Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-10-19

first week she was here Mr.. and Mrs.
Mccormick were staying at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Kim
ball Then they went into their own
house and the witness visited her sis
ter there frequently. Mccormick was
doing all the homework, cooking and
waiting on his wife who was sick. He
was helped sometimes by a neighbor
named Cooley.
The witness offered in the presence
Of the sister and Mccormick to come
and do all the work but he said that
she was not strong enough to wait on
her sister.
After repeated questions and objec-
lions the witness answered the ques-
ton as to any conservation she had
\ It'll her sister. She said that Mrs
Mccormick had told her that McCor-
mick was spending her money and
signing checks and she did not know
where it was going.
Testimony Stricken Out
After recess and before the jury was
brought in, Mr.. Stebbins moved that
al of the Testimony of the witness in
regard to conversation with the de-
ceased on money matters should be
stricken from the record. Judge Quin-
Ian said if that was done it would bar
! the defense from the same line of exam
nation when it came to their case.
| The ruling was accepted and there
was no further examination of the
WITNESS.
Warren Moore produced maps
showing the location of the Mccormick
house with reference to other locations
and also maps Of the house and loca-
ton of the clubhouse.
DIR. Enger's StrycImine
| When Prof. Loevenhart was on the
stand he had testified that the strych-
nine tablets found in the bottle were
probably used in veterinary medicine.
There was therefore some interest
when Dr. o. M. Enger, Ladysmith vet
Urinary, came to the stand. Ell testi-
| fled as to his office in the Nate Hand
stable where he kept his medicine,
+, the accessibility Of the place, that the
defendant had come on two occasions
and used his telephone, once to call a
doctor for his wife.
The doctor identified several bottles
of stryehnine as having come from his
office and one of them contained tab
let's.
M. McGill sharply cross examined
the witness as to location of the Of
flee, distance from the Mccormick
house and the strychnine in the bot
ties Taking UP the bottle of strychnia
tablets DR.. Enger said came from his
office, he asked him to compare them
with the tablets in the phial found in
the toilet by DR.. Lundmark and asked:
"Now look carefully and tell me il
there is any similarity in size, form
or color of the tablets in the phial and
those in the other bottle"
mo, not in size or form but they
are both white" the witness answered.
Estate of Daniel Matheson
s'Mr. Luton y called Gen. Sturdeyant.
No one in the court room outside OF
the few attorneys knew the gray mus
tached, well-groowed man that took
the stand He was Geo. Lat0n, Of
NewaygO, Mich, an attorney, the eXecu-
tor of the estate of the first husband
of the deceased, Daniel Matheson. Tho
witness had been the attorney for the
first husband for many years. He had
known Ida j. Kimball for 80 years and
all the time she was Mrs. Mathesop,
about 20 years He had settled the
estate of the dead husband in August,
1911, and on the Goth day of that
month had turned over to Mrs. Mathe-
brewery stock to the amount of S14,
$50 and cash $967121. He also turned
over to her real estate appraised at
$500 One Of the pieces of real es-
tate appraised at $780, was sold by her
for $1400.
$4,000 For Mrs. Mccormick
MI. ILutOll SdlNt III dilSWCl w YsiCo-
lions that he made will for the de
ceased on or about Sept. 10th, 1911. 1t
devised to niece sufficient amount
to give her a decent burial; to her
father and mother a life interest in the |
residence in the village of White |
Cloud which had been owned in joint |
tenancy by herself and husband; toI
her sister Mrs Hewitt, diamond |
ring; to another sister Alice Herrin, /
her wearing apparel; to her father and
mother also all of her ather property |
during their lnfe and at their death |
to be divided equally among her sis
ters and one brother.
Mrs. Mccormick was a strong, gay,
happy, sunny, robust, active, healthy
woman when witness had known her.
He did not see her but once after the
will was delivered to her.
All this testimony was combatted by
the defense but the objections were
overruled Before it was complete and
the defense had begun to cross exam
inc If was six O'Clock and the court