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fense Attorney Booth E Goodman in an opening statement as the trial g£ Friedman started before Superior Judge Lincoln S. Church,In a 15-minute statement in support of Friedman’s plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, Goodman disclosed how Friedman had planned to leave this country because he felt that persecution would spread here, and that Friedman had put away $2000 to finance an escape to Central or South America. ESCAPE IMPOSSIBLEThe day before the double slaying, the attorney declared. Friedman became convinced that escape was impossible.With that fear on his mind, the attorney continued, Friedman tore up the money, flushed it down the Sewer and then proceeded with the shootings and the unsuccessful attempt on bis own life.Called as the first witness at conclusion of Goodman’s statement was Friedman’s father, Alexander Friedman, who testified that his son worried and was morose as a boy and that he was an avid reader ofContinued Page 12, Col. 2
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Tue, Apr 30, 1940
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