The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-13
HADLOST HERLOVE
FOR PORK PACKER
Mrs. schcnk Told Nurse She
Wanted a Young Society
Blood"
SOUGHT SOCIAL POSITION
More Evidence Concerning Poi
soncd Water and Medicines
Is Developed.
SOUGHT SOCIAL POSITION

wheeling. w. Va. January 12.-It
was woman against woman at to.day,s
session of the Schenk trial, when Alma
. Evans. a professional nurse. testified
against Laura Farnsworth scheme ana
described the circumstances thai ,nnu.
ehe.d her to suspect that John @
Schenk was being poisoned bv his wifc
FER testimony dealt unsparincIy with
the accused woman
was Miss Evans who attended
Schenk during his illness. and the
a" Drought out on direct examine
lion the statement from her that Mrs
schenk had lost her love for the
wealthy pork packer. She testified that
time and again Mrs. Schenk instructed
ncr that If Schenk died suddenly TO
go to his trousers pocket as soon as
INC breath left his body. get the KEYS
10 his safe deposit box in a local bank
and notify her before the Schenks
knew OF the death.
on don't know those Dutch devils
like do" the witness said Mrs. Schenk
exclaimed on various occasions. when
referring to members OF the Schenk
family.
Poisons Found.
The state also brought out. through
DR. Charles CHASER. of Johns Hopkins
University. that the first bottle OF min
eral water sent 10 him for an ANALYSIS
contained three and six-tcnths grains
of arsenic 10 the half gallon, ana tina
The sample of hyOmcl quninc which
Schenk was also taking contained
seven grains of sugar or lead to the
ounce
Miss Evans further testified that
dummy bottles of medicine were
Kept in the bathroom OF the suite oc-
cupicd by schenk at the North Wheel
ing Hospital, while The real remedies
being given Schenk were kept In an
other part OF the building. that the
bottles were placed there as a dccoy
and that the accused was given an OPP
portunity TO doctor" them Mrs
Schenk went Into the bathroom. locked
the door and remained inside for fifteen
minutes.
The defense however apparently
scored when it was testified by DR.
Hump that the medicine in the room
had not been tempered with. and also
on cross-cXamination OF DR.. Chaser that
a second bottle of mineral water. taken
from the room in which Mrs. Schenk
was locked for some time, had not been
tampcred with.
The allegation that the wife attempt
cd 20 poison the husband after he had
been removed TO the hospital, the de-
; Tense commended. is shattered by the
fact that broths and other articles Of
food prepared by Mrs. Schenk and
taken to the hospital. were not given
the patient. but were preserved and an
alyZed, and no trace of poison was
found in them.
Miss Evans further testified that Mrs.
Schenk selected the undertaken who
was to have charge OF her husbands
funeral. 81 won't have any Dutch fu-
neral" she quoted Mrs. Schenk as say
ing. naming the undertakes who would
he employed by the Schcnk family and
the one whom she had picked out her
| self, who conducts the most exclusive
establishment in the city.
Want "YOung Society blood"
AZ another2 time. the witness testi-
fed, Mrs. Schcnk told her that John
Is too old for me. want a young so
cicty blood" and that the accused
conided TO her that John was too much
OF business man to suit her. because
she thought she was entitled to break
into society on account of her wealth."
a detective nurse. Mrs Nota Klein.
was placed on the case soon after
Schenls's removal to the hospital for