Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-16

turned around and said. Well. you do 1t for me-
 That is another thing told her; I need money pretty bad.
 Agreed to Pay Her $1,ooQ.
 How much would you take to do it% asked Mrs. Schenk.
 .. I will take $5,0O0.' I replied" said fuI bad. I have my mother and a child to keep,
 ," Good Lord.' replied Mrs. Schenk, I have not 5000, but will give you $1,0OO if you will make it that
 ' told her that was very risky business for that small amount, but l finally agreed, if she would give me a paper in writing showing that she was to pay me the money as soon as she came into her widows rights.
 Mrs. Schenk promised to give me the money, but objected to giving me any written promise. She said that would be dangerous. She also said that she would get the stuff and would bring it up to the hospital the next morning. She wanted me to either give it to MT. Schenk or to put it in his medicine, which would be placed beside his bed, so that he could take it himself.
 .'.How could you stand anything like that?' I asked her. You would know that you and I killed him.
 "I will never be happy until that man is dead,' she said If he dies l will wear double veil so they can't see me laughing behind it.
 We agreed on the plan and she said: As soon as John is dead, call me before you do the Schenks. If Albert Schenk knew about this he would be up to the hospital before I could cross the bridge; see that you get Johns keys for me-
 Af,-c< Ls.Ia1 l. T .t tN I1a hospital the next morning, which was November ?, at the time she said she would. I called her up and asked her why she did not bring up the stuff. She said she did not care to talk about it over the phone, and that she would be up later. When she came we went into a vacant room.
 T asked her why she had not brought the pill, and she said she was afraid to. That she had tried to get the stuff though, but couldn't. She said she was afraid, because if John died suddenly, Albert Schenk and Dr. Haskins, Johns brother-in-law. would have the stomach examined right away. Then I would be suspected .
 Poison Plot Was Dropped.
 The plan to poison Schenk, witness declared. was then dropped by Mrs. Schenk, whom she did not see for some time. The next time they took an automobile ride together, Miss Zoeck- Ter testified, she tried to learn from Mrs. Schenk if she had already ad- ministered arsenic
 T said to her, T am going to ask you a personal question, and you don't need to answer unless you want to. My experience as a nurse teaches me that there is something wrong with sJohn It looks like poisoning to me. Haven't you been giving him arsenic She did not say anything to that. She only tossed her head and said 'Pouf!
 The witness admitted she had been engaged as a nurse to work herself into the confidence of Mrs. Schenk and to trap her in an attempt to take the life of her husband or to obtain an admission that such was her pur- pose.
 Defendant Satisfied with Case So Far.
 Aside from the testimony of the de- tective nurse. little was brought out at the trial today, although the state showed that Mrs Schenk had ordered a S75 overcoat from M. Sonneborn for Dan z Phillips, who testified yester- day that he had taken many night rides with Mrs. Schenk in her autono- bile.
 After court adjourned until Monday counsel for Mrs. Sehenk went into conference They were locked in their offices throughout the afternoon and evening, and will again go into con- ference tomorrow to outline some plan to combat Miss Zoeckler's teItimony.
 Mrs. Schenk said she was satisfied with the case thus far, and that she felt no doubt of her acquittal- She said she had the utmost faith in her attorneys, and was grateful to them for working so hard in her behalf.