Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-09-19

strychnine. Kennedy was not in the
room at the time Mis-. Childers died,
according to the witness. DR.. Simpson
testified that he had sent the sal he
patica bottle, with the remainder Of
the contents and the stomach of The
deceased woman to Dr.. Stallings, the
state chemist, for analysis. The result
of the analysis made by DR.. Stallings
was barred from the testimony. 1t is
understood, however, from general re-
ports, that DR.. Stallings informed Dr..
Simpson that the stomach submitted
to him for analysis contained traces of
strychnine.
| Reviewing the testimony already
given, as it was brought out by ques-
tions from both the counsel for the
state and the defense, Maude Childers
took up the thread of testimony aad
related the facts of his marriage 70
Miss Eta Richardson, on March 26
of this year, and her death, August 1j
He testified also, that he bought sal
hepatica for his wife on August IA,
the day before her death, He reiterdt-
ed the facts brought out previously
that he had left Smithville and gone
down to Leesburg August Is, having
told his wife that he would return that
day, whether at noon or not he was
unable to tell at that time. He sal
he returned at 2 o'clock and found his
wife dead. According to statements
made by Childers, Kennedy lived at
the hotel until recently when he left
to go to Carrollton to take up work
with a turpentine firm. Kennedy, he
declared, stayed around the hotel most
of the time and had access to his wife's
rooms, through which he passed, he
would say, from two to eight times
daily.
In pursuing his statement, Childers
said that about two weeks before the
death of his wife, both of them had
discovered something like bread
crumbs over their iced tea at supper,
while the pitcher contained preserve
of some kind. He attached he said, no
special importance to this, and admit
ted that he did not suspect that any
lone was trying to do them harm He
admitted further that on the day OF
his wife's death he went to Leesburg
| in company with an insurance man. He
denied that he had in his possession
in the bottom of his trunk two bottles
| of strychnine at the time he left the
home of his brother at Adam Station
several years ago. There was strych-
nine on the premises at times, he said,
according to what his brother told him
but it was always kept in a safe and
FUSED only for poisoning larks.
Near the close of his testimony,
Childers was questioned closely con-
cerning the employment of a detective
recently to work up evidence in the
case on trail. He admitted that he had
paid the detective money, seventeen
dollars was the exact amount, accord
ing to his statement, but that the de-
tective had been secured by his broth
err Solicitor Zach Childers, of Ameri-
Gus. Numerous other questions were
asked by the attorneys concerning the
! securing Of the detective in the case,
but the foregoing statements contain
the gist of the testimony given by
Childers. Childers was the third and
last witness heard during the first ses-
sion of the preliminary hearing.
At Z o'clock yesterday evening re-
4 cess was taken until 8 o'clock this
morning, when the trial will be resum-
ed 1t is thought that the hearing
| will be concluded not later than this
afternoon, while it is hoped that the
testimony will all be in by noon and a
| decision reached soon thereafter.