Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-10-26

had met Mrs. Matheson before that.
She had seen her often during that
period when giving her lessons. She
was woman who liked to hunt ana
fish and had hunting place, about SIX
or seven miles from White Cloud. The
witness gave her lessons in White
Cloud three days a week. Some OF the
questions witness answered by shak-
ing her head. Gen. Sturdevant went
over a list of ailments and asked hef
if Mrs. Mccormick had any OF these,
to all which she shook her head. She
saw Mccormick when he came to the
funeral of his wife She asked him
what was the matter and he had said
indigestion and heart trouble. He
said he had ''bltn giving Jennie too
many heart tablets
How old are your asked Gen.
Sturdeyant.
.'Twenty-nine, she promptly re-
piled.
maybe | ought not to ask that ques-
tom said Gen. Sturdevant apologet-
ically, "but you are Il long way from
home anyway
There was a smile in the court room
at this relief from the deadly
monotony.
Mr.. Stebbins did not spend much
time in the cross examination, elicit
ing nothing from new angle.
That's ALL" he said, and thank you
for xyo11r nrnSnOcp hero -
Bank Cashier From White Cloud
r. w. Cannon, cashier of a bank at
White Cloud, said he had known Ida
J. Mccormick for twenty years. He
was brought up in the same town. she
banked with him and he looked after
her property there in White Cloud.
She was always in good health and
had a special fondness for outdoor
life He had seen the defendant once
after the funeral of Mrs. Mccormick
when he presented a letter from the
probate judge of Rusk county saying
that Mccormick was the executor OF
the wife's estate.
HE told me he wanted me to look
after the properties" He gave testi-
mOny as to the values of the property.
Cross examination by Mr.. Stebbins
elected nothing except as to the exact
location of the Matheson saloon near
the Pere Marquette railroad tracks.
Mrs. Kurz Saw Many Things
Mrs. Margaret Kurz, of Ladysmith,
proved an interesting witness. The
statement had been made that DR..
Landmark went to the toilet imme-
diately after the death OF Mrs. Nc
Cormicx. The nurse said that she had
not seen Mccormick leave after Mrs.
Mccormick was taken fatally i'll. The
fact as to whether he did or did not
leave the house and go to the toilet
became of vital Importance in the es
tablishment of the chain OF evidence
by which the state attempted to show
that the defendant had opportunity to
deposit the phial. found by DR.. Lund-
mark, between the time of the wife's
illness and her death or Immediately
after her death.
IN
very close by the Mccormick home,
she testified She had never made
Mrs. McCormick's acquaintance or
called on her. She had seen her yOmit
several times. On the day of her death
she heard her screaming. She was
putting her baby to sleep. Then she
went out to get her boys and as she
searched around the yards she had
looked in the Mccormick window.
The state did not ask her much about
what she saw. She got her boys, put
them to bed and the screaming was
still going on. She went across the
street and talked few moments with
Mrs Martin Gown. She was looking
out the kitchen window and saw Nc
Cormick, dressed in dark pants, a
white shirt and bare-headed, with
hands in his pockets, going to the tot
had stepped back from the window.
X Mrs. Kurz Heard Many Things
She went to the window again and
saw Dr. Landmark going to the closet.
1t was five minutes probably after Nc
Cormick went.
She said she had heard some CONVEX
sations in the Mccormick home. Once
Mrs Mccormick said mo Arthur /
won't take that; it makes me worse
every time"
She did not hear his reply. II heard
him Ouca u cLy bnr To sion Soma DannrS
[ do not know what papers, and | did
not hear her reply Once he said
Go to Grand Rapids! Why don't you