The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-12
MRS. SCHENK
HOODWINKED
HER HUSBAND
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press.)
Wheeling, w. w., Jan. 12-Miss Alma
Evans, professional nurse who attend
ed John o. Schenk, the wealthy pack
er, was the first witness called by the
State, today, the fourth day Of Mrs.
Laura Farnesworth Schenk's trial.
Miss Evans said she had met Mrs.
schenk at a Sunday School picnic.
She was called to the Schenk home
October Is and met by Mrs. Doopkin,
Schenk's sister, and his little daugh-
ter Mrs. Schenk was in bed.
''Did Mrs. Schenk aid you in any
way that first night?' the prosecutor
asked. "She did not,' was the prompt
reply. The next five days, the witness
said. the sick patients condition show
ed no decided change. On the even
ing of the fourth day, Miss Evans
said. Mrs Schenk told her she had had
a visit from a fortune teller on Belle
Isle
"Had they fixed any limit for John,"
the prosecutor asked.
"She said they told her he couldn't
last until Christmas" witness said :,
Don't that make you feel terribly"
witness said she asked Mrs. Schenk.
mo, I would rather know" Mrs.
Schenk answered.
"She said the seeress told her Mr..
Schenk might be patched up by doc
tors but that he had to die"
The nurse said that between Octo-
ber Is and q Mrs. Schenk did practi-
cally nothing for her husband. She
was out most of the day. On October
21, she said when Schenk, his wife,
and herself went out auto riding, Mrs.
Schenk was in a hurry to get back
in order to pay the hired girl. "Just
before the party left" the nurse said,
"a
enough water for the patient. I re-
piled yes She said she would open
another bottle so that I wouldn't be
in danger Of cutting my fingers. When
the party returned Mrs. Schenk took
a bottle and went into the kitchen.
From that bottle Schenk's drinks were
taken.
Mr.. Schenk said the water had a
peculiar taste,' witness said. Miss
Evans, after supper, the same night,
went to the home of a relative.
Mrs. Schenk insisted that 1 CO."
she said. ST didn't want to go but she
would have 1T. 7 was gone an hour.
When I got back Mr.. Schenk was
violently nauseated. I had left my
telephone number but was not called.
why didn't you call me?' I asked Mrs.
Schenk. She replied: L could do as
much as You could
Mrs. Doopkin was there too.
that night. He became naseated
again. When was giving the medi-
cine Mrs Schenk came in. She COM
planned because I didn't shake the
bottle Of malt cascara- I told her It
wasn't necessary. But she insisted.
She took it from me and shook it,
Miss Evans told how she bought
another bottle of water which she
hid. She told DR.. Hupp Of her sus-
picions and the bottle from which
the peculiarly tasting drinks were
taken was removed by DR.. Hupp, ur-
known to Mrs. Schenk.
Miss Evans told of the peculiar ap-
pearance of a bottle of quinine, the
contents of which had changed to an
unnatural, murky color. '"The day af-
ter Mr.. Schenk went to the hospital
Mrs. Schenk came to see him. con-
tinued the witness. "She went into
the bathroom where the medicines
were. She was there Is Or 20 minutes.
Previously she had locked the doors
to Schenk's room. When DR.. Hupp
came and told him OF it, he ordered
me to get completely fresh medicine.
''These new medicines were kept in
the diet kitchen. Mrs. Schenk didn't
know where they were.''
The day of the arrival of Mrs.
Klein,' the detective nurse. Mrs
Schenk came to see her husband
again. Two marked medicine bottles