Show FRAME UP PLOT PLOTON II ON PURNELl I TOLD I Defense Defense Witness ss Swears to Conspiracy to Mulct House of David i GRAND RAPIDS Mich March Marob 26 Further 2 Further testimony Intended to refute char charges es of ot Immorality and to establish that the present suit Is I based on a conspiracy to mulct tho i colony was offered b by the tho defense i today In the hearing of the suit brought against the Israelite House of ot David by John Hansell and wife I of ot Nashville Tenn Effort also was made t tOday day to show enow that Esther I Hansell a law in of ot the plaintiffs sought to enlist the tho aid i of ot the Ku Klux Klan against the cult CHARGES CONSPIRACY QuInto Rosette Rosetta former member of ot the colony and a law in of ot Esth Esther Esthr r Hansell swore on the tho stand today that slip endeavored to persuade him to Join In a conspiracy to obtain money from the colon colony She proposed to falsely charge Benjamin Benjamin Ben Ben- jamin Purnell head of or the colony with practices Rosetta tied fled Rosetta also declared Esther Hansell vainly tried to 10 Induce his wife to perjure herself herselt In regard to Purnell's relations with her LAII All LAll I want you yoU to do la ls to I II I swear that Benjamin made Im Improper Improper improper im- im proper advances to you Rosetta I quoted Mr Ir Hansell as saying to I his wife wite My wife refused to do that because it wasn't true Hosetta Rosetta Ro Ro- setta said Rosetta declared he had no personal personal personal per per- of Immoral conduct conduct con con- con I duct on the part patt of Purnell and denied that the cult leader used tobacco or intoxicating liquor so so far as he knew v. II WIFE SUPPORTS STORY Rosetta's allegation that Esther Hansell Hansen conspired against the colony colony col- col ony was supported by his wife u who followed him on the stand Mrs Rosetta testified Mrs Hansell Han Han- Han 1 sell her sister told her they i I would have to frame something something on Purn Purnell ll and that the charge i of immorality was the strongest i She stated Mrs Hansell Hansen at th that t I time said Purnell never had made I Improper advances to her She She also testified that at no time had i she witnessed any immoral conduct conduct conduct con- con coni i duct on the part of the members j of the colony I Mrs Rosetta who was Leona i Johnson before her marriage said she was married to Rosetta In I 1910 at nt one of ot the colony's group j i marriages She testified however that she had a three or year four-year courtship with her husband |