Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1929, Page 11

SUBUKBAN NEWS, MRS. STONE GUILTY Jury- Brings Conviction of Second-Degree Murder After Brief Deliberation. B the Associated Press. BELAIR, Md. September 27.—Mrs Hattie Stone, 40-year-old widow, who, during her four-day trial for murder, was painted by the State as a woman who would rather Tun around with men | than to have her 15-year-old son George, early this morning was con- victed of second degree murder for his | death by a jury in Circuit Court. With the announcement of the ver- dict, which carries a maximum sentence of 18 years in prison with the minimum | left to the discretion of Judge Walter | W. Preston, who presided, Mrs. Stone, who had sat stony faced and grim throughout the time toe State was | pressing its case. and who )‘rtlerdnv‘ grew spiteful and showed her irritation under cross-examination while testify- | ing in her own defense, broke down and wept. | Sentence Delayed. Judge Preston reminded Harold E. Coburn, chief defense counsel, that he | ; son could file a plea for a new trial, 8dding | wyye awaiting the verdict of the jury at Belair. that he would not pass sentence for eight or ten days. Coburn said he had | not decided what course he would follow. Mrs. Stone was arrested June 13, nine days after the death of her son, who died, according to testimony of a Balti- more chemist, from poison. Since that time she has been held in the Belair Jatl and was taken back there to await | sentence. | The jury deliberated less than an | hour following the close of arguments by attorneys for the State and defense | and the court's charge. Tell of Running Around. During the trial witnesses, neighbors | of the accused woman, trooped to the stand to tell of her “running around Now you can choose your ictor- MICRO "SYNCHRONOUS THE EVENING S1AR, WASHINULUN, OFKILUNGHERSON ~ Mrs. Hattie Stone of Havre de Grace, Md, who was convicted e morning on a second-degree murder charge in the poisening of George to obtain insurance money. with men” and of her financial trou- bies, The State held part of the motive for the murder was her need of money, to be realized from insurance and a trust fund belonging to her son. The most damaging testimony was given by Mrs. May Baker, sister-in-law and one-time intimate of Mrs. Stone, who said George's mother had con- fessed the murder to her a few days after the youth’s death. Mrs. Stone, testifying in her own behalf yesterday, | stormily denied her guilt and the testi- mony of Mrs. Baker. More than three-fourths of Denmark has been placed under cultivation. She is shown here with y —Associated Press Photo. | MISS AMELIA HOPE DEAD. | Special Dispaten to Tne Star. PURCELLVILLE, Va, September 27.—Miss Amelia Hope, 96 years of age, | one of the oldest residents of this| | county, was found dead in her bed yes- | terday’ morning at the home of her| | nephew, Volney Osburn of Bluemont, with whom she lived. She had been in her usual good health upon retiring last night. Death was attributed to heart trouble. ~ Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 o’clock, with burial in Short Hill Ceme- tery. PASTORSADNITTE S E DEACDNS 15 Received by’Conference. Among Them One Whose Smoking Caused Stir. Specie] Dispatch to The Ster. CUMBERLAND, Md., September 27.— Fifteen licensed ministers of the Metho- | dist Episcopal Church. South, were ad- | mitted to full connection as deacons of | the Baltimore conference at this morn- | ing's period of the conference in session | at_the State A.rmor{' here. | For well over an hour Bishop Collins Denny of Richmond, Va. presiding officer of the conference, held the young men standing in a long line before him as he preached to them and the con- | ference at large ypon their duties as he | Interpreted them. X On Favorite Themes. The bishop's long address was upon | his favorite themes, the non entry of | churchmen into politics and literal ac- ceptance of Christianity. The armory re-echoed to many “amens” and at times to laughter, the bishop revealing a whimsical and humorous style not previously displayed. ‘The men admitted were as follows: Mack Thomason, Levels, W. Va.; Wil- liam Preston Sanders, New Castle, Va.; Raymond Lebetter Moore, White Post, Va.; Arthur Woodley Hinton, Minne- haha Springs, W. 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