The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-13
THE DEFENDANTiss PREFEHREn
/; YOUNG IS soclETYsWAsg the ETEs.s
'TtMoN e OF MISS EVANS. Ils
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EXPERT X Chemist 0N STAND
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Prisoner Says That She 10 Not Super.
i stltlous About Thlrteen--it III Her
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The following bulletins w tho uIi.I
ted Press to the West vlralnJanswero
received up 10 early this AFTERNOON:
THIRTEEN ] Z! I j. y HER y NUMBER.
WHEELING. Jan. il. special9
Thirteen is my lucky nuphe NM.
schenk whispered over to her coun.
sells table when her attention was
called to Friday, the thirteenth. ~
am not,in the least AFRAID .of, f,fcodoes.,'
She smiled and seemed to- 5be moro
hopeful than at any. time since the PRO
ceedings started !. Or. 4 G. I'll Burdett
testified + that he ma examined
schenk's teeth on October fifteenth
and twentieth, found the gums puffy,
dtscolored, and the blood blacker aud
thicker than IS natural. swhat caused
such conditions ~ asked Prosecuting
Attorney Handlan. .Disarrangenent
Of stomach" si ;iS
Attorney Boyce then cross:exnmlned
Or. Burdett, who said lie had d'prescrfb.
ed tooth powder as q preseryatiye.
Z He was then excused ana Dr. 6.
Chaser, a Baltimore chemist was 70.
called for direct examination.
Dr.. Burdett, the wheeling dentist.
was the first witness put on the stand
BY the State at the: open,ng oifths sifth
day OF the trial. \, X Sssssis y; +
ISLAND DIR i q eei sT ON STAND.
Edward McAllister. b druggist and
proprietors of the Island Pharmacy,
near the schenk home, Testified that
ne; sold 4 Ballardyale waters u tiieSI
!sshenks and that he slliea proscrIpE
ton of hymolo: :ualnine for Dr. sh@iipp. @ !
He said after MIS- schenk'a arrest he
sold Attorney o'Brien 5several bottlea
Of Ballardvale water. Did he put any
poison into them, asked FiandIan.
Not in my store. came TIE reply. Dir.
John 7: Thornton. of Woods dale. d
suburb Of Wheeling, was called; Hei
testified that he, was. the patholosist
At the City Hospital soi THIS city and
said that Dr. Hupp called him In to
make! an examinati ion iof Schenk.s
blood and urine. Court then adjourn.
ed until one;thirty. 5s;.s
Prot. y. ". Mallet the whlte;halred
head fstheS chemistry department of
the University Of sYirginia, was next
put son the stand. he told sof anaiy-
zing the contents 81 the Baliardyale
water v bottle sent him sealsa. Hs said
ltscontalned arsenic hut no lead. He
displayed q little bottle Containing
sediment he drew from the solution
which he gave to The Jurors 10 smell.
He SAID that he found s-l0lh oil
grain Of arsenic to q! point sof water.
Alleged Young Lover on the Stand. Il
Prosecuting Attorney Handlan
called Dan Phillips to the sstnpd. He b
testified that he knew Mrs scheales
since eighteen months ago. and that 4
ne had sold her y Planola VI
Did you ever, receive an Invitation
@ take an auto ride with Mrs.
schenk asked adam 'yes,,
Did You take q ride with her?''
Yes q Occasions freguentf
1rst . every two or three weeks then K
avery week. AS first the rides were
u innocent Of themselye weren't i
they'?",is 4 Yes, then they were merely
social rides. and We usually had re.
'reshmentsS beer and sand wiches. We S