Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-06-05
STATE RESTS IN
PRELIMINARY EXAM.

ne preliminary cAdullndllOn Oh y.
NJ. Taber in the Connell case is pro-
ceeding slowly. The cross examina-
ton of Mrs. ConneII was not concluded
until this forenoon. Her testimony as
a whole was very contradictory, con-
trary statements having been made
on vital points.
This forenoon she testified that Mrs.
Massey bought drugs in Ogden to be
administered to Mr.. Connell. She de-
MED having tried to drown Mr.. Con-
nell in bath tub in Ogden, but under
cross examination she admitted that
the proprietor was attracted to the
bath room when she was giving Mr..
Connell bath, that Mr.. Connell
"strangled just little," and that "she
guessed he stranglcd because his head
was pushed under the water" She
denied that she had ever asked Mrs.
Massey to drown him in the sani-
tarium at Ogden, but that Mrs, Massey
had suggested that to her. She said
that Mr.. Taber had suggested that she
take Mr.. Connell in an automobile and
that she run him off cliff. She said
that he did not mention any particular
cliff or any particular place. She also
stated that he had suggested that she
take him to hospital in San Fran
cisco and that a couple of doctors
| would operate on him and that they
would kill E'm She stared too that
Taber had suggested drowning him.
| She stated that Mr.. Taber had given
| her the name of a doctor in San Fran
cisco, but that she had forgotten his
name. When she went to San Fran
cisco she did not call the doctor
| recommended, but that she had called
| a Doctor Rowe, who was recommended
to her by someone in the hotel. She
! said that this conversation with Mr..
| Taber had taken place at Mr.. Taber's
home. She said that she had never
| talked much with Mr.. Taber relative
to the killing before her marriage with
Mr.. Connell. Previously she had stat
ed that the plans of the killing were
thoroughly gone over with Mr.. Taber
| before her marriage.
Relative to her marriage with Mr..
Connell she said that Mr.. McMurtrey
told her husband on the night of the
marriage that he, McMurtrey, would
not stand for their living together as
they ndt: bee? '.cing, and ,'lat unless
he did one of two things that he would
send him over the road. Asked what
she meant by one of two things, she
said, either get married or put up a
piece of money.
Replying to some of Judge Curriers'
questions she showed considerable
feeling against him. She said that he
had told her that IL she would act
crazy that she could get another trial
and that he seemed to be after the
money too. It developed that her con
versation with him was before she had
waived her preliminary examination
and before she had entered plea OF
i guilty.
i In the course of Mrs. Connell's tes
timony she stated that she had beer
given phial oftablets by Mr.. Taber
and that he had instructed her to give
them in doses of one or two dose
to Mr.. Connell. She stated that these
/, tablets had been given the evening o.
, her departure for Ogden, and after she
and her husband had reached tha
place.
At the conclusion of Mrs. ConnelP:
testimony L. W. Englert was called L
the stand. In substance his testimon!
was to the effect that Mr.. Taber hat
purchased from him on the 18th day o
, April, fifty-cent phial of hypodermi,
tablets. He did not know whethe
! these tablets were in one-tenth or one
. twentieth grains. He said that MI
Taber had later come to him and sail
/ that Mrs. Connell was trying to impli
. cate him, Taber, in the attempted Kill
ing of Mr.. Connell, that she had sal
: he had furnished her poison, that MI
Taber was badly worried, and that ht
Englert, had changed the entry on hi
: day book to syrup of figs.
!, In cross examination It was brough
out that two of the tablets could b
q taken without danger, and that the Ell
y tire phial could be taken without fats
e results.
Deputy Sheriff Lamon was the
IT called to the stand and Identified
e piece of paper which was given him b
e Mr.. Castle. This piece of paper Is a
ii legged to be part of letter write
I'm reply to a letter concerning tn
whereabouts of Mrs. ConnelPs formt
husband, and seemingly has litt
II bearing on the case.
n, At the conclusion of Mr.. Lamon
* testimony, the state rested It's cas-
lie and recess was taken..,f The defent
then moved that the, case be dismisse
8. without the introduction Of testimor
A.. for the defense, as the state had faile
n. to produce sufficient evidence to ju
}; tify the holding of the defendant. II
" motion is being argued as we 60
II press.
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