South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-10
MRS. STORIG MAY
NOT FACE COURT
ON NEXT MONDAY
Woman Charged With Muir
dering Husband by Poison
Reported TO BE III.


CAssOPOLIs. Mich. Dec. -
Especially Word was given at the
sheriTs office Saturday that
the Storic poison trial may be nee
essarily postponed on account Of the
weakness Of Mrs Storis. who has
been ~ in a Kalamazoo hospital
for 1--WE weeks. Sheriff s. p Wyman
was In Kalamazoo today. but author
tiles seem TO be dubious OF Mrs.
Stories ability % return with him
There are persistent rumour that the
woman accused OF poisoning her
first husband Is about 20 become
mother.
The trial which was expected to
be ravenously attended By the
hundreds Of villagers ana country
people promises 20 be an exciting
one. the prosecution has subpOenaed
dozen vital witnesses. including
the dead mans aged and broken
parents; the Dowagiac physician
who attended Cushing during his
brief illness. which preceded his
death and DR. a. s. Warthin, fam
Gus pathologist, OF the University OF
Michigan, who performed the au-
topsy after the mans body had been
exhumed and who. It is said, found
many traces OF deadly poison by the
analysis. Asst. Atty.-Gen c. l.
xSmith. who first conducted the
probe into the circumst lnces sur
rounding the death. will also be a
state witness
Just what policy will be taken BY
the defense is not known. Mrs.
Storic. after her arrest and arraign-
ment last August, retaintd Atty. t.
X. Cavanaugh OF Paw Paw 20 repre-
sen herand since has maintained a
discreet silence. Previous to that
:Ime. however. she did a great deal
OF talking. and il is reported that
stories which she gave 20 different
police representatives do not tally.
Two Motives Revealed.
Motives for the woman's alleged
act were not difficult Tnd. accord
Ing 10 the prosecution. They have
witnesses who they assure. are able
10 tell I'm detail of the defendants
friendship with Emory Storic. whom
she married a month after her first
husbands death II is said she had
confessed 20 friends that she was I'm
love with Storic many months be
fore Cushing's death" Witnesses
from Benton aHrbor. where Storic
lived. will tell Of reported meetings
OF Stortc. who was an interurban
conductor and the woman. who was
then Mrs. Cushing I'm that town. a
second motive may hare been the
dead mans life insurance. which
amounted 10 little over a thousand
dollars, the prosecutor contends
The character Of Gushing. who
lived his entire life in Dowagiac,
where he worked steadily as a
mouldcr in the Round Oak shops,
will be hard TO assail He was the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Dayton Cushing.
pioneer residents in the community
and farmers There are stores who
could testify TO the mans good
character and peace-loving kindly
nature and il is largely on this ac-
count that the prosecution bases its
confidence in its ability to convict
the former wife of Cushing
Although forty years of age. Mrs
Storic appears younger due TO the
manner i'm which she dresses. When
IL was first decided TO exhume the
body OF the husband and the fac
made known 10 her. she was in
dignant and demanded being pre-
sent during the examination. &c is
said. and later. flew into "A rage and
told W. L. Lyons. undertaken. thai
she would not pay for the coffin il
ne allowed the body 20 be removed
and diSseCted
Denies Giving Poison.
To a reporter shortly after the in
vcstigation into her former nus
bands death had been undertaken
she said that Cushing had been al
invalid for years. that his death was
expected by her. that he had beer
a great care upon her shoulder.
for years and that she had borne uT
patiently 10 the last She emphatic
ally denied having given the MAJ
anything which might hasten his
death. declaring that the only medi
cine she administered was given heI
BY her mother-in-law. Mrs. Cushing
for the sick man
Following Mrs. Stories haSty sec
ond marriage which occurred las
Jan. ST. exactly a month after
Cushings death. she with Storic
left DOwagiac for Kalamazoo, wher,
Storic was employed by the M!chi
gan Enameling Works. Three sons
OF Mrs. Storic. Richard. II. Rober
u. and John Il. are at present Will
storlc. They may be called as ma
teriaI witnesses before the case Il
finished.
Mrs Storic. after her incarcera
tion IN the Cass county Jail. com
planned bitterly OF the accomoda
lions there. or rather the lack o.
them she said there were thous
ands Of bed bugs in her room ant
that she could not rest Later. sh'
became il and was removed 20 th'
Borgess. hospital. Kalamazoo, wher'
she remained for five weeks. II wa.
reported that she said recently tina
she will become a mother soon
Sheriff Wyman Nent 20 Kalamazoo
Friday for the purpose Of bringin!
her back for trial She Is reported
20 have completely recovered from
her illness