Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-24
FINISHES ITS CASE EARLY
State Rests in the Prosecution of DR.. Good
manson at Fender.
LITTLE DIRECT TESTIMONY IN SIGHT
Prisoner I'm the Habit OF Mnnifcstinp
Indifference Toward His wife
Defense viii Have
short Hearing.

PENDER, Neb., Dec 2S.-(Specal Tele-
gram)-The county court was called TO
order by Judge Curry at 10 a. M, before a
crowded court room. Many women were
accorded seats about the bar
After a few moments of delay the cross
examination Of Alvin Ioder, the brother Of
the deceased, IVES begun. The nature of The
testimony was to the disposition and pro-
pcnsity of the deceased. He testified that
she was Inclined to keep unpleasant cir
cumstances from all these except closo
friends and relatives. The witness said he
was acquainted with Dr. Goodmanson about
three years prior to his marriage with Mrs
Goodmanson and that he had practiced
dentistry two years ct Tiskilwa, ILL.,, the
home of the deceased and the witness.
DR.. Charles A. Palmer was called. He
testified to the part taken by him in the
ccroner's inquest held over the body at the
cemetery, near Tiskilwa, Ill. He said he
removed the stomach half of the liver,
spleen. heart and the right kidney, placing
them in jars securely sealed and kept in
his continuous possession until delivered at
Rush Medical college, Chicago, for chemical
examination. Cross examination seemed TO
reinforce the direct examination by detail
llB Tue CIRCUMSTANCES VI NIt pll 'dhNh ~
witness at the inquest. The vitals taken
from the body were in a good state OF pres
eryation, and in good healthy condition.
In The redirect examination the witness
ridicued the idea that there was any kind
OF substance within the jars into which the
vital organs were placed.
STORY OF a DEPUTY SHERIFF..
e. j. Tadlock. deputy sheriff, testified
that on September "A, 1896, while in the
Il al hot I'm off NJ defendant
Goodmanson came to The door with a little
child and asked the doctor for q drink, and
said she was feeling badly, and did not
know v<hat was the matter, Continuing, the
witness said the defendant turned to his
case in the operating room, took glass,
filled 1t with water and gave it TO the de
ceased As the witness passed out he saw
Mrs. Goodmanson lying on the sofa in the re
ceptiun room on her side. When he passed
out he met Mrs. Graves in the hall Gross
examination ELECTED nothing important.
Dr. u. l.. Rolph was called to the stand
by the state. He testified to certain
medicine case in the labOrat cry of defend
ants offices. and that the case had medi-
cines therein prior to September II Of n
poisonous nature or powdered strychnine.
The physician testified that about five min
utes after he arrived the day of the victim
death that deceased said to him: Doctor,
do YOU think | am going to have stroke
OF paralysis?" The witness said that de-
ceased frothed at the mouth at the time of
the final convulsicn 1t also appeared that
the witness and DR.. Gcodmanson both had
free access to this medicine case in the
laboratory, although DR.. Rolph did not have
a key thereto for over year.
Mrs Gravrs resident OF Pender. the per.
son met by witness Tadlock, as he was
leaving the derendant's office soon after the
taking of the contents of the glass by tho
deceased testified in substance that as sht
entered the room. she found none but tn,
defendant and his wife present; that the de
ceased Law on n couch with her feet on the
Anor she took n seat facing the deceased. Mrs
Goodmangon had her hands 10 to her head
and complained of nervousness, saying heI
head ached so badly that she could not hold
II nm She said: Il feel so queer, / never
felt GO before;" and also said that she had
neuralgia. The witness testified that during
the time in the room the defendant LEFT e
90 TO the laboratory to repair her plate ani
returned shortly after and took a seat tel
10 twelve feet from the couch upon which
Mrs. Goodmanson was reclining, and few
moments afterward witness left the room
While going through the long hall and dowr
stairs. no one passed her. She had no con,
versation with the deceased while the doc
tor was in the room She heard of the deati
of the deceased three quarters of an hour
after she reached home.
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