The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-01-11
ARSENIC DIET
EACH DAY FOR
PACKER SCHENK
Especial from United. Press.)

Wheeling,W. Va. Jan. 11.--A great
crowd of men and women was pack
ed against a rope stretched taut al
the foot Of the stairway leading to
the auditorium In the Ohio Court
house, as early as $3.50 this morning.
The rope was the new means taken
to prevent a recurrence of yester-
days scramble for. seats In the trial
of Mrs. Laura Farnesworth Schenk,
charged with poisoning her husband.
John o. Schenk. Today's crowd was
orderly. ~ -
Mrs. schenk carried two large
! book. under her arm wi when Shea shs came ,e
be volumes on Toxicology and the
practice of medicine. She seer ed in
better spirits than on the two prev
ious days.
The state had DR.. Frank LIE Moyne
Hupp on the stand at the opening.
to complete the examination that
consumed all Of yesterday afternoons
session.
Dr.. Hupp said schenk rapidly inn
proved after he was taken to the hos
pital from his home. On cross ex-
animation Attorney J. j. p. O'Brien
brought out the fact that, at the first
call, Hupp learned that Schenk pre-
suma bly, was suffering from lead pois-
oning.
O'Brien tried to get the doctor to
acknowledge that mercury and iron
tend to produce a dark line on the
gums similar to the mark on the
packers gums by which Hupp indi-
Gated his poisoning. Witness would
not make an affirmative answer.
DR.. Hupp said one dose of lead
might, in physically weakened in
dividual cases, cause the symptoms
r1ytoi ho 6o n Ha a
acknowledged that other minor symp-
toms, evidenced in Schenk, supposed
ly as a result Of the poisonous dose,
were not confined to such cases. He
recalled q conversation with Mrs.
Schenk In which she said the strain
of caring for her husband had sick
ened her.
The cross examination was halted
while Mrs. Schenk talked earnestly
with O'Brien. The attorney then re-
ferred to DR.. Humps statement on
direct examination that certain in
as to Schenk's medicine were
not carried out. Some Of these in
structions were given to Mrs. Doep-
kins Schenk's sister. Mrs. Schenk
suggested the employment of a nurse,
Huppe said, after Mrs. Schenk had
whispered to O'Brien. She
leaned back and smiled with satis-
action when the phys clan answered.
scribed for Schenk. about a month be-
fore Mrs. 'Schenk's arrest, contained a
compound of iron and arsenic. He
could not remember on any call of see-
ing Albert Schenk, who, the defense
claims, influenced the conspiracy"
against Mrs. Schenk.
O'Brien attempted to produce from
Huppe's evidence that Schenk was sick
on his European trip. DR.. Huppe de-
clared that the millionaire was only
slightly i'll on two occasions, once
from chill and again from nausea.
The frequency Of arsenic and lead in
used compound medicine
was then brought out by O'Brien.
"Have you ever heard of lead poi
soning for homicidal purposes?"
O'Brien suddenly asked The witness
had not. O'Brien went back to the
which contained the element
of arsenic. He brought out that
Schenk took a tablespoonful three
times day for six days, or IS doses.
At this point O'Brien abruptly stop
ped his examination and hurried with
his co-counsel into private room.
DR.. Huppe was left in the witness
chair.
Noon recess was called before the
defense was ready to resume.