New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-05
ALLEGES SUICIDE PACT
Mrs. Darts Tells of Plan for DdCts
to XII DR.. RustiR.

Omaha Dec 4-The state. in the trial Of Charies
z. Davis. charged with the murder OF Ut ~
ick 7 Rustin. succeeded to-day in putting oeio,e
the Jury ali the testimony Of Mrs. Abhie hice' IN
the face Of objections ny the defence. Inc court
-oo-n was again crowded with spectators theis
Of whom were women The prosecution Inlsn 's
fts case late in the day and the defence nesan i'S
testimony. -. ~.
story or now Dr. Rustin told her Of the pan -
bsve nsvis kin him under promise thal te
rhxsicisn would furnish Davis WIN Deo
rcsson with which take his own ne -,
sle told Of her visit the doctor once a. -
d,,-,,r which Davis came. Meantime the uoC'ol
showed her q bottle OF poison which he saio ne
rrera-ing FOR Davis Eho in exchange Tot II Wa "
l.fll DR. Rustin. The poison was 8 mixture =, o.
other drug with aconite Inc oTls'h0. - 80
sconite re gave her. and later she turned i ''e
~ ,,,;ce Il vas introduced in evidence
She said Or. Rustin explained TO her nus pa -
sending Davis the vicinity OF MS nome
the Office after o'clock that night, gong - ~
E Telor-s drug store. ard later walking on dinaIi
s-rast Near 18th street waiting for Dr. kustin, S0
saw the latter approach. accompanied oy DaT I ~
who boarded westbound car after W." -
Rustin 3oined her and they walked 10 ~ 80
Fs-nsr streets He told her his plans were al
made. -, ..
on the way DR.. Rustin said they would nave u
hurry or Davis would become tired Of waiting a.
-Syng ~ goth and Farnam streets, she saiu s
saw T,syis standing on the sidewalk DR.. hastln
b.,s lef. her for his home which was near, ana
she shortly afterward took car for her ooaIuiiis
bo,,se Before leaving her DR.. Rustin tod her 10
81, : little while and IL she found that Davis
v-o,ld fau him he would return TO her. she on
ss d,rected taking the third that came along
She arrived about twenty minutes after midnight
ST the house al 18TH and Douglas streets. "he.e
she lived. and telephoned twice to Dr. RasIlh
home and was told that he was not at nome
After O'Clock next morning she called the Rustin
hor,e again but did learn Of the shooting until
she read il in the pers-
Mrs Rice said her custom was to call Dr. Rustln
on the telephone at his home after dinner eaeh
evening. representing herself patient asking
him 20 come 20 her. This was at Dr. Rustin sns-
gestion-
Frank }. Sutclife, a stenographeT, who reporter
the Davis testimony at the corOners inquest loeh-
tiaed typewriter transcription of that testimony
which was read to die jury. This testimony in sub
stance was follows:
Davis had known Rustin fer several years and
had been under his treatment many tunes ne nae
acquired suicidal mania and went TO l)r- tusliil
for some poson with which he intended to commit
suicide. The physician went TO a drug store ana
zot 7ea re-grain morphine tablets and TO anotner
and got one ounce of fluid extract or acohIte-
Davis then had two drinks with Dr. Bustln. VINO
gave him the drugs and put him on a car NhtCh
went to a point near the physician home; DAVIS
got OF near the Rustin home and walked a Few
blocks beyond There he took some OF the NOR
mime tablets and Law down under some trees
he zwoke after the had stopped running
about . O'Clock in the morning and started Tor ms
home downtown. two and A haif miles away ne
was sick and vornited all the way home He passed
down Farnam street his way nome aho across
the street from the Rustin home He reached MS
room z a late hour. hut could not hX the IIihe-
He had nothing 10 do with the killing Of Dr. Rns-