South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-05
FIRST WEEK FINDS
MRS. SUHL'S TRIAL
ONLY BEGUN

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ness will undergo as severe Cruel
/ ling as was given to Mrs. Emberlin
/ When the case is taken up again Mon
! day morning at o'clock.
/ OF the SuhlS was strong witness for
the state. was released from the
REORGANIZATION after an hour N
the afternoon. She had been on the
stand for five hours during which
| time she faced a neyer-racking fire Of
questions directed largely with the
purpose OF testing her memory on
| incidents other than those unfavor-
able TO the defendant.
Daughter Vcrifes Testimony.
Mrs. Coffeen stated that she had
not been subpenaed as a witness but
that Mr. Hagerty had told her that
she had better be present at the trial
she testified that her father had come
TO her home, on the Denslow I'd.
south of SpringbroOk. on July 4 and
that he had remained there two
weeks
The witness admitted that her
mother and father had quarreled oft
en- during the last six years and that
on one occasion her mother had
struck Mr.. Suhl with a bottle In re-
ply to cross concerning
with the death OF Mr.. Suhl the wit
ness said that she knew nothing about
her mother having given poison TO
Mr.. Suhl and knew nothing about
the cause of his illness.
Then followed a lengthy eXamina-
ton of the witness at the hands of
Pros. Montgomery. The prosecutor
at first sought to impeach the witness
on her first testimony. An objection
to his procedure was sustained and
thereafter he confined himself to Sc
curing testimony in VerificatiOn of the
testimony of witnesses previously on
the stand.
Will Need Black Ribbon.
Mrs Coffeen said she did not re-
member having ever said TO Mrs En-
berlin that she could tell lot about
her mother if she were not her moth |
err 1t was sought to show that she
had related how her mother had OBJ !
jected to the purchase of a pink hair
ribbon for her daughter Margaret
saying, she will need a black one aft |
er q little while" Witness said that !
she did not remember having related /
this but she said that Margaret had |
told her what her mother said about |
the ribbon. This testimony was
stricken from the record.
The witness was asked if she re-
membered having found fault with |
her mother, saying, IF you had given |
him medicine instead of that dope he /
would not be dead. She did not re- |
member having said anything about |
dope.
The question was asked as to
whether or not Mrs. subj, while in
the Jail, had given Mrs Coffeen her |
wedding ring saying that she didn't |
want even that of his. Mrs. Coffeen /
said that her mother had given her
the ring but she said she did not I
know why.
other testimony was given by this !
witness which verified what had been |
told by the Trails and the Ernberlins. |
There was no cross-eXaminatiOn.
Mr.. COffeen was questioned. He |
testified that he knew nothing about |
the cause of the death of Mr.. Suhl. !
He was asked if he had not requested |
the coroner TO make an investigation /
coroner that he had reason to believe |
that something was wrong. The /
court sustained an objection to the /
witness answering this question and |
the examination then closed.
Advised Against Food.
DR. II. A Fink testified that after !
he had attended the sick man on the /
night before his death he had left in
structiOns not to give Mr.. Suhl any |
food because Ibis stomach is not in a |
condition to tolerate anything.
The witness said that he went home |
that night and that he was not called /
until the next morning when Mrs. |
Suhl told him that her husband was
dead TIe said that when he got to /
the house Mrs. Suhl cried violently |
and complained because she was left |
without any money or any insurance /
on his life.
Much emphasis was placed on the /
questions i'm regard to some whiskey /
which had been in q bottle on the /
table at the time that the doctor first /
called 1t was sought to show that |
the doctor had drank some of the |
whiSkev that evening but the witness ]
maintained that he had only tasted 1t \
to make sure that it was all right. He /
said that the bottle had become tip /
ped over and some of the whiskey |
had been spilled but he fatty contra |
dicted limitations that he drank any /
OF the whiskey.
Attack Doctors Credibility.
IT was attempted TO show that at |
one time his license 20 practice as n |
physician had been taken from the /
witness but the court ruled that i'm /
DeaChment cannot rest on specific acts /
but must be secured by proof of q |
bad general moral character or proof |
of evil acts.
Or Fink declared that at the time |
Of Mr.. Suhps death he had no sus- |
picions of anyone as he had diagnosed |
the case as cholera mOrbus. but he |
said: Later I was not clear as to /
why he should he so profoundly sick I
with cholera mOrbus. I had never /
had a patient die with cholera NOR /
bus"
Adjournment was taken until 9 |
O'Clock Monday morning when the [
cross exa minatiOn of Or. Fink will be 4
continued.