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Mossier Defense Attorneys Claim Court Officers, Prosecution ConspireMIAMI, Fla. (API - The defense claimed today that court officers are in league with the prosecution against Candace Mossier and Melvin Lane Powers. on trial in the slaying of her husband.“We ask that you Instruct the deputies that If they are here to assist the prosecution, we ask that they be removed from this courtroom. defense lawyer Harvey St. Jean declared.“They're here to assist the court, Circuit Judge George Schulz replied.A legal outburst Tuesday abruptly shortened the court day and sent a defense witness, Nalhanid Allen, to an anterooma tall Negro with mustache and sideburns,, was comforted by Powers and Mrs. Mossier, who are on trial for their lives in the 1964 slaying of her ea-year-old multimillionaire husband. Jacques.Allen once worked for the Mosslers and Mrs. Mossier assured him as he retreated from the courtroom. We know you wouldn't do anything to hurt us.”“He’s scared to death, the blonde Mrs. Mossier said.Allen took the witness stand in a defense effort to discredit the testimony of Edward Bart Diehl, a carnival worker with a police record of at least a dozen convictions.Diehl had claimed Powers offered him $5,000 to $10,000 in 1962 to kill Mossier with Mrs. Mossier nodding agreement to the proposition. Diehl testified lor the state that Allen overheard at least part of the proposal.Allen testified for the defense that he worked for the Mosslers as a handyman at their aaddlehorse ranch near Galveston. Tex., at the same time as Diehl.Did you ever hear a com er-in which Mr.i,. ■—iattorney. Marian Rosen.“No. ma’am. Allen replied.Allen testified that Diehl came to the witness' home in Galveston recently — he was vague about the date — and told him:•Tm In trouble. I done lied at the trial and you can help me if you want to.Did he want you to say that you had heard a conversation between Melvin Lane Powers and Edward Bart Diehl about killing Mr. Mossier? Mrs. Rosen asked.Yes. ma’am. the witness replied. “He said something about five grand. I said I didn't know what five grand was.*_S5L
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Austin Daily Herald
Austin, Minnesota, US
Wed, Feb 23, 1966
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