The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-05-11
CONTRADICTORY TESTIMONY
IN The STANNARD CASE
Continued from page one

Hammes. sam Gourd then came TO the
house and took care of Mr.. Stannard
until nj died The witness testified
that she was i'm the room on one occa-
sion al the same time Mrs Stannard
was there and that Mr.. Stannard ASK
ed for a drink of water. Mrs. stan
nard SIT glass of water end offered
IL 10 him but he refused 10 take u,
saying there was poison in It, She
offered BIN a glass of beer, which he
also refused, but later Mr.. Gourd Of
fcrcd him the glass of water and he
took IL
Miss Hammes also testified that
day OF two after Mr. Stannard died
and before the funeral, Elaine said to
her, ''lfi go to my fathers funeral
1 viii wear a yellow dress" This was
said in the presence of Alva STAN
nard On the day OF the funeral, Al
va Stannard said to Elaine according
to Miss Hammes, Are you going to
wear that yellow dress" and Elaine
said, Yes, if | want to-" At this
it is said the boy attempted to strike
her but WAS prevented from doing so
| by Mrs |Stannard.
Denial by Sam Gourd.
The statement by Grace Hammes,
concerning the remarks made by Mr..
Stannard concerning poison, was alb
solutely denied by sam Gourd who
swore that Mr.. Stannard never, at any
time, during the period he was with
him, and he was with him until the
death, ever accused Mrs. Stannard OF
attempting to poison him, and Mr..
ourd stated that Mr.. Stannard never
at any time mentioned a word about
poison. Gourd also said that Mr..
Stannard made the remark TO him.
Sam, guess my case will Ibe an
other like John Macleod" (Mac-
Leod died Of delirium tremens)
Alva STANDARDS Story.
Alva Stannard testified that when
his father came home at 4:3O that
morning. he came to Alva's room and
asked where his mother was. He had
a lamp i'm his hand and the boy testi-
fled that his fathers face was all
black. After looking through the
house for Mrs. Stannard for short
time, his father finally went to bed.
In the morning his father called him
TO his room and said something was
the matter with his coffee. that his
mother had put something in It. The
boy replied that he did not think so
whereupon the father said, my boy
don't thiunk ! am going to live long"
Shortly afterwards Mr.. Stannard ask
ed the boy TO go for doctor but as
the boy had seen him i'm like con-
dition before. after drinking heavily,
he paid little attention to what he
said, but went to care for the horses.
Later his mother called him and told
him his father was quite sick, having
had two commissions, and urged him
to get doctor as soon as possible.
Alva denied absolutely that his ia
ther had ever used the word poison
during the time of his sickness.
Elaine Stannard testified and denied
that anything had been said by her
mother that tmorning concerning a
Montgomery and Ward powder. She
said she was in the kitchen part of the
time the Hammcs girl was preparing
breakfast for her father and that the
powder had not been mentioned by
her mother i'm her presence. She stated
that one morning previous to the day
on which Mr.. Stannard died. they had
talked about the Montgomery and
Ward powder, but she denied that her
mother had put any powder i'm her
fathers cup or that she had told her
she was going to do it, She also alb
contradicted Grace Hammes'
statement of what had occurred after
Mr.. STANDARDS death concerning the
wearing of a yellow dress. Her whole
story practically was n contradiction
of what the Hammes girl had said.
Mrs. Stannard Frustrated.
Mrs. Stannard has been FRUSTRATED
for several days as a result of the ex-
IRENE nervous strain.
When asked this morning whether
an application would be made fo~ a
change of venue, Attorney f.. +. Le-
Gendre. who has been retained to rep
resent Mrs. Stannard, stated that no
action had been taken so far and that
the matter had not been decided.
There is much public interest i'm the
circumstances of the case and the
many developments, and sentiment Is
about evenly divided as to the guilt
or innocence of the defendant.