Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-15
BUNNY NOT AT
M'FARLAND TRIAL
Women Throng Court Room for
Glimpse of Girl in the
Case"
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During the time McDermit was
quizzing DR.. Gale, mcfarland was
constantly calling McDermit to him
and whispering questions to be asked
the witness. Several times when he
could not attract McDermit's atten-
ton he would turn to William o.
Azzoli, McDermit's assistant, and
urge him to call McDermit t. the
counsel table.
In fact, Mcfarland had almost as
much to do with the cross-examina-
ton of DR.. Gale as had his counsel.
Prosecutor Mott then called County
Physician William H. Mckenzie.
ION the morning of the eighteenth
of October last" said Mr.. Mott, did
you receive word to go to the house
at BAG Park avenue?"
"I did"
About what time did that word
reach your"
ut reached me about half-past
ten
How did you receive it?"
"Over the phone"
And did you go there?"
II went there about 1 o'clock
when you got to the house. what
room did you go into?"
IT went to the hallway downstairs.
Mcfarland was there and an officer"
"MacFarland went upstairs with me
and we went into the front room. B"
he referred to the letter on the en-
g%ineer's diagram-'and his wife was
lying there on the bed, dead. She
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foot in bed and her left foot hanging
out. touching the floor. She was dis
robed. She had a chemise and a
nightshirt and her stockings on,
partly turned down."
Did you have any conversation
with Mr.. MacFarland?"
Then I asked him what had hap
pened. He said he had been to New
York, that he took his little fellow
over there, because the week before
he had to go to Atlantic City on
business for the firm and ne could
not take the boy along, which he had
promised to do. So the day before
that he had had to go to New York
and he wanted to take the boy with
: him. And he said his wife was very
anxious that he should, because the
boy had beer disappointed in not 60
ing to Atlantic City.
Baby Playing Near Bed.
"He said he took him TO a show:
that they did not come home that
night because he said he often went
to New York with the boy and took
him to the show. He said he didn't
/ b,,,oe hin, hopao hoaa1Ian the h0x-
would go to sleep on the train. and
he would have to carry him from the
Belleville station to the house. a
pretty heavy load. When they ar
rived at 10 o'clock that morning he
went upstairs. AS he stood over near
the bathroom he saw the little girl
playing around the bed. He found
the baby at the side of the bed and
his wife lying on the bed. He said
he didn't know whether she had
tainted or what had happened to her.
He did not know any doctors in the
neighborhood, but had seen a sign of
a doctor down the street. He went
for him. When the doctor came there
he said his wife was dead
do you know whether he knew at
that time you were the county physi-
cian?"
Eyes, he must have known it. l
said | was the doctor when 1 went in.
and he was waiting for DR.. McKen-
zie."
well, proceed"
Then 1 asked him If anything had
been ailing his wife, and he didn't
know she had any symptoms of any
kind. that he could not account for
her being dead. Then I said, What
about poison?' He said there was a
bottle of cyanide in the closet"
How did you come to say any
thing about poison?'
"That had been suggested to me
over the telephone. Then he said he