South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-12

done on the preceding afternoon. as
she told OF the dying hours of her
husband. IL was necessary for a few
moments to stop the s-examina-
ton as the witness gave way TO her
feelings. During these moments
silence prevailed in the room. short
~ after this the recess was called.
During the recess Mrs. COffeea.
daughter OF the defendant wept.
This was the first time during her
attendance at the trial. that she had
given signs of her emotion.
Defendant Enters Denials.
What was gained by the state in the
REORGANIZATION was not readily
apparent to the listeners. The de-
PENDANT was questioned in minute de-
tail as 10 her testimony in chief. Her
story in each instance was apparently
the same although on crOss-examina-
ton she often said that she did not
remember when she was asked as 10
what her testimony had been during
the direct examination. There was
little of the testimony Of her neigh
bOrs, Mr.. and Mrs. Emberlin, that
she did not fatty deny Her denials
also applied 10 a large part of the evil
dence that had been brought forward
by the state.
The witness said that she knew
what poison was and knew that il
was dangerous before she bought the
arsenic She said however that she
never had purchased any poison be-
fore that time. She had used various
home made remedies for the purpose
of eradicating bedbugs.
How Arsenic Was Used.
She said that after she got the
arsenic she made a solution of the
arsenic and water and used il several
times from day to day on the beds.
She said that the solution had been
kept in a diShpan under the bed
where il remained until after Mr.
SuhTs death. She did not remember
when the solution was removed
Mrs. Suhl said that her husband
had lost in flesh and appetite for
some time before his death. He
certainly did have plenty to eat" was
her emphatic reply when IL was sug
gested that he had not been given
enough food She explained that she
had always had plenty of eggs and
milk for him.
on the morning Of the day of Mr..
SuhiS death he did not eat much for
breakfast, according to Mrs. SUhl.
He prepared his own lunch and left
for his work and his wife did not see
him again until late in the forenoon
when she returned from town and
found him sitting on the porch.
Husband Wanted Water.
She said that her husband had said
that he was glad that she had return
ed because he could not get into the
house and he could not get Mrs. EN-
berlin to give him a drink of water.
The witness was asked if Mr.. Suhl
had been very thirsty at the time but
she did not remember. She said that
she did give him a drink of water
when they got into the house.
Under a searching cross eXamina-
ton the witness told in all its details
the story of the night Of her hus-
bands illness and death as she re-
membered it, And when she told of
how Mr.. Suhl had gotten out Of bed
in the early morning and of how he
had chung to her shoulders as she
vainly tried to get him back into the
bed she wept
Weeping Stops Examination
The examination was stopped as
the witness, with her head bowed
shook with sObs and the silence in
the court room became oppressive be-
fore the prosecutor found an oppor-
tunity to renew his questioning
The witness failed to remember
many details of that night Again
and again she came back to the state
ment that she did not realize how
sick her husband was on that night
and when she would say this she
would turn and face the jury. And
indeed, that was her attitude during
much of the time on the stand, to
turn and make her appeal directly to
the jury.
Give Higgins Bad Reputation.
The defense brought forward sew
eral colored witnesses who testified
that Ed. Higgins. colored, had bad
reputation for truth and veracity'.
These witnesses were, Rev. A. w. II.
Taylor Benjamin II. Bowen, Charles
s. Findley. Mrs. Elisa Franklin and
Mrs. Marjorie Demsey. One of these
witnesses when asked by the prose-
cutOr what ''veracity" meant said, aft
er some hesitancy, that it meant way
of living and honesty.
Ed Dubail, real estate agent. was
put on the stand for redirect exam
inatiOn. He testified that the repu
tation of James Trail for truth and
veracity" was bad.
ACCOMMODATING
He-If | was certain no one was
looking I'd kiss you.
She-Ill close my eyes.