The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-15
SCHECk WOMAN
AGAIN ON STAND
Under Cross Examination
Story of the Murder of Her
Husband Is Repeated.
STACKP0LE LOVE LETTERS
VICTIM HAD READ SOME OF
THEM.

= Los Angeles. Cal, Aug. 14.-Long be-
lore the time set for the opening of
court in the Stackpole murder trial to-
day the court room of department No.
was filled to overlooking and the
crowd about the entrance and IN the
corridors became densely packed. Mrs
Arilla Scheck, wife of the murdered
man, who last evening took the wit
ness stand and made complete confess
sion of her own and Stackpoie's guilt
was expected to go upon the stand this
morning for cross-exa minatiOn.
Three-quarters of an hour before the
hour set for the opening of the .nOrn-
ing session bailiffs closed the court
room doors in an effort to prevent fur
Their crOwding. The crowd outside
surged against the doors and broke
out large pane of stained glass in the
door. Sheriff White sent deputies TO
the scene, who threatened to clear the
corridors and court room, but the
crowd only laughed derisively at the
threat.
Courtroom Cleared.
Shortly before the trial was resumed
the court room was cleared of all spec
tatOrs except those occupying seats. A
majority of those remaining under this
rule was composed, as on former oc-
casions, of women. who. consumed
with curiosity, followed greedily every
detail of the testimony.
As soon as the jury had taken their
seats and answered to the call of the
clerk, Mrs. Scheck was again called to
the stand. She came from the witness
room, cool and composed, and appa-
rently refreshed from her ordeal of yes
terday. She seemed to carry herself
as though her frank confession of yes
terday had removed from her mind a
weighty load Of sorrow and guilt.
Confession Repeated.
Counsel for StackDole at once took
up the examination. For the first hour
and a half he subjected the witness to
a fire of cross-questions. but she
seemed unperturbed and gave her an
swers cooliy and quietly. Her state
ments came as frankly as yesterday.
when she first related the horrible de-
tails of her husbands murder Step
by step she retraced, under the diree-
ton of the attorney, her accusing mar
rative of yesterday, and with the ex-
ception of slighr details, it remained
mistaken She told again when and
where she had met StackpCle and what
their relations had been. He told
me when I first met him" she said,
how much he loved me, and how hap
ry he would make me-"
Gave Horrible Details.
She related again how the plot to
dispose of Joel Scheck had been
formed, and how the defendant had
planned and executed it in every de-
tail.
She described the love letters that
Stackpole had written her. They had
been fifteen or twenty in number, she
said. They were not, she said, of
very endearing nature, and she had al
lowed her husband to read some of
them. These letters began usually, she
testified, with affectionate expressions.
but she did not think her husband
realized their Importance or suspected
her Illicit relations with Stackpole.
The majority of Stackpole's letters,
however, were not read by her huS-
band, she said. Stackpole had told
her not to show them to him.
No Promise of Immunity.
The attorney then turned the line of
questioning in an attempt to disclose
the fact that the prosecution had prom
Used Mrs. Scheck immunity from pun
ishment for her testimony. MY attor-
ney told me that it would help me if /
told everything, and the police limited
that it might go easier with me, but
the district attorney promised me moth
ing" said she.
why did you tell anybody" asked
Stackpole's attorney.
We'll" said the witness, 1.-The police
found some of my pictures among his
effects. and ! supposed they knew
everything. They knew I had given
him presents. Whenever l would start
to tell them a lie they would stop me,
and warn me to tell the truth. They
knew whenever | lied"
Mrs. Scheck was still on the stand
when court adjourned for the noon re-
cess.
When court convened at o'clock this
morning the cross-examination of Mrs.
Scheck proceeded. The attorney for
Stackpole followed closely her narrative
of Yesterday, questioning her upon every
point. but failing TO shake her direct evl-
dence in any material particular. The
witness however showed evidence of the
strain upon her. and responded to the
With moro hesitation