El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-08
HORN. Tex, Oct s.-Mrs-

~ Sudie Irwin, the first witness TO
be called wednesday morning IN
the trial of Mrs. Agnes Orner, charged
with the murder Of her daughter Lille,
testified that she was introduced to
Mrs. Orner BY Tom Delany in 1919 De-
lany is one OF the witnesses for the de-
fence
Mrs. Irwin testified that on Monday
afternoon after the death of Lille
Orner on Saturday she was at the
Orner home and that Mrs. Orner put
her hands on Mrs. Twins shoulders
and SAID to her: NY God must 1 con-
TESS" The witness said she asked her
confess to what" but received no an
sWer. The witness further testified
that on the way home from the fun
eral J. D. Lea was taken violently III
from something he had eaten. She
said she was not a friend of J. D. Lea
and that she considered him JUST q
"spunky little man." The witnesses
ready answers and parties in wit fur
nished the only moments so far where
intense seriousness was not apparent
in the trial.
NeighBOr Of Mrs. Orner TeStifies-
Mrs. A J. Tyra was the next witness.
She testified that she lived next door
to Mrs Orner at the time of the death
of Lille and that she had seen Lille
in the yard the morning of the day she
died and had also seen her N the win
dow the afternoon she died, and that
she seemed then to be well and
healthy child.
DR.. {. P. Brown Recalled,
DR.. c. p Brown was recalled by the
state to testify as to the contents of the
prescription which he left when he
called at the Orner home the day of
the child's deah. He said it contained
serum Of oxlate and cocaine and that
there was no arsenic in L.
Says Near Killed Her Dog.
Mrs n. B. LarOck testified that she
hYed at the same house as Mrs. Tyra
at the time of Lilly's death. She said
that she went over to the Orner home
shortly after the death of the child
and Mrs. Orner told her that Lille had
been taken suddenly sick and had died
from some cause unknown to Mrs
Orner. She testified that J. d. Lea
threw away some meat that had been
on the table in the Orner home and
that her dog ate the meat and a few
minutes thereafter the dog went into
eonvulsions and died. She also testi-
fled that she had offered on Sunday to
prepare a meal for Mrs. Orner and
asked Mrs Orner if she would like to
have some of the meat which was on
the table warmed over and served and
any of it.
Mrs. Orner Talked of POisons.
Lee Newman testified that he had
been to Mrs Orner's house about two
years before Lilies death and that
while there Mrs. Orner told him that
she knew of a deadly poison which
could be administered to a person with
fatal results, and no doctor could dis
cover what the poison was
Mrs. F. A. Pope then testified that
she had known the defendant for about
two years before the child's death,
Mrs. Pope had Lille stay at her home
Tor a few weeks while Mrs. Orner was
sick, and that during a conversation
about that time, Mrs. Orner mentioned
that she was a trained nurse and that
Mrs Orner went and got a medicine
GO ri Of sol IL
of the walls and said: That is a
deadly poison and after it has been
administered no doctor on earth can
detect it." J. W. Browns testimony,
given at the first trial in Ell Paso, was
then read Brown is the deputy con-
stable who arrested the defendant i'm
mediately after the funeral of Lille
Orner. He testified that as soon as he
met Mrs. Orner she said to him:
Have you got a warrant for me"
State to Finish its Case.
Court adjourned at noon till two
o'clock to await the arrival of DR.. ".
on who is conducting the states case,
announced to the court that the state
would finish its case Wednesday after
noon.
Tells of Arsenic in ChiId's stomach.
DR.. L B. Rogers, the first witness
Tuesday afternoon. testified at length
as to the tests made on the internal
organs of Lille Orner the day after
of arsenic in large quantity. He fur
Their testified that arsenic was one of
the most common pOisons ana was very
easily Obtainable at any drug store. He
also testified that rough on rats" and
other proprietary compounds were
composed largely OF arsenic and were
commonly used.
Rule Is Suspended.
During DR.. ROgers's testimony, judge
jackson acceded to the request of the
numerous witnesses in the case and
suspended the rule which requires all
witnesses to remain out of the court
room while the evidence is being heard
and permitted the witnesses to come in
and hear DR.. Rogers's evidence.
DR.. Rogers was followed by Robert
Brooks, now an apprentice printer on
the FL Paso Herald Brooks was the
messenger who had testified on former
trials that on the day of Lille Orner's
death he carried medicine prescribed
by Dr. c. P Brown from Ryan's drug
store to the Orner home and that Mrs.
Orner declined to pay for it, so the
medicine was not delivered. On ex-
animation here, he could not state