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Show oo PATHETIC SCENE AT GEIDEL TRIAL New York, Aug. 23. Two days of preliminaries had completed the stage for witnesses when the Geidol murder trial commenced today. Tho stale will present evidence to show that the 17-year-old Hartford boy is doubly guilty of flrst-degreo murder, because he visited the room of WIN Ham fl. Jackson with a bottle ot chloroform in his pocket and robbed the aged broker after he had killed him. In his opening address to the jury, Assistant District Attorney Noit explained ex-plained that murder -was In the first degree if committed by premeditation or by compounding a felony. He said Geidel was employed at the hotel whero Jackson lived alono and where he was killed W.lt,nekses- will testify testi-fy thaf after? his, arrest? tjie prisoner mado a. detailed confeasloa. " - Tho 'first witness wai Norman L. Coo, photographer, who submitted several photographs of Mr. Jackson's room, taken, he said, soon after tho finding ot tho body. Gpldel's counsel objoctcd to the ad- aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa - n 'mission of tho exhibit on tho ground that it wns probable thai the pictures did not represent tho condition of the room when the crime was discovered. The court admitted tho exhibit with tho reservation that it was to be considered con-sidered unless corroborated by wit nessos later. Dr. Jackson, brother of the slain broker, and MrB. Gcidcl, Paul's bother, both-er, found a common bond of syrapithy' today "Do you know who that Is over' thcre,s asked a friend of Dr.' Jack son, pointing to tho sad-faced woman. "That is Mrs. Geidel " "Is it?" exclaimed Dr. Jackson "Poor woman. I miiBt go and speak to hor " In a moment he was bcsldo her "My dear madem," he said quietly and kindly, "I cannot tell you how sorrv I am for yon, the mother of that poor boy. You have my greatest sympathy. sym-pathy. I can't speak about it, but God bless you." Mrs Geidel was in tears when she raised her face She smiled her thanks, but did not speak. |