Show GAINES CAINES STICKS TO HIS DENIAL Explains Blood Stains By Cut Thumb oil Drinking SEATTLE Wash Au Aug IS-Ey IS 18 ByThe The rho Associated Walter Press Press Cloyes Gaines on trial hero here a as slayer of or his Sylvia de denied nied on tho the stand Bland Tuesday that hit was parked near the see no of her ller death the night of June 16 1 Harry automobile me mechanic mc testified Friday that ho he hoI I kneW new the car well vell and recognized It it that night and that at the thc time Of the tragedy It stood Mood 60 50 yards from where Miss Gaines was beat beat- beaten beaten beaten en and choked to o death on on the shore of Green like lake In this city Gaines swore that about a week before Miss hiss Gaines a II Smith college collego graduate was slain ho and sh ht stopped at about that place and purchased Ice cream sodas while re- re returning returning re returning turning from a drive Explaining stains of blood on a 11 shirt of his the defendant told the jury he ho had cut his thumb and that he kept In a pol pocket et near which the marks occurred The Tho witness admitted th that t from time he ho entered the tho army In Inthe the World war until that of his daughters daughter's death he drank heavily but but- buthe he declared himself a light drinker before his military service In his early cross examination Prosecutor Colvin failed to ehRke Gaines on his version of any de- de detail de detail tail The defendant calmly an each tach question using about the tho same words he had lied In direct examination Colvin questioned him particularly particularly particularly about hi his higi familiarity with Green lake near which the tho gl g wa was killed and his knowledge of Sylvias Sylvia's acquaintanceship with young men Gaines had previous previous- previously ly said Sylvia had no men friends so eo far tar as he ho knew except that she was writing lo to Thomas Lowe tor- tor for formerly or- or merly an Instructor In the Massa Massa- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 00 |