Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-16
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covering that she was dead he arose
quickly, lighted a lamp and amidst
passionate weeping, alarmed the ram
lily of the unexpected sadness. Then
In distress, the defense claims, the
grieved husband threw himself upon a
lounge downstairs. The home folks
hurriedly went up to the death cham
Der and found Kate Slifer dead. Then
Mr.. Wheeler said: THE state says
murder; the defense says suicide" Adj
ding, the defense said that just prior
to the marriage of William Slifer and
Kate Robb, the deceaseds maiden
skin of the latter; first on the
hands and arms. Leprosy manifests
itself in spots like those on her skin,
and Kate being a proud girl wor-
ried excessively over these white, ir-
regular appearing spots. She went to
doctors to ascertain the cause for
those spots; the defense claims it will
present the doctors to whom she went
to testify about those spots; will also
show letter written by Katie" to
Willie mentioning those spots. These
SPOTS were Spreading over her skin and
were crawling towards her face. She
told her husband that If those spots
ever appeared on her face she would
Kill herself The defendant at the time
considered this as only frivolous re-
mark of a proud girl spot finally
came on her neck-she hid it; finally d
spot made it's appearance on her face.
She, in horror, showed it to her hus-
bands mother. This disease, as COM
petent doctors will testify, did not af-
feet Mrs. Slifers health; but that the
natural effect is upon. the mnd-to
reate depression of mind. Medical
experts will tell you that the insane
those upon Mrs. Slifer, the defense
claimed; and she killed herself over it.
Defense will show that a sleeping
adult could not be made to inhale
chloroform without coughing and
awakening; that experts will testify
that it is almost impossible to avert
convulsion Of coughing in such cases.
that the testimony will show that the
defendant could not have administ cred
the chloroform without awakening his
wife, and that the testimony vii; show
that she did not inhale chloroforll,. bit
drank it in liquid form. 1t VII lie
proven that Mrs. Slifer had purchases
chloroform a month before her dea+h,
at Marshalltown; the defense will show
her statement; will show the bUttle;
the defense advances the theory that
Kate Slfer either purchasel q seccl d
bottle of the poison on the ,9th OF De-
cember or sent some man to make tie
pI1 chase. Testimony will show that
she did take the chlorofor',l in liquid
form. Inhalation of this poison leaves
no marks upon the lungs; the defense
says testimony will prove tina. a rcst-
nlortem was held ten DAYS after death
-four doctors being present; the tody
had been embalmed and was we'll !re-
served. A red spot was fo lod II the
ste CHI. The defense claims 1t viii
prove by expert testimony that ch!aro-
form made that spot. Nv testimony it
will be shown that by swallowing The
cnloroform that the victim would tall
to sleep before any pain would set in,
Fence she had died peac> lily, WITT ut
a struggle. 1t will be "ho5vc that the
drug clerk who sold some chloroio: m
on Dec. 10 at Marshalltown said thAt
the man making the purchase woe a