The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 30, 1919, Page 18

Quick Verdict Jury Acquits _ Deputy Sheriffs Whe Of the quickest verdicts ever ‘Peturned in the superior court was Acquittal, Wednesday afternoon, ‘Deputy Sheriff: Matt Starwich Mi Fred A, Brown, charged with 2 hquor possession, The Teturned its verdict in 12 min only witnesses called by the were Sheriff Stringer, who be virtually a defense witness, and Hensgen, original owner of le whisky, who talks broken Eng testimony of Stringer resulted ‘a stormy exchange between him ty Prosecutor T. H. Patter , Stringer left the stand refusing to Patterson, and appeared ly inconsed. accusation directed at the two &s near as could be learned testimony, was that they had away with a sack of whisky turned over to Chief Criminal ity Frank Brewer, Brewer veri and Brown were put on by their attorney, John F. fe. They bore out testimony of ewer, Deputy Sheriff Earl Ram- but a political frame-up,” Starwich and Brown, fol make a pilgrimage to "s home, 2635 Boyl- at 11 a m., and there respects to the photograph ia the 122nd descendant who was the first Cc. and ninth FE BLOWN: 30.—Yores blew meat mar- Tr ir a raid on the Hensgen farm, testified the sack had | OF MURDERING WIFE |Paoatinaad From Page Oval Continued From Page C * ~~ ‘at | uty Prosecutor John D. Carmody and | Attorney Jake Kalina detivered thelr | final arguments to the jury | Carmody asked conviction, claim ling evidence showed Smith premed! tated double murder and suicide. Smith was shell shocked and men: | jtally irresponsible, Kalina pleaded, lin asking acquittal Character Witnesses ‘The closing of the trial wan fea: | tured by testimony of allehists for | the state, that they did not believe | Smith insane, and statements of the | father and mother of Helen that) Smith bad said he was not shell-| shocked, and had never been closer) than 15 miles to the front line| | trenches. / | ‘The instructions Supertor Judge} John 8, Jurey gave to the jury were! substantially the same as he gave in the Ruth Garrison. trial. | | Following testimony on the stand }by Smith in hie own defense, char acter witnesses were called by Ka Hina, In closing the defense, Deputy | Sheriff BE. J. Hughes declared Smith had a “wild look” In his eye, Dr, BE. A. Nicholson, nerve spectal: | |iet, was pat on the stand by Car-| |mody in opening his rebuttal Wanted to Frighten Her | “Smith impressed me as suffering from shock of shooting himself,” | Dr. Nicholson said, “and in telling ia story, said he did not mean to urder, but only intended to fright- en her into coming back to him. “Ho said he was sorry and claimed | he didn't know what he did when he! jshot his wife and motherinlaw and | wounded himself. “Smith was suffering from a delu sion that his mother4n-law was keep. | ing Helen from him.” | “Did Smith say anything about be. ing shell shocked to you, doctor?” Carmody asked. “No,” Dr. Nicholson answered. "Can you say whether Smith was | insane when he shot and killed his wife?” Carmody continued, Not Under Impulse “I would uot clans him as such,” | | the doctor replied. “Was he laboring under an trresiat- [idle impulse?” the state's attorney | went on. \ | “After hearing the evidence, I) | would say he was not.” was the sewer, “A man under Influence of a impulse has only that idea, Yet Smith says he did not go there with the intention to kill. The letter he left on the sink, addressed to Mr. Mc- Mahon, telling him why he commit- 1 junder an trrestatibie | thing she could do. }not want to ted what was intended to be a triple killing, removes any idea of an irre siatible impulse Insane * Carmody quert “Ie any man tempts suicide “No, sir, Dr. N This was dire to te mony by def inte who clatmed any man in who at- tempts suicide “Have you who at heard that «20 per cent of the Engliah returned sol- | diers are insane from shell shock Kalina asked in cross examining Dr, Nicholson, He answered he had not noticed these figures Carmody called Dr, A. P. Cal- houn, former superintendent at Stetlacoom medical hospltal and later nerve specialist at Lewis, “Chain of Deceit” Dr, Cathoun corroborated test! mony of the previous witness, He did not believe Smith insane, nor} did he think Smith was } impr concluded testimony and the court instructed the Jur: Carmody delivered argument to the jury “In one sentence we can sum up this whole afta the opening to a 20-year-old girl. Thetr mar |ried life was nothing but a chain of deceit by Smith,” “He didn't have the blood and bene to support her, and she did the only Bhe returned to ber mother, Smith felt the chagrin any man must feel when he realizer he has a wife and child whose bodies | and souls he cannot keep together. He ontreated her to return, “She had gone thru it, and did back. Her refusal sharpened his chagrin. He tried to | bully her into returning by threat ening to kill her, Then the deed.” “Show me the Canadian boy who went thru the hell fire of 1915 and 1 will show you a crazy man,” sald Kalina tn his argument. “No sane man could do as Smith did. No man could go thru what Smith has gone thru and remain sane” Kalina rehearsed the war history of Smith, emphasizing the shocks he had received, and the suffering he had endured. “Smith was euffering from the triple malady of jealousy, despair and cowardice,” said Carmody in rebuttal. | “And the hand he has stilied and chilled forever points still at him.” She asks us to stop someone lee.” ‘That woman doesn't live who ix to « bifureated garment— with & man in it. BON MARCHE ARGAIN BASEMENT You Don’t Have to HUNT For Bargains in the Bargain Basement They’re Unavoidable Here Are Real Bargains in Serge and Panama Dresses at $8.75 In Several Good Styles Camp | ” Carmody declar- | ed. “A 47-year-old man married | HUNSMUSTNOW “SIGN PROTOCOL To Make ’Em Promise to Do | What They Promised to Do KIENSTRA CASE IS DISMISSED Prosecutor ‘Asks Charge of| Murder Be Dropped | against Bdward Kienatra torney, who nd Kile n Cleorla, Ttalian | politioa! bows and cafe keeper, Ox |tober 14, were dinmianed late Wed |nesday by Police Judge John B |Gerdon upon motion of Prosecutor! | Pred Brown 1 Upen the completion of the de |fense’s preliminary case Prosecutor Brown moved that action be dropped. | I have felt along that tt would be impossible to convict | Kienstra,” declared Hrown, “but 1) wanted to have the facts of the case sworn to 4s & matter of record. 1 move the case be dismissed.” | Judge Gordon replied: “I agree! with you, I feel that there could be only one result if this case ever went | before a jury, Kienstra would be ac auitted.” | Murder charg Klenstra Smiles | There was practically no demon:| stration in the court room following the diam anal, altho mother, wife and brother were prew ent. He smiled and left the room to telephone, Later he returned and/ shook handa with Judge Gordon, his} attorneys, Wilmon Tucker and Wal- ter 8. Fulton, and then left with his | family | farlier in the afternoon Kienstra went into detall concerning the! troubles with Cieoria prior to the! shooting. He told the court that he} at all times tried to avoid trouble) with the Italian, | “To thin day,” testified Kienstra, I can’t imagine what was the mat-| ter with the man. I told bim I didn’t want any trouble with him and tried my best to papify him. “When he pushed me over against! the stair ratling on the fifth floor of! }the Pioneer building and slapped me, | j uttering the threat, ‘I'm going to) | kill you,’ 1 pulled my gun and fired. | | ven then I walked away and told) him to leave. He did. He clutehed | his stomach and staggered down the Defendant Carried Gun Kienstra testified that he had a) gun with him in the Mecca cafe) when Cicoria firet struck him. “I made no effort to use the gun then,” continued Kienstra, “which| shows, I think, the state of my) mind. Rather than have trouble, I | backed out of the cafe and left.” | Kienstra told the court he arrived jin Seattle in 1889, and that altho he [had known Cicoria by reputation for & number of years, he had never met | him until last February Mra, Martha J. Kienstra, the at-| torney’s mother, substantiated her| | son's testimony of the events leading | up to the shooting. She said she; was in her son's office when the en- | raged Itallan appeared. ‘Ai. that there was going to be and I followed the two into ." she testified. | “I saw Cleoria hit my son and shove him over against the railing. | When I saw Clooria reach for his hip pocket I felt that my son was done for, ‘Then the shooting oc- curred and Clcoria walked past me down the hall.” PARIS, Oct. (United Prens.) |] The supreme counell decided today to | \] force Germany to sign 4 protocol guaranteeing she will carry out the/| terms of the armistice. This will be! attached to the original treaty as| noon an it can be executed. | The council also asked inter-allied naval experts to prepare a plan by which Germany shall reimburse the allies for sinking the interned Ger-| man fleet at Scapa Flow. } Final reply to Bulgaria's counter- | | proposals will be submitted Saturday. | ‘The supreme council yesterday vel ceived official Information from allied | | military and financial authorities | |} that Germany had violated several) |] reoms, while lawyers |[leight of ten instances by wives This is really a remarkably low price for such distinctly good looking garments as these. They’re all in smart styles, suitable for street or business wear, and are well made. _. Navy blue and black are the colors shown. Trimmings are of mili- tary braid, embroidery, buttons or narrow braid applied in thd elab- orate motifs. a Sizes range from 16 to 42. Handsome Cloth Coats Smart, pein styles are shown in these Coats of Silver- eviot Velour. They come in full-belted, half-belted and novel semi-Dolman models with big convertible collars and novel | | tone and C pockets. All have full mercerized linings. The colors are brown, Oxford and $29.50 tan. Sizes are from 16 to 44. | Investigations |]} men claiming to be overseas vet- clauses of the armistice. Penalties to | | be enacted have not yet been an- | nounced. '350 COUPLES SEEX DIVORCE IN ONE DAY KANSAS CITY, Oct. 30—Three| |hundred and fifty disillusioned, dis- contented persons sought release from the marriage bond in one day} lant week. Hundreds surged about the elevator doors, but a majority, tired of waiting, trooped up the stairs to the fourth floor court fought for places. “It Is matrimonial emancipation \day,” said one attorney. Outside, {the four bloeks facing the court- house presented a double square of motor cars. They were default leases exclusively and sought in {Only a few men were there aside from the lawyers Women with furs of sible and mink rubbed elbows with women in gingham and shiny, worn serge. Some of the latter were accompa: nied by children—conspicuously few | The cases ranged from mere in- compatability to charges of unfaith- fulness, | SWINDLE RELATIVES OF DEAD SOLDIERS PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 30.—Rela- tives of dead soldiers are indignant over a series of swindles just bared. show that young] jerans have b working the photo enlargement game overtime. They not only made off with the only existing photo of the dead soldier in many cases but also the initial pay. ment. MADE FUN OF, SO HE KILLS OTHER DETROIT, Oct. 30.—Kazin Husan shot and killed Sadry Demario, The |slayer declared Demario carried about an objectionable photograph and showed it to his friends. He didn't like being made fun of. De. mario, shot three tim ceiving hospital, ; Kienstra’s| I) FIND SMITH GUILTY puna THE BON MARCHE’S Month-End Clearance To clear stocks rapidly, to constantly show the newest things and to keep a stream of season- able merchandise moving through the house, is the aim of the Bon Marche. yeah This means constant house-cleaning and the result is the Month-End Clearance with its sav- ings on remnants and other odds and ends. Dress Goods Remnants Half Price FABRIC FLOOR (THIRD) Discontinued Lines of Children’s “Munsingwear” Special $1.95 A Saving of About One-third at the Month-E-nd Clearance Friday A good time to save on children’s underwear—for we are offering discontinued lines of “Munsingwear”’ at about one-third less than regular. Winter weight part wool Union Suits for boys and girls—sizes 14, 16 and 18 years—all garments well made. Women’s Mended or Slightly Soiled Gloves at One-third Less Prices Range from $1.75 UPPER MAIN FL Month-End Clearagh e of: Trimmed Hats, $9.50 . 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Why, they’re worth more than double the price asked—95c a pair. , UPPER MAIN FLOOR alf Pric FABRIC FLOOR (THIRD) Women’s and Girls’ Shees Say “‘Good-bye’’ at the Friday Cle@rance Women’s Smart ~— Fall Boots, $7.45 These Women’s Boots are marked at this low price, $7.45, because lines are broken, but we've sizes 214 to 7 in combined lines. Patent Jeather, field mouse, Russia tan, black kid included. Broken Lines of Women’s Shoes $4.95 Pair Comfort Shoes with low heels and broad toes—also Novelty Shoes in brown, gray, patent leather and glazed kid—sizes 214 to 5 only. Growing Girls’ Shoes $3.95 and $4.95 Pair Girls’ Patent Leather Shoes with cloth tops and common sense heels, $3.95. Gray Kid Shoes with cloth tops and low heels, sizes 214 to 6, at $4.95. Women’s Black Satin Pumps $4.95 Pair 200 pairs of opera and tongue Pumps, also satin and patent combinations, reduced for clearance to $4.95. Made with Louis heels and long, slender vamps—may be worn with spats. Sizes 214 to 8. 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