Eva Wood, Angry, Slaps at Lawyer
Item
- Title
- Eva Wood, Angry, Slaps at Lawyer
- Source
- Evening World
- Date
- 27-Mar-00
- page
- 1
- Identifier
- Image 1 of The evening world (New York, N.Y.), March 27, 1900, (Evening Edition) | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- Kill, mother, grandmother
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged murderer
- Gender of alleged victim
- Two female alleged victims
- Law enforcement involved
- Police
- Stage of the Legal System
- Court
- Length of story
- 411 words
- Description
- Camden, NJ. March 27 - The promised sensation in the conspiracy case, for which the two reporters, Sloan and Hay, are being tried, was sprung this morning by Miss Eva Wood once Eli Shaw's fiance. Prior to Ms. Wood's testimony Policeman Hartman said that he had secreted himself in a saloon where, when threatened by a man to whom he owed money, Eli Shaw had confessed to killing his grandmother and mother. But Miss Wood was the important witness. She was arrayed in bright but harmonious colors and was calm throughout the ordeal. WANTED TO GO HOME She said on the night before the morning the story was published of Shaw's confession she accompanied him to Philadelphia, where she remained at the home of a friend of hers. She wanted to return home, but Shaw insisted upon staying at her friend's house until morning. Shaw told me that he had met Mr. Hay and another reporter on Federal street in Camden and that Darnell was implicated in the trouble. The next morning he sent me out to get a paper. I thought he wanted an Inquirer because he wanted a position. He became impatient and went out himself before I returned. When he came back, he had a Times and showed me the confession and asked what I thought of it. I told him he would have to go to Camden and deny it. He answered that it was true and that he had confessed to the reporters. ADMITTED HIS CRIME I told him to deny the truth of the story and that I would stand by him, and added that if he didn't I would expose him to my friends as guilty of the murder of his mother and grandmother. Upon cross-examination Miss Woods said she had broken with Shaw soon after his confession, but had always spoken to him when passing on the street since that time. As soon as Miss Wood finished her testimony, she with her mother and sister left the court-room. HIS CONFESSION Detective Miller who kept the saloon where Police Hartman said he heard Shaw confess to him was called and corroborated the policeman's story that Shaw had confessed to him that he committed the murder. As Miller left the stand, Shaw was called and admitted having a conversation with Miller about a debt. "Did you admit the murder to him?" "No, not to my knowledge," replied Shaw. This reply caused a rustle among the spectators [...]
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