Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-11
KISSES FOR mamma
Schenk Children Wave Hands
at Mothers Jail Window.
INCIDENT OF. THE TRIAL
Woman Faces Jury on Charge of At
tempting to Poison Husband.
SUMMARY OF THE TESTIMONY
Examination of Physician Who
Treated the Afflicted Millionaire.
Other Witnesses for State.
INCIDENT OF. THE TRIAL
SUMMARY OF THE TESTIMONY

WHEELING, W. Va, January IL
There was a pathetic incident i'm con-
nection with the trial of Mrs. Laura
Farnsworth Schenk today for the at
tempt to poison her husband, when the
Schenk children, Virginia, aged twelve,
and Rob, seven, discovered the window
in their mothers cell In the Wheeling
jail They were at the courthouse with
their father, and while he was in one OF
the offices they climbed out Of the auto
mobile and fastened to the tower.
Throw kisses. Rob, it's mammals win
dow" said the little girl, as the window
in the tower was raised little. and, wav-
ing their hands and shouting in glee, the
little ones fairly bombarded the Jail with
tokens Of affection
Admissions to Hearing Minimized.
When the courthouse was opened today
1t was found that Sheriff william NJ.
Clemens had stretched a stout rope at
the bottom Of the stairway leading to the
courtroom and SO controlled admission as
to avoid crowding.
Dr. Frank LIE Moyne Hupp, on the
stand when court closed yesterday, was
again called by Prosecutor Handlan when
the trial was resumed. Prosecutor Hand
Ian ELECTED little from DIR. Hupp in direct
examination, but Mr.. O'Brien, for the de-
tense, kept the doctor busy answering
questions. The doctor admitted that the
symptoms which he had declared were
those of lead poisoning might have been
from other causes, and at first he be-
lieved Schenk was suffering from the bite
OF q mosquito.
Schenk was confined to his bed only
three days. He also said Mrs. Schenk
was the first to call a nurse.
The morning session closed with DR..
Hupp still on the stand
Testimony Disturbs Mrs. schenk.
1t was during DIR. Hupp's direct exam
| ination yesterday that Mrs. Schenk show
ed the first agitation over any of the tes-
| timony-when the physician told Of state
ments Of Mrs. Schenk's that perhaps I
would be better satisfied il you would let
him die
The resumption of the direct examine
ton OF DIR. Hupp was the plan for today,
and it was expected his testimony on d.
rect and cross examination would occupy
the greater part of the day. Prosecutor j.
B. Handlan just before court opened re-
marked to newspaper men and the attOr-
neys grouped about the corridors, What
we brought out yesterday was very mild.
Watch what We produce today"
On the other hand, attorneys for Mrs.
Schenk asserted there were discrepancies
in DR.. Hupp's testimony, and Attorney j.
would be most searching, and that DR..
Hupp may be called again tomorrow.
Druggist to Be Called Next.
When the physicians testimony is fin
| ished H. O. Baer, a local druggist, will
be called. Two other physicians who
assisted at the blood tests and other
Pathological tests will follow
Following these will come the nurse
who attended Mr.. Schenk throughout his
illness.
While this is practically the day's-list
Of witnesses to be called by the state, It
was doubtful when court opened whether
more than two would be heard before
adjournment this afternoon.
Crowd Is Undiminished.
While the crowd that bes;eged the Ohio
county courthouse after the luncheon :
cess of the Schenk trial yesterday al
most staggered the court officials and
attaches, it was apparent early this
morning that there was to he little fall
ing off in attendance Of the sensation
seeker and the morbidly curious. This is
the third day of Mrs. Schenk's trial on
tuC &c Vi pOISOilIIlss IeT NiSDduu
the second day in which testimony was
taken.
The scenes yesterday morning and again
in the afternoon when the women had
to be beaten back by the police, the
stampede in which one woman was so
badly hurt that she had to be taken to
a hospital, and the noisy demonstrations
in the courtroom when certain bits of
testimony were heard, have astounded
and shocked Judge l.. s. Jordan. He in
sists that order be kept.
Court Rebukes Spectators.
His admonition to the spectators yes
terday that it would be more becoming
in them to stay at home and appease
their curiosity by reading the reports in
the newspapers was not taken seriously.
apparently, fer the crowd that assembled
about the courthouse doors this MORN
ing outnumbered that Of yesterday
As early as = o'clock, four hours before
the doors were thrown open. there was a
knot of the curious assembled, and with
each passing minute the crowd grew
until there Avere fully 800 persons, with
whom the police struggled, pleaded and
pulled and hauled. Many of them, dis
appointed yesterday in gaining admis-
sion to the courthouse. brought lunches
in baskets. boxes and paper packages. AS
the crowd grew the police guard was in
creased. and today there are double the
patrolmcn on duty at the courthouse.