New Britain herald., 1929-08-07
SHOOK DESCRIBES
 LOVE AFFAIR WITH
 COED FOR JURORS
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(CUntinued From First page) Shook said he had held "six or eight national pistol championship in slow and rapid fire and -four or five" in rifle shooting.
 Doctor. when was the first time you ever met Miss Thcora HiX?" Seyfert asked.
 About three years ago She came 10 the veterinary department as stenographer,' he replied,
 Talked About Her Work
 'The first time l held an exten l. ed conversation with Miss HiX was a few days after l met her. I ire quently had conversations with her at certain times of the day when I had to go to her office to have some stenosraphic work done. At first We talked about how she hap pcned 10 come to the veterinary building to work. She said she did not have enough money for her school work and consequently was forced to accept employment p1rt of the time
 'In general our conversation was discussion Of her affairs. We talked about companionate marriages. Sne said she thought companionate marriage vas all right but when you lost your companion, it wasn't.
 This remark led us 10 discuss books of that nature"
 Dr. Shook said the first auto ride was to carry Miss Hix home one day when it was raining. The next time he proposed to drive her out country road and she agreed.
 ''On the way back some remark | was made about my being mar ried," Dr. Shook said. and she got l out of the car four blocks from | where she lived" Talked About Sex Books
 He said he talked 10 her al in tervals during the next four or five | weeks and shortly after they be- gan discussing books on sex and | three or four weeks after, their in f l innate relations began. The court allowed Dr. Shook 10 give an account of the friendship | exisIng between Marion T. Meyers and Miss Hix. after bitter con- 1 test between defense and state at | ! torneys as 10 the relevancy of the | evidence. He cautioned the jury, | however that it was to be consid- cred only as it contributed 10 Dr. Snook's claim of insanity and not in the light of revealing the charac- ter of the slain girl
 Mrs. Shook on Hand Early
 Steeling herself against the or deal it must have been, Mrs. Shook came early to the court room and sat at the defense counsel table waiting to be called 10 the witness court room the answers 10 the questions that were in store.
 She was sitting there when Dr. Shook was brought from his cell. One long look passed between them and then the former Ohio State professor took her hand, leaned over and kissed her. UT. 'oilOOk < lace was Wnlle as lne woman who is the mother of his ? year old daughter. started her story under sympathetic question ing from defense counsel. Mrs Shook, too, was white of face. but she was outwardly com- posed.
 First Public Appearance
 II was almost the first time since the killing of Theora Hix last June 13 that Mrs Shook has appeared in public. She has secreted herself in the closed and darkened home where she had lived with the for mer professor. Her only excursions being to the jail where she has taken him fresh clothing.
 F. o. Richketts of defense counsel, took up the examination.
 Mrs. Shook said she lived in Co., lumbus before her marriage in Sep tember, 1922. and that she had known Mir, Shook Is years.
 Asked as to his disposition, she said he was quiet and even tenn pered."
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 'T never saw him angry or abu- siyc,' she said.
 Her answers were given in low controlled voice.
 What change have you noticed in , the last few years?"
 We haven't been much together" Did you see him on June 13?'
 "Yes"
 "What time was it
 "lt was the morning Of that day" Was he at home for dinnerH'
 "Yes. but I did not see him. l , talked to him from upstairs. He came home again about o'clock. saw the lights on his car. I was at home until 2 o'clock when l went for a walk with my baby. We stopped to visit a Mrs. Gull" ,, Did you return directly from there 2"
 "Yes. Then put the baby to bed" Nife's Voice Breaks
 Mrs Snook's voice broke as she fried to keep up with Rickett's ques- tions. but she struggled with her emotion and did not interrupt the ) examination
 - What change have you seen in r the demeanor or mental attitude of { pr. Shook in the last two years?' 2 He has been restless, that more Q than anything he did not sit or read " long at any time . Were you taken 10 police head q quarters ""
 s "Yes, on Tuesday following the . 18th of June
 l Mrs Shook said she was question:
 ed five hours by Prosecutor John J. , Chester. Jr.
 1 "I was accused of the murder. % she continued "Hc said some hair e yras found Ia u.1DtF tf, kDpur tbT