The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-24
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|comgaedpre yilkep, 80 years old, a
farmer, was topsa 40. DO insane last
evening, following Sa hearing before
Judge Nlehois Id The Belmont county
probate court llkes had been sssat.
| Is. ipterested ~ the sshcnk Case, and
read ;eyety account .of the ptoesedinas
|he could find. on Saturday ne LEFT
nome 10 Ibis bare tset ID 4 rnelne lhliz.
zard, trying 70 Sset I away ]; from IFS
Wiz, who, BE- said, was trying 10 ippis.
on him ~ putting adsar q lead III his
coffee. Waa captured and brought
I 70 jail, i and The hearing u resulted.
WILKES viii be sent 40 the Columbus
State hospital. W b! Y
|1is;FoELoWlNe 3 is THE rho cEED.
|iNes SoF8THE CASE in HRIEFsAs
ri PROGRESSED YEsTER1AYSA AFT j.
EMO BON AMP "a !. /. 50 ! a &
be stated toT, almost q certainty viii
reach the Jury some time Wednesday
a lftsr stefaay q very unex.
pected turn OF affairs came that put
Ian, end to the : taking Of testimony.
When. court convened yesterday morn NOR
Ing, Prosecutor Handlani su omitted q
motion to exclude from the records corr ! ;o ,Jf
The court and the. consideration 81 tie
Jury, the Testimony Of = Mrs. Jane
Hedges and Or. B. 81. orrfson. The lie
court upheld the motion and the .tesstti.
m1!ony was. stricken from the record,
the jury at the same lime being In.
|structed to entirely disregard ii IN 1t tie e
consideration 81 their verdict. ~
Mrs. Hedges testified for the de.
Tense that Albert; schenk had told her s
that he would leave no stone untulrln,.
e e. TO rid TIE schenk family 81 Mrs RS
John 9. schenk and that he (Albertt)I
had told her that he wished ! she
would break her neck every dine She
went out in her automobile,
~; ;,'Dprt Morrison testified that Or.
Myers was regularly employed, at the
Halaskins Hospital, AND ..inasmueb as, It
has been 1ntimated at times that DR..
HIlaskins had beer, connected with the
conspiracy, this Testimony was also
ruled out. n AZ *
couRT'ExRL!AlNs. i 4.
After the court had ruled out the
testimony q Vtheseltwot witnesses. Mr..
Hiandlan announced that the. State!
rested and the Jury that had been. ex.
GUIDED While the motion was being
argued, was recalled TO the court room
and excused until 2 o'clock in the
afternoon. Z 2ys5 NY +,
The opening argument was made for
the State yesterday afternoon by AS.
sistant Prosecuting Attorney. Fred. L.
Marry. NJ ;Ms,lry did not complete
biz, speech and this morning he re.
stunned when, court convened at o
o'clock, taking himamore than an hour,
to complete his. summary OF the evil
dence. Mr.. Maury was followed bv,
Frank A. oBrlen, !!unior counsel for
the defense, and probably S. o. Boyoe,,
in tile order named, and then Mr.;
Maury will be allowed. another speech;
to reply to the arguments Of Messrs.,
oBrien and Boyce. The closing d; arr
|sumepts VIII be made, by j. j. n,
o'Brien for the defense and Preoisiae,ccu.,
tor Handlap fol-, The State. No time
limit has been placed upon the attor.,
neys for either Side. but Il IS haru.yI
likely that the arguments viii con
sumo more than two days.
"a .FAlTHLEss WiFE.n a
In his speech yesterday Mr.. Mauryf
pictured Mis-. sehenk as a .falthlessi
wife, who plotted and sehemed to rid
herself 81 her husband by poisoning
VI u - ~ 80
him IN order that her ambitions for
money and a younger blood" might
be realized. NJ, ii 4;
Mr.. Maury's FIRST reference to Mrs.
Schenk's clandestine Joy rides With
Dan Phillips, as testified to by Lupdy'
Wilson and Phillip himself were met;
by the defendant with radiant smiles
and apparent inward schuckles. As,
Ms Mapry progressed, however, ,i,ers
face look on q crimson color and saei
applied herself indnstriously to Wit
Ing on q tablet as II taking notes Of;
the speech: Mrs. schenk has appa.
r:eenuy lost none OF her, confidence in
her hopes for! . verdict \ 81 ;;iaicquittal. !!
INSTRUCTIONS TO JURY.
The States instructions were ready;
and Just before the noon recess they,
We're gone over BY the court and .nttor.''
neys for the defense. !. ~
I I, Court reconyened for the afternoon
session at. f:3o clock, and 1T was
2:45 before the work q preparing the
Instructions In form to BE- read to tbeF