New-York tribune., 1911-01-17

You can give him the devil for al
/ care. said Mrs. Schenk"
| Both the regular nurse and herself ha'
| instructions not to leave wife and husban,
| alone for a moment, said Miss Zoeckler, al
attempt on his life being feared.
Mr.. Boyce took the witness in charge. anC
ms hrst question revealed the line which
Tue defence would follow.
Her instructions.
You were told 10 break into Mrs
schenk's confidence by any means, weren't
you?"
Those were my instructions" she an
swered
Mr' Boyce. after two hours Of searching
inquiry asked: Isn't It a fact that every
statement you have made relative 10 Mrs.
Schehk Offering YOU $1,000 to poison her
husband Is tissue Of lies. manufactured
out OF whole cloth by yourself?"
everything have told is true" said the
witness
Isn't ii fact that the only mention
oi NL"W was made when you told Mrs
Schenk mat Albert Schenk, Johns brother
mad offered Miss Evans that amount to
TAKE JOINS keys TO his safe deposit box
ana turn them over to Albert and you said
that 1t ought to be worth that amount TO
you If YOU got them for Mrs. schenk?'
THAT is not true. No such converse
ton took place"
During the closing hours OF the after
noon session Mr.. Boyce attacked the char
acter of the witness
The witness denied that she had been
coached during intermissions by Detective
Mccain, OF the agency. Prosecutor Hand
land or any one else, that she had been
out in Schenks automobile or had talked
about the case in any way.
Baffied at every point by the calm, un-
rufiled answers of the witness. Mr.. Boyce
announced al 5 O'Clock that he was
through, but Mr.. Handlan stated that he
would reserve the right to call Miss Zoeck-
Ter back to the stand. and that he would
prove her good character before the trial is
completed.
The private and public life of the witness
was gone into in detail. She related that
her husband, DR.. Klein. had obtained a d.
vorce from her and she had earned her
living IL Pittsburg as a nurse for a time
and then worked in stores, and finally be-
came connected with the Police Department
Of that city. first under Captain Edwards,
Of the Health Department, and then under
Chief of Detectives Edward McGough.
There were times when the witness could
not remember the names of the families I'm
which she had nursed and times when she
could not recall the stores where she had
been employed. She denied having been
discharged from a Pittsburg department
store because she had gone on duty under
the influence OF liquor. She said she be-
came connected with a detective agency in
August last and that the Schenk case was
her first work.
a long series OF questions calculated to
ascertain the character Of the witness de-
veloped nothing, but the gruelling was
manlfestly something she had not antici-
pated
What did you say TO Mrs Schenk when
she said IL anything happened 10 John you
were to get the keys of his safe deposit
vault before Albert got them?" asked Mr..
Boyce.
Afraid of Trouble"
I said I was afraid l would get into
trouble. 1 was in the room with her at
that time for almost thirty minutes. The
next day ! waited for her at the head OF
the stairs and took her into my room. She
told me OF Schenk having been worse and
that the news made her the happiest
woman in the world: also Of praying every
night that he might die
That is not what YOU said Saturday;
which is correct
What ] now say. The statement on Sat
urdav referred to another date, not this
one"
In answer to a question Of Prosecutor
Hand an as TO what Mrs Schenk had said
TO the witness after her arrest the de-
tective replied: 81 said, Just look what
YOU have got me into and she said Shut
W. YOU fool Don't tell anything
Miss Zoeckler stated that prior 70 the
time she came here 10 work on the case
she knew nothing Of the Schenks, although
She is distantly related TO them. She reit-
Grated that she had been instructed by
7 rosecutor Hsndlan himself 70 catch Mrs
Schenk by any means possible, and, In spite.
Of her connection with the SchenE family,
received no pay but her regular salary ror
the work she had done.
The announcement that the much talked
of detective-nurse was q relative Of the
Schork family created sensation.
Mrs. Schenk told me on one occasion
said the witness in a voice so low she
could not be heard IN the audience, that
when Srhenk died 7 would be we'll provided
fer Friday following the offer to give me
6 900 70 poison Mr. Schenk Mrs Schenh
came n the hospital and asked to be left
alone I'm the room with Schenk for few
.,.,,.o- W. loft then, alone and there
p-ere high words between them. on one
occasion remarked to Mrs Schenk, Wen.
he's making some Improvement and she
replied. YES. 20 my sorrow.
There are SO many angles IN tho trial
that the attorneys are now convinced II
will he several weeks before # is finally
concluded in the ohio county courts.
Iudge Jordan has done all IN his power
70 expedite the trial, hut his expectation
that it could be disposed Of in a week has
long since gone and the attorneys in the
case are uncertain as 10 the date for the
close Prosecutor Handlan will not have
his evidence I'm until January 70 and tho
defence cxr4cts 10 consume a week in pre-
son-inc i,s side. This will bring the trial
20 fine end Of next week without the argu-
rnonts.
Mrs Schenk spent Sunday quietly in her
tower room and devoted much Of the time
70 reading letters, which are pouring in on
her at the rate Of hundred day from
all parts OF the English speaking world.
Some Of them have been given ont for pub
Iicatlon. all OF them being sentiments in
her favor. one contained Il proposal OF