The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-28
Doctors Take Entire Day to :
Describe Insanity Of Woman
When She Murdered Husband

No.
Was It normal for her to send her
little boy out of the house after the
murder?
Perfectly possible
Was it normal for her to tell her
children to get help:
Normal or abnormal, She could do that.
Was il normal for her TO take poison!
Perfectly normal. Those actions are
normal actions OF an abnormal lndiV-
idual.
Did an attempt at suicide after com
mission of a murder appear normal?
That is dcbatable. y man who com
mits suicide is usually abnormal.
Do you feel that the mind Is normal
in any murder case?
Probably not.
Some passion is usually ruling the
mind of u slayer. Is it not?
think 50.
Arc you prepared to say that 1t wasn't
anger passion and jealousy that brought
Mrs. Clators mind to the point of mnr-
der?
All these things aid.
Gould she have curbed those things?
No.
BY Mr. Handlan:
How long have you practced?
Since 1913.
Do you know the defendant:
do.
When did you meet her:
February 10. 1919.
Where? =.
At her home.
How did you go there?
was called by phone.
What did You find there?
Downstairs. mans dead body.
was informed he was dead and WAS
asked to so upstairs. where I found
Mrs. Clator on the floor. She was I'M
conscious.
What did you do to prove that?
I spoke to her, with no response. l
moved her arms and head. l lifted her
eyelids. I pressed on the supcr-oroitai
nerve Just above the eye to determine
whether pain would arouse her. Ihe
pain on that nerve Is very severe. but
she did not respond
What next did you doc
I gave first aid treatment to cuts on
wrists and her neck. Then we carried
her to a bedroom. We searched her
BODY for other injuries and did not md
any. After she was on the bed littlo
I noticed i aulrc-ing Of the cyclics and
her head moved I asked that she be
given a little whiskey and kept warm.
She was removed to the hospital
What time did you sec her at the hos
pita?
Three O'Clock.
Pumped Her Stomach
What was done there4
Having seen q bottle labeled Poison"
st the home, I ordered her stomach
pumped. That was done by interncs.
They also Sutured tendons OF the lclt
wrist and repaired the skin.
How many tcndons were cut?
Two, Those leading to the middle
and ring fingers
How many cuts ON the left .wrtstY
Seven or eight The cuts on the left
wrist were deeper than those on the
right.
Does Mrs. Clator move those fnsFs
now?
Partly. But tho movement is very
painful
Does she still suffer pain"
The state protested. but thu court
directe ed the witness to answer
The wrist is still quito painful. par
ticularly on moving.
What did you do with the right
wrist?
Skin wounds were repaired ano seweo-
What was done to throat wounds?
few cuts were repaired. The deep
est cut was on tho left Of the throat
and exposed the external jugular vein.
How long wns she on the operating
table after you got there?
A half hour
Was she conscious?
There was some degree Of conscious
ness. At first she did not complain or
49, fNr
thctic. It was not given.
What She Saw.
What did she see when she opened
her eyes7
Two internes in white gowns. masks
and rubber gloves; two OF three nurses
in white.
How was the room furnished?
White walls. skylight. sterti1in8
cases. Instruments. tables and cases.
What about the illumination?
Six or eight high powered electric
lights in a silver reflector.
What did Mrs. Clator say when she
opened her eyes and looked around?
She asked where she was.
Did she name q particular place?
Not directly to me or in my hearing
or presence.
Doctor. did you find any other wounds
on Mrs: Clator than the ones described :"
Mono.
Did she bleed considerably?
Yes. she did.
Were there any arteries cut?
Ono very small onc.
Will that cause a squirt OF blood?
| More of a spray.
From her wounds how long would il
take for her 10 become unconscious"
don't bellows III" bleeding alone
caused that. Excitement and the very
scene itself both contributed.
Can you assign major cause"
No. Her highly nervous condition
| added to the woman's sinking"
You can't fix the time during which
she may have had voluntary action:
can not.
What was done with her stomach con-
tents?
No Test Of Stomach.
1t was done away with when YOU ad-
viscd nc that You did no. want il una
lyzed-
Was sh" poisoned"
In my opinion 81" WAS not.
Whar was IN tho bottle"
She told me ii was Il pr"Script inn and
that she had put 'hr poison label on it.
To keep it away from tn" children"
Fer children wcr" not old enough 10
read labels.
Did she tcll what. tin prescription was