The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-14
WENT JOY-R|D|NG
WITH RS.SCHENk
Gilded Youth OF Wheeling Tells
OF Trips With Accused
Woman.
FIRST faint OF SCANDAL
She Talked OF Divorce and
Strong Probability OF
Husbands Death.

Wheeling. w. Va. January Is.-The
tedium OF Hypothetical questions and
technical testimony was suddenly
changed in the Schenk case to-day,
when, toward the close of the day, the
State. through a witness, brought into
The court records the first intimation of
scandal in It's prosecution of Mrs.
aura Farnsworth Schenk. on the
charge OF administering poison TO her
wealthy husband, John o. Schcnk, who
is recovering.
Ever since the arrest of Mrs. SchenN
last November there have been intiina-
tions and actual statements by the
prosecuting attorney that "a well
known young man OF Wheeling would
he called by the State to show n prob
ahle motive for the alleged poisoning.
Daniel Philips, a piano salesman. was
called to-day. lis is a scion of one OF
Wheeling's first families.
i'hi!!ips told of long automobile rides
with the accused at her invitation for
more than eighteen months before her
arrest, During the last year. he said.
Mrs Schenk talked to him about plans
to procure a divorce. and later talked
almost constantly OF the strong prop
abilities of her husbands death.
GIVE Him Many Presents,
Phillips admitted that Mrs. Schcnk
on various occasions had given him
many costly presents. among them a
diamond pin and n smoking acket but
h denied any Knowledge OF the pur-
chase for him o. n $500 fur overcoat.
which u has been alleged. he was 10
nsNe feceiNed the worry day she was
arrested and lodged in Jail.
The STATE attempted several tinas b..
7aFoit Questioning to establish inf
! Macy between the witness and The de-
ifndant. but to all questions along hi.
ilne Philips reCsed 10 answer. ON the
ground this; he would i~ncrirnina,e him.
se!i He was sustained BY the court
In this position.
Philips testified that after he he.
caaae ao4uainted with Mrs. Schenk She
VISITED MS place OF business so often
that he was forced 70 ask her 10 SION
coming She then resorted to The teie-
7hone, and he was called SO often tba.
tH.S means Q: communication was
finally abandoned She then sen, her
efauheur. Lundy Wilson. with notes.
aeoord.ng e Phillips. or had the chauf-
ieuE cal IN Phiil!ps 10 make arrange
Wee always taken o. these rides.
lie told Of meeting the accused =,
MATTHIAS Ferry and .other ohio points.
Re=r. wine and sandwiches. he said.
were always taken on these rides.
Phillips admitted further, under the
questions q the prosecutor. that on
arriving AZ their destination. a point
near Smithheld, Ohio, The refreshments
would be disposed OF. the Chauffeur
DIS missed. and that he and Mrs. schesak
w3uld remain in the car. When they
desired TO return TO The city. Wilson
would be summoned by a certain signal
en- the automobile horn. The witness
exhibited much nervousness on the
stai!d and nesitsted In his replies.
Mrs. schenk AEitntcd.
Mrs. Schenk was agi;ated more than
hsr head lowered and fumbling win
paper on the table before her. The
defense refused TO c~ross-cxamine the
witness. and he almost fed from the
courtroom after his testimony had been
gwen
the testimony tor The DAY was start
% when the St4.e called DR.. o. A Bur
detts. BurGetts. examined MI. ,Schenk's
teeth on. October 20. hve DAYS before the
remove % the latter 20 the hospital.
lie mad . blue line on the gums. He
testined That this was not due to any
diseased condition, sui must have come
from other causes.
Professor John ". Mallett. r. r. s.. OF
the University OF Virginia. one OF tho
chemical experts who tested the min
eral water alleged 10 have been pois-
oned. testined thtt the sample of water
sent Elm contained eieht-tenths OF {
grain. of purg white arsenic 70 the pint
or eighty .grElrs o. Fowlcr's solution
The common form OF arsenic. Edward
AlcAllisier. q druggist, from whom th'
supply Of mineral water was purchased
as we'll as n qu!ninc elixir. was sure
neither OF the bottles contained either
sugar of lead or arsenic.
Dr. /. r. Thornton was one OF tbs
chie: witnesses put on the stand bS
the state. and nc was recalled in Tn
afternoon. He conducted blood ant
other tests in an effort to procure {
correct diagnosis of the case. In an
swsr 10 a Hypothetical question b.
Prosecutor IIanilan. he said that tn
symptoms alleged 10 have been shown
IL Schcnk might ave been due to LEAF
robson. Symptoms enumerated in
second Hypothetical question indicated