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

and mother. Mccormick knew it an,
| it bothered him. A few days befor
| her death an attorney was called il
and second will leaving most of he
property to Mccormick was made. W.
will show you Mrs. Mccormick coult
not voluntarily take poison. McCor
! mick had all the opportunity and tn,
motive so that after her death he coult
enjoy her property
He called attention to what he term
ed McCormick's publication i'm tn,
News-Budget Of purported lettel
claimed to have been left by the deat
woman. This, he said, will be showl
to be fraud, manufactured by tn,
defendant for his protection.
Statement for the Defense
Attorney L. e. McGill made til,
statement for the defense Immediately
upon the re-convening of court at
p. m. He said the facts in the CASE
would absolutely prove the innocence
of the defendant. There was no evi
dence against him except circumstan
tial. The claim of the state that the
defendant was man of no means whel
he married Ida Matheson would be re
futed. They would show that he had
lived % years in Seattle aud that he
was in the loan business and had means
Of his own. In the year 1911 he met Ida
j. MathesOn, then widow and they
corresponded regularly until June 4th
when they were married. Presents and
letters followed the first meeting in
the regular course until in May he met
her in st. Paul. They went to Detroit
and were married Then he. went into
the loan business in Grand Rapids,
Mich. Shortly afterwards marriage
troubles arose and Mr.. Mccormick
started divorce proceedings.
He did not ask a division of the prop
erty. He had complete settlement
with his wife and took receipt. He
made trip to Seattle where he was
gone two weeks and came back. He
met Mrs. Mccormick and agreed to
settle their differences: They lived
happily thereafter. They took trip
south and at Charleston, S. c., tele-
gram came informing them that Mrs.
Kimball her mother, was very ill here
and they came to Ladysmith.
Here they then settled. He opened
up a store Mr.. McGill feelingly des-
cribed the last hours of the wife. Nc
Cormick who was intently listening
had been weeping softly for time as
his attorney had described the har-
mOny in the household and the tragic
end of Mrs. Mccormick.
I'VE will SHOW" said Mr.. McGill
"that Mrs. Mccormick took the drug,
that phial was found in the toilet and
that Mr.. Mccormick never had any
strychnine, that he is not guilty of the
crime charged"
DIR. Landmark First Witness.
DR.. L. M. Landmark was the first
witness called. For single moment
the knitting needles paused in the au-
dience as the doctor made his way Ito
the witness chair. Former Attorney
General L. M. Sturdevant conducted
the examination. He was slow and
deliberate and careful in his question
ing. Before him was the transcript of
the evidence in the former hearing be-
fore the coroner's jury and the will
trial
After the usual preliminaries, the
doctor stated in answer to the questions
that he had first met the defendant and
his wife early in 1915 but he had known
Mrs. Mccormick before that. He could
not tell exactly when he was called
first to attend her. He did call on the
9th of July, 1915.
"She Was Neurasthenic."
Describing her symptoms he said she
was neurasthenic, troubled with nerv-
Gus disorder marked by excessive ir-
She complained of head
aches, pains in the abdomen, had diar-
rhoea constantly, and vomiting. He
would call some of her case Mysteries.
When he attended her then the hus-
band and neighbors were acting as
nurses. Mr.. Mccormick was preparing
the meals and doing the housewOrk.
"Was some Of the work done by her
relatives?"
mo, sir, don't think they did much. ;"
.Her husband staid with her then?"
asked Gen. Sturdevant.
II don't know; he was there when
/ was there"
In answer to the question as to what
he had prescribed DR.. Landmark said
he had prescribed syrup of hypophos-
phites, syrup of bromide, tincture OF
opium for injection, and lactated pep
sin with One-sixtieth grain of strych-
nine.
Ibid you change the medicine"
well / did not give it all to her at
one time," replied the doctor and there
was smile in the court.
did you advise a nurse?"
Getting the Nurse.
81 don't know whether did or wheth-
er Mccormick advised il"
He told of consultation held whit
Dr. Ross on the case. Later on cross
examination he said they agreed on
the diagnosis of the case and the result