Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-16
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covering that she was dead he arose
quickly, lighted lamp and amidst
passionate weeping, alarmed the fam
| 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
MIR. 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 deceased's maiden
name, white spots appeared upon the
SKIN of the latter; first on the
| hands and arms. Leprosy manifests
itself in spots like those on her skin,
! ana Kate being d proud girl Wor-
RED 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 Il letter written by Katie" to
Willie mentioning those spots. These
srots were Spreading over her skin and
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. A spot finally
| came on her neck-she hid it; finally
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. Slifer's health; but that the
natural effect is upon the mind-to
reate depression of mind. Medical
experts will tell you that the insane
have spots on their skin similar to
those upon Mrs. Slifer, the defense
claimed; and she killed herself over it.
Defense will show that sleepit,g
adult could not be made to inhale
chloroform without coughing and
awakening; that experts will testify
that it is almost impossible to avert Il
CONFUSION OF coughing in such cases,
that the testimony will show that the
defendant could not have administered
the chloroform without awakening his
wife. and that the testimony will show
that she did not inhale chloroforli,, t..t
|
proven that Mrs. Sitter had purchased
chloroform month before her death,
at Marshalltown; the defense will show
her statement; will show The buttle;
the defense advances the theory that
Kate Slfer either PURCHASED q secc, d
bottle of the poison on the 18th of De-
oember or sent some man to make tie
pIl chase. Testimony will show that
she did take the chlorofore.l in liquid
form. Inhalation of this poison leaves
no marks upon the lungs; the defense
says testimony will prove tina. q rcst-
Mortem was held ten DAYS after death
-four doctors being present: the tody
had been embalmed and was we'll !.ra-
served. A red spot was fo lod N the
ste ma CHI. The defense claims it will
prove by expert testimony that ch!aro-
form made that spot. Nv testimony 1T
will be shown that by swal wig The
cnloroform that the vict.,n would tall
to sleep before any pain Nonli set in,
Fence she had died peac, lily, With ut
struggle. 1t will be rnosvE that The
drug clerk who sold some chloroio. m
on Dec 10 at Marshallt,.wn, said that
the nan making the purchase Wo,e a