The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-01-19

twould be in Mt. Ayr that day to be ex-
amined for an increase of pension. On
cross examination said Charles Woodard
did not say he would not drive him to
Mt. Ayr as it was too cold but did say
he would go with him.
MRS. MARTHA POLAND
testified to being at the kirkpatrick
home the day Mrs. Woodard died. Ar
rived there between IL and ] o'clock
and helped dress her. Ter right arm
was drawn under her, her right leg
drawn, body was stiff and jaw dropped.
Heard Chas. Woodard say he told his
wife to. take her medicine with her. for
fear she might have spell of neuralgia,
Said he got it from DR.. Eiker the day
before. That he then held a policy for
$4,000 on his wife's life payable to him
and $4,000 on his life in his wife's fav-
ior. Knew Mrs. Wo ,dard all her life
and she was always of bright and
cheerful disposition.
MRS. ELIZABETH YOUNG
a resident of Richland township testi-
fled to being at the Kirkpatrick home
the day Mrs. Woodland died and helped
lay her out. 1t was an awful stiff and
rigid corpse. Heard eChas. Woodland tell
Well Wadsworth the first he noticed
wrong with his wife was after they
crossed the Crees ford and he spoke to
her. She was shivering and after get
ting near Bud Browns he got out bot
tie of medicine and gave her lose and
in the scufiie the bottle was broken.
That when they got to Browns after
meeting Vanlear that his wife said that
she wanted to go on home so he drove
on. Heard him object to holding an in
quest because it would cost $75 and he
could not afford it. Saw him laughing
and Joking with people who were at the
house that night.
The noon hour having arrived when
the witness was excused court adjourn
Cu uAUAl - " ClOChs ~
When court was called at 2 O'clock
Thursday afternoon the court room was
packed as we'll as the gallery and many
people were standing. in the aisles.
MRS. ELIZABETH YOUNG
being recalled for further cross~exam-
inaticn WAS asked in regard to her tes-.
timony regarding the conversation of
Charles Woodard and We'll Wadsworth
about the breaking of the bottle of med
icine given at the coroner's inquest,
said her recollection at that time
was probably better than it was now.
DIR. B. L. EIKER
a practicing physician of Decatur City
testified to furnishing bottle of medi-
cine to Charles Woodland on December
IA, 1905. He asked for medicine for his
wife, told me how she was complaining.
| put up four ounce vial syrup of hy-
pophosphites and elexir of cascara Sc
grada. He said she complained of a
pain in her side, neuralgia he thought,
and was cOnstipated. 1t contained
among other ingredients one-sixteenth
grain of strychnine to each fluid ounce.
There were three-sixtecnth grain in the
full bottle. A fatal dose of strychnine
is from one to two grains. / got the
medicine at Bears drug store in Deca-
tur City. | was present at the post
mortem examination of Mrs. Woodlands s
body the other doctors being DIR. Rob-
inson of Grand River and DR.. Brown of
Leon. Told what was done, how the
body was open and the organs were ex-
amined, found the heart to be normal;
also the liver, kidneys, womb all appear
ing to be normal, no indications of
any recent abortion. Saw nothing un-
usual in any of her organs. No. indica-
tions of any pregnancy. Stomach was
taken out after being tied at both it's
openings, placed it in fruit jar, sealed
it and turned it over to Coroner Layton.
On cross-examination said we did not
examine the inside of the womb or the
filopian tubes. Did not examine the
brain or spinal chord. Commissions may
exist in, cerrebro spinal menengitis, hy-
drophobia and other diseases at times.
During his examination considerable
amusement was created at the expense
of Attorney Hoffman who was trying to
ask about disease which he could
neither pronounce or spell. In the
stomach we found a hard substance
which was cut out resembling a gum
drop, which was placed in the jar with
the stomach. ! had previously pre-
scribed some black pills for Mrs. Wood
ard which contained one sixtieth of a
grain of strychnine. Some time after
Mrs. Woodlands death / went to the
drug store and had the druggist set the
bottle away at the request of the county