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Show I' Mrs. Mohr Says She I , Is Conspiracy Victim H Widow Accused of Murdering Her M ' Wealthy Husband Talks; Wound- B v; ed Girl Describes the H Shootlno H ' H i Provldenco, n. I., Sept. 3. Tho B '. dcfcnso of Mrs. Elizabeth Tiffany Blair Mohr to tho charge that during jfr n fit of Jealousy sho plotted tho death H j- of her husband will bo that both, Ur. H C. Franklin Mohr and herself wero H ; victims of a conspiracy, according to H beliefs expressed hero tonlgni. Hi' i In an Interview today which was H I 1 tormlnatcd when sho lost her conipo- H'I4 . ,. euro for tho first tlmo since hero nr- HB rest, sho declared her belief that tho Hfcl tl threo negroes who now accuso her HH I had planned to waylay Ur. Mohr and Hfl R rob him. Sho holds that when they VR , broko down under tho grilling of the yl l police, they Imped to mltlgato their RJ ' punishment by representing that thoy HfE 1 luuI been incited by her upon tho H m promise of a roward. H I' I Tho body of Dr. Mohr today was H placed in a receiving tomb at Swan H Point cemetery, nftcr brief ccrcmon- H les In tho presence of several rola- H tives and neighbors. Mrs. Mohr and B her two children, Chnrlc3 Franklin, B Jr., and Virginia Mohr, woro present H nt tho services at tho Mohr homo in H Klmwood nnd accompanied tho body H I to tho cemetery. H I -Miss Kmlly 0. nurger, tho doc- H- I or's secretary, Jealousy of whom, tt B 's alleged, Inspired tho crime, has not H " '-H been told nt tho death of her B employer. Sho remains nt tho hos- H l'ltnt recovering from bullet wounds H I ricoived whllo on tho nutomobllo ride H when Dr. Mohr was attacked. Af'i-r M visiting hor today, her brothor-lnlaw, K Reorgu Hooko, said that Miss Burg- H er's feelings for tho physician w-ro H such that knowledgo of hi3 death H would kill her. H "For a long tlmo," said l'.ocke, M 'Miss nurger did all in her power ti H reunite Dr. Mohr nnd his wifo. Siio H found that ho was bitter against Mr?. B , Slohr and would not entertain any H ( such idea." I Miss Burger gavo Rooko a fta;c-ment fta;c-ment for tho press concernln? her night ride with Dr. Mohr toward Now H part In substance as follows- H "Dr. Mohr was suspicious during m tho rldo. Healts ran tho m.icVno H I from tho ofllco at a high rato cf H ' speed. Sovoral times tlio doctor ie- H marked about It. H j "Wo did not stop until tho chaiif- H I four brought tho machine under tho B I trees on tho Washington rid. H Goorgo then switched off tho head- lights and turned on tho sldcll'j.tts, remarking, I am having troublo vlth the gas. "Wo sat in tho tonncau of ths uin-clilno uin-clilno and neither questioned him. "I was startled by tho" first Hict, but thought it wns tho car kick firing. A second shot did not mako mo realize my danger. Then thice successivo shots caused mo to feel pain behind my ear and In my shoulder, shoul-der, but oven then 1 did not realize that I was wounded nnd thought that somo accident had occurred to tho car. "I Jumped up when I saw tho blood streaming from Dr. Mohr's wounds, but nil this time I had no idea of tho true stato of things. I sprang out of tho car. "I remember standing on the ground nnd Hcalls grabbing mo very roughly by tho arm. Ho dragged me to tho grass by tho side of tho car. I did not seo cither Urown or Spell-man Spell-man beforo or after tho shooting." Arthur Cushing, chief counsel for Mrs. Mohr, said It was doubtful whether whe-ther his client would make moro than n baro plea of not guilty, when tho caso comes up on September 1C. Meets Husband's Son Mrs. Mohr today met for tho first tlmo Charles M. Mohr, a son of Dr. Mohr by nnother marriage. Sho assured as-sured him there was no question but that ho and his sister who Is the wlfo of Dr. Ernest Mnrr of Haltlmore, would sharo in their father's cstnto. In speaking of tho meeting Mr. Mohr expressed his belief in tho in-nocenco in-nocenco of his stepmother. It was In one of my Jealous moods, that sho wroto tho letter threatening Miss Kmlly 0. nurger, Mrs. Mohr told tho police. My Hfo In recent years hns been anything but happy. Ho used to taunt me terribly by letting let-ting mo know in "no way or another that ho went nround with other women. wo-men. Ho would get somo young woman wo-man and tnko her horseback riding nnd ride past tho house so that I could see him. Ho flaunted these other women right In my face. Lawyers hero tonight oxpressed doubt whether tho confessions of tho threo negroes would have any standing in court, inBOfnr as they tend to implicate Mrs. Mohr. Tho Rhode Island law, thoy explained, does not allow tho admission ns ovl-denco ovl-denco of a confession by one person tending to incriminate another. |