The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-20
PROSECUTION ENDS IN THE SCHENK CASE Motion of Defense Is Overruled
 By the Judge WITNESSES NUMEROUS Attorneys for the Defense IinNe se- cured Two Hundred Witnesses to
 Bc Used in Presenting Their
 Side of inc Case

1 Wheeling. w. Na. January l9.--Wi'h the state completing the presentation of its evidence teday In the prosecu- ton of Mrs. Laura Farnsworth Schenk, charged with poisoning her husband, John 0. Schenk, the defense this aft ernoon began to call it's witnesses, but not before Mrs. sohenks attorney, s. O. Bryce. had 9oVed to strike out all the states evidence and dismisSS the case.
 Judse L. A Jordan promptly over ruled the motion
 J. | P. o'Brien. chief counsel for the accused. had announced that he would put on every physician and drug sist in the city in an attempt to show that Mrs Schenk had not bought ar senic from as.N Of them. Dr. J. w.. Myers when on the stand for the state having declared that Mrs. sohenk se- cured lead poison from him and that she had obtained Fowler's solution of arsenic from another doctor. This line was stopped. however, Prosecutor Handlan's objections being sustained. Later the defense attempted to put in evidence the affidavit of Alice Thom- as secretary of a Pittsburg detective agency, to bring out conspiracy against the accused. This was also ruled out
 HandIan's Assertions
 In presenting the case to the jury when the state closed, Mir. Handlan as- serted that the state has shown that schenk was In good health when he returned from Europe; that the state had shown by competent physicians the husband was suffering from both lead and arsenic poison and that analysis of mineral water and medicines he took contained arsenic and sugar of lead that Mrs. Schenk was indifferent to her husband, preferring another man and had predicted his death, speak ing of the kind of funeral he would have: that the accused offered a de- tective nurse 5000 to administer poison to John Schenk; that she had been indiscreet with another man as testi- fled to by her chauffeur and that she had procured sugar of lead from pr. J. w. Myers, asking him also for form of arsenic.
 "These points have been clearly set out" said the states attorney, and upon them the state bases it's demand for convictions.
 While 200 witnesses were summoned by the defense, Mir O'Brien said in his opening statement that not all would be called, and it was hoped the pre- sentation of the case for the accused would not take so long s the state. He said all of his evidence would be taken In three days. in which event the jury would have the case by Mon day evening It is practically certain that the defendant will take the stand in her own behalf.
 Chauffeur Is Recalled
 Lundy Wilson, the Schenk chauffeur, was recalled in the morning. He was asked:
 Why did you not tell John Schenk what was going on?"
 T had no business to and Schenk would not have believed me-" he said
 Miss Alma Evans. Schenks nurse was recalled and testified that when told of his wife's arrest Sche sprang up in bed and cried and that he cried daily after that. She said Schenk had been confined to his room at the hos pital until November 1, and to his bed most of the time.
 It was al the opening of the after noon session that the defense start ed and sharp tits between the attor neys marked the overruling of the calling of physicians. the detective bookkeeper's affidavit and the attempt to mpeach the testimony of Dr. Meyers.
 Dr. Osborne said that he had visited Schenk with Dr. Hupp. the attending physician, and Dr. l.. $. Jepson. There were no symptoms of arsenical pois- oning, he said. He said Dr. Hupp had told him on that visit that in his opin- ion Schenk was not suffering from lead poisoning. He might have been suf- ferng with cancer of the stomach, he testified.
 Before adjournment of court cross examination of the witness was begun by Prosecutor Handlan. Little or noth- ing was brought out before adjourn ment.