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Show MB ATTEMPT !1S MADE AT : : COERCION .Witne in Obnchin Cate - Accuses the Proecu-- tion of Act tOS ANOEI-ES. July 15 (By A. P.) Alleged attempte la corce bim Into . testifying falsely tor the prosecution were told on the witness stand yeeter-day yeeter-day by Ueorge Holmes, a defense witness wit-ness t ths trial of Mr. Madalynna Obenchaln lor tba murder of J. Buiton Kennedy. , Holmes, a negro sailor and former cellmate of Paul Roman, a convict, wort tbe latter hud endeavored to persuade per-suade him to testify he had eeen notes paaaed to Koman by Mrs. Obenchaln. Ha also said he had twice seen Koman urine to copy the handwriting ol the 'Tman'prevlously teetlfled that Mrs. Obenchaln. using a "code." had In lel-itsrs lel-itsrs to him, suggested a etory he wae I to tell on the witness etand concerning 'the slaying of Kennedy. When confronieB by a statement made by him at the district attorney s office. In Which he swore to lle-atlona directly contradicting to those ho made on the witness stand. Holmes declared be had been forced to sign tha statement state-ment under threats of prosecution and Imprisonment. , , "They told ma I would go back to - jail sa a irjiim rhsrga nnlns I sinned . that paer." be said. No session of the trlsl was held today, to-day, adjournment until Monday bavlng been taken yesterday. i |