The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-01-22
'ODOR OF ROSES
IS |NCA'S DIET
Nurse Says She Lived Month
BY Smelling Flowers
TURNED DARK IN FACE
WHEN SHE TRIED TO DRINK ON
ACCOUNT OF PARALYZED
TONGUE REMARK.
ABLE CASE.

AhHIdSO, Jdu. CIT u
crushed roses as diet alone KEEP
alive the spark of life for a month
in lnga Hanson, weight 800 pounds
according TO Mrs Hattie White, who
testified today in Miss Hanson S
trial for perjury in Judge Kersten's
court.
For month Inga Hanson did mo-
eat mouthful of food so far as
know said Mrs White.
Certainly never in my presence
Frequently | gave her water. but
llwhen she tried to drink she turned
dark in the face and remained in
that condition for several minutes.
y examined her tongue. Apparent.
ly il was paralyzed. She tried des.
perately to move it in swallowing
and could not"
IF she took no solid or liquid food,
upon what did she lye?' asked Spe.
cial Counsel Franklin B. Hussey.
THE odor of roses" replied Mrs.
White. "She would crush them in
ner hand and sniff their perfume for
minutes at a time.
Her bed was covered constantly
with rose leaves out of which she
had crushed and inhaled the fra.
GRANGE She kept roses in her room
always.
She said the fragrance strengthen
ed her. | know she seemed wonder
fully braced up after breathing the
odor."
Where did she get the roses?" ask.
ed Mr. Hussey.
Friends Supply Roses.
Some of them she bought Her
friends brought her many. House De
tectiye VIII Palmer often gave her
roses"
How did he present them to heE2'
asked Mr.. Hussey. b. n
Standing at the foot of her bed,
he would waggle her big toe to let
her know he was there, and then put
the roses in her hand. When her big
toe was waggled Inga knew it was
Detective Palmer with roses.
Mrs. Whi.e was Miss Hansons
nurse for two months in 1900, while
the latter roomed at the Palmer
House. She was accustomed to ar
rive in Miss Hansons room at 10I
O'Clock in the morning and remain
until 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
i did YOU ever see Miss Hanson
of bed?" asked Attorney Parker.
1ri Walked a: Snal's Pace.
several times, when she went to
the bathroom in the first few weeks |
was with her" replied Mrs White.
Did she Walk"
she hobbled. She bent far over
and moved at a snail's pace"
How did you communicate with
herr"
For the first three weeks she was
totally blind Then | took her hand |
and with it formed big letters. If
she understood, she shook her head, |
She recovered partial sight in her
right eye in April.
Then she could read by looking
sidewise. Later she was able TO fol |
low conversations by watching the
lips. -
After the first few weeks she re-
NAMED in bed all the time and ! nev.
er saw her move except her right
arm"
Bible Verses Marked.
Special Counsel Hussey sprang a /
surprise by introducing a bible inter
lined and marked in ink by Miss Han.
son during this period of her alleged
affection.
The jury noted Miss HansOn's in
-erlineations with apparent interest.
Many passages in the fourteenth
chapter OF John were underscored
Miss Hanson had written Glory" af
.er this verse;
IF ye shall ask anything in my I
name, | will do it.
Again she had written Wonder /
ful" after the following:
"He that hath my commandments /
and keepeth them, he it is that loveth |
me; and he that loyeth me shall be /
loved of my Father and | will love /