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Murder Trial WorkBig As Texas Slice.nn-ldisedm!Fd)MIAMI (UPI) —Percy Fore-man, a sllver-maned defense lawyer with a reputation as big as his state of Texas, had his Job cut out for him today. And It was sliced just about the way you'd expect Foreman to want It.Foreman, chief -attorney for Mrs. Candace Mossler's nephew Melvin, Lane Powers', told the court Wednesday he planned to spend a lot of time today crossexamlnlng Arthur Grim, sley a prosecution witness in the murder trial of . Mrs. Mossier and Powers.For a veteran of more than 700 murder cases like Fore, man, it was a Job he could really sink his teeth Into.Grimsley is a state witness who has been arrested some 50 times In lils 55 years of life, convicted of eight crimes In six states, ordained as a Methodistminister during his .present term In Arkansas State Penitentiary, and who late Wednesday recanted his testimony against Powers In the.matter of dates.Grimsley had testified Monday that Powers, on June 15,1G, 1902, offered him the price of two. Cadillacs to kidnap and kill an “old mooch,” ■ whom testimony revealed to . be Candace’s husband, millionaire Jacques Mosslerl * •Powers, 29, his 45-year-old aunt and alleged love, partner,% are charged with slaying Mossier, G9, In 1964 because he was Interfering with their affair.Grimsley, an Intense man In a tieless, open neck white shirt, was recalled by the state late Wednesday at his own request to change his own testimony. He said on his own ■ he Investigated and found the proper dates of Powers' auegea offer were March 25, 26, 1962.The defense In moving for a mistrial Wednesday claimed it had dug up evidence showing f^lse testimony by both Grim-sley and habitual jailbird Billy Frank Mulvey, who testified In the summer of 19G2 Candy had given him a $7,000 down payment to kill her husband.
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Radford News Journal
Radford, Virginia, US
Thu, Feb 17, 1966
Page 7
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