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Blonde MurderSuspect Says She Would Take Stand ?MIAMI, Fla. (AP) — Candace Mossier 'says she would be glad to take the witness stand to defend herself against charges that she murdered the husband 'who willed her millions of dollars.i “I know nothing of the murder.” the blonde told newsmen •Monday as the selection of a •jury began for the joint trial of Mrs. Mossier and her nephew, Melvin Lane Powers, accused in the killing of her husband,“I will gladly testify to that. I would surely think the jury would acquit me.”Mossier, 69, owner of banking interests in several states, was slain June 30, 1964, ‘in a modest apartment the family maintained on Key Biscayne, a resi-dential-resort island near Miami.STABBED 33 TIMES53,-?asny,rasurtthe•or-‘woap-The killer fractured Mossler’s skull and plunged a knife into his body 39 times.it could be several weeks be-i fore the opportunity to call Mrs. Mossier to the stand will materialize After the first day’s court session, no juror had been chosen and it appeared that the process of picking 12 jurors and four alternates would drag on at least through the first week.The trial could last two months or longer.The state charges that Mrs. Mossier, who says she is 39 years old, and Powers, who claims to be ^9, were partners in a love affair — and in murderMossler’s will named his wife as executrix of an estate she estimated at $23 million.The gray-haired financier, a one-time American Legion commander and Boy Scout commissioner, left $2 5 million to each of his four daughters by an ear-CANDACE MOSSLERher marriage, Mrs Mossier said.After deducting benefits he set up for his employes she estimated that $14 million would be left“Jacques had less than a million dollars when we were married,” she said. “All the rest has been made since ” Thej were married May 24, 1949. Pre vious marriages for both endec in divorce.Ford To SpeakMIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP)r Rep. Gerald Ford of Michigan the Republican minority leads in the U.S. House of Represen tatives, will be the speake: here Feb. 14, at the Butler Coun ty Republican organization*; Lincoln Day dinner.
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News Journal
Mansfield, Ohio, US
Tue, Jan 18, 1966
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