El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-27
Major Under Rigid Cross-Fire


SICK ana at her death; that some time
after her death ARRANGEMENTS were
maze Tor the marriage, and that after
md 5ITLrIage they resided in AlamOgordo.
me present Mrs. Majors health at
lne time of her marriage was good, he
sald, but this summer it was not so
5oou5 she was treated by DR.. VALID
schmldt. who was engaged to care for
her during confinement. He prescribed
LOT LOT ner In August to relieve the dis
Iufped condition of the stomach.
Wife Becomes Ill.
relative to the illness Of his present
we the witness said that he returned
nome about o'clock on the evening Of
october 1 1913, and heard her moving
around upstairs; went up and found her
In distressed condition Dr. WaId-
schmidt was called and gave her
d hypodermic treatment. Next night
she was sick and still in great pain
and he gave her another hypodermic;
ne ne sald she had Inflammation Of the
The witness said her condition continued
bau ana her mouth began to get sore The
- - e-on o. the DOCTOR was called to 1t and
IL prescribed a mouth wash. The mouth
become worse. the teeth became loose: trou-
PIE with the bladder seemed to disappear
- - sIe was getting weaker and weaker all
the u1ne; she was not sick in bed all the
uine' but was around the house mostly
UPSTAIRS. She did not have a nurse until Dc
tober Is, and witness said that he gave her
medicine at times and some she too1- herself
MRS Samson was called in to nurse her and
ROusseau's ~
Major said that DR.. Waldschmidt sug-
sested getting nurse once or twice and
sne could assist in the hOusework. and he
got Mrs. Samson: she did the homework
80 ,ooA care re, OF Mrs. Major as much as
WeS needed. Witness said that he called DR..
Waldschmidts attention to the condition Of
her urine and he examined it and told him
70 put some IN bottle. He asked him about
u later and he said It was all right that
~ contained no albumen Five or six davs
later Dr. Waldschmidt told me to pet an
OLneE sample and I did IN Not
Refuses NOurishment.
. IN the afternoon of the oath" he said
she rested very well: about o'clock she
was still sleeping and while 7 was down
stars reading The Herald, I heard a noise
out Of the bathroom and in a drowsy condi-
lon She went into her room and seemed
to want to sleep"
Defendant said that he prepared nourish-
menI consisting Of raw egg and milk. but
she begged him not to give 1t to her and
she turned over and went to sleep He said
it himself
About 10 o'clock" he said. cher nulea
had quickened and continued to get quick
er. DR. Waldschmidt was called over He
asked for consultation. 1 suppose he
wanted DIT Gilbert, as he had been in the
case before. but he phoned for DR.. Holmes
and DR.. Mckinley. After they came we
worked with her that night for some time
~ was IN q sLupor and droWsy condition
and We walked her around the room contin-
uously, except when she was given medi-
cine. She came out Of that condition to-
wards morning"
Gave Her No Drugs.
On being further questioned as to what
took place in the afternoon, witness said
that he had not gifen her any medicine or
any other kind Of drugs during the evening
Major said he kept a chart Of what was done
the medicine given, and the nourishment
and that he did this because the doctor
;-sAeu , nm ABOUT ner condition and kept it
IN order TO be able to state fully. He said
that the sheets of this chart were on tho
dresser IN MIS- Majors room the night of
the 24th; that DR.. Waldschmidt took them
ana ne mas not seen them since.
In speaking Of giving Of the nourishment
Of eggs and milk on the evening Of the oath
Major said that he made the entry but as
Mrs Major had not taken anything of IT
he erased It He said that he saw eyerv-
thing given her that night, but did not
know what it was; Dr. Holmes attended to
the hypoderm1cs, and DR.. Mckinley pre-
pareo some reddish medicine which was Civ
"on one occasion" he said. swhen she
me giving OF medicine, DR.. Waldschmidt
picked up the vessel and said, want
that"
Physician Shows Alarm.
several days prior to the 24h. he said
that he came home about o'clock and
found his wife in not as good condition as
she should be. He called in DR.. Wald-
chmldt; he came over and auuearad
alarmed and said he would like to have a
consultations; that possibly he would have
to resort to abortion The witness said that
ne told him under no condition would ne
consent to such procedure except to save
her life. DR.. Gilbert was called in. and he
met and told him what Waldschmfdt had
said SAID and what ne wished in the matter
medicine which DR.. Waldschmidt said would
2e necessary to sit up all night and give
1nsy ud not say what was the matter
Learns of Poison Charge.
Witness said that the first time he e,,ar
heard Of being charged with giving her ar
senIe s was when he heard it in the indict-
Referring to the charge Of numbering his
daughter, witness said that he heard it on
March Is. 1913 at CarrizozO
"On March H." he said ct received q
lstter from my son, Mitchell. written from
Carrlzozo to come up there at once 7
could not get off that afternoon on account
u an engagement so went up the next
morning. Reaching Carrizozo, I was met bv
my son, and as we were going over to the
Mr.. Hamilton wanted to talk to me about
Eudora's death. After dining we went down
to Hamilton's office and from there back to
the Motel and went upstairs into a room
and there judge Medler told me Of the m.
inors afloat. As a result of this conference
II was agreed and arrangements were made
70 nave the body Of EudOra exhumed and
post mortem held, and 1 said that I wanted
10 have 1t done at once.
Arranges for Post MOrtem.
me arrangements were that the New
YORK Life Insurance company should have
a representative and I should have one'
said the defendant Il returned to Alamo
Eor0o, communicated with Prof Hare and
employed him as my chemist. It was agreed
that the body should be taken up at once
Inc company was to send its representative
up DAY or two after the arrizozo meet
"e~AN0A d Lew uagSf Out uOLnluE was
saiu- met Mr.. Hamilton on two differ
toned.
Stops Attempt OF Insurance Company.
II went on that way until the first of
June when the representative of the New
I OK Lie Insurance company made an at
tempt 20 take up the body himself I oh
JScIeu until could have a representative
mere Inc body was mine in the absence of 4
any order OF the court otherwise it could
Ilol De taken up without my consent AT
th1I tlIne told Mr.. Buck not to take IN
me Douy until L said so. Dr. Rogers was
the representative Of the fnsurance com
pany; communicated with Prof Hare and
tolo MN to arrange with Dr. Rogers as to a
time Ihey set July or 4 and as a bip
celeDratlon was on here on that date If
was postponed at my request until the eth
Body Is Taken Up.
o.. 4ney came on Monday, July Z 7 mat
eHsn at the train and took them to INV
9 2; Inc BODY was already at the nm
cisI Cahlns rooms. asked them about
eIsIseing IN tneir reports, and said that IF
mere was any possibility Of a disbursement
wanted a third sample taken and sealed
anu 0eposlLeu IN vault. Prof Hare said
that ne had come prepared for tba+ rvitb
d suIIlclent number Of Jars 7 asked IL tbe1-
would make a joint report to me ana NJ
rogers said that he was enn1oved ~ ~
ms uIdHce company and would renort 10 IT.
loIu Lhen TO make thorough eysr1irs
I'm anu satlsIy themselves and myself es
to the cause of death 70i- a9
ProL Hare said that he was NOT nh
5lclan ana suggested that I should have one
50 Dr. Holmes was called because Dr en-
bert was out Of town. We went over "a a..
i .5 LahIhg rooms examined the ont
side DOX and found II saa1ad -