The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-26
Wife Of Millionaire Pork Packer
Will Soon Be Free or
Branded Guilty.
CALLS HER MODERN BORGIA
Prosecutor Denounces Prisoner as
Woman With Flint Heart,
Stranger to Love.

WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. 25.-After
wrestling more than four hours in an
afternoon and night session with the evil
dencc in the case Of Mrs. Laura Farms
worth Schenk, charged with poisoning her
husband, the jury was unable to reach an
agreement and at 10 O'Clock tonight Judge
Jordan ordered the members locked UP
for the night.
The jury VIII resume consideration OF
q verdict at . o'clock tomorrow morning
though 1t Is possible informal consider
alton will be held during the night. Pre-
dIctions Of disagreement are general.
After the jury had been excused for
the night large crowd packed the street
and sidewalks near the court house The
crowd swacmed from an adjoining square
where il had stood from $50 o'clock until
10 o'clock, squad of police and all the
available deputy sherifrs had to be called
on To clear the streets before the jury
was taken out OF the court house.
Denounces Prisoner.
When Prosecutor j. 3. Hanland con-
afternoon the end OF the trial OF Mrs
Laura Farnsworth Schcnk, charged with
poisoning her husband. John o. Schenl
had been reached, and from that moment
y,
which Immediately retired
AT > O'Clock the jury had not returned
q verdict and when a deputy sheriff went
to the jury room TO take H. TO supper he
found them with their coats of and ap-
parently In the height of heated discus
sion. The jury asked for half an hour
more netore supper In which time they
expected 10 reach some decision. AT the
end Of the half hour they had no definite
answer to submit and were taken out TO
the evening meal with instructions 10 re-
turn at 1870 and continue deliberations.
Judge Jordan announced that he would
walt until 10 clock when. II no verdict
was reached; the jury would be locked up
for the night
finished his argument and as the jury
was retiring, Mrs. Schenk collapsed Her
lace was swollen and distorted almost
beyond recognition by her constant sob
fanland asked the jury 10 show no
mercy TO a woman who bad deliberately
violated her marriage vows, suariDg III
young Dan Phillips with her wiles, and
had then calmly plotted To kill by slow
poison her husband. who had lavished
upon Sler automobiles. costly clothing and
jewels.
Her Heart Is Flint
Her heart is flint he shouted. ut
or affection
"one OF the most horrible things 1t has
ever peen my lot TO come I'm contact with
was When TINS woman looked upon The
murder OF her husband in the cold
blooded lisht OF simple business propo~
sitions When unsuccessful herself she Of
fercd another q thousand dollars TO do
her vile work for her
But even this was not the climax Of
the fiendishncss Of that woman sitting
there. That came when she contemptu-
ously referred TO the Sisters OF Charity
nj the hospital where her husband was
lying at the point of death. who were
going about on their erraDds Of mercy
and charity as black yelled hypocrites "
5. o. Boyce concluded the arguments
for the defense at the morning session
and dwelt principally upon the unre-
lia bility OF circumstantial evidence.