Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-12-02 | Page 2 | Cats Figure in Murder Trial

CA CATS IS FIGURE IN f MURDER TRIAL Witnesses Offer Alibi For Willis Beach Peach On Fatal Fa tal Day MAYS MAY'S LANDING Li N N. N J J J. Dec 2 By The Associated Press Press Friends Friends relatives neighbors a baby and even two cats were used today in an n effort a o prove that Mrs l frs Margaret Lillien- Lillien Lilliendahl dahl and Willis Beach are arc Innocent of ot the murder murd r of the woman womans woman's s aged husband It was the first day of ot defense testimony and many witnesses were called to k tell teU of ot the good reputation of both defendants and to deny that illicit intimacy between them had ended in family disagreements that might have ha been A motive e for mur mur- murder ur- ur der Most Moot of the morning session was vas given en en over to k building up an alibi for Beach Bench who is accused of ot the tho actual killing kUling Testimony was wa given to show that hat he was in his home at such such a a time ilme that he could not have reached the scene of the crime by the hour hat ba t the killing took tool place One woman remembered remember d that she had seen ken him near home at a a certain certain certain tain hour because she had just been told of ot the tho birth of at a baby to a friend when Beach Bench went by byA A man changed previous testimony to say ray he had seen Beach having ha had bad his recollection refreshed that tha t Beach waved to him as the witness was talking to his mother mOlher who had been followed across a 0 field by two cats as she came to meet him hint The cat incident was so ro unusual he said sale that when he saw his mother two weeks reeks ago with two t cats o cats everything came back Jo him bIm I