The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-11
big CROWDS ATTENDING
FAMOUS SCHEN|I TRIAL
LAWYERS FOR DEFENDANT say
if 9 HAT SHE WI II. BE PG cEp ON
The WITNESS STAN 30 N on
EAR STATES GU EsTioNs. v

ssTHESWlTNEss sTAlD-.po NOT
FEAR STATES GU uEsTloNs. s.s
When Mrs. sehenk entered dis
court room this morning, she carried
under her arm two big books, 4 sois
,umeS OF Toxicology and Spract n,odI.
cine. her attorneys said 4 K
~. lHEupp5 was put on the stand for
cross;exnmlnation. He said that nj
Schenk improved rapId dly utter iie Va; N
taken to the hospital On the fifsts
call { It was learned that he presumably
was suffering from lead poisoning. 4 !.
4Atttorney Y yS 6. .Brien tried to- get him to &
acknowledge that mercury and \ iron
IN medicines caused dark lines on stlie
gums the same MS lead. iHe wouldn't
!, WHEELING w: !, :; y, Jan. Myers Tor.
MIS-. schenk announeei !; t6days tfiat
before the end of tlies az, tfitiI liiey Will
put her on the stand, We're moi
afraid OF any question the 1 sstata ,cares
70 ask said Attorney 10 Brien.
Throughout tile sprooe dings yesfers
day Mrs. ,Schenk sat fn Her schajr!
alongside. her counsel, NJ airing 4 black
froSn: She seldom looked up and
only now and then spoke d word 10
her counsel. Once she smiled at 4 4
newspaper man Just ass he was about
TO snap a picture Of her.
Big Crowd Attends.
Y AS was exp ted the trial attracted
a great crowd OF the morbiiIy curIops
ones, and at both morning and after
noon sessions the court room lwns fill.
ed TO Its capaci. with Interested dtspec.
tatorsi many Of them being women. 4
I After the cross. ininatlon Of Dr.
;Hupp Is completed this morning Drs.
John I. Thornton and j. Edward Burns
Will be called: These Two physIcians
assisted pr .Hupp while he was Streats
Ing Mr. Schenk and are considered I'M.
ortantswitnessess for The STATE. Pros.
ecuting Attorney Handlan announced
last styntght that It war; possible tho two
expert chemists who had been called
here from the University of West
Virginia and the Johns Hopkins sins,I.
tllte at Baltimore viii test ify'6 totltiy.
The chemlst vs. are Prof i, MaIiett
and DIT. Gfazier. hey arc TIE ifiehs
who mad the mn aj,ix Re <. Ia i: :.tf.rS
hy fDr. Hupp to theif fespec-
tile ihstitutio \ = I. u Z y e
/, No Line sof Defense. 4. N
The attorneys for Mrs. Schenk :haye
not yet fully decided Upon tflelfsilie
q; defense. but there has been nothing
70 far to indicate anything but that Il
VIII be q double efense az annoancedS
yesterday. q Z. q
A number Of witnesses have been
Summoned to prove that d streals cf
insanity runs through Mrs. Schenk,ss
family, while 1T Is likely that the de
tense will try to 4 prove the deeIara.
tons made by Mr. o. 'BrienIin HIS open.
Ing statement, that the woman iB the
victim OF q gigantic conspiracy tho
purpose Sof; which was to mannfacture
evidence to enable John Q, Schenlt 10
secure a divorce. .ls' y
z Hupp made an admission that one
medicine that he iprescribe ed contained
lead and arsenic and III six days pre-.
yious to schenks removal 10 the hos;
pltal nearly q grain OF arsenic was ,ad.
through regular doses.
When Stiie court adjourned for noon Z
recess Hupp was stlll on the stand
and O,Brien said: " haven't started
III on him yet believe 4 he pris.
oner was obviously pleased with the
result OF the CROSS exsminatIon and
wassi in a cheerful shumor when she fol-
lowed the deputy sherlif to the
"Bridge$ofF Sigh vs.
Il o Brien spent much of his time
bringing out the fact tint many COM 3
monty used 5Emslicines contain solu.
tionI OF arsenic and that D. synpt tonis Of
lead poisoning as sthenlt showed
might come from other services 1 orr
possibl one dose of lead medicine.
Handlat1s declared this noon that he
was prepared to- combat the evidence
Of arsenic In med lclne insisting that
ne has direet eyi dence sllo@iiie how
and where Mrs schenk got the poison.
"