Show L Lonergan Letter Draws Rap by District Attorney NEW YORK Feb 29 AP Assistant AP Assistant District Attorney Jacob said Tuesday a letter in which Wayne Lonergan purportedly offe offered ed to ren renounce renounce any claim to a share o of his slain wife's fort fortune ne was Ds postmarked only about an hour before Wore it first was waR mentioned incourt in incourt court Monday by Lonergan's at torney tomey The trial is in recess until W Wednesday Grumet rum t prosecuting Lonergan on In first degree murder charges laid aid the letter was WM postmarked at p p. p m m. m E EV EWT W T and received by the surrogate of ot New York county Tuesday The prosecutor declared Def Defense nse Attorney Edward V. V Broderick's action in showing a copy to prospective jurors was not in good good faith because they obviously couldn't hl h have ve seen een t the e letter In the communication purportedly purportedly purport purport- e edly ly written January 25 Lonergan was was wal said to have bave offered to relinquish relinquish relin relin- any claim to a share of h his wife's wife estate If f sole custody of his month 22 old month son was WM given to I his relatives in Canada The offer was made Lonergan was reported to have sa said said d because of newspaper nc Tories stories that he was WM gambling gam-bling g ml Jing his life Ufe against a chance of ot sharing In her fortune Examine Copy Br Broderick denck attempted to read a II copy of the letter Jetter- at the opening of f L Lonergan's trial Monday but Grumet objected However Judge John J. J Fr Freschi chi permitted tales tales- men man to examine the co copy y to o determine determine determine deter deter- mine whether they had seen the letter or heard about its iUs contents Grumet's statement ment Tues Tuesday ay came eam shortly after additional persona persons were added to the special j JUry ry panel Drawing of the extra was wu asked by the prosecution prosecution tion aft after r 73 of the original were excused for per personal onal reas reasons ns Grumet Crumet declared the reason Mr r. Broderick wanted the letter Impounded impounded im Im- pounded was that I had said in incourt incourt incourt court about a week ago that Lonergan Lonergan Loner Loner- g gan n was scheming his bloody hands on his wife's money Combat Insanity Plea Meanwhile it w was disclosed that thata a representative of u the c district attorneys attorney's attorneys attorney's attorneys attorney's at at- torney's office had returned f from om Canada with evidence which the prose prosecution ution believes is sufficient to combat any possible hereditary insanity plea by the defense The representative Dr Perry M. M Lichtenstein chief m medical adviser t to the district attorney went to to T Toronto last Thursday Lonergan's late mother had been a patient ina in ina a mental hospital there Broderick made only casual references references references ref ref- ref ref- to insanity during the trials trial's opening session Mond Monday y Once he asked a prospective juror If It the exotic erotic and neurotic Uc background of ot Lonergan would influence in influence influence in- in fluence his impartiality The defense attorney also mentioned mentioned men men- abnormal sex practices and ancient rit rites of worship |