The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-03

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the trial Monday.
Prosecutor William H. Remy
seemed to have completed the first
phase of his case, that of psyche
logical murder" in which he con-
tends that Stephenson and his aids
are guilty of murder from testimony
that Madge took poison after find
ing herself violated.
Telephone Man Heard
James Carver, Indianapolis, man
ager of the fourth unit of the In
diana Bell Telephone Company,
which includes the Irvington ex-
change. was the only other witness
on the stand. In few brief replies
he established the fact that "Irv-
ington 0492" during March, 1925.
was the phone number of D. c.
Stephenson, 5432 University Ave.
Madge received four telephone calls
the Sunday she left home, and who
ever called left the number Irving
ton 0492" for her to call when she
came in, according to States testi
mony
Attorney Charles e. Cox, assist
ing .Remy, established what the
State considers an important
point, when he drew from DIR.
MacDonaid's testimony that per-
sons suffering from bichlOs'ide OF
mercury poisoning rarely had
fever. Madge died with a temper
ature OF 106.
Does bichloride OF mercury pois-
oning usually produce high temper
atures?" asked Cox.
There is no reason why such
poisoning should produce such tenn
perature," was the reply.
Usually LO
rs the temperature of such pa
tients usually normal or subnormal
instead of high?"
That's my observation" was the
reply.
State whether, if a wound had
been received by Madge Oberh holtzer
March 16, and had become infected
and septurated and If the infection
had continued several days what is
the fact as to whether it might have
been the cause of her high temper.
ature."
ut might~have been"
DR.. Macdonald testified that med.
ical reports Of 1924 show that NOR
tality in cases of this poison run
from to Is per cent. Formerly
as many as half of such patients
died. he said.
The physician corroborated DR..
Moons testimony that twenty FIVE
days between swallowing the mer-
curry and death was the record case.
He said that any one who lived four
teen days after taking the poison
had steadily improving chance to
recover, due to the fact that the
kidneys began to repair themselves
about the end of the second week
Death from such poison. he said,
resulted from destruction of the
kidneys.
Stephenson appeared to have
Ost the BOuyant aid which char
actorized the first days of the
trial. He spent the morning lean
ing back in his chair, occasionally
darting keen glance from his
small, deep-set eyes at the wit
nesses. Gentry also appeared
grave and concerned, but Klinck,
the third defendant, sat at the
press table, laughing and chatting
in xxyElSc
pOrters.
DR.. Macdonald said that he ex-
amined Madge on April and 10
before her death, which was April IA.
Describes Condition
Describe her condition to the
jury" instructed Cox.
"On the first occasion, this patient
was very i'll. She was semi-uncon-
scious and showed evidence of crit.
cal illness"
What did you see. if anything,
of physical injuries?"'
"Over the front chest were one
or two small abrasions, practically
healed. Over the left hip was a
large bruise. Those were the only
evidences of external injuries l saw.
What was her condition when you
saw her the other timer"
"She was worse. Her tempera-
ture had ascended to 1854. She
was profoundly unconscious"
Cox then asked Hypothetical
question, starting out with the>word
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suppose" in which he included
practically all the facts of the dying
statement, and asked the doctors
opinion as what effect delay OF
twenty-four to twenty-six hours in
getting medical aid. supposing thai
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