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Show J i PLEADS DEGENERATION IN I DEFENSE OF MURDER C'BNTJSRVILLE, lov.-a, Nay 20. The I state rested today in the trial of .Tohn it diinkin for the murder of Clara "Rosen. H I The prisoner's mother testified that her 5 husband wns seldom sober for years Bl before his death. She said that John 2 S was uncontrollable and had served seu- J2 tenres in the reform school and the -penilentiarv. "She declared further that H ie vas a drunkard and a cocaine fiend. I?- .Tunkin later took the stand and gave 1 -pnrticulars of tho habitual depravity of Si 3: 't'e. No iucution was inado of tho 1 !Rosen murder. |