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five years ago.STATE IS EXPECTED TO END CASEpow-niBma baa long a de-aet ia har-•ative thing yearsIvan-e you rperi-Vorgeision tb of(Continued -Prom Page One)his part In the death plot. He Is to die in the electric chair, Aug. 17.The confession, according to Prosecutor Howard M. Nazor, reveals how Tllby and his sweetheart plotted the murder of Ills wife so they could continue an illicit love affair.Smith once had suggested the use of poison* hut the ■ plan was discarded because it was not certain enough,” the confession said.Mrs. Smith was shot to death on Saybrook Center road on May 29, 1930, as she sat in the cab of her husband's truck holding her infant son, Donald, in her arms. Nazor claims Mrs. Lowther fired the shot and Smith drove his wife to tha scene while carrying out his assignment in the murder plot.Mrs. Lowther seemed unconcerned today as the state presented evidence through lt;which It hopes to have her join her erstwhile lover in death row at the penitentiary. She sat slumped in her chair at the trial table and chewed gum apathetically. •Occasionally she would glance up at a witness and yawn. Once or twice she. smiled at Attorney Ken-iieth O. Marvin, her co-counsel.Her only display of emotion caine when she greeted her 8-year-old-son, William Earl Frush, born of her first marriage. The boy was brought to the courtroom by Mrs. Lowther’s father, William Ross of Clarksburg, W. Va.. Mrs. Lowther cried as she kissed her son and held him. Judge James C. Oglevee, assigned here from Carrollton, ordered the boy removed from the trial table as court convened.The defense's first move was seeking to develop the Insinuation that Mrs. Smith herself had been a home-wrecker. This bit of cross-examination came when Clare Un-angst, of Orangeville, twin brother of the slain wife, was on the stand. He was asked by Marvin whether he knew Smith was married and had two children while he was courting Clara Smith. Unangst replied in the negative.Standing room in the courtroom wes at a premium today.AMERICAN HOLDSEver summe erners spaces ranch 'rertlin chic, fi round-Just ettes ; depend of the for ski what f a love effete pectedIf ylt; be cou shownin 192 Coope chamf N. Y.He wound was nlt; He lo a mer Artr Par C Arm’r Par Ii Annoi Arir that Ishlnground how 1 35 to tie or went Virt theTec holidatradeswatch tine, the P a brh lng st
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Piqua Daily Call
Piqua, Ohio, US
Fri, Jun 05, 1931
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