Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-13
ATTORNEYS DENY RUM0R
Declare She Has Not Confessed Ia
Poisoning Husband.
HIS CONDITION. IMPROVING
Prosecution Claims to Have DamaE-
ing Statement From Mrs. Schenk
and Her Chauffeur.

WHEELING, w. va, november IL
John o. Schenk. the millionaire pork
packer who is alleged to have been
poisoned with arsenic, will recover,
according to his physician. DR.. F. L.
Hupp. tonight. although his progress
will be slow and tedious.
Mr.. Schenk's condition will enable
the prosecution and the attorneys for
Mrs. Schenk to agree upon q date for
a hearing upon charges against the
woman. who is in Jail under allega-
tons that she administered. or caused
to be administered, in mineral water
the arsenic or poison that caused the
illness Of her husband. Bail has not
heretofore been accepted. but 1t is now
expected that the hearing will be held
early next week and the woman will
be admitted to bail.
Woman's Attorneys Deny Rumor.
All communication with Mrs. Schenk
is forbidden, and her attorneys tonight
issued q statement denying rumors in cir
culation that she had made a confession
of any wrongdoing. Prosecuting Attorney
J. B. Handlan, on the other hand, de-
clares he has a strong case. and today
asserted that Mrs. Schenk was arrested
twenty-four hours earlier than was
planned because Of a scene she created
at the North Wheeling Hospital last
Wednesday. when she insisted on her
husband being removed to their home on
Wheeling Island.
Alleged Sensational Development.
Although he will not give out any in
formation regarding the alleged state
ment, which, it is claimed, Is as yet in
complete, Prosecutor Handlan admits q
partial confession has been made by Mrs.
Schenk, and says that only q few details
are lacking that will make one of the
most sensational stories ever recited in a
Wheeling court of justice.
Not only Is Mrs. Schenk being sweat
ed" by the prosecuting officers. but all
who are believed to be in any wise con-
nected with the case are being put
to secure all the facts connected with the
case. During the sweating" of Mrs.
Schenk, Lundy Wilson, her chauffeur, was
present and frequently when she entered
denials. it is said. he interposed, declar-
ing that what she said was untrue
Although he believes he has evidence
of direct nature to convict, the prose-
cutor is securing information from all
persons who have been associated with
Mrs. Schenk. Lundy Wilson. the chauf-
IcuT, dHSWcTeu NO 10 the pOlnt-Di6nk
question of whether or not he had been
offered price by Mrs. Schenk II he
would run the automobile over an en-
bankment when only Schenk was a pas
senger. Later, however. he stated Mrs
Schenk had told him that II he ran the
car over the embankment he would never
have to work another day in his life.
Physicians Implicated.
Two physicians are to be drawn into
the case, it is intimated, but just to what
extent it Is not known. 1t Is alleged as
a fact that Mrs. Schenk took q prominent
physician out In her machine frequently,
and, 1t is reported, anothe. physician has
been her frequent companion. It is sad.
also, that either one or both physicians
are accused of giving Mrs. Schenk in
on just how to administer ar
senic so as to accomplish slow death.
Dan Phillips, the alleged object Ct Mrs.
Schenk's affections, Is q twenty-flve-year-
old young man employed at a salary OF
$40 q week at a local music house, but
he is a swell dresser and il said to wear
more diamonds than any man in Wheel
ing. When Phillips was closely ques-
toned he admitted he was frequently
with Mrs. Schenk and that he had re-
ceived many valuable presents frcm her,
but denied all knowledge Of the poison
ing.
Although it is reported that the nurse
known she is still in the city and is
working on the case. She has been Mrs.
Schenk's frequent companion on automo-
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