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IWitnesses CalledMIAMI, Fla. (AF)—A pale, dark-haired woman who stuck with Billy Frank Mulvey through a 14-yoar marriage when he1 leaned on narcotics and committed many crimes said Monday she didn’t know if she could believe him under ealh.Lois Mulvey was a defenseDiehl, an ex-convict from San Francisco, were. Hie only ,\yit nesses to link Mrs. Mossier with alleged plots 1u murder her husband. Her attorney, Clyde Woo cly, said in his opening statement he expected to prove that both' men committed .perjury.Diehl testified that Powers offered him *10,(KK) In 1962 to kill Mossier, and that Mrs. Mosslci was present ami nodded agree mont.Woody said witnesses would testify that Mulvey was a narcotics, addict and a liar, and that lie never shared h Jail celt with Powers.effort to impeach her husband, a’star state witness-against the accused killers, Candace Mossier and Melvin Lane -Powers.“He*lies 1o me a lot,” Mrs. Mulycy admitted in a soft Texas drawl,Mulvey had testified that Mrs. Mossier gave him $7,000 in the summer of 11JG2 as down payment on a $25,(100 fee to kill herwealthy husband, Jacques.*Welshed on DealHe said he- welshed dh the deal and,spent pari of the money on clothes for his family.Asked aliouL this, Mrs. Mulvey said, “He bought (lie children blue jeans and shirts, fie bought me two slack suits, ’■ shoes and purses.”: Mrs. Mulvey said her hus-d band, now serving a five-year term for theft in the Texas penitentiary, telephoned., her oil his way to Miami to testify and “talked like he was going to gel out sooner.” *u-0-toe-a-S*:s.Used as InformerMulvey also testified that in 1964 tie was thrown fcy chance into a Houston jail, cell with Powers and that Powers told him he had stabbed Mossier to death.A Houston narcotics officer, Andy Geffert, said he used Mul vey as an informer on other narcotics addicts between 1962 and 2964.Asked - if. he would believe Mulvey under oath,-Geffert replied; nNo, sir.” But under !cross-examination, he said that lie had relied on Mulvey’s information In making cases and found that he told the truth.” Mulvey and Edward BartTrades TestimonyThe convict trndcd his testimony for a five-year term on a I heft charge, Woody claimed, thus escaping an automatic life sentence under the Habitual Criminal'Act.•Mulvey’s . wife, Lois, and Diehl's, ex-wife, Angela, will be among those challenging the credibility of the two men, Woody said, .The attorney, also, promised to offer testimony which he said would refute the stories of Arthur Grimsley, Freddie Duhart and Earl Martin — three other men who said Powers offered them money to kill Mossier.The : state rested Monday morning after presenting its G9th- and final witness. . • • •This was Thomas Doyle, cashier at the Webster State Bank of Texas. He identified a phony check with which Powers paid •for an airline ticket to Miami June 29, 1964, a few hours before Mossier, was killed.
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Tue, Feb 22, 1966
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