The Washington times., 1916-08-27

cal reading found a case where, a
that Il %as an0a likely Ts' to S'sa marx sna " distinct
advance In criminal medical method
The evidence brought out by the re-
fiected light was absolutely convincing
70 the physicians that Mrs. Howard's
death had been caused by the grasp
Oh or. powerful right hand on her throat:
which by q sudden Jerk disiccated her
Srr Srain St the top yertebrs; and caused
Jury. which had returned It's first YER.
dict Wednesday afternoon, was brought
together again, shown the hand-print
and modified it's previous verdict say
death ,,.o probably ra by the hand of Oliver
The next step was the arrest Of DIR.
Howard. He put up a strong plea OF
sHaosi1gs' sa sgs ssaS .h s he'd use ssu1
some narcotic.
DR.. Howard made the following state
lnent 10 n Times representative. which
ting attorney Of Pocahontas county, to
be at wide variance Of his other stories:
When l got home went up to my
room. between $50 and p. M: there
was no one there. ! thought my wife
minutes I walked out into the hall TO a
darkroom bedroom across the hall
First l tired the door. II was locked.
Then ] stood on a chair. looked over
h,,a,,I inc trsnsom: and saw Mrs. Howard
Then / ran through another dark
room which leads into the room Mrs
Howard was In but that door. too. was
locked; Then I ran back to the chair
and tried to climb over. I couldn't. and
SO got small pail tub and q box. But
even then I was unable to reach the
Pulled Refrigerator
Over to the Door.
SO l dragged a refrigerator. which
was on the other side OF the hall, across
to the door. and climbed over. As /
was pulling the refrigerator over. n
couple or castors came out. and some
eggs IN II spilled on the floor.
,,l climbed over the transom. and
scious. She had evidently been badly
nauseated. and she was scarcely breath
Ing. l slapped her face hard. as ] had
20 e. wake her ND. but 1 didn't succeed
She still lay there.
s, Then ! stuck my finger in her eye
she didn't respond and ! could not de-
tect the beating of her heart. I gave
h her shake. and her head went wob-
Il stopped that. as I saw that It
limp. WI" w"
Then beat her feet with her slim
per.. which ! took off her feet. But l
couldn't get her awake: she was still
warm. though; Then ran to DR.. Price.
for a strychnine injection for her Ho
game game up. then sent for. DR.. Softer.
wife was dead.
"on prior occasions I had found
hher IN similar condition. but had
years ago. Once I had found her un.
der the kitchen sink. with screen
apound shcn her her i was able to revive her
e taking se drugs: ws: Ss nster know the habit habit
occasions when she took trianol.
imagine l broke her neck when
shook her to revive her" admitted
msrder his wife. sesi:sd Sho furthsr Tish sd sae
tle aaS then Is hsS :1teSed ssa H., he
conversation to an explanation about a
DR.. Howard denied ever having had
any auarrels with his wife. I'VE
were closer friends than man and
wife he said. despite the damaging
testimony or those who had observed
wouldn't have killed her for a mil
lion dollars"
Does a man who is running for aid
FOR wife who 10 almost dead stop
door. across the hail?" asked The
Times representative.
Never Had q Quarrel,
He Tells Reporter.
DR.. Howard halted his rapid flow
Of words. looked malignantly at the
reporter. buried his head in his hands
minute and then answereds II
moved tho refrigerator back. and
threw an egg or two into a slop can.
/ never had a quarrel with her In
my life;r he persisted; ~ -,
when called by DR.. Howard. said
ments he found the Howard refrig-
orator in the place 1t had always oc-
moved back from the door by DR..
Howard after he had climbed over the
transom. or had never been moved at
I'VE never had a quarrel In our life
together" reiterated DR.. Howard. "Our
relations were more than friendly. She
was my greatest help. I never laid q
finger on the woman in my life.
III ! get justice I believe l will be
ician, looking through his bushy eye
brows. and pacing the cell as an animal
might.
Dr. Howard. after admitting that he
was opposed to woman suffrage. and
conceding that he had mentioned the
proposition the morning Of his wIfe's
death. refused to utter a word further
on the subject. His eyes glittered dan
gerously every time the reporter men,
toned votes for women. but the vice.
like grip Of his Jaws did not relax for
a single word.
The State authorities assert that DR..
Howard's defense Is shattered by every
fact that has been discovered.
!. The liquid found on his wife's dress
and face by chemical analysis was
proved to be nothing but water.
@ No mark of insertion of a hypo-
dermic needle was found on her body.
3. Her vitals. examined, showed no
trace of narcotic or poison Of any kind
Method Known Only
to Medical Man.
I. The manner In which her spine was
dislocated is one known to a physician
alone.
g. DR.. Howard's account of movins
the refrigerator Is considered weak and
lame
6. why were her slippers found on
the bed beside her? Dr. Howard claims
| that he took of her shoes to beat her
| soles and thus bring her back to con-
| sciousnesu. "Why?" the State asks.
did he take off both shoes, and why
did he say at first that he found her
| shoes at the foot Of the bed on the floor
beside her? Why the discrepancy.
I. In the fifteen minutes between $40
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