Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-01

What is trat'" inquired the witness Of
-'Consumr,Iom OF the bowels" replied
kunkol.
kunkcl told witness tina, nr. Anderson
had pronounced his wifc's ailmeui 10 I've
tabcrculosis and male witness. promise no,
10 repeat what he had said to her.
Mrs. knnkcI'. Pastor TcstiRes.
First Baptist church. OF which Mrs. Kan
kci was IA member and n regular a'tendirt.
WAS the rrNt witness. II" had married the
hunkcl IN Iuiy. i:.. aMi Knew az MT;
kunhrls illness IN thr tai %, lN'>. hiinhti
had told him II Wound not To-" convenient
FOR witness 20 call en- the Invalid and later
l>unke. told him that the ~nciShhors w.r"
ralkiE. 50 much thht hr deemed 1t t"-' his
wife should not have callers, and. also gave
MIN 10 understand that st, had hah a ms
carriage. ON the daS II Mrs; Nunk+ls
was met by kunkel. who spoke Of her so"'i
qualities as 4 housewife. mechanical lnss-
nntty. .lc. a"G rcgi',icn VINES !" III
4 eel OF tuberculosis Of the bowels ana
stomach. After In. fIHarai witness again
called ard ;llk"i with kunkel and the ac-
VI Cod. / tried to protect that wom-
an.
known some time" comforted the minister
OF the gospel.
Kunksl had also :old witness that dc,
,ersed had beer ,akir. melirir. that lad
had some connection wiki the miscarriage
and ,hat traces of ii would be found in her
stomach. At icas;- witness ihierf.a as
much from kunkeis statement 10 hi"'
kunkcIs ReassurinE Reply.
Mrs. A. ". Cone. the next witness, testi-
fled that she had called III the kunkel res
idence shortly after the funeral on me
same day. and in a conversation with Kun
KEEL she had said:
You seem to he having your share OF
trouble" att,
.p,- ~, ~ m!Na1 mn IN tnlS.' re-
He then tod witness that his wife had
been so nervous that her ir,endf , mao not
Mrs. G. NJ. faliey. the next witIieSS' re-
lated that she knew Mrs. kunkei ana that
Mis-. kurkcl had said 10 her that fNulih.,
had poisoned Birdie ana beie'eo ne "ouiu
:That did you do with Mrs. kunkei:'
asked Attorney Bishop. -.
How is that competent. inquired tne
court. what do you propose TO show:
we wish to show the condition oil MIS-.
Eunkel's mind at that time. replied Mr.
Il DO not know of any rule that would
make it competent" responded the court.
So Mr.. Bishop gave the witness up. ana
Attorney Barker took her in hand and sue
ceeded in elicitinS from her the fact that
at the time she had had the conversation
with Mrs. Kuukel the defendant was not
present.
kunkeI Heard the Accusation.
To Mr.. Bishop-Mrs. Kunkel was lying
on the bed when she made the statement
she was talking in a loud tone. and Kun
kel was standing near the door. in the hall
way. Witness met him when she LEFT the
room.
Mrs. Henry Smith. of Clay Center. kas..
was the MeXt witness. Witness had at
tended Birdie Comingore,s funeral and had
years. She was asked by Mr.. Bishop, to
~ccrroborate Mrs. Falley's. testimony. but
the court would not Permit her testimony
to go TO the Jury. saying that II was ex,
ceedincly improbable that kunkel had
heard Mrs. Nnnisrl's statement that she
believed kunkel would poison her;
Witness then testified that when Mrs.
kunkel WIS i'll she came TO Lawrence from
Clay Center to visit her. and was met on
the street by Eunkei. who told her that
she could not see his wife. He accompa-
MED her TO the house. but her reception
was such that she did rot remain. and pro-
cceded TO Mrs. Frenk Duriand's residence.
.;unkel, and shortly after WAS sent for
AID remained with Mrs. Kunkel Il short
time.
Witness Gave Mrs. kunkel whisky.
During another visit witness gave Mrs.
Kunkei whisky several times. When the
whisky WAS given her she would shudder
and say that she felt as though she was
going 10 vomit. Mrs. kunkei's SKIN was
dry and feve:ish and her face was badly
bioated.
A letter written 10 witness by Mrs. Kun
kei WAS shown to witness. who identified II
NJ. Barker objected to the testimony OF
Mrs. Fal.ey and Mrs. Smith insofar a. i;
related to the conversation they had had
with Mrs. Kunkei. AMI. after indulGins in
n rcbuke to the prosecution. the court or
dered the testimony taken from the jury.
Dr. +. ID. Morse was recalled by, the pros
ecu,io:l TO testify that during the monti1
o. September. when he had prescribed bis
NTH for Mrs, Kunkei. he had also pre-.
scrihed bismuth for other Women without
any III results 10 them. but the court could
not see the relevancy or competency oi
the question and demanded 10 "be shown
Cited an Indiana Decision.
This Mr.. Brownell undertook to do and
| cited q recent Indiana decision in supper
OF the prosecutors action, but the cour;
decided against him and INDUCED in AN.
other lecture, in which he framed Il ques'
ton which he said the prosecution couiI
| PROFOUND TO the witness. but counted viii
/; the declaration thaS he did no, believe
the witness would dare to answer it i.
| The affirmative.
Witness. who had attended Mrs. Kunkel
did not remember ever telling kunkel ,ha'
Mrs. kunkel was suffering from tuhercw
ios.s OF the stomach and bowels. Witness
also could not recall that kunkel had to!t
him that Or. Andersen had said Mrs. Kun
kel's condition eyirccd all the symptoms %
DIR. Anderson. recalled, denied ever hav
ing any such conversation with Kunkc
ard declared that he had never said Mrs
kunkel WAS suffering from consump tion o
from tuberculosis OF the stomach an,
bowels.
4 Model Witness.
TIT noon recess WAS declared when nr
| Anderson had retired from the stand an,
on reassenlhlinS the prosecution called Or
S. w. Willis,on, professor or historical
geology. anatomy and physiology AT III,
Kansas university. . graduate OF and ais,
a professor IL Nale a pract.uire phySicia,
for years. and of great experience in IN
handling OF poisons. as the next witness
He had been present during the rial, ha,
l hxuaL III .af fha iIAri,nnnA rGl. liz !. :. i.