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Towanda Daily Review (Newspaper) - September 16, 1950, Towanda, PennsylvaniaA a i did no to shoot to sea re a mrs. Burns tells murder jury a Complete % newspaper for the entire family Shower we doing mostly Cloudy cooler and scattered showers today. Sunday partly Cloudy and Cool. Yesterday temp Max. 65, min. 59. Rain 0.02 in. Member Pennsylvania newspaper publishers association pull member of the associated press republication rights reserved. Seventy second year matter of fact by Joseph and Stewart Alsop Towanda pa., saturday morning september 16, 1950. Three great services associated press a features a Tel Mats Price five cent Inchon captured in troops race for Seoul whole Southeast beachhead front ablaze mrs. Jury Burns tells she shot to a protect family tearfully recites Story of events leading to killing of Doyle Reed As trial goes through its third Day. Thev la decide Burns murder Case today sobbing intermittently mrs. Helen m. Burns of Canton 53-year-old grandmother charged with murder testified in her own de sense yesterday and left the stand almost completely exhausted. Her tear filled Story of hours of horror and fear for the lives of those in her Home highlighted the third Day of her trial .Ere for the shooting of her son in Law Doyle Reed 31. By adjournment time last night the defense had rested and the Commonwealth had called several witnesses in rebuttal. It was indicated further testimony would require Only about 15 minutes. Then the defense will make its final plea to the jury followed by the closing argument of District attorney c. Wayne Smyth and the Harge by judge William m. Ros a fled. It is expected the jury will receive the Case by noon. To make sure of having plenty of time judge Rosenfeld directed that court open this morning at s 30 instead of the usual 9 of clock. Predictions .Ere being made freely around the court yesterday afternoon that the jury will be Able to reach a verdict quickly. As on the other two Days of he trial mrs. Burns husband sat with her at the defense counsel table. Her daughter the widow of Doyle Reed occasionally went to her patted her Arm and comforted her As the stress and Strain of the ordeal continued to take its toll of her waning strength. When the moment arrived for mrs. Burns to take the witness stand she pulled herself together and walked slowly but unfaltering by to the chair. As she began her recital of events the Day and night of the shooting her voice was Strong but it occasionally faded and she was Given a few moments to rest before continuing. At the Point where she told of the actual shooting she seemed for a moment to become almost hysterical As she turned and made a direct plea to the jury to believe her. A i Tell you before god fr.,he said a i did Only what any Mother would have done to save the lives of herself her children and her grandchildren. She had to Stop to dry the tears rolling Down her Cheeks As she relived the moments immediately after the tragedy when she realized that she had shot a Man and was still holding the weapon in her hand. Jurors .Ere gleaning Forward to catch every word. There was a hush through out the whole court room. She went on with her Story to he end. She told of the arrival of the doctor and officers of being horror stricken when she Learned that Reed was dead and of giving statements to the police regarding what had occurred. In answer to a query she told of her Long illness and at the suggestion of counsel told what is the matter. A a cancer she whispered. At the close of her testimony she stepped Down from the witness stand but was Able to go no farther. She stood there leaning on the Bench for some moments. Seeing she needed help or. Burns went to her and assisted her to her chair where she sat almost in a faint. Judge Rosenfeld called in recess of ten minutes and she was taken to the Law Library and also identified a canner As one removed from the Back porch of the Home. It Wras this canner mrs. Burns claims Reed used to Batter the screen when he tried to get in the House at the time he was shot. Chief of police Arthur Fields of Canton told of removing the screen door from the Home a week after the killing and also identified the canner which he said he took into his Possession two Days after the shooting. Hayes Reed brother of Doyle now living in Williamsport said last october 20 he lived at 22 s. Main Street Canton about a Block from the Burns Home with Only an Orchard Between them. He said he heard voices and looking out a window saw Doyle and his wife in the Street outside the Burns Home. He said later probably 9 of clock he saw Doyle in his Hayes bedroom. He said his brother left at 9 15 and he Lay Dow n in bed and started smoking a cigarette. Before he had finished smoking he declared he heard two shots fired. Apparently he did not investigate however because his testimony ended there and the District attorney surprised by announcing a Commonwealth rests. William g. Schrier of defense counsel was on his feet in a Flash demanding that the prosecution Call Charles Pierce As a witness. It was Pierce who was with Doyle during the afternoon when he is alleged to have become beastly drunk and also with him when he returned to the Burns Home at night to meet his death. Since Pierce was presumed under previous testimony to have been at the front of the House when Doyle was shot on the Back porch of the Home and therefore was not an Eye witness the court did not compel the Commonwealth to produce him. Attorney Maurice l. Epstein made the opening plea for the defense. A this woman a a he told the jury a exercised the right of self defense god almighty gives to every human being. Mrs. Burns went not Only to her own defense but also to the defense of her daughter and her family. We will prove that mrs. Burns is not a murderer not a Felon but a god fearing woman a Church member and regular attendant Ai worship when her health permits a woman who does not drink and wont allow drinking in her he said when her son in Law left the Home in the evening drunk and they feared he might return mrs. Burns shut both Back and front doors and put out the lights. A what else could you ask her to do there was no Man in the House Ani they .Ere in deathly fear. He told the jury the defense would produce a knife a that will make your Bones curl a knife Doyle is alleged to have used in making threats on lives of the family earlier in the year. A we will Call people who knew Doyle Reed and who will Tell i you that he was of a quarrelsome dangerous nature said or. Up j Stein concluding a we want no Compromise. This woman is either guilty of murder or not guilty. Mrs. Burns herself was the first witness taking the stand at to minutes toll of clock. A a Macarthur personally is directing great invasion reds caught in Nutcracker jurors in the Helen m. Burns murder Case being tried in county court .Ere Are shown As they .Ere leaving court to go to the David Wilmot hotel thursday night. Front Row Lewis w. Barton Sayre Mae r. Carl Sayre Florence Stevens Towanda township second step Walter Wilber Alba mrs. Stuart Essenwine Towanda Nathan Austin Towanda Snover m. Lurcock Sayre. Third step Della Moore Athens township Jennie Bedford Athens Catherine s. Raker Canton township. Fourth step mrs. Ruth Hazard Athens Jonas k. Fox Athens. Top mrs. James Laughlin tip staff Karl Kropp Towanda mrs. Fred place of Monroeton tip staff and Leonard r. Chubb Ulater. Daily review photo Marshall two Little girls receive appointment heartwarming letter from is approved Washington sept. To. A do Congress overrode Stormy Republican protests today to approve a special Law permitting general George c. Marshall to take Over the civilian Post of Secretary of defense. Marshall a life Long Soldier was army chief of staff during world War ii and later became Secretary of state. The Senate agreed to lift the present Legal Barrier against appointment of a military Man to the Post with the explicit understanding that the Rule is waived for Marshall alone. The Senate approved the measure by a vote of 47 to 21. The House has previously passed the Bill 220 to 105. While the measure now goes to the White House the Senate must still confirm Marshall to succeed Louis a. Johnson who resigned under pressure on tuesday. Father killed in Korea Philadelphia sept. 15.�?up a two Little girls who can to yet read had a letter today treasure All their lives. Their daddy pfc. John j. Mccormick 28, wrote it from far away Korea. A there Are a lot of bad men in the world a he wrote. A so i have to help fight these men and keep Mem from coming where you and mummies live it might take a Long while and maybe daddy will have to go and help god up in heaven x x a the letter came to mrs. Mary Mccormick yesterday three Days after a Telegram that said a the defense department regrets to inform you that pfc. John j. Mccormick was killed in action aug. mrs. Mary Mccormick read the letter herself first then As it instructed she read it to her daughters six year old Rose Marie and her sister Joan three. A this is daddy a the letter said. A a i want you to listen and attention while mum Iuie reads this to you. Just try and make believe i was there talking to you xxx. �?�1 want you both to know that id be with you if i could but there Are a lot of bad men in the w orld and if they .Ere allowed to do what they wanted to do Little girls like you be allowed to go to Church on sunday or be Able to go to the school you wanted to. X x Day approved a committee As the a i always want you both to be sole official fund raising body to Good to mummies because she is receive contributions pouring in the Best mummies in the whole from Over a wide area to the wide w orld. Families of the dead. I a she has always taken care of Wyoming Valley Hegins Aid to families of dead Wilkes Barre sept. 13. A cd a Wyoming Valley today buried five of its 33 soldiers killed in mondays troop train Accident and turned to tile task of providing for survivors. The Luzerne county court to Given a drink of water. At the end Washington n. J., she said of the recess she returned with 18ie and lived in Anion for tim past 14 years. She has been married to or. Burns 22 years. Mrs. Reed is a daughter from a the others to court and the trial i proceeded. When court opened yesterday morning stat. Trooper Cerat i Coyne was called to identify a mrs. Burns said she has been u. S. Defense plan Given to Council you while i have been away. You see kids i happened to be caught in two wars inside to years and the reason i am where i am today is because i am fighting for what i think is right. A a that a one thing i always want both of you to remember. If your conscience tells you something is right always stand up for it. You might be ridiculed for doing so but in the Long run you la always find out that people respect you More for doing so. X x x �?o1 11 be in a Hole fighting in a few Days in a place called Korea so in a sending you All the love that a in my heart on this Sheet of paper. I carry your picture and mummies next to my heart and if i have to go help god you la know that the last thought i had on this Earth was for the two of you and mummies. All my love and kisses. Be Good and god bless you. mrs. Mccormick 27, showed the letter to a Friend mrs. L. E. Shed who Quot cried when she read it a the widow said. Mrs. Sheel gave it to a newsman. It was published first today in the Philadelphia inquirer and across the nation. The response a instantaneous. Papers everywhere spread it across their front pages. Newsreel radio and television people started looking for the girls and their Mother. To some who read the letter it seemed to parallel the famous world War two letter from commander John j. Shea aboard the aircraft Carrier Wasp. He wrote in 1942 to his son Jackie a when you Are a Little bigger you will know Why your daddy is not Home so much any that letter too mentioned a Elf i ddn to come when the Wasp was sunk near the Solomons comm Amler Shea Southern Riveras for its Mission to a kill As Many of the enemy As possible Quot planes artillery help. Tokyo saturday sept. 16.�?gt a ahead of schedule u. S. Malines drove toward Seoul today from their Landing Point at Inchon on Korea s West coast cutting behind a 140,000-Man red army which other United nations forces attacked frontally this morning. A flagship dispatch from associated press correspondent ret Man Morin said reinforcements .Ere pouring into the scene of fridays Landing while the first Waves quickly seized All objectives and swept East of Inchon. A naval spokesman in Washington estimated the total Force involved at upwards of 40,000. By mid morning today the advancing leathernecks ceased Call ing for warship fire suggesting they .Ere meeting Light opposition in their bid to seize All vital avenues for supplying and reinforcing the bypassed red army. Tanks and artillery .Ere put ashore to support the operations under personal direction of Gen. Douglas Macarthur. By 6 48 p. In. Last night a Little More than an hour after Landing parties went ashore at Inchon Morin said american troops had fought through the streets of the port to a main Road leading 22 Miles West of Seoul. A South korean naval spokesman at Pusan said the in forces already w Ero approaching a town within to Miles of Seoul. Field dispatches from tile South korean beachhead 165 Miles to the Southeast of Seoul reported an explosive offensive by americans British and South koreans hit the reds along More than to Miles of the 125-mile front this morning. The attacks scored initial gains up to More than a mile. The first of three coordinated blows against the Southeast beachhead was struck at 7 a. In. Along the Nekton River Between Taegu and the Southern front. Two hours later simultaneous attack began North and Northwest of Taegu near the Center of the Battle line and West of Masan at the South end of the front. Associated press correspondent Jack Mac Beth said the attack North of Taegu kicked off while planes and artillery pinned Down communists dug in on Mountain positions. Associated dress or respondent slant s win ton reported the Southern drive had for its first Mission to a kill As Many of the enemy As where in forces invaded Korea will turn big liner into troop ship Washington sept 15. A Ltd it a main the government announced today the 48,000-ton super passenger liner it is 4 helping to build will be finished As a troop transport. Three 13,000-ton combination passenger cargo ships also under construction will be converted into troop ships along with the luxury Liber the Federal maritime Board and the maritime administration announced. The change Over is being made at the request of the defense depart Mon a on recommendation of the joint chiefs of staff a Tho maritime agencies said. Lane chairman of the Board and chief of the maritime administration said these four vessels .Ere selected for conversion into troop ships because a the work could be done on them with the greatest Economy by initiating it Early a. The luxury liner now scheduled for conversion will carry upward of 12,000 troops while the three smaller ships will carry 2,500 to 3,000 troops each. The 48,000-ton super liner now under construction at Newport news va., waa to have been the largest and most luxurious vessel vice Admiral Edward l. Coch Jeveli built in this country. Ways leading North. The landings at Inchon .Ere made Friday morning at 6 30 and Friday evening a 5 30. General Macarthur in his familiar weather beaten braided Cap and sultans personally directed the daring Gamble which had As its first objective the red held South korean capital of Seoul. Twenty two Miles Inland from the West coast port of Inchon Seoul is the funnel through which nearly All North korean men and supplies must pass. Within a half hour. Tank led troops had knifed two Miles into Inchon on the Way to Seoul. De moderate gains at Many Point Friday after having checked repeated massive assaults by the invading North koreans in the past two months. Simultaneously with the Inchon assault. South korean Republican troops made secondary landings on the korean East coast behind the red lines. The South koreans also reported an Allied Landing on the West coast at Kunsan 115 Miles South of Inchon but this was not officially confirmed. Nor was there confirmation of the North korean radio at a Gouth korean report that Amor Winton said the american at Pyongyang said they had covered 1 a Parachute troops had landed was listed As new York sept. La. A up a to direct the training and or called to a Telephone from Lier Secretary of state Dean Acheson Gap nation of the new Force. He work As a seamstress in a factory Laid before the North a Lautic declared that from its initial mrs Mccormick told a newsman Council late today a one package american proposal for the defense of Western Europe it would include use of both american and or. a this sort of thing should be German military contingents in the u. S. Secretary made his kept in the family a she said. A i a single unified Force proposal at the end of this aft i wish there was some Way i could Acheson a proposition which he or noon a four hour Council a is Stop a Lase of organisation it should a a ova re he a by a Quot publicity have a singlet Overall command ajj0ut w and a Little the it n h a ppm plunder doctors treatment for four understood Tofa que described Don. Other ministers had Ai a the children she said Are number of pictures taken around Parg it uhf. Months m As revolutionary in american for ready spoken and their reaction away just now Rose Marie Hoard the. Burns Home at 5 Carlton pack it hoi Petal and recent a has Dan policy also Calls for a us to his Onn package plan parties j ing Al the tue Flower school Street. Canton shortly after Reed been amp to ctr o. Preme Effort by All the other in lady to the idea of aiming West and Joan living with a Friend of w i a thin Thor Tho is of fit last Atlantic treaty nations to raise Lorn German units will not Bejer Mother s and equip their own military con-1 fully known in the Council until tangents tor the prospective new j tomorrow. International army. There is considerable optimism according to information from j apparent among american Diplo Mas shot there the night of last. Of. L. I. I a a three times a week. It was in Sci e a so i in a a answer to a question from or. .ere,., Zuur produced la Coon a Jepy a teen that Tow Lair jul one which lied been removed for Uii ,11 Ferl rom cancer the rear of the Burns Home end i athe outset of the attack burst from their defense positions but reports indicated hard fighting was ahead. Both drive began at 99 a. M. 7 p. In. Est Friday slight the communists .Ere swiftly a we Are going to try to seize threatened with j that distribution area so that it 1. Being trapped from behind will be impossible for the North at Inchon by 10th corps opera koreans to get any additional tons which speedily penetrated men or More than a trickle of two Miles into that port City the supplies a the general told Corre first Day. Spon dents who accompanied him. Half the Distant or la Miles. At Kimpo Airfield 12 Miles North but there was no confirmation of Seoul. This. The Advance was under a Kon landings which 09 heavy enemy fire but the navy1 Al 6.3 a m Frilay 430 said Marine casualties .Ere p m Xhu Rudaj est .Ere directed by Macarthur from a Small launch under a canopy of naval hellfire. Macarthur gambled that Russia Aud communist China would not directly enter the korean conflict. He also gambled that american 2. With being Cut off from a j a when the enemy is caught be i amphibious Landing technique treat along the East coast Road tween two wings of our forces. Coup overcome the perils of by South korean commandos who1 his forces will sooner or Ater Sticky Miles of mudflats and slip went ashore Friday at three disintegrate and cease to be a Pery sea Walls on the Inchon coordinated fighting waterfront. Subordinates said he had con .Ere is How that second Gam Points North of red held Pahang. 3. With being split Down the Middle by today push beyond Taegu the key american base which the reds come close to capturing once fighting to within less than seven Miles of it. Rede dug in on Heights Domi Nie one through which it is a1 Japan leg where end Ca of t0 the fully informed diplomatic sources Mats that the idea will be Ai of an 1 j Aea hem nearly legend Reed was shot he pointed oui broken parts of the door an continued to Page 12 Acheson went Down the line for j copied though it might not be i the creation of a command staff announced at once a i just eur us to afford to keep up a Home of my own at this time a mrs. Mccormick said. A shut. The c i Ien Are Well taken care a rating the approaches to i Taegu .Ere pounded by Low flying fighter bombers and Field guns As the u. N. Troops struck along High see letter on Page 12 calved the bold operation about ble paid off july 12 when u. A Lighth army and South korean defenders we Cre being backed and torn on the Kum River line in mid South Korea. % the in n. Defense now squeezed Back into a beachhead of about 50 by 70 Miles in the american Aud British warship and Carrier based planes poured a rain of shells and bombs no Little Lohut Island connected to Inchon by a half mile causeway fifteen seconds after the coveting fire stopped marines hit the is Southeast Corner of Korea report-1 see invasion on Page 12

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