The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-07-21
MANY WITH ESS E S

State to Call Score of Wit
nesses in Effort to Prove
Contentious in Case
Preliminary hearing Of Kasemir
Schneider of Bismarck, charged with
the murder of his wife, Amelia Sch
neider, who died at their home on the
south side on June Is, opened today
in the city hall with Justice Cassel-
man presiding. The hearing probably
will not be ended until tomorrow.
The state will call a score of wit
nesses in an effort to justify the
justice in binding Schneider to dis
trict court for trial on the murGer
charge which was brought by States
Attorney McCurdy and Coroner Stroll
Ike. ..- -- t
The state relies in great measure
on the examination of the stomach
of the dead woman, made in the Uni
versity of North Dakota laboratories.
G. W. Abbott, of the Department fof
Chemistry, is here to testify. In a re-
port of the examination of the stom-
ach of the woman he said: "In reply
to your question regarding the proba-
BILE form in which the poison was re-
ceived l. may state that in my opinion
it was probably in the form of cal
cium arsenite, white compound sold
as potato bug poison. It was not in
the form of Paris Green since no cop
per poison could be detected nor in
the form of lead arsenate, since l
found no lead" ,~.u.
A separate report Of DR.. A. Mas
saglia of the university said he con-
Quoted separate pathological ex-
animation and arrived at the same
conclusions.
Attorneys Retained IL
When the hearing opened at II a.
m. the complaint was read to Schnei-
der. P. D. Norton and C. F. Kelsch of
Mandan appeared at attorneys for
Schneider. '
1t is understood relatives of Mrs.
Schneider have retained John F. Sui
livan of Mandan to assist the prose-
'cution if the case reaches district
court. The relatives Of the dead wo-
man live near St. Vincent, Morton
county.
H. J. Stroke, county coroner, was
the first witness called. He told of 60
ing to the Schneider home on the
south side in Bismarck when Mrs.
Schneider died. He said he found
Schneider holding a baby in his arms.
The baby, II months old, he said, was
the child of his first wife. He had
been married to his second wife six
months, he told Stroke.
The coroner related a conversation
with Schneider concerning the death
of Mrs. Schneider. Stroke said that
Schneider told him that Mrs. Schnei-
der had suffered "spells" off and on
for sometime. She had been sick con-
tinuously for seven or eight days be-
fore she died. A doctor had been
there once, he said. Stroke said he
ordered an autopsy performed.
DR.. G. r. Lipp was the second wit
ness called. He said he was first call
ed to treat Mrs. Schneider about
April %, being called by Mr.. Schnei-
der.
Got No Response
DR.. Lipp said he found Mrs. Schnei-
der was in bed. He questioned her,
he said, but could get no response.
Schneider informed him that Mrs.
Schneider had had "spells" but was
over them 1T that time. DR.. Lipp said
be left medicine and asked to be no.
titled when she was in a spell, so that
full examination could be made.
The medicine, he gave, was anti-spas-
modic medicine, containing no pois-
on at all. Schneider had informed him
that his wife suffered pains in the
abdomen.
Called Again
DR.. Lipp said he was called another
time, June Is, to the home, being
called by Emil Bobb. He made an ex-
animation of the body to find out if
she were dead or alive, and found her
to be dead. She had been dead two
to two and one-half hours, he said.
DR.. Lipp related his conversation
with Schneider when he arrived.
Schneider informed him he thought
his wife had been dead short time.
DR.. Lipp suggested the coroner be
called before the undertaken. Asked
why he had not called doctor,
Schneider told him that he did not
know his wife was dying.
DR.. Lipp read the report of the
autopsy as made by him and DR.. Lar
sen. The stomach and some other
portions were sent to the university
laboratory at Grand Forks for ex-.
animation, he said. He said he found
nothing in his examination that
would cause death, although some alb
normalties were found.
On cross examination DR.. Lipp said
it was his opinion that there was no
condition in the internal organs that
would cause great pain.
DR.. Lipp said that the attitude Of
Schneider was not different from that
of any other husband after the
death of his wife, so far as his OBJ
servation had gone.