Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-10-17

going to get 1t out. She said 1t would
be In awful condition and that she did
not anticipate the job of cleaning It,
She wanted me to clean 1t and said,
bring home some cyanide from the
plant A little later she said: DO
1t today while you are thinking of 1t,
and don't forget It. "
Took Cyanide from Ozark Room"
well, when did you get the
cyanide, and under what circum-
stances?" The attorney for the de-
tense spoke slowly and clearly as if
asking an important question.
1.-THE next time that l thought of it,
a day or two later. ! passed that
cyanide every day going to and from
my work. 1t was kept in the dark
room which was off the stairs. Why,
I passed that within easy reach of
| it a dozen times a day-why, more
than that. more than twenty times.
"The next time l thought of 1t I
went to the dark room-I believe it
was during noon hour. There was
nobody there and | took a little
cyanide out of bottle and put it
| d
was worth just about a two-cent
stamp. 1t was such a trifiing mat
ter that naturally did not think of
asking anybody about 1t.
| "As for going into the dark room
| / had been there often. Everybody
| went into the dark room whenever
| they wanted the man who was usu-
ally there. Why, If you stuck your
head into the room you were more
than half way in. And the whole
thing was such little affair The
considering. planning and doing did
not take three minutes"
"All right. go on
Carried Poison Home.
$50 l took the bottle home and
| went up to the medicine chest with
it"
Where did you put it?"
ION the top shelf of the medicine
closet. six feet three inches above
the floor"
Now then what sort of a pcrkage
was it?"
"It was wrapped up in paper"
/ Where did you get the paper?'
| Il picked IL up SOHieWItTe.
How did these crystals look?"
Like rock salt 1 don't remember
whether it was clear or pinkish, but
1t just looked like rock salt
Then Mr.. McDermit turned to a
row of bottles among the evidence on
the table. "Have you examined any
of these bottles?"
'I have seen them examined, but l
have not examined them" The point
was dropped there apparently for no
reference to the bottles was later
made.
Called wife's Attention to Poison.
Now, after you brought the cyan
ide to the house, did you have any
conference with your wife?'
"I mentioned it and called her at
tentlon to theNfact that had gotten
it and she saw me put it there
What did you say?'
81 said Here is the cyanide, and /
am going to put it on this SHELF"
"And you put the package on the
shelf?"
II wrapped it up in an envelope
"Why?"
"WelI, l marked the envelope with
poison in pencil. When / tried to do
1t on the package the pencil went
| through the paper into the package,
but l could mark the envelope while
it was fiat and put the package in il
later"
did you do that?"
Yes"
Where did you put the envelope
with the package in it"
"I put 1t on the top Shelf among the
bottles, resting on the necks of the
| bottles"
"was the shelf very full of bot
ties2"
"Yes, it was packed with them.
afterwards did put another bottle
there, but 1t was only by pushing the
bottles back on each side and crowd
ing ROOM
when after placing that envelope
on the necks of the bottles did you
next see or use the envelope?"
"It was the same day or the next
1 just happened to think of the cyan
ide, and thought had seen in the
box that came from Philadelphia a
bottle with some cyanide In it. Partly
from curiosity went to look for this
box and discovered few tubes and
an ounce bottle with potassium cyan
ide In it?"
"Is this the same cyanide that you
now talk of that was contained In
your valise that was sent to your
downtown Office In Philadelphia ?"
YES"
Placed Cyanide Bottle In Closet.
After you had examined the valist
and found the cyanide what did yot
do?"
II took this bottle and put it in tn,
medicine closet near the envelope"
About what time was that"
What time? 1t was around tn,
latter part of August"
Did you see arsenic in the medi-
cine chest?'' asked Mr.. McDermit.
Cyanide worked Through Envelope.
II saw the arsenic the next time
had occasion to go to the medicin,
chest. l went to get the carboli,
acid for cleaning purposes. l got thi'
bottle of carbolic and used 1t. A
the same time l noticed that thil
cyanide looked kind of greasy, as 1
it was coming out of the envelope.
THAT is the envelope that con
tanned the solution of cyanide?'
mot the solution-loose crystals
The reason i can fix the dates Il
time is: thought II was pretty nea,
! time to get out of that house. M.