The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-06

the defendant. but the accuse
from a clear sky.
Realizing that she actually was
i fighting for her life for liberty
is nwe.ter than life--.Ruih Garrison
bowed her head and shook with
sohs with the calling Of the nrs,
witness for the state--county COR
ouer G g TiffIn
/ In aulck succession. rs witnesses
were examined by Deputy Prose-
cutting Attorney John y. carmocy.
sarh .ono a link in the chain OF
iesfimopy. without n word of
| GROSS examination. each witness for
the state was permitted to step
down. and with startling sudden
ness the state rested ~ il:is
O'Clock. IN one and three quarters
hours, the stafs had presented its
case and the white scrdid story Of
n young Eiri's love for % married
man and the violent Death % that
mans wife was told
/ After her firsi burs, 81 tears. Ruth
straish,sncd In her chair and saf ss
! rigid as statue as witness after
witness told his or her story with.
out an effort OF counsel for the de-
fensc 20 throw further light on the
case.
l No sooner had .fo,n carrnody M.
nounced. The state resss.r than
Thomas H. AHkfen, counsel for
Miss Garrison. who stands
accused OF deliberately piac.
ing ssrychnine in fruit cock.
tail eaten by Mrs. Grace storrs. wife
of her lover. In the tea room Of the
Bon Mnrche. on the afternoon Of
March rs. from which Mrs. Storrs
died within a few minutes. stood be
fore the jury and said. In his open.
ing statement:
"sad as is the story OF this crime
unfoldcd by the state. Ruth's story
is ssddcr. This young girl was born
under an unlueky star. The last OF
II children. born when her father
was 81 and her mother a5. Ruth Gar.
rison was the offspring Of n father
and mother in the grip OF disease.
Shows Effects
CUf Wahs HU1 ~ wv tnftr hH'
shows the effects of disease. and we
shall prove to YOU. gentlemen of the
jury. just how mentally irresponsi.
Bile Ruth was on tho afternoon OF
March IS
'Tho way Ruth gavc up her
job shows mental irresponsibility.
She simply closed up her desk and
left. without notifying her en-
ploycrs
''she decided TO 20 TO Alaska. hut
the influence Of Storrs was too
strong. She felt she must see
him again. and she went 10 Okan-
ognn. intending to remain but two
days.
Went Back Again
I'm the meantime. Storrs cir
culated the report that Ruth was
his wife.
AT first Storrs and tho girl oc-
cupied separate rooms. Then. after
a week. Ruth returned to Seattle
but was unable to remain. and went
baele 10 Storrs
ION March 10 Stors began TO
worry, He put Ruth on the train
for Wcnatchee and told her to
get job there.
Arrived In Wcnatchee, Ruth
tainted In the hotel and took tho
next train bnck to Okanogan. She
tainted again In the hotel at Okan-
ogan and was unconscious in the
lobby until she was found and
carried 90 her rooms.
at was then that she was told
her strange illness meant that she |
wns TO become mother. Storvs |
took her to see "a doctor. and after
a stormy session. sent her back to
Seattle.
Was "irresponsiblc"
"In this weakened condition.
worrying and mentally rrcspon-
siblc, having eaten scarcely any
thing. the girl came TO her Sis
ter's home. She spent the night
talking to her sister about going |
to Alaska. and arose early the next |
morning and walked downtown.
''It was then that the thought |
suggested by Storrs came to her. |
for Storrs had suggested II time
after time Storrs had repeatedly |
told her his wife attempted sui |
eide and declared he was sorry he
had prevented her. He told her
he wished his wife was out OF tho