Mother of five tried for murder

Associated Press · May 20, 1958

Mrs. Margaret Wells, of Pitman, N.J., shown here with her five children, testified at her murder trial in Woodbury, N.J., today that she didn't know the gun which killed her husband, Charles, 51, Feb. 9, was loaded. Children, posing with their mother in this pre-trial picture are (from left): Graham, 15; Norman, 12; Moira, 2-weeks (in mother's lap); Sandra 17; and Charles, 13 months. All five children were in courtroom for seventh day of trial today.