South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-11
MRS. SUHL STICKS
To HER TESTIMONY
DURING GRILLING
Defendant in Murder Trial De-
MES Declarations of Mrs.
EmberIin, Star Witness for
State, Under Examination.

Mrs Augusta Suhl was on the wit
ness stand during the entire time Fri |
day forenoon in the circuit court. For
two hours she was under cross exam |
nation at the hands Of Pros Mont !
gomery. The cross-eXaminatiOn was |
not finished until the afternoon. 1t
was the belief of the defense tnat
they would finish on direct examina- |
tion Friday with the exception OF the |
examination of DR.. Haines, toXicoIo- !
gist. who is expected from Chlcaso
on Monday The trial OF Mrs. sum
was set by Judge Funk Friday morn |
ing to continue through until Iues- |
day.
There was nothing of a sensational |
1ature in the testimony of Mrs. SUM
during the close Of the direct exam /
ination or during the crOss-eXamlna- !
tion. Half an hour was spent IN the |
completion Of the direct examination =
which was started Thursday after |
noon. The witness denied practlcally |
all that Mrs Emberlin had testified 10 |
concerning her. She said that she dld
not know what an electric chair was |
and so had never told Mrs. Emberlin
that she might go to the electric !
chair. She said that she did not |
tell Mrs Emberlin that they would I
never get her to say that she gave
him poison" when Mrs. Emberlln
told of having dreamed that Mrs.
Suhl had given her husband poison |
The witness denied also that she had |
ever given her wedding ring To Mrs /
Coffeen, for. she said, she had never |
had a wedding ring. She had gwen |
her daughter another ring, she eX-
planned. because she did not need 1t (
in "a dark cell.
During the ss-eXamination she /
failed to remember many points on |
which she was questioned. She en-
phatically maintained that there had |
never been trouble between her and !
her husband concerning their prop
erty.
Small Wages Earned.
Mrs Suhl did not remember on
what day she had been arrested but
she did remember that it was during
the fret part of September. She said
that while she had worked she had /
for time earned Sc a week as a /
cook in a restaurant and that later
her milk business had netted her 81 |
or $S a week She said that her hus-
band had never delivered milk nor
aided in any way in keeping up the
business.
The witness said that she knew
that Mr.. Suhl had worked at Fred
ricksOns saloon and at Schulze's and |
at Richardson's. but she maintained
that she didn't know what other sa-
looms he may have worked at as he
never told her.
She was not certain as to the length
of time that her husband had work
ed at the Singer factory, but she said |
that he worked there for a time while
they lived on the farm north OF Notre
Dame She said that she didn't |
know how much her husband earned.
Did Not Get His Money.
The prosecutor asked her If il
were not a fact that her husband had
each week given her his entire wages
Of SIS and that she had made it a
habit to allow him only what money
she thought that he needed.
"Is it not a fact that you made him
walk TO work. she was asked.
Mo- was the reply. Il wanted him
to ride because he was getting old. but
he said that what he could save he
coul1 have for drink"
The witness was closely examined
concerning her visit to the office of
James Trail concerning which visit
Mrs Trail had testified that Mrs. Suhl
had told her that she had been hav-
ing trouble with Mr.. Suhl and that !
she wanted TO see what she could do
to get some money from him. Mrs.
Suhl fatty denied that she had seen
Mrs. Trail at that time.
Saw Only Mr.. Trail
She said that Mr.. Trail was alone
wher she got to his office and that
she had told him that if the farm
which she had given TO the COneens
were to be sold she wanted the
money on her mortgage, because she
did not want TO hold it if the farm
were in the hands of strangers. The
defendant said that MIR. Trail had |
then telephoned TO COffeen's for the
purpose of prevailing on Mr.. Suhl TO
come home, but that she had not re-
mained to hear the conversation be-
cause she did not think that il was
the place for a woman to be with
man.
In Al Ter TO questions concerning /
Testimony given by Trail the defend
ant said that she did not remember
that Trail had told her that Mr. Suhl |
had complained that the SuhI prop /
erty had all been decided in his wifes
name without his understanding and /
consent. She said that there was no
time when she did not want him at |
home and that there was no time
when she would have had 10 gar !
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