The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-14

habit of going all over the new house
every day and going every place and
10 every part of the house that. the
workmen went. He repeated the re-
ference to the statements made that
the roof needed some fixing and that
II mad been agreed on conference
between himself. J. q. HasKeii, the
| architect, and Mr. Perkins including
fourth man. a timer, that Dorwood
should be employed. He also stated
| that all four were on the roo1 OF the
| mousse with the primary lntenuon OF
remedying a leak which came because
of the construction of certain round
balls on the pilasters OF smaIi ornd-
mental iron railing on the TOOL o1 INC
house. The rain would come aoWn
around the edges of the iron pan ana
run down through the pliasters 10 the
woodwork below. On the cross exam
ination by ]. S. Dean. constant was
asked with reference to the nTe Whlcn
destroyed partially the first residence
He stated that he understood that
about $4,000 insurance was carried
on the building and that so,1Vo ol IN
surance was paid to cover the oaindse
done but that the work could not nave
been replaced nv that amount of mon
ey. He stated that the fre hao start
ed in two different parts OF tne mouse
and presumably due TO lnceholary
sources.
When asked concerning the part his
children PLAYED in the Will OF Fer kIls,
he said: Il don't know nave hearp l
of some newspaper accounts tiAal 90'oA-
was the case
j. G. Haskell = Witness.
I'VE will admit that onereo the
attorneys for the defense.
John G. Haskell. the aged archltect'
who has been a resident OF LawTeI ne
for fifty years and who planned ths
construction of the Perkins resloel1ce'
said upon examination: -
I'VE went UP on the roof OF tne
house about II o'clock. FRIDAY aH ite
noon myself. Mr.. Perkins, MI. Con,
slant and the timer. We were caileI
there to examine the iron railing
around the deck of the mouse mex nei
was a defect in the iron ralhng, WhiciI
the contractors admitted existed ~.
had not vet remedied. Tne IRON paIIs
been cast in a solid piece with the
pilasters were separate and just p!aceo
into the palister- The rain peat oo%I
and ran down around the eoge OF lue
balls and made the ceiling wet MI
Perkins wanted that fixed and we were
discussing what should be done Wnen
he called our attention to the tile rooI;
The men who laid the tile had ch1ppeo
some of the corners off ana Ie1t IltlS
spaces underneath Sparro"s ha9
been working there. and left straw anu
hay sticking out. A good many spar
rows were waiting about with straw ~
their bills until we should get OIL the
roof. We decided that some Nitrous or |
vegetable material should be placed IN
the crevices and cemented In, coiored
to the shade of the tile. L cautioned
Mr.. Perkins not to let any one get OF,
the roof because it was dangerous ana |
that if any workmen should fall on ne |
would have to pay the cost OF a broken
neck. And that if anyone got on the |
roof they should go in their stocking |
feet and that a man should have a !
rope placed around him so that a man
holding the other end might play I !
out. Because that was the way those |
Il ccC-
ed a little anxiety of having the matter
attended to as soon as possible.
Letters Concerning Poison.
Letters were produced, the correspond |
ence between Perkins and Professors
Vaughn and Hutchings of Ann Arbor,
Michigan, by the defense to show why
wanted to discover the effects
Of certain poisons on the system The
letters showed that Perkins wrote to
H. B. Hutchings of the law department
at Ann Arbor, and that he inquired
concerning the value of certain lectures
published by a firm in that city He
gave as his reason why that he was
Secretary of the state board of law ex-
miners and that he inquired on the be-
half of prospective applicants to take
he state bar examinations.
This CORES pondence was carried on
through the fall of 1906. That later he
stated he had a very interesting pro-
position in toxicology to work out and
asked concerning tne eILeclS u Sei lalA |
ooisons but was referred to Prof. Vic
or c. Vaughn. After asking the same
question of Vaughn he abandoned fur
her correspondence because as was
stated in the letters he discovered that
he question was of too technical ma
ure to submit to the applicants at the
itate bar examination.
DR. John T. Moore, manager of Wood
ward & Co.. druggists at Lawrence,
rom whom Perkins purchased the
inn x1-hi alleged look |
n committing suicide gave nothing new
o the testimony that he has already
offered. He stated that 1t was sui
,hate of morphia and that there was
bout seven or eight grains put in
mall package few inches long; that
,e thought nothing unusual of the ap-
,lication and that Perkins acted very
naturally.