made to him, an Doren quoting one'of the jurors as apilying an epithet to him. “After upologizing to the court the special rosecutor said that the epithet was an obscene and unprintable expres- sion. The letter, the State's lawyer said, ndicated that some of the jurors had declined to believe the testimony of the State's star witness, Mrs. Jane Gibson. At the end of the morning session after the defense had completed its 'ase, the jury was taken out and Simpson read the affidavit by Van Dore; it recited that from conversations made in Van Doren's pres and with members of the jury, affiant was convinced that the jury had formed an opinion before the State's evidence was presented. Says He Was Called Liar. As early as the second day of the trial, the affidavit stated, Juror John Young had said Simpson was a liar. The prosecutor read into the rec- ord from the affdavit the unprintable terms with which Van Doren alleged the juror had described Simpson. It was also alleged that Young said he could not believe a word Simpson said. Van Doren said he argued with Young and with Longanetto, one of the constables assigned to guard the jury, both of whom, the affidavit al- . had called Mrs. Gibson a lar and the name which Simpson read into the record. Van Doren said he argued with them and asked if they had ever done business with Mrs. Gibson; that he had, and had always found her hon- est and_truthful. The affidavit also alleged that Jurors Roach and Hope. with Young, had de- clared they would ‘“show Hudson County that it could not come down here and run things.” Different Counties Involved. Simpson is from Hudson County, the stronghold of the Democratic par- ty in New Jersey, and Jersey City po- lice from the same county, carried on most of the investigation On the day that Mrs. Gibson testi- fled, Van Doren alleged, one of the jurors was bragging about the good whose business it is to wait on trials. The judges on the bench, the jury, the worn, nerve-wracked defendants and their faithful families, the tired re- porters—are weary and frazzled out. But the audience still fills the little courtroom to suffocation and hangs v word with unabated interest. this trial may cost Somer- set Somerville is getting the worth of its money. It is getting the sensation of its existence, and years | hence local chronology will be reck- oned by the Hall-Mills trial. And they tell vou that the truant officer of the school is having a busy time, for when mother's away the kiddies will play hookey, and mother has been mostly camping in the court- house these past few thrilling weeks. (Copyright. 1926.) Solution to the to duplicate . . . and you can be assured Murphy Co., is certain shopping tour and look 710 12th St. N. W. times they were having and the good nieals they were receiving, and on be- | ing advised by Van Doren to wait un- il they were lacked up for a verdict before boasting too much of good times, replied, “'Oh, hell, we won’t be out 20 minutes.” Simpson reverted again to argu- ments for a mistrial. “These affidavits,” he said, “demon- strate that there can be no fair trial, that the jury has been unguarded, that it has received telephone calls from outside and that the members are biased. Compares Jurors With Trees. “On the second day of the trial they said that they would not convict for murder if it were committed be- fore their eyes. It wouid be just as satisfactory to try the case before 12 trees as before these men, probably more 80, because tie trees eventually would bud and blossom. “These aflidavits demowstrate the soundness of my argument for a for- eign jury and that satisfaction can- not be obtained from a jury of the mentality and conscience of this one. “There is still another fudictment to be tried, no matter what the out- come of this may be, disgusting as it must be to any person who is inno- cent.” Simpson characterized the trial as in the manner of a “social tea’ with the drinking of “‘port wine.” He also assailed the defendants for the way they were accompanied in court by their relatives, who, the prosecutor asserted, were “sniggering and laugl- ing” during the trial. Mr.. Case, answering Simpson, said there was “about as much accuracy in Senator Simpson's statements as in what he usuaily says” and arj that there was nothing to justily a mistrial, He pointed out that the defendants had been under a nervous strain be- cause of the extensive newspaper publicity preceding .and during the trial; that the trial has been under way a_month and was completed be- fore the State made its motion and that the expenses were great. Mr. Case argued that some of the affidavits cited by the State in sup- port of its move for a mistrial related to incidents “long past” and that the time they became known was the time to bring_them to the attention of the court. He also pointed out that the prosecutor, surrounded by men ex- perienced in criminal matters, had been sitting near the jury, “cheek and jowl,” and that they were in a posi- tion to watch the jury. The fact that a person sits with his eyes closed does not prove that the person is asleep, he asserted. “Its charges indicate a poor sports- manship on the part of the prosecu- tion,” said Mr. Case. He referred to Van Doren as a partisan of Mrs. Gib- son and added that it would ‘‘require but a slight inquiry to convince the court that Van Doren i s ‘‘cross- grained as a hickory knof Simpson grouped his allegations under three heads: That members of the jury had been isleep; that they had been improperly :uarded, one member having been 'bserved in consultation with mem- sers of the defense, and the manifest ostility of some members of the jury o him and to the State’s case. Tense in Courtroom. It was in a charged atmosphere that he began his discussion of his affidavits. “Who is this person who makes the first afidavit?’ asked McCarter. “I object to your extreme rudeness in this matter,” replied Simpson. “You'll know all about it in due time." With that Justice Parker rapped for order and Simpson went on to state that the first affidavit was made by Ralph Crimm, who stated that he iad been in the courtroom every day and that he had seen juror No. 2, John W. Young, farmer of Middle: bush, nodding and apparently asleep. The next affidavits were by Frank Barnhart and his wife Elsie. Mrs. Barnhart is a_sister of Mrs. Mills. They alleged that another juror had been seen conversing with McCarter and Mr. Studer of defense counsel. This incident was believed to refer to a day earlier in the trial when a broth- er of Juror Tillman had died and he went to McCarter to ask where he could find the judge. Expressed His Sympathy. McCarter, in_explanation at that time, said that he expressed his sym- pathy and got away from the juror at once. The next affidavit was concerned with a letter which Simpson said he had received in which one of the Jjurors was quoted as cursing him and calling him an unspeakable name and a liar, One of the affidavits was by Char- lotte Mills, daughter of Mrs. Mills, who said she had seen juror No. 5 talking with McCarter. This was the incident which was also set forth in the Barnhart affidavit. A newspaper man, in another affi- davit, said he had seen one of the jurors dozing during the testimony of Mrs. Gibson. Still another affi- davit by a newspaper man sald jurors Nos. 2 and 5 were seen nodding at another time. Juror No. 5 was named in another affidavit as having been seen asleep. Juror No. 2, it was stated in another affidavit, was ob- served as ‘“nodding and apparently paying no attention to the testi- mony."” One newspaper man’s affidavit stated that during the testimony of Willle here will be free of all defects. shapes, and at sensible prices, a Mirror from the feelings—certain to please. Stevens juror No. 2 was heard to make a remark showing impatience while Simpson was cross-examining “Gift Problem” The "prob!em" part makes its appearance when we seek to give something “startling” or different, so let us suggest a gift that is at once practical and attractive—a gift that others are not likely A Mirror from “Murphy” We are specialists in Glass as well as paints— that your Mirror bought In all sizes and to express your kindly Drop on your them over. E. J. Murphy Co., Inc. M. 5280 the witness about the time he said he left his home the morning after the slaying. Two affidavits set forth that the jurors had been heard discussing the case in the restaurant where they have dined since the trial began. A resident of Somerville stated in an affidavit that he had seen Tillman, juror No. 5, stop as he was walking along the street and talk with another citizen of Somerville. It was stated in the affidavit that during the con- versation the bailiff accompanying Tillman stood 10 feet away. Detectives were sent out to bring | in witnesses. The defendants showed | little apparent concern over the pro- | ceedings. Simpson stood with his back | to defense counsel gazing across the | courthouse lawn while awaiting the trial. Then he asked to be excused and left the room. Defense attorneys conferred while McCarter began turn- ing over law books. Motion Believed Unique. ‘The motion by the State for a mis- trial In a homicide case was believed almost without precedent in this State Simpson suggested that the defense might wish to be h2ard before the Jury recalled, but Justice Parker sa{d: “If the court thinks anything should be doneabout this matter the defense will be given an opportunity to be heard.” Complains to Governor. Charges that the jury is ‘“loaded" and that some jurors are “stupi also were made in a letter from Simp- son to Gov. Moore. Simpson asked the governor, who appointed him, to take note of the situation. In his letter to Gov. Moore, Simpson called conditions in Somerville ‘“so bad as to be disgusting.” “I am, of course. not working for a conviction at all hazards in the trial &f Frances Hall, Henry Stevens and William Stevens.” savs the letter, “put every one in Somerville knows ithwat the jury is loaded. Some of them |ste@n during -vidence; they re- ceive telephon: es without any guard: also recerve visitors who talk fo thean without any guard or sheriff's officers. “The -thing is so absolutely open that one of the guards left them the other day and went into a drug store, while the jury wandered along the street ungwarded. I have reports that the jnrors are so stupid—that is, one or two of thwm—that they have open- boasted they didn’t care what the evidence was, but they would find inst State. e Re;rh:s to- me that the chief ex ecutive of the State, having sworn to sée that the taws are faithfully ex- ecuted, should take some notice of this condition."” Police tapiain Called. Harry Walsh, captain of the Jersey City police, was thy first witness called by the State toWay in its con- cluding rebuttal testimony. Walsh testified that he heard &'elix di Mar- tini, private detective foue" years ago, greet Mrs. Mary Demares\ in an ele- vator in_Brooklyn a few meonths ago. Mrs. Demarest, as a S&hite’s wit- ness, testified that Di Martiuli offered her $2,500, “and a little more, " if she would forget about having _seen Henry Stevens in New Brumswack on the day after the killing. Stevens home is in Lavallette, 52 miles a\vay, and his defense has been an alibi. Di Martini, when called by the ale fense, testified that he did not Knowv Mrs. Demarest. Walsh today. tes!’l‘ fied that Di Martini, on the day in Brooklyn, said, ‘Hello, Mrs. Dema. rest.” m Was Not in Elevator. Walsh, on crossexamination, said he was not in the elevator in which Mrs, Demarest was a_passenger in leaving the building. Mrs. Demarest yesterday had said he was in the car. W. P. Browne, a newspaper man, testified that he heard Di Martini speak to Mrs. Demarest. Taking the witness for cross-exami- nation, Clarence E. Case of defense counsel asked, “You are another of the Mirror men? s all,” said Case. He had re- ferred to the New York Daily Mirror. Lieut. Cieciuch of the Jersey City police force, also testified to hearing Di Martini say hello to Mrs. Demarest. Ray Crimm, Philadelphia news- paper man, testified that Arthur Ap- plegate of Lavellette had told him he could not 1ix the date on which he caught a bluefish which has been sald the case must end some time, | and that the defense should have pre- sented this testimony in its case in chief. Stein was shown the diary of Henry | Stevens, and referred to the entry un- der September 14, 1922. He disputed the testimony of State handwriting experts by saying that in his opinion the third line of the entry was Writ- ten after the fourth line. The diary entry has become important in the alibi of Henry Stevens, as the Sep- tember 14 entry contains an item con- cerning the catching of a bluefish on the night of the murder. On cross-examination Stein said he ! belioved three pencils were used in writing the four lines of the four sep- arate items under September 14, but that the last line might have been written with the same pencil as the first two lines, but with a different “face” of the pencil. Fingerprint Expert Called. Herbert J. Taylor, Navy fingerprint expert, who had testified for the de-} fense that the print on the calling| card was not that of Willie Stevens’ finger. was the next witness. Taylor's testimony was in rebuttal of State contentions that the only discrepancies between Willie's finger- print and that on the calling card were caused by the disputed print hav- ing another under it. Taylor testi- fied that traces of superimposition could be found on about half the print, but not in those portions of the disputed print in which the de- fense had pointed out discrepancies between the authentic print of Willie's finger and the print in dispute. ‘Wilbur Rogers, Brooklyn newspaper man, testified that he was a passenger in the elevator in which Mrs. Demar- est and Di Martini were passengers and did not hear Di Martini say, “Hello, Mrs. Demarest.” Raymond Daniell, a New York news- paper man, gave similar testimony. He was the last witness in the trial FREE RECREATION PARKS + FOR CITIES ADVOCATED Ethelbert Stewart, Addressing Con- vention, Says Workers Need Chance to Enjoy Flowers. Special Dispatch to The Star. 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After the scare is sver most people will realize that the five-day week is not going to hurt the bituminous coal industry.” Increase in output and increase in anonotony in industrial and manufac- suring pursuits, Mr. Stewart said, lads to a situation “for which the rernedy seems to be, if we follow the inee of least resistance, the reduc- tion of hours of labor, whether of Lours per day or days per week, or both.” Winctester Baptists to Build. Special Dispatch to Tha Star. WINCHEUTER, Va., December 1.— The First Baptist Church will spend ! about $95,000 on & new edifice, it was | announced todaly by the Rev. E. T. Clark, pastor, xollowing a congrega- tional meeting, at which $60,000 was “in sigfl&" Rainbow Fete BENEFIT EPIPHANY much discussed in connection with Henry Stevens’ alibi. ‘Woman Last State Witness. Elsie Barnhardt, the last State testified Di Martini told her been to see Mrs. Gibson, the State's chief witness. 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Morse was considering propositions to convert steamships into oil burners. Wells said his testimony was cor- rected and that his memory of the matter was clearer now than four years ago “because then I was so hor- rified at being indicted.” Wells was followed on the stand by character witnesses for Benjamin W. and Erwin A. Morse, sons of Charles W. Morse. They, with their brother Harry F. Morse, Wells and three other men, are charged with con- spiracy to defraud in sending false financial statements of the Morse shipping companies through the mails. The good reputation of the two Morses was _testified to by Carroll || Plerce, president of the Citizens’ Na- || tional Bank of Alexandria, Va., and || Byron A. Fones of Bridgeport, Conn. BLANTON ATTACKS 1 AUTO PERMIT PLAN OF COMMISSIONERS (Continued from First Page.) tunity for the District authorities to make an {nvestigation. He ex- plained that row it is absolutely im- possible in many cases to ascertain the facts. A. J. Driscoll, president of the Mid- City Citizens' Association, explainec the market situation here to the sub- || committee, emphasizing that the tak- ing of the site now occupied by the farmer's market for erection thereon of the new Internal Revenue Bullding has forced a relocation of the entire market center. He explained the ad- vantages of the mid-city site, with the present Convention Hall Market at Fifth and L streets as a nucleus for a new model market center. Mr. Driscoll also argued for establishment || of the magisterial court system in the || District. Mr. Blanton emphasized that in the new traffic legislation it was the For Dances Arlington Hotel and Colonial Hotel have excellent facilities. Refreshments served if desired. j intent of Congress that there should | the issuance of permits. be no hiatus in the payment of the $1 fee for drivers permits, but ex- plained that the old permits should have expired on Febr 1. last, and the District Commissioners are taking the position that no one can now be compelled to renew permits until July 1, next, thereby leaving a period of a'year and 5 months dur- ing which the people would be relieved from payment; and with 212,000 per- mits he figured that more than $300,- 000 needed for street improvements is not being collected. He told the committee that the traf- ic director submitted a plan to the Commissioners for an ordinance or regulation that would place a penalty on auto drivers who refused to come in and get their drivers' licenses re- newed, but that the Commissioners have rejected this proposal. He pointed out that one of the chief fea- tures of this plan would allow the traffic director to cut off criminal bootleggers and thugs, who are now operating cars on the city streets every day. Chairman Gibson illustrated a par- ticular case of one man who has been driving here for 20 ycars on a permit that cost him $1, and who has noti- fled the traffic director that he in- tends to walit until July 1 next be- fore taking out a new license. Mr. Hammer and Mr. Blanton both greed that there is no good purpose ed in allowing a year's delay In Chairman Gibson brought up the question of the rates charged on heavy trucks, which are breaking up the city streets, and was told that these big intercity trucks only pay $1 for tags, $1 for drivers’' permits and the gasoline consumption tax. He declared that they are paying only a small fractional part of the cost of the streets they are destroying, espe: cially since the streets were not bullt strong enough to carry such heavy loads. ‘The members of the subcommittee were also agreed that the heavy busses operated by the North Amer- ican Co. are destroying streets with- out contributing to their maintenance. Mr. Hammer protested vigorously that e are furnishing their roadbed. while all other transportation com gnélle! have to build their own road- ST Mr. Blanton urged the committee to visit Controller General McCarl's general accounting office in the old Pension Building. He declared that in his opinion Mr. McCarl is the one most valuable employe in the Government service. 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