The Cairo bulletin., 1911-01-15
TESTIFIED THAT SHE TRIED TO
SECURE ADMISSION FROM
MRS. SchENK.
WAS OFFERED $1,000
To Administer Poisonous Pill to
John o. Schenk--Accused Wom-
an Then Failed to Pro
duce the "Stuff.'

wheeling, W. Va, Jan. 14.-Testi-
mony that Mrs. Laura Fornsworth
Schenk had offered her 81 900 to adj,
minister poisonous pill to John O..
Schenk while he lay III at d hospital
| last November was given by Eleanor
zouckler detective-nurse who had
heretofore been known as Mrs. Klein,
| a professional nurse.
The attempt to induce the nurse
to give Mr.. Schenk the poison, the
witness testified, was made while the
two were. riding In Mrs. Schenks au-
tomobile, Mrs. Schenk, Mrs. Zouckler
testified, said to her: John treats
me like dog. When Miss Evans Tan
other nurse in the Schenk casel
steps from the hospital and tells me
that my husband is dead, will be
the happiest woman in the world. IN
was q dub. / feel at times like could
kill that man."
Why don't you?" asked.
She turned around and said VIII
You do 1t for meg
THAT is another thing told her.
What will you take TO give him a
plll?' she asked.
~ viii take $5,0oO,' I replied. J
need money awful bad. / have my
mother and child to keep
offered $1,000
Good Lordn replied Mrs. Schenk,
4 haven't five, but / win give you one
thousand, she said.
Il told her that this was very
risky business for that small an
amount; but ! would do IT II she
would agre to give me a paper. show
ing 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
that would be dangerous. She also
said she would get the stuff and
would bring it to the hospital the next
morning. She wanted me to give II
to Mr. Schenk or put 1t in his medi-
cine, which would be beside his bed,
where he could take it himself
How could you stand anything
like that? asked her. You would
know that had killed him.
~ will never be happy until that
man is dead, she said If he dies,
| will wear double veil, so they
can't see me laughing oenInd IT,
1--WE agreed on the plan and she
said; AS soon as John is dead call
me before you do the Schenks. II
Albert Schenk knew about this, ne
would be up to the hospital before |
could get across the bridge And see
that you get Johns keys for me-
Failed to Show Up. 4
"'Mrs. Schenk did not come to Ne
hospital the next morning, which as
November 2, at the time she said she
would ! called her up and askd her
why she did not bring the stuff She
said she did not care to talk abou;
It over the telephone, and that she
would be up later
"When she came up we went into q
vacant room. asked her why she
had not brought the pill, and she sad
she was afraid TO, that she had tried
to ge the stuff though, but couldn't
She said she was AFRAID to, because
II John died suddenly Albert Schent
and DR.. IHaskins, Johns brother.in
law, would have his stomach exam
ined right away. Then would be sus
pected.' she said"
The plan to poison Schenk, the wit
ness said was then dropped by Mrs
Schenk, whom she did not see fol-
, some time The next time they took
an a1to ride, Mrs. zouckler testified
she tried to learn from Mrs. Schenl
If she had not already administered
the arsenic.
II said to her; I am going to ask
you a personal question, and you
need not answer unless you want TO-
My experience as a nurse teaches me
that there is something wrong with
John. 1t looks like poisoning to me
Haven't you been giving him ar
senic" She did not say anything 70
that She only tossed her head and
said poof"
! The witness freely admitted that she
had been brought out as nurse IN
order to trap Mrs. schenk In her at
tempt to take the life of her husband
and was to secure an admission from
her.
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