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(Continued From Pane One)itold chambermaids story, when she dented she nad to.d newspapermen JoanVv._*l nau run up tne roaq crying.My Ood, I'm cut. Im dying.’ Snc «AMueu i,eaiii\u sucn tries and said siiehad not tola newspapermen tnat.Her story was lonoaed by testimony0( two rruaorists who pasoeu aiong uneroad that nignt and saw tne two c.»rs parked along tne roadway. Attorney ueneral Maigiotti Uien caned the lour witnesses wno haa seen prang Monaghan in Brownsville alter tne euamgincident and xstiliea ne acted app.r-antiy normal anc haa snjel.cd no in-toxi.ants on him.Aloert oppennan. Uniontown engineer, wlio drew the sketches of the exterior and interior oi the Fayette county court house, told the jurors of flnamg the biood spo.s and nowhe haj maae measurements and calculations on tne snetciies to show Where the blood splotches were found.Recall MuehlbergerMuch of tne afternoon session Thursday was taken up with locating the blood spots and smears as the Jury scanned carefully minaturc sketches of the inferior of the Ber-*111 on room.The case of the commonwealth will go forward rapidly tomorrow, commonwealth attorney's stated with the recalling of Dr. c. W. Muehlberger, hair expert from the criminal laboratories of Northwestern university andCook county, Illinois.If the c-se pi ogresses as sw iftly asexpected the noted ear witnesses. which proved invaluable to the commonwealth In the ounderman case, may be called to the stand.Although the testimony was repct.-tlon in me most part Tnursday of the previous trial of Stacy Ounderman, doctors agreed and disagree^, in somemedical testimony early in the day that Monaghan could or could not have received his fatal inuiries in the Jlu Jitsu thrown over the head of Ounderman as that defend an. tes.i-Hed in Ms own defense.Snute a Trfifle Bored Anthony sanute, cracx r-ennsylvanla state police horseman who once served in the Somerset barracks, Lecame a trifle bored Thursday as the commonwealth built up its murder caseagainst him.inuring tne lunch hour he visited his companion officer, the first of the seven officers to be tried for murder, in his cell in the somerset county Jail. He took with him two magazines and a coca cola for Trooper St xy JGunderman who is awaiting sentence for second degree murder for his part in Monaghan’s killing.After the lunch recess EngineerOpperman was recalled to the stand to continue his explanation of the drawings he hadlt; made. His testimony in the morning session concerning the lighting •lt; round the Fayette county court house had required almost one hour.Before him in the Thursday morning session, Drs. H. E Ralston, Catal-do Corrado, Max Harris and George Robinson agreed Frank Monaghan had died as the result of injuries caused bv external violence, but disagreed about the jlu jitsu throw'.Bean Girl Nervous. Florence Dean showed signs of extreme nervousness Wednesday afternoon under cross examination by Mr. Duggan. She was admonished time and again to keep her hands away from her face, and at other times she sat on the stand clenching and unclenching her fists.When hanc\3d the open knife with which Monaghan cut John Wall, she cmieJclv put it down on the courtMonographer’s desk and said I don’t want to hold it.”Asked what she had done with the knife the night of Sept. 11, after Wall was slashed. Florence said: Mr.*Mnnfto4V*n in rm thp spat.tween us, and I picked it up realquick and clo ed it.”Miss Lean at this time admitted to hating tnree drinks at the home of Aiex trerinch, and of having had some wine at the hotel be.ore sue loft on her mid-night ride With Monaghan. But she stated emphatically tne drinks did not affect her in any way. She iSaid Monaghan had had three glasses oi whisky at the Fie risenhome.Again she told of the car coming behind the one in which lt;Jie and lvionagnan wore riding and asserted that she heard the horn blowing and that it was only that of an ordinaryau.omobile, \et Edgar Smith. Uniontown auto mechanic who took the s and immediately after Miss Dean.said it was a polled siren, as that waswhat first attracted his attention to the two cars.In her first testimony Florence Dean said after the Monaghan carliac. stopped, and Monaghan had gotten out of his own volition and crawled in the back seat, John Wall haddriven only a distance of ten or fifteen feet. Wednesday she said the car moved probably fifteen carlengths. Then she stated she saw Monaghan’s arms around Wall’s neck, out had no idea of what he was doing. Still not knowing what h, ri happened alter Wall left the car and started running up the road she inquired of Monaghan what was wrong, and he said he had cut Wall.Doesn’t Know Speer Do you know Kenneth spoor of the Sun Telegraph?” questioned Mr. Duggan.Florence said she did not. When Speer arose he iaid she might nave talked, to him, but didn’t remember.Didn’t you tell Mr. Speer, that you heard Wall crying, My God, Tm dying. as he ran up the road?To that Florence answered. I read some things that weren’t true.”Didn’t you tell Miss Ruth Love, of the Uniontown Herald, that Wall kept crying Tm dying, I’m dying?”Florence, keeping her eyes on theprosecution table, denied all statements she was said to have made.After the slashing the Monavhan car headed towards Brownsville. Florence said she asked Monaghan whyhe had done that. and Momghan just kept crying and saying over and over. I know I shouldn’t have done it. If I had thought I wouldn’t have done it. They didn’t give us no reason for arresting us. How did T know what they wanted to do with us? Mr. Monaghan said he thought mayb* they was going to hold us up.”ilie rd Police Siren i In the testimony of Edgar Smith who followed Florence Dean to thewitness chair the Unlontow’n auto mechanic definitely stated, he heard the polFe siren on Mr. Reilly’s carand as he passed the two parked cars on the road, onlv one person was visible and that was John Wall, standing in the road, who said as the smith car passed, Come on and got out.” Michael LaBella, Uniontown barber recalled to Somerset, said he was coming from Connellsville toward uniontown on the old. road and was abou 75 feet from the intersection Of thlt;new Oonnellsville-Uniontown road when he salt;v two cars stopped. Hlt; said he was flagged down by Mr Reilly with a search light, and drovi slowly by the two cars. Mr. LaBel pointed out on pictures of the roa« that the slashing of John Wall occurred less than half a mile from thcity limits of Uniontown, direetl; across the road from a brick slaughte house. Just a short distance Ik*yon the bend, of the road, at the begin ning of the city limits is the brie home of District Attorney Reilly.smith’s story Attorney General Margiotti nex called Edgar D. Smith, a Uniontow motorist who reiterated his story give: Wore the Gunderman Jury, that h .“aw the two c rs race down the roac one with a siren blowing. La’er h saw the cars parked on the roa with a man. later pointed out to hiras .Tohn Wall standing beside the twopen doors of the Monaghan car. He testified he had heard Wall say: Come on. get out.William Fenwick, a Brownsville witness, testified he saw nothing unusual about Monaghan as he purchased matches in a Brownsville re taur-ant after the cutting had taken place.James F. Caully, a uruwnavme hardware dealer, testified he had known Monaghan and did not think he acted intoxicated when he saw him in Brownsville on the night of September 11 after the alleged, cutting along the Connellsville road.Russell Mitchell, the proprietor of the Brownsville restaurant, whereMonaghan purchased the matches .-aidhe saw blood on Monaghan's shirtsleeve, but Monaghan did not apjiearto be intoxicated.John Molyar, a Brownsville taxi driver, said Monaghan had approached him and asked about using a telephone and. he did not appear to be in-fitoxioated.All four witnesses said under cross-examination bv Attorney Duggan, that they had not paid much attention to Monaghan.After a sidebar at 3:20 Engineer OP-perman was retailed to tire stand and explained the locations of the various *blood spots and smudges, telling how he derived, certain measurements.Photographs were shown the jury showing the places spots were found on the walls, floors and rolling of the Bertillon room. As Engineer Op-perman stopped down at 3:55. Justice Maxev ordered a lfl-tmnu e recess.ff)ppermatt RecalledRecalled to the stand after the recess, opjxnnan iluustr.ited the floor plan of the Bertillon room and adjoining offices.He was followed on the stand, by F C Burkmaster. Allegheny county chemist, who testtflrd he had examined 49 spots. 67 areas and 10 smearson the walls, floors and ceiling oB^rtiilon room, aggregating overspots.From these lie mode 159 detom lions, w nt h showed the spots of human blood. He also tcsl they were of Type 0 Internatblood. He also tested blood on 1 aglian's coat ant. found it wa*B blood and the same was triMonaghan’s trousers, garter andshirt.In a conference opposing attoi agreed th t the B type blood on 1aghan’s clo.hlng was the same of blood as that of Wall and the type O blood found in the Bert rlt;om was the same type of bloo that of Frank Monaghan.Mr. Buckmaster testified he found type O blood on the mop, t .’r the rug and on the broom as as on the various signs in the Bert room.Opposing attorneys agreed thal
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Somerset, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Mar 05, 1937
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