The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-01
MRS. CODY PRESENTS
A PAINFUL STORY
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Mrs. Cody, did you ever administer
drug to Col Cody or any liquid that
would injure him?'
No, sir, l never did"
You doctored the colonel when he
suffered with minor ailments, did you
yes, sir, I doctored him and gave
him different kinds of medicine for his
little troubles when he drank"
Did you ever administer dragons
blood for the purpose of making the
colonel love you more and other wom-
en- less?"
mo, sir. and don't know what drag
on's blood is. 1 never saw any and
never heard of such a thing"
Did you ever give the colonel any
thing to make him sick?"
mo, sir"
Mrs. Cody declared she had never
told Mrs. Boyer Ca witness for the
PLAINTIFF or any person that she had
ever drugged her husband to make him
love her or gain control over him so
that he would sign certain papers for
her. She also denied that she had ever
poisoned any of the colonel's dogs in
tentionally.
81 told the men at the ranch" she
explained, ito put out strychnine or
other poison for the rats, which were
getting bothersome. and accidentally
the colonepS dogs got some of this
poison
Mrs. Cody acknowledged that she had
punished her children whenever they
needed it," and had occasionally casti-
gated them with a small riding whip.
She denied that she was ever intoXi-
Gated, as had been testified by wit
nesses for the plaintiff. She never
drank liquor except for medicinal pur-
poses, she said, and never used profane
nor obscene language.
do you still love Col. Cody?" asked
the attorney.
Eyes. He is the father of my chill
dren and 1 love him still. But / think
that the colonel ought to retract the
poisoning accusation
Would you be glad to see him now?"
Eyes, [ would gladly welcome him
home"
Did you ever complain to Mrs. Boy
er about the conduct of Col. Cody?"
mo, sir"
did you ever tell her the names Of
any women with whom you thought
the colonel was intimate?"
mo, sir"
Mrs. Cody recited the incidents of
the funeral trip from Spokane to Ro-
chester, N. Y, when they buried their
daughter Arta.
did you at that time or at any time
threaten to denounce Col. Cody at the
grave Of your daughter as his being
her muDderer?"
mo, SIR
Did you ever send him threatening
telegram in connection with the mat
ter?"
Il wired him that thought he had
been the cause of breaking Arta's
heart"
A pathetic scene occurred here when
Attorney Wilcox introduced a letter
and asked Mrs. Cody to identify it.
Tears streamed down her cheeks and
between her broken sobs she said it
was a letter from her daughter Arta
three days before she died.
Mrs. Cody denied that Col. Powell,
manager of Col. Cody's Wyoming in
tereSts, ever came to her at Rochester,
or any place, seeking a reconciliation
between her and her husband. Mrs.
Cody told of Cody's Homecoming on
Christmas, 1901. She said he seemed
glad to see her, and when he went
away Christmas night he bade her an
affectioRate farewell, kissing her as he
stepped aboard the train.
This was the last l heard from Col.
Cody, either by letter or by word Of
mouth said Mrs. Cody.
Under cross by Col.
Ridgeley, chief counsel for the plain
tiff. Mrs Cody became hysterical and
could scarcely answer some questions
In support of her accusation of inf
deity against her husband, a deposit
ton was made today by Louis +.
Clark, who formerly worked on Col
Cody's "T E" ranch near Cody, Wyo..
regarding two visits of a woman press
agent for the Buffalo Bill" show tn
the ranch in 1901 and gifts made to her
by the colonel. Col Cody's deposition
will be taken at Omaha next Monday.