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ind(AP)andforchillver*HEAR WOMAN WITNESS MASSjE CASEMrs. Divelbess, On Stand, Tells Her Story.‘feetday.d 5p*rack6 of sen ? a six was►of[on.BRIGHTON, Colo., May 15 — (Special) — Mrs. Harriet Divelbess, the “woman in the tim ease,” in the trial of Virgil A. i iy . arQ Massie, former state prohibi-oids. tion agent, charged with the **7 murder of his wife, took theent. ;id a stand in district court here ves-i *urse terday. Nervous, but self con-! Bub* - trolled, Mrs. Divelbess spoke • -ond : without mincing words. She !» i **told the jury of the relationsome i . i*ame j with the former prohibition I igent and led up to the tragedy.ock | The day that Mrs. Massie wasnpn Ifound dead, sho testified. “Massie V, ! telephoned mo to come out to his °r | house. I wont to find his wife dead ° in bed beside him. I asked him if he had killed her, said ho had not. All Eyes On Woman.Mrs. Divelbess, arrested and charged jointly with Massie by the state with responsibility, for the death of Mrs. Massie in th© Dake-wood bungalow near Denver on February 1 caused an instant hush when she entered th© court room at D:30 o'clock yesterday morning. As soon as th© trial resumed. District Attorney. Joel E. Stone called for her, and all eyes followed her a© she walked to th© stand and was sworn. Upon her testimony it is.1 M understood, the state depends in \I J large measure for support of effort©II to show definite motives for the alleged murder.Th© witness told of living with her husband. Sheriff Divelbess. and their. five children at Holbrook, Arlz., until late in June of last year, when she left her home and went j to Denver. She ©aid sh© had returned to Holbrook once since—in December of last year, and went j back to Denver on January 5 or 6.“What were you doing on February 17?“Tell© of Happenings.“I spent the day in Denver, looking for work, an when 1 returned , to my hotel, about 2 p. m.. I got theja telephone call from Massie, who j asked me to come to ids house. Hehad safd he wa* terribly sick. I asked him if Kattie wasn’t there. He said yes. I said I didn't know the way and he told me to take a taxi. When 1 arrived Massie was lying on the bed. next to the wall. Mrs. Massie lay on the outside edge of the bed. between Massie and mo. When 1 came In. the shades were drawn, and by i I couldn’t see clearly. T looked at ichjboth of them and then I cried out, the My God. what has happened?1’ Massie only groaned. * Do you know Kattio is dead? I asked him. then h© said ho did. 1 nsked him ; if he had killed her and he said no. i T asked him if he had drunk whi«-key the night before, he ©aid both he nnd Katie had bad some drinks. He begged me to help him. I said I didn’t know what to do, and asked why he hadn’t called a doctor. He ©aid he was too sick. I asked why he hadn’t called a doctor instead of me when he telephoned to m© that afternoon. He said he didn’t want a doctor, and didn’t want any of the neighbors called In. After giving him a drink of water an washing his hands and face, I 115 j called up Dr. Martin nnd asked him to come out.BRIGHTON. On In., May 15— Uttle 12-year-old Ilmira Koftus proved the sensational witness of the day yea. terday in the district court here where Virgil A. Massie is being tried on a charge of murdering h's wife. Catherine Rosenbaum Massie.The Uttle Loftus girl, who soon after Massles arrest was called a mystery witness by District Attorney Joel K. Stone, despite her tender years, proved to ie a xery capable witness.The little girl introduced evidence which tends to dispute the claim of j Mass!© that h* was unconscious during the whole of the early morning and entire day of February 1, thetiny on which his wdfe's body was found in the ’house.ingvid-iza-ad-nd-or-1 isles.bli-*at.oftupainbend-ng-tad?eningessrk*ot-h©’rman-ofbig1th06,*cwralIy:
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Quincy Morning Whig Journal
Quincy, Illinois, US
Sat, May 15, 1926
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