The evening world. Newspaper, June 24, 1919, Page 11

. bent WILKINS ON THE STAND, TELLS HIS STORY OF WIFE'S MURDER 4 4 (Continued From First Page) a Bhe came out and said it was blow- ine Go she had tied down her hat “With her veil. | We walked out of tho station, 4:Q. Did you see Snider, the police-, than? 0 ‘A. Just to speak to him. » (Snider swore that he saw the ‘Wilkinses get off the train, met them 8d walked halt way home with them 19 minutes earlicr than ‘the time is Accounted for by the defendant.) »; Q When you reached the rear door of your home what happerted? AO T sald to. Mra. Wilkine: ‘Ine, 667-—China Tea Set, $8.50. OVINGTON’S “The Gift Shop of 5th Ave.” 314 Fifth Av., near 32d St. It’s a “stunt” to put as much value for the money as we do in| @ shirt. Wea our own fabrics hel sabeigs Fy ay the largest shirt shirt specialists in America helps .a lot more. A money back guarantee goes with every shirt we sell in any of our twenty-three shops, ‘ry the most conyepigat one, to- 2. 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PEASF. PIANG SOMPANY 128 West 42d Street. 84 Flatbush Ave. Brooklyn, Halsey St., Newark, N. J. You left this outside door apen.” She said she did not; but it was open, any way, and I went in and put m> key ‘im the Inner door, The portiere in- side kicked up as though somebody had just jumped back from it or gone through it. T said, “Julie, 1 think there are sneak thieves in here. You Setter stay outside, We may need to call for help.” Then, Dr. Witkins said, he was felled by @ “terrife blow” on the head. He fell forward on his knees and a man grabbed him by the throat and another one put « knee in the small of his back, ‘The robbers be- ran pulling and hauling @t his pock- ets, Mrs. Wilkin&, optside, began yelling ‘Help! Murder! Police! Burglars!” as the physician eald, “for all Bhe was worth,” One of the men said “Dick, attend to that.” Q Did you see anybody leave the room? SCREAMS GREW LES6 AND LESS AND THEN STOPPED. A. No, I felt that somebody was leaving and heard ttie door open and close. Then Mrs. Wilkins’s screams sraw less aiid stopped altogether. Dr. Wilkins said the robbers had talked to him gently enough, saying they did nét.want to shoot him, but ‘wonld if he made a noise while they ‘were going out. They took about $40; his scarfpin and bis watch when they went, “Is this the pin?” asked Mr. Wy- song, showing the lovers’ knot scarf pin which the detectives say they found in Dr. Wilkins’s mo re- cently. | “No, no,” gid Dr. wilkias, almost testily, “TN tell you, The pin bent @ lot putting ft into thick necktier about two years ago. I broke. I told a jeweler about it and he said he could fix it by putting on a twisted brass (not a gold, shank). I said that was good, to do that—you see I was fired of paying 34 cents for a new safety clip every two weeks. Justice Manning suggested at the "Che Store a ‘ mi oy trial could be hastened if the wit- ness confined himself to natant questions of counsel. DESCRI CONDITION OF wire! AFTER ATTACK. ‘The defendant said he had never reen the gold Swiss witoh shown to him by Mr. Wysong since Mrs.. Wil- kins took it in charge more than two years ago, When she gave him a watch which was cheaper, but less fragile. There was no attempt to explain through the defendant how the watch came to be hidden Inside the stuffing of @ sofa, with blood on the gold case and on the napkin in which it was wrapped. Nor was there any attempt to ex- plain how the peculiarly thin crystal with exaggerated onvex surface was found broken on the sidewalk where Mrg. Wilkins’s body Iny. ‘The witness described the condition of Mrs. Witkins when ‘be said he found her on the lawn crying repeat- ely “What is it? What ts it? What is it?” and waving her hands before her head, clutching at nothing. "I enw she needed @ surgeon,” ho sald, but she way very uncomfortable and I went into the house twice for water, towels, a pillow amd a blanket.” ‘The doctor's account of his search for help did not vary from that of other witnesses. | When he ame (8 describing his visit to the hospital and receiving the news that his wife had died under the operation, Dr, Wilkins did net vary his precise, somewhat abrupt and condescending method of telling his story. There was a pause as he finished telling how Mrs. Coleman, wifo of his friend, the police judge, escorted him to a tench. “It was a great blow to me,” said Dr. Wilkins. “It was a great shock. I broke down. Oh, it was terrible.” The physician put his hands ovor his eyes and bent forward. Ho ut- tered several deep choking sobs and berent, “The usual time for adjournment has arrived,” aid Justice Manning. “This court will take a recess for one Dr. Wilkins stapped from the chair Store Closes 5 P. 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The above photograph shows Mrs. Hay- She was an active worker in that ward in her Red Cross costume. organization. THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, JUNE 2 ey 1919, Bride of Col. William Hayward Who Was Mrs. Morton f. Plant - Baas a aT AI) eer " Appa ete o BABIES AND CARRIAGE HOLD LINER 10 MINUTES | wavy carr mage, contstniaty Athair five mantis, aed Anna, nae. twig At the plev Min and Ore. sorted the baby rp tee babies, and got on ward the it) as the ganeplank came in at AGED FIGHT HANTS Father, Mother, Children and} mernese awe a Sarty. sata * : art Make the Goat Aer |e ta ior FROM TROOPSHIP Sider cha too tat' eatttonh the Gees imbiow and the bay carnage afe all on ——— bh STRIKE MAY DIM CHICAGO. hoard the Cunard liner Royal George , CHICAGO, June 24.—A strike call and safe at sea on their way to Liver-|eigctrical workers who operate tha | pool. But they held the ole ship ten] city’s lighting system may make Chie minutes beyond her sailing time. and ago dark to-night. The call of broke all speed records in a taxi dash | 4 the union to aérons the city and Red Cross Nurse Seeks a The Royal George was to sail at the men belong is effective at & | 4 ia the result of disagreement do= 7 to Adopt Him. + | noon sharp. With 6 passengers aboard| tween the union leaders ond ke ahe was mdored at Pier @& North River. rinance Committee of the City Court At 11.40 Thomas Kocles, who was booked |i), According te heads of the Blew for passage, arrived at the Grand Can- | «i en trical Workers’ Union the tal Sta from Bridgeport. He tele-| committee cut off eighteen “the phoned the ling, begging them to hold hh heretofore atlowed each year — the bot, Chartering the first taxi in lous! 4 notice ona be: been hee: ¥ sieht he loaded in a full sige wicker The down t of elece aneiodaes Another Belgian Boy Arrives If the United States Transport Service tolds out long enough Bel- | sium promises to be the Country | Without a Boy ‘The latest of King Albert's youth- ful subjects to arrive in New York as 1 stowaway is Harry Valentin of Antwerp, blue eyed, brown haired and eight years old, who came in to River, at 1.13 o'clock this afternoon, with 1,213 officers and men on board. “My father,” sald Harry Valentin, “was a professor in the university. | He went with the soldiers and was | killed. An acroplane dropped a tor pedo on our house and my mother my little brother and two seryanis | 3 WEST 37TH ST. @ ONE DOOR FROM FIFTH AVENUE IMPORTED CRETONNE BEDSPREADS Cretonne Bedspreads make a refreshing change for were killed. 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Y., will adopt Master Valentin i Uncle Sam says the word, Meattwh: Valentin must go to Ellis Island t bunk with Mike Gilooly, Roger Jobgy, and a third young Belgian who a canto Pl siikoline centre and back, in and beck, with dotted mult re border, 6.75: . STORE OPEN 9 A.M, TO 5 P.M. FLAGS=FLAGS | |from th’ room. Such tears as he bad shed on the witness stand in his rush Jot emotion were quite. dried by this time, Close observers saw that his eyes were undimmed. Many of tho |Numerous women in tho court room were crying openly. Justice David S$. Manning denied the dismissal of the indictments against the aged defendant. Allen Meyers, private detective, had been> called for a moment to account for a tool box—now held by the District | Attorney—which was taken from the vutomobile of Dr. Wilkins and re- | garding which there is a dispute as to whether it Ls large enough to have held the murder hammer, The de- fense contends Dr. Wilkins never 6aw | the hammer befere the murder. | Mr. Wysong began with a detailed sketch of the life of Dr. Wilkins from his birth in York, Me, March 23,| sixty-seven years ago. | Dr. Wilkins, he said, left the Maine jfarm at the suggestion of summer boarders, went to Boston as @ store clerk at fifteen years; he moved to Detroit and was a hotel clerk for a time, and from there went to the! Kalamazoo insane asylum as property clerk; in the asylum Iibrary he read medicine for several years and then | became California agent of a carpet | sweeper company. Wilkins became engaged to Grace Mansfield, daughter of a wealthy Californian, who agreed to pay an allowance of $160 a mgnth {f Dr. Wilkins would marry tfe deusghter | and take his bride to live with him while he finished bis medical educa- | tion. > ‘When he got his medica} degree Dr, Wilkins went to Séattle and a pmotice. |then t an Diese », sooking to establish | Dr, Wilkins felt he could do better in New York and came Hast and was {appointed intern in the hospital tor | tie at Ward's Island, His nsane wife obtained a divorce for desertion, Dr, Wilkins married Mrs. Callahan, ‘thi widow of q Confederate veteran, | who died of pnéumonia and in 1906 |he married the divorced wife of Otto | Krauss, | Mrs. Krauss had considerable prop. rty, and at her suggestion Dr, Wil % dropped his practice be- the manager of her real estate, h had an income of about $5,000) am whic \' year, EXPLAINS HOW HAT GOT INTO | VESTIBULE. | | Mr. Wysong told with some partic-’| | ularity of the events of the day of| \the murder, recounting the purchase by Dr, Wiikins, before taking the train for Long Beach with hie wife, } of the materials for supper—a Span- | sh mackerel, a pound and a half of| shrimps, some sweet rolls (“for the| dogs") and some buns for breakfast “On the train,” Mr, Wysong con- tinued, “Dr, and Mrs, Wilkins gat with Conductor Boyd and his wife, Mrs, Boyd left them at Hempstead, Boyd got off the tram with them, saw them speak to Police Sergeant Snider and then enter the station, Boyd| closed his train and met them again coming out of the station.” This part of the epeech is a direct contradiction of the testimony of Ser geant Snider, who said, for the State, that he saw the Wilkinses get off the _ (Wilk the way home, Mr, Wysong as at the (tailor shop) Broadway March 8 or 4, and said that Jacobson’é story of having stained suit from Dr. 3 was untrue. tectives that It was March 4 when Ne the formal motions af the defense for| jecses could be brought to show Dr. ing was at his wife's funeral all je aftertfoon of Mareh 8, Dr. Wilkins wi was untrue. rived deat week Ad ished passenger on the Aiphoriso IL, was Lieut. 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