| Show I Sister Comforts Lamson i I I FA 4 ic F Ic k N 7 ck While the prosecution mercilessly hammers away at him David Lamson Stanford University Press executive at all times finds his sister Dr Margaret Lamson a comfort and an aid ald Brother and sister ar are arc shown conferring at the San Jose Cal trial of Lamson on 3 a charge o of II murdering his wife Memorial day Prosecution Rests Ress n In Lamson's Trial States State's Action Comes as Surprise Accused Wife Slayer to Take StandBy Stand By By- United SAN JOSE Cal Cat Sept 2 The 2 The Dav David d A. A Lamson Lanson murder trial was in adjournment today until Tuesday after the prosecution surprisingly rested its case against the Stanford university intellectual without call calling g several persons sub- sub as state witnesses Lamson will be bc put on the stand next week next week to tell his story of the violent violent vio yb- death h his ld lent de of pretty year old wife wite Allene in the bathroom of their campus bungalow last Jast May 30 The rho state stat had Clara Malwitz former m maid id in the Lamson residence She had been expected to testify that the quarreled frequently b but t was not called to the stand Also n ed cd by the state but not asked to testify were Lamson's aged mother Dr Joseph Catton noted alienist and intimate friend of the and arid Delores Roberts Sorensen Soren Soren- sen sea another maid maid ex-maid for tor the Mrs Sara Kelley blonde Sacramento to divorcee maybe maybethe the first de defense ense witness at JO a a. a m. m Tuesday The state sought to show that Lam Lamson son wa was enamored of Mrs Mra Kelley former Stanford coed that he went to Sa Sacramento often to se see her bought her flowers and drank with her on ont at t least one occasion Love poems in Mrs Kelleys Kelley's handwriting found 1 Continued on Pare Two STATE RESTS IN LAMSON TRIAL Continued from Page Pue One in desk were admitted in evi evidence ence WILL pENY JENY ROMANCE Mrs Kelley will deny her relations with Lamson were of a romantic romant char I acter She will say SlY she s sent n t the poems to him for criticism and for possible publication by him in his capacity as business manager of the Stanford Press Experts hired by the defense will willbe willbe willbe be called to dispute the testimony of Dr Frederick and Dr DrA A. A W. W Meyer whose allegations form the strongest links in the states state's chain of circumstantial evidence Dr Meyer is head of the anatomy department at Stanford His gaton gatlon of the case resulted in a conclusion conclusion con con- elusion that Allene Ahlene was held tightly by her hair an and i beaten to lo death eath that fractures of h her r skull could not have been sustained in a single fall faU The defense staff used an entire day hammering at the testimony of Dr The pathologist told of ot blood tests with positive results on ona ona ona a inch 10 length of iron pipe alleged to be the death weapon on burned rags and on stained clothing floors walls walls' and ceilings of too the Lamson resi dence CORROBORATES FINDINGS Dr A. A M. M Moody San Francisco pathologist corroborated Dr ers cr's in testing the pipe for blood Both Bolh admitted inability to say whether the blood was human or animal ani ani- mal since it had been exp exposed d to flames of ot a bonfire in the Lamson backyard Attorney Rea said the defense will call canmore more than 20 wItnesses A high spot in defense strategy will beta be-a jury visit to the Lamson cottage collage Defense Counsel Edwin M. M Rea Rca indi indi- cited |
