Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 243, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1919 — SENATOR NEW TO SUPPLY FUNDS IN MURDER TRIAL. [ARTICLE]

SENATOR NEW TO SUPPLY FUNDS IN MURDER TRIAL.

Untted States Senator Harry S. New, whom Harry-«■ S, -Ney, Jr., charged with the murder of his sweetheart, Freda Lesser, claims as ■h»ii father, wiIT furnish' ample funds for the defense- in theimpending trial to be held in Los Angeles, Calif., has been admitted by an attorney for the defense. It was also stated - that no fact ■ essential to a complete defense { would be omitted, which is anothet 'way of saying that the romance of Senator New and Mrs.- Lily Burger, the accused man’s mother, may be ! recited from the witness stand either I in whole or in part. I The prosecution and defense have : begun final plans for their legal i strategy; These plans will take in- [ tensified form as New goes to trial before Judge Craig of the superior Icourt, October 27, with Asa Keyes f of the district attorney's office prosecuting and Mr. Davis and John I. Richardson def ending. -