The Washington times., 1911-01-13
TWO WOMEN SEEN.
BY SCHENK SERVANT
Colored Girl Tells of Strange
Things Day Water Was
"PoiSoned."

WHEELING, w. Va. Jan. 13.-Flor-
ence Coleman. the colored domestic,
told this afternoon of seeing two
women I'm the Schenk home when the
millionaire packers wife opened the
water which is said to have contained
poison.
Mrs. Schenk kept her pencil busy,
and whispered to her attorney, who
asked:
Florence, did you put anything into
the water"
NO sir" was the sharp reply.
Tells of the Women.
The Coleman girl told of "a stout
lady being at the Schenk home.
Did you know she was detective?"
she was asked
No, sir; | thought she was a cook" y"
B AT this point the testimony became
somewhat confused as to how many
different women were seen about the
5 Schenk home, the defense setting up
the claim that there were two women
detectives in the household instead Of
one.
Edwin McAllister, a pharmacist, who
filled prescriptions for Mr.. Schenk, took
the stand and SwOre that there was
neither lead nor arsenic in any of the
medicines for SChenk WhAh left his
store. 1t was brought out that Attorney
o. BTien had secretly secured from the
MCA lister Pharmacy the remainder OF
the suspected lithia water which DR..
Hupp had left there after sending sam
pies to be analyZed and also some of
the medicine. This revelation aroused
the ire of the prosecuting attorney.
John Thornton, of WOOdSdale, next
testified as to consultations he had held
with DR.. IIupp in the Schenk case, and
had made pathological tests of SChenk' $
blood. DIR. Thornton was on the stand
when the noon adjournment was taken,
and Prosecuting Attorney Handlan an
nOunCed he would PROFOUND a hypOthe-
teal question to the witness aftef
awhile
Dr. Glaser on Stand.
Dr. Charles Chaser, of Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, who testified yes
terday to finding arsenic in DR.. Schenk' 5
drinking water, and medicines after a
chemical analysis. followed DR.. Burdats
on the stand He testified that he mott
fed DR.. Hupp on October - of his find
ing both arsenic and sugar of lead in
the articles submitted to him.
Prof. J. W. MalIet. an instructor in
chemistrr At the University Of Virginia,
was next called. In reply to questions
from Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Fred /. Maury, he established himself
as an authority by naming the various
American and foreign medical societies
of which he is a member.
"On or about October IS, Prof. Dun
nington. of the University of Virginia.
received d package from Wheeling to
be analyzed and the work was deliv-
cred to me-" said the physician.
What were the results of your ex-
animation"
There were three. first I found ar
seniC but no lead. the second time |
found substance known as 'fowIers
solution" a mixture of potash and
lavender The third test showed ar
senic, lead and the solution mingled
Jurors Examine Bottle
Tie bottle containing the analyzed
water was passed among the jurors
who shifted it while the examination
of Prof MaIlet continued.
The accused woman received by spe-
CiaI delivery letter Yesterday a copy
of a playlet based on her case. but
SHE declined to discuss the author or
any circumstances connected with II.
'"Thirteen Is my lucky number" Mrs
SChenk whispered over her counSels s
table when her attention was called to
the day, Friday. and the date, the 18th.
Il am not in the least afraif of hoo
docs"
The possibility that Juliette Kline. the
deiectiVe-nurSe. would give startling
end sensational evidence brought an
army of women and men to the county
courthouse.
The first witness of the day called by
the prosecution was Or. o. w. BurdatS,
a dentist, who was called to testify that
the black lines found on SChenk'S gums,
and declared by DR.. +. i. Hupp to be
the result of arsenic poisoning, could
not have resulted from defective teeth.