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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1916
Page
4
In a lengthy testimony Mrs. Mohr recounts spy network against Dr Mohr, including servants and his son, and insists she loved him despite beatings and threats. Cross-examination probes marriages and cross-petition while she deflects dates and legal specifics.
The cross examination reveals discussions of divorce settlements involving Newport Elmwood and Montpelier properties and large sums, plus repeated testimony about past beatings by Dr Mohr. Mrs Mohr insists on truth telling while denying offers and emphasizes enduring love and children.
Attorney General Rice pressed Mrs Mohr in a Newport divorce case. She acknowledged aiming to secure 75 000 and revealed letters and a card she used to threaten rival Miss Burger. She described contacts with Victor Brown and George W Healis and admitted courting information from servants to influence the outcome.
Court testimony recounts Mrs Mohr describing a tense scene as Chief Inspector O Neill read statements from Black men and they hung their heads. She alleges threats and payments promised to Brown Healis and Spellman, with family letters and telephone records to prove infidelity and a murder night.
In court Mrs Mohr described how she learned of every move by the doctor and Miss Burger. She explained she did not marry while her husband was intoxicated as the case opened with Attorney General Rice presenting the cross examination.
Mrs Mohr recalls watching the physician with Miss Burger and learning of his meetings from Etta Bradley, her former office girl, and from her son Charles. She also cites a young woman who accompanied the doctor and a servant, office boy Le Roy Paine, and coachman Michael Kilroy as sources.
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