Show RACE IN CRASH MURDER TRIAL TOLD TO JURY Policeman Identifies Freeman as Pilot of Death Car Albert L. L Bud Freeman on trial in Third district court on a first degree murder charge as outgrowth of a fatal automobile accident Monday Monday Mon Mon- day was identified by a Murray policeman policeman policeman po po- po- po as driver of a car that previous previous previous pre pre- to the cr crash h raced up and down State street in violation of several traffic regulations Freeman being tried before a jury in the court of Judge Herbert M. M Schiller is charged specifically with the murder of Mrs Stella McHenry Edwards 36 Murray Brady Wayne Poulsen 18 passenger in jn the car Freeman allegedly drove also was killed in the crash the night of May 1 Joseph Gillen Murray officer from the witness stand identified Freeman as driver of the car that had stopped in the block on South State street after the fatal crash Wild Chase Pictured Another prosecution witness was Edward Larson also a Murray officer Mr Gillen testified that while the police car occupied by him and Mr Larson w was waiting for a traffic light to change at Forty-eighth Forty South street the death car southbound southbound southbound south south- bound shot by all the waiting vehicles vehicles ve ye- hides and through the red traffic light at 90 miles an hour The police car with siren screaming pursued at 80 miles an hour and the fugitive car pulled away until the officers gave up the chase and turned around around at Sixty-fourth Sixty South street he testified Just north of Sixty-fourth Sixty South street we heard that car coming back and although we hit up to 70 miles an hour that other car passed like we were standing still Mr Gillen testified Fatal Crash Cras Told old After seeing sparks fly from the U pavement near sixth Fifty-sixth South street the came upon the scene and found the death car in a ditch on the east side of the pavement pavement pavement pave pave- ment and another car operated by byMark byMark byMark Mark B. B Smith 37 Murray 12 feet from the eastern edge of the pavement pavement pavement pave pave- ment Mr Gillen testified Looking inside the death car he saw Freeman behind the wheel Mr Gillen said He related how he lifted Mrs Edwards from the Smith car carand carand carand and placed her in an ambulance Mr Larson telling of how the death car passed the police car the second time testified That car went by me like a flash just north of Sixty-fourth Sixty South street Defense Quizzes Officer Cross examination by Defense Attorney Attorney Attorney At At- torney James Rolla Holla Thomas caused some of the spectators to titter and provoked Judge Schiller to rap for order in the court several times Police allege that the death car was stolen shortly before the fatal cr crash h taken from a garage at South Main street Brigham E. E Roberts and H H. D. D Lowry deputy district attorneys are conducting the prosecution |