"What have you done" she asked

"I've done it to Helen:, she quoted Howard in reply.

Mrs. Helen Jones of 253 E. 3rd St., San Bernardino testified she then told Howard that if he had done anything to Helen she did not want him in her house and advised him to turn himself in to the police.

Mrs. Jones and her husband Gilbert E. Jones, both testified that Howard said, "Okay" and walked out of the house and later they learned that he had surrendered to the police.

Under cross-examination by Public Defender Charles E. Ward Jones recalled that he had heard Jones recalled that he had heard Howard say "I got drunk and I done it." Howard did not explain what he had done to his wife, but Jones said he broke open the shotgun and knew it had been recently fired because of the smell of the fresh powder.

Patrolman Roy H. Vanmeter, who was on duty at the police desk when Howard turned himself in, testified Howard held out his hands in a crossed position and said "Take me, they're trying to shoot me".

Vanmeter said except for this he seemed normal at first but later began to act "very erratic" and as though intoxicated. This testified, Vanmeter was after police asked him if it was "booze" that caused him to do what he had done.

Howard 48 at 1496 w. 8th St. is being tried for the murder of his wife, Helen, 43 as she sat behind the wheel of a car in the 1100 block of West 11th Street shortly after midnight last March 15.

Testimony has been presented that Howard forced the car driving by his wife to the curb and asked her if she intended to pay the house rent.

Sylvester Isaac, 35 of 971 W. 11th St. who was sitting beside Mrs. Howard testified a gun went off, smoke filled the car and Mrs. Howard slumped over the wheel. He said another shot went off as he fled around the back of the auto.

Sheriff's criminologist Anthony Longhetti testified the shot that struck Mrs. Howard in the neck was fired through the closed left window of the car from a distance of 8 to 10 feet. Glass fragments were found among the shotgun pellets in the fatal wound.

Patrolmen Frank Alvarez Jr. and Thomas Knight, Sgt. B. Warren Cocke and Detective Woodrow We Bradford are among the witnesses called or awaiting call by Tomilnson who said he expects to rest his case sometime next week. He is not asking for the death penalty.

Ward indicated he intends to have the defendant testify in his own behalf when the defense presents it's case.