The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-23
DR.. ERNEST TRIAL
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session continued. tDr. Ernest stated
that he spoke of the affairs as sessions
| and inferred that his wife always did
most of the talking.)
Mrs. Ernest got up. She was eX-
cited and accused me of being out
to meet Miss Knox. 1 didn't as usual
say much She picked up the gun,
| a .22-long and said she would shoot
me. She took the gun in both hands.
l was on q box partially undresSed
/ didn't think she would hit me but
didn't care much whether she did or
4 not. Then she threw the gun on the
/ floor and walked to the window. l
said something unkind about her not
/ having nerve enough to shoot and she
/ ran back across the floor to pick it up.
1 made a dash for the gun at the same
time and got it. Later L took it to DR..
Lindsays office. 1t is still in the
What occurred after you took the
pistol aw&y?'' Il tried to get her to
| go to bed. She finally cid. 1 think
/ she had her mind made up to take
something-poison herself. She tried
after she got up again to get into the
/ office to the chemicals. 1 tried to
! get her out but she finally got in and
| bolted the door. 1 pushed open the
\ door breaking the bolt off. She was
at the medicine drawer trying to get
/ something but didn't succeed. I picked
her up and carried her back to bed.
They Began Early.
Then the session continued. These
sessions began at the beginning of our
married life and led up to the present.
She would prove things by saying:
You admitted it, DIDN'T your
"She would pull herself up at the
head of the bed while she was talking.
Along toward morning she got up,
dressed and went out. 1 debated
whether or not to go along as 1 was
afraid she would do something. L was
expecting any minute to hear the tele-
phone call that something had gone
7
that if anything did go wrong 1
couldn't help it. 1 stayed around the
office and after a while she came
back I was glad to see her"
You heard her testify that you
tainted her about Miss Knox. Is that
true?"
NO
Did Mrs. Ernest ever tell you that
she would poison you?"
ION various occasions she threat
ened to kill me and herself. L asked
her how. Her reply was that she
could poison my coffee or use other
methods that L would not suspect.
Did she threaten more than once!
yes
"Remember the first time?''
1t Was Years Ago.
"Years ago at S26 Kansas avenue"
Ever think she might?"
Nobody knew and 1 didn't know
what she would do"
do you mean that Mrs. Ernest was
demented %
element she didn't know what she was
doing
did she ever try to take poison?"
"She pretended to-
Did She ever threaten the life of
i'Yes. she said that If Miss Knox
didn't cease her calls she would kill
her"
r-,1S n hnr M q
YES"
"Ten what happened"
"Mrs. Wilson, my wife's mother' mao
been at our place 1 came home ana
Pacific depot after 1 found that they
had quarreled. I brought Mrs. Will
son back home"
DR.. Ernest testified that his wife, he
believed, was being advised how she
was to act toward him and that she
told him she was keeping tab on him.
During the latter part of these
troubles what was her attitude toward
your telephone calls?'
sometimes she would tell me about
them and sometimes she would tell
people that called what she thought
about me-
Threatened to Ruin Him.
Ibid Mrs. Ernest ever tell you that
she would ruin you and your prac- |
tice?"
YES
Did she tell you she would run
you out of the profession?"
yes"
What did you say?"
81 told her she couldn't do it,
Did you ever have any dispute over
bills?"
when I moved to the Y. M. c. A.
went around to the stores to settle up
her bills and found that there were
some things on them that 1 had no
knowledge of her needing. L believed
she was trying to make my expenses
100 big according to my income and
notified owners of the stores that 1
would not be responsible after that"
DR.. Ernest testified that when he
and Mrs. Ernest were first married
Mrs. Ernest received in all $500 from
home.
when we were first married." he
said in answer to questions asked by
Captain Hamilton and H. w. Page,
lis attorneys, Il walked to make calls.
When we could afford it 1 bought
;19 bicycle. My next conveyance was
horse and buggy and when we were
Ible bought an auto.
Did you want Mrs. Ernest TO
work? 2"
mo, I wouldn't be married to a
woman who had to work for support"
did she ever criticise the way in
which you handled your practice ?"
Yes, during the first year of our
married life"
What was the nature ?'
Too Much Attention to Lads.
''To much attention to the ladies'" |
More than one?'
practically all of them"
MRS. Ernest was highly educated?"
Eyes"
"Placed a great stress on dignity?'
Eyes Said 1 was too undignified
nd free and easy
Did you ever do anything i'm
''No-did not"
Ever have any such thought?'