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

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EARL TUNISON, Ladysmith.
BEN SCHRAM, Ladysmith.
/ A. CALLAWAY, Ladysmith.
E. ID. SILVERNAIL, Island Lake.
M. PENDLETON, Willard.
w. APPLEBY, Big Bend.
ALBERT THORSEN, Hawkins.
WILLIAM LAMBERT, Ingram.
JOHN MEAD, Hawkins.
j. M. FRENCH, Grant.
JOHN G. TATE, Conrath.
Jury Bailiffs: w. A. CARROLL,
ELMER WISE
erOn Dam outlaw or hero, as one may
look at it, to Waupun for the rest of
| his life This is Gen. T. M. Sturde-
want, of Eau Claire. Close by his side
is the District Attorney O. J. Falge,
older in head TINA in face, confident
and systematic in his array of logical
sequences.
Attorneys for the Defense
Across the table heading the attor-
neys for the defense, clean cut as a
new dollar, tailor-made in dress, ac-
commodating his moods to the mat
ter in hand, fOrceful and emphatic, is
l.. e. McGill. Close by is Glenn Will
Jams, well-groomed too, who has been
known to smile but not in court, soft
Of voice, winning confidence, thorough
~ alive to every statement made by
the witnesses, the arrayer of the re-
serve forces With them is Albert X
Stebbins of the firm of Bloodgood
Kramer & Bloodgood, of Milwaukee,
who has figured in some of the cross
examination and made many of the Oh
jectiOnS.
Another attorney who does not ap-
pear in the seats at the legal table is
s. A. Wright, of Seattle, for many
years attorney for Mccormick when
he lived on the coast, with seat at
the side of the accused and has given
him personal advice and counsel. He
is the black eyed, black haired young
man you see sitting close to McCor-
mick.
But there too, is the sheriff, whose
speech is made each morning when
court opens August Simon, the Under
sheriff who has the accused in charge,
the court bailiffs, Effner Nelson and
Jacob Speich Jr.; and the jury bail
ifs, w. A. Carroll and Elmer Wise.
In front of the judge Clerk of Court,
w. J. Kermott, with Mrs. Kermott
deputy clerk, sits waiting to swear in
the next witness.
Few People i'm Audience
There have been few people in the
audience. Until Thursday afternoon
the largest number was 56 When At
tOrney Falge was making his opening
speech to the jury there were four peo-
pie in the audience seats-all men.
There is small coterie of knitters.
Once or twice even they have stopped
in their stitches and purling to listen
more closely.
There have been no impassiOned
speeches, no verbal fireworks, few dis
cussions on the objections, few motions
to strike out" From the moment
when Mr.. Falge set the pace of in his
opening address the trial has been one
of strictly business. There has been
no playing to the galleries.
Testimony began on Wednesday
with DR.. landmark telling the story
of the illness and symptoms of the
wife.
Theories Began to Develop
Here cropped out some of the lines
that have ben followed on each side
as the case developed. For the state
this has been following the district at
torney's declaration that the dead
woman could not take poison That
is apparently the reason for the weight
given to evidence relating to the bitter
taste fstrychnine. That Mrs. Nc.
COrmick could not have taken the tab
let in the closet in the time she was
alone and come out of the door with
a face not visibly distorted from the
bitter taste, has been the cause of a
small volume of testimony. Then there.
was the line of questioning as to the
symptoms of arsenical poison admin
istered over considerable period and
the relation of arsenical symptoms to
those of the deceased
To this apparent effort of the state
to show that Mccormick ATTEMPTED to
poison his wife for some time, and as
soon as he got possession of the prop
erty by wills finished the work, is COM
batted by the defense at every point.
That she committed suicide at the
time she was alone for the first time
in weeks; that her condition was made
worse by the family difficulties and
visits from close relatives, that they
were devoted to each other-these are
|the leading points emphasized so far
in the cross examinations by the de-
fense.
DR.. Landmark was followed by the
nurse and there ended the story of the
last day for the wife, with it's dark
veil unified
New Evidence ArOuses Interest
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