The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-12
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Nurse First. Witness Today. "
WHEELING 9, \ Jan, ~ IN Miss Alma
Evans, the pro nurse who at;
tended Schenk during his illness, was
!, the first witness called by the Stnte
today. She said that the flrst time;
she met Mrs. Sehenk was ID d Sunday.
school picnic n she was called to
SSchenk home on Octoherl fifteenth and
at the door by Mrs. Doepkin and
6schenk's daughter and Mrs. Schenls
was In bed. t Il 4 y \;
The witness Is tall and handsome
iand.wore q dark suit and black pfuined
that with d Veil. ~ a y;
r. She, said Mrs. schenk a ID not help
!. her the first night nor at any time aft.
'erwards: said Mrs, SclieIik told her
on Intervening Of he fourth day shds
had visited a fortune teller at elleyuc
who said that Schenk could not last
until Christmas. Doesn't the thought
OF II make you feel terribly. she said
she asked Mrs. Schenk and Mrs.
schenk replied No, I'd rather know.
She told OF giving swater 70 schenls
and said Mrs. Schenk always opened
the bottles, saying. " don't want yo,i'
:toScut your fingers. K
Schenk said that tlie wa ter tasted
peculiar. On the night Of October ~.
Miss Evans said she went to the home
Of a relative and when she returned
Schenk was nauseated. She gave, him
more water from the bottl that even
Ing and he again: yonllted Then she
tasted some and 4 It .nauseated her.
When she was giving Schenk malt cas-
cara, Mrs, Schenk always insisted that
she shake the bottle. She said she.
told her that IT. was not necessary.
and Mrs Schenk grabbed the bottle
and shook IT,. She told DR. Hupp of
her suspicious and they secretiy res
moved ia bottle from which the duedr
tasting water came. I, :.
The day al fters Sel,enk was taken 70,
the hospital Mrs. S,chenls visited him.
and went into the bath, room where
the siledlrines were lsept, looked slin
door, staying therin twenty minutes
;s She told apr, Hupp about that and \
he ordered tan entire new set OF fnedi,
cfnes. These they hid III the Kitchen,
and Mrs. schenk Z didn't know where
they! were. Il s.
One night Mrs. schenk ssaid. my
relatives are conspiring ID
get him away from me. The minute
the breath Is out Of his body I want
you to get his keys tor me- n
3 She said Mrs. Schenks once told her
that There ARE lotsSworse things than
dying, y. Y ts;a
Crossexaninatioli was then begun
by Mrs. Schenk's attorneys.
\ Attorney O,Brien on cross;examina.
tionebrought! out that Mrs, Schenk did
the family washing. 4 He also got Niiss
Evans to admit that she cut her finger
once whenA pening aa bottle with
knife and that Mrs. Schenk knew this
when she offered i 70 open tie bottles
for her. &;
Recess was then aiken unit i one.
thirty this afternoon.
Dr. Hupp admit tied IN the course of
the cross-exaninat tionS that upon diff
5ferent occasions he had prescribed
hyomei.aninine d preparation which
contains arsenic. digitalis and nitro
;glycerin, but he said these drugs Ind
never been adminis stored the patient
in sufficient quantitie les to produce the.
symptoms o. arsenical or lead roiHon.
ing evidenced sby9 N r. 3chenl 4
While grilling DR.. sHupp N o 'Brien
paid particular attention to the fact
that fora time after he had been call
ed s to attend Mr. schenk. Dry Hupp
entertained the theory that he was,
suffering from malaria Before tho
trial4is :oyerSi Is said that the defense
Will try to- prove that scfenis did
have malaria, and that he contra eted ~
through amoslulto bite This viii be-
one OF the trump cards OF tie deferse.
At is understood that they wlllStry 20
prove that while abroad last May MIR.
3Schenk was bitten ii smosqtiito
which was Infected with Inalaria; and
= that this attack ~ the Insect sesuIted
Continued on Pase Three, Z
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