Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-10-26
TRIAL OF JOHN H. MCCORMICK FOR MURDER
Mccormick All Devotion

Mccormick All Devotion
Mrs. Hewitt stated that she was not
allowed to explain. She had been
asked at the inquest WAS he all de-
votion?' and she answered, YES"
rs it easy for you to make mistakes
in dates?" asked Mr.. McGill
Il am not good on dates" she re-
piled.
Mr.. McGiil asked her about the time
she and her sister had talked about
the will She replied that her sister
had spoken to her only once and that
vas in her last illness.
Mr.. McGill told her she had said at
lad spoken to her twice about it. She
;aid she was going to leave all her
money to her husband and the wit
ness said THAT is all right"
Witness denied that she had talked
with her sister twice.
THAT isn't so then-twice!'
NO was the reply
"Then the evidence is false if you
testified of two times?"
Here the court interviewed and the
read by question and answer and wit
ness was asked if she testified to each
answer. She said she had.
How long before she was sick, did
you say your sister was being poi
sOned?"
Not before the nurse came
did you tell DR.. Landmark that
your sister was being pOisoned?''
Told Doctor Sister Was Being Poisoned
Monday night when the nurse came
1 showed DR.. Landmark a piece in the
paper about the trouble at Grand Rap
ids"
$50 far as you know that was mis-
understanding, was it not?'
80 Mccormick says"
Did your sister say it,"
No"
positive about that?"
YES"
Mrs. Hewitt said she had no misun
derstanding with her sister except as
she had already told when there was
difference over the application of an
electric pad to her mother when the
latter was sick.
Denied Saying Forgive Me"
IF you had a perfect understand
ing, what did you mean when you
came into the room where your sister
was and over her body said, 20 God
Jennie speak and say you forgive me.
Il never said the words forgive me-
or 30 God" I said Speak to me-"
Witness had sent food two times tC
her sister at her request.
The nurse and Mccormick were not
| in the room when she arrived and was
led in by DR.. Landmark. She did not
know when she was called that hel
sister was in serious condition. She
did not know it until DR.. LundmarR
| had told her and saw her sisters dead
| form
WAS it then that you said, 'Oh
Jennie, you often said you would do il
but never thought you wOuld?" asked
Mr.. McGill.
Il never said it" and the witness
spoke somewhat sharply In reply.
| She saw Mrs COey when she asked
for clothing. Witness was ont of the
house when going with the doctor tt
her parents. She saw Mccormick as
he was coming into the dining room
from the kitchen.
WAS he crying?"
Said Mccormick Was "Sniffling"
He was shifting, but there were ne
tears. He was wringing his hands.
He said 'Jennie's gone; Jennie's gone
"The doctor called me into the din
ing room and showed me the phial hi
had found" she continued.
| Mr. McGill asked witness if she re
membered when Mr.. Mccormick sale
to his wife: Il am going to the store,
| and she had said: Il will do just what
| | said / would if you CO.
Mrs. Hewitt explained this was be
fore the nurse arrived but on the same
day. She finally said that Mccormick
had told her that her sister had at
tempted to kill herself with revolver
and he had wrestled with her and ia
ken it away. He said that was what
she meant.-She would kill herself
Then she had asked her sister Wha
she meant, and Jennie had replied thai
she threatened to get up and dress
| herself.
Kept Watch on Mccormick
/ Witness told with some detail how
she had watched the defendant for sew
eral weeks almost all night at time.
and was telling this when it was tims
| for dinner.
| BY stipulation the testimony takei
at the first hearing on the contested
will by and reported by A. G.. Stafford
was accepted by both sides without thu
necessity of the presence of the couf
reporter. Mr.. Stafford was in c0uf
and at once left for his home at Chip
pewa Falls.
After dinner Mrs. Hewitt again Wen
r,fs hn Ina Ia