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Show I CUKE OFFERS TRAGEDY CAUSE HAfKENSAni, FT. J. Oct 20. CJcoreo CHno, Charles Soullln nnel Alice TTiornton were KCQtllt-tevl KCQtllt-tevl of the martlet" of Jack Iier-Ron, Iier-Ron, movlo nctor, by a Jury liere Into todaj-. , HACKEN'SACK N. J.. Oct. IG The 'Charge that his wlf was a "burn ' and not the knowledtro that sho had been rlmlnally 11 1 1 I , infuriate, 1 him to 'a proposal of a duel, flrorK" Clin?. ,'jnotlnn picture location finder, who Is OD trial with his brother-in-law . harles Scullion, an'l Alice Thornton for tho mnrdir of John Dergen. rnn-ilon rnn-ilon picture actor, admitted on cross-B" cross-B" 'examination Tuesday. H CHno told on direct examination H ithat when after nmnths of suspi-H suspi-H elon. he finally learned that his wife had been assaulted, he had asked BP-j BP-j pen, whom he said he had befrl.nd- J ed, to come to his home in Edgo- 14 'water and "explain certain kissing parties, " and that Bergen was ncei-1 ncei-1 dentally shot In a struggle for the H possession of a gun Which he had fflv-len fflv-len him "What was your state of mind, Just prior, and after the shooting' Prose-H Prose-H leutor Hart asked Cllne on cross-cx- I A lamination. Counsel for the defense objected to Ithe question and was .sustained by Itho court H Taking another tack the prosecutor tasked Cllno why he had armed hlm-H hlm-H iself. In self-defense. CUne answered.! He Jenic-d that ho had represented I (himself as a "Mr Ryan" when ho telephoned the actor to come to his home. Ho said that when h con-.frontod con-.frontod his wlfo with Bergen Bhe. , 'broke down and confessed that he, had drugged her In a Samnac Lake hotel and then assaulted her Inline aaia mat Bergen then admit 'ted the charge, and said, ' I'm a dirt dog, shoot mo," and ho ordered Bor-.gen Bor-.gen out of his houe. I had no Idea of shooting him " iCline testified He said that It was a remark of the jactor's as he was aIout to leave the bojMse which Infuriated him. "Bergen said. George, you know all women are bad ' " Cllne testified, 'and Mamie is a bum.' " It was then, Cline declared, that he Invited Bergen to go upstairs Where ithe shooting occurred. RE-ENACTS STRUGGLE. Cllne, In his direct examination, reproduced re-produced his movements during the alleged struggle in the second floor room of his home He denied that Ihe llghta had been turned cut. lie iald that that had been the agreement, agree-ment, but that as he reached for the wHrh he saw Bergen leveling the pistol pis-tol ho had given him. and that as he straggler to wreat tn-' weapon from iilm It was discharged After Mrs. Cllne's testimony, which orroborated that given by her husband, hus-band, tho Jury, headed by a 25-year-old girl stenographer, went to E> "ivater for an examination of the CUne ihome. The trial, which has moved with re-' Tnarkable. rapidity, Is expected to be, finished today, ft n |