The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-12
GOES TO THE JURY
All Evidence in in the Trial
of Mary MOrk
PLEA OF INSANITY
Made by the Defendants
Attorneys.

When the Mary 3Iork case was called
yesterday morning the special veatre thar
had been brought II the night before vas
on hand AID the work Ct securing the
jury was commenced Nary Mork came
Ia and took a seat at the table with her
attorneys and seemed interested In the
examination Of the jurors. which she
evidently did not comprehend. she wore
Thte waist blue SKIRT with leather
BELT ana small pale red lat with crimson
flowers
Mary 1Iarz has black eyes and Fair
AID IS heavy build. weighing perhaps 49,
POUNDS Her eyes are duI and there IS
1olh-ls about ner Co indicate thar she
possesses m1-s tlan very ordinary IN
r=Lzerc she seems to understand when
the evidence Is strongly against her, but
1o-hl-g ID cer appearance indicates thar
The horrible scCry Of the killing o. TIE
babe causes any coupulcrion Of con
science Oh l=r Pa--, though some az TIC
evidence tended % STOW that s1e was
willing % keep the babe If her parents
had permitted her 70 GO So.
This morning the jury Ras secured ard
sEor- % tr- rh= case il an Unexpectedly
short r1ua The 1ry is as follows
IL J. Feua-. r g. Taylor Elmer
Da-is Ralph smith. George Stevens. J.
Pa-5u-, C. E. Nun. John Al1errz. ?. I.
Deareh 81. 81. Clingeldeld. T. B. Dlgh-
ron. g. W Page
After the jury had been sworn County
Attorney James T. Comfy rroceeded %
state The ease 70 The jury, il which he
said he expected % prove chat TIE De-
PENDANT had committed a deliberate ul1r-
Ger The evidence N the preliminary
trial vas AL published in The Easl- at
tze time u occurred and IL vas generally
expected that this would only be a repe-
tl-lon and there was not a very large
crowd present IN the court room this
morning. b1r those who lld attend saw
that some new evidence was being
brought out
Irs Stanton. OF the Rescue Home. was
the first witness called By the state she
was questioned by The county attorney.
she pointed our the defendant ard her
mother. who sat inside the railing and
said she had met them both &c lhe Home
she remembered that their names were
Marks, and thai there was town Of the
same name TO which they sent letters
Tor the defendant sac told II Mary
coming 10 the Home ana about the birth
of her baby ca AprL =. and Of her going
away with her mother from the Home On
Hay H.
TF- Stanton was called and stated
that he lived ar l4Gs south Lawrence
avenue He said the witness VINO precid-
e hl1 was nor his mother He said he
saw the defendant On 3Ily H. He was
over 11 E-p0ria avenue In che T. 70 block
painting q house Tor DR. Richardson He
was painting che porch and saw the de-
PENDANT and her mother Sop under the
lr=es 20 1r1lr of the house and role Up
something II a bundle lie saii- Hello.
1Izrg. snd Mary and her mother both
SAID Helo and that was AZ the con
versarl11 1e had wlth them he said from
the porch be colld see considerable
number # bIscks south. and be saw -hau
0re OF Two hl1cks stir going south. re
said he had seen Mary 1Iarz and her
brother ~ the Rescue Home. w1i-h IS
the old Wichita hospital building on
the cI0ss-e1-a11i- ar Stanton sad
b. was prs-ty sure II was the eleventh
day cr 1Iav that be saw rtem. To the
best ~ his rsccl.ecr11 u vas a5cu- NJ
teen minutes rast three o'-i eek in the
afternoon that he saw them going south
on Eurcria avenue lie said be would
net swear -ha- b. saw TWO babies bur he
saw one. all tae bundle which Mary
carried was large enough % have cl2-
tanned p baby