New-York tribune., 1916-04-25
Four Women Sure She
Could Not Have Killed
Them While Rational.
DEFENDANT IN COURT
BEARS OUT PICTURE
State Completes Evidence in
Less than ? Hours-Missouri
Woman Proves Heroine.

jury 'n"' sue mus 10 -,
rorarily insane N"'" '"' ''''''''
Inc sct
This IS 10 'o Nfs' i'" ''."'' a.
''fs "otf'N ..,..
exceptional e'N"'''
could not concH.fa'.. .''' ''"' -
her oa.io'e' ''o'. '''-. ,s..
save those "e'''+
women who Nne" 'e' N''' '''"
picture O. hcr yes'''.s| '.'''''0' ''
the opening hoor' o.. me ''."''
il was picture ''''' o". '. '''
soma! appearance o. me '' .'''"''. w.
self Gentle sao-e!eo' al ''''''S S'''' ~ =,
lv silent sob'. yet always '''S' ''''
wrctchct. .ho va. es d"'r''' as POS
sibie from tho ORDINARY Ct .'"''''' WIZ Wv
wo".d m'fo'r '' . gu ''
cicni "'n' '''''
fas Been hiaoe' way
Tho ,,-eorali-r Of Mrs Rogers las
Icon he only mystery n ta.s case.
>.,co tho TRAGEDY She has been closely
e,s~5es from nryinc ewes. hidden away
...-,. tor,o. and no interviews or
,,,iorotiors have been given Conse-
,.,o-.,,. She came 10 hey trial yesterday
,,,.-,s. ,,,,l.-ovyr.
Dozens of curious women attempted
,o crowd into the Bronx County Court
tonse 10 answer for themselves by look
inc a, the MYSTERIOUS Mrs. Rogers
whether she was guilty Of the crime.
rbev were turned away unsa;isiied.
Even the few who cortrived to gain ad-
rnittance 10 the courtroom were ais
appointed for MIS- Rogers "a. 49,. -.
back 10 the speo'4'o's' "''',
Ing wall OF lawyers l'0'',u "
Her husoanc' Aol'5s -. n.so" 80 80 ,ra
father oi the po's''''u ''''''' l..,1d
mediately pehino "s'' " ~ " -.
lean over ana pat he' manu- ''''''
.rclv whenever her erlef threatened 70
,,srcor,e her. Beside Mrs. Rogers sat
u,;n;o,o;ra LAWYER for the defence,
me mililonA'Ie '"" -
Lewis StuyVesanl Nha"'ei'
Lieutenant Governor Of New York, with
-. ~ po~ers WAS formerly ssso-
""o''. .,.
ciated ih 'he p'"0''0'
Mrs. Rogers sat SIN ana submissive
al ,bs. was said or done. She never
- L., ,,.,s 90 tho iprv bos. nor did
ilteo Hei S!'S ~ =
she offer word o. suggestion ~ HVi
l,vverS She ou,vered at particularly
D:..-;c4 A.torrev
cfuel lnI -s''
francis Martin. and she wept olteh' Du'
she 6id not speak once during the
t.t...o
pi0s4'as o'
Smiles Graciously.
a ~
AT noon' ho"e'e'' s'e
shook hands with the women reporters
who addressed her. She smiled a gra-
-f......-. s.ole end her
elous' u per u"0'O''' '''''N'
voice was low and sweet
Il thank YOU for your sympathy; you
- -. ,.,-,, lind sbe said. then
nav oee- . fes-i,.e, 20 lose her
~ l-ii'su eu..s,of az = she sIo,.ed herself 10
-eo"'4O' '-
N-.h. D. So . tor5soroo woman.
--Is' NOse.e ..,~ tl,o evcs
WIN oleai' N'o &C. 90, dressed
an u-- q" ',,.',.'., ,,.;tt o~lv a white
40 sboYt her hich-..cked black silk
waist. A wice black veil hung from her
plain black sta" nat
The case Of the state was opened at
1885 before jury composeo en-
tiiely of married men with families.
In an hour and half ali the evidence
against Mrs. Rogers had been miro
duced. As n i'm explanation OF THIS uh,
usual brevity in presenting capital
case. District Attorney Martin an
rounce3 70 the Jury that ne would pre-
sent in rebuttal witnesses TO contra
dict the expected insanity defence.
Policemen and doctors who attended
the woman and the TWO children i'm
mediatelv after the poisoning told the
story o. the tragedy how Mrs. Rogers
ha3 told the janitor 10 send for a doc
Tor. and how she declared TO the ply
sicians Chat she had given one tablet
,f bich'orice o. mercury 10 two-year-
oid Tohr hale tablet 10 the baby,
Tor,co and i,d taken three herself.
Ion, and the baby died in Lebanon
rcsnital DR. William ! Geist. pro-
fesso~ cf biological chemistry at Co
inrobia Iniyersity. who performed the
,utopsv on their bodies. WAS called as
,,itress lie carried battered black
ea,cbel
cL..t.. ogors p,o,.st
'ha"'ei ""'''
u have here, ne sala' samples u
ne heaI,' HNe1 ,., - ha ,d
beosn 20 weep
ayorr honor in the name of hu-
,,.rievi" sboufed M Chanler. jumping
a. rs feet Mr.. Rogers leaned over
srd squeezed his wife's hand, while
f:r. Chanler said the defence conceded
inc fact that the children had been