Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-07
SHOOK DESCRIBES
AFFAIR WITH COED
Accused Doctor Takes Stand
After Wife and Mother
Give Testimony.
Continued From First Paee.)

| s"AOA "a VIC uOHle you shared With
DR.. Shook, as to parental relations?"
Ricketts, asked.
They were normal"
What change have you noticed in
the last few years?"
We haven't been much together"
Did you see him on June 1872"
Ricketts, inquired.
Yes" the witness replied.
What time was it?"
1t was the morning Of that day."
"Was he at home for dinner?"
Yes. but did not see him. 1 talked
10 MIN from upstairs. He came home
again ABOUT O'Clock. saw the lights
on his car I was at home until o
O'Clock. when I went for walk with
Gull" :" '41''
Did you return directly from ttere?"
yes. linen put the baby to bed"
Woman's Voice Breaks.
Mrs. Shocks voice broke as she tried
70 keep up with Ricketts, ouestions
Dut she struggled with her emotion
ana ola not interrupt the examina-
ton.
After put the baby to bed. I came
PACK downstairs and was reading" she
continued e-+e
What change have you seen in the
eemeanor or mental attitude of DR.,
Snook In the last two years?" Ricketts,
He hasn't been as laxative hi.
replied. 0ii'oA
Is there any difference in his nervous
condltion?" Ricketts, persisted
he mas been restleSS-that more tha,
anything" she said. He did not Sit
or read long at any time
were you taken to police head
., Yes. on Tuesday following the 18th
Tells OF Murder Accusation.
rs. Shook said she was questioned
!lVe hours by prosecutor John j. Ches-
ter, jr.
4 was accused of the murder" ,b.
II1itnilueo. He said hair was found.
ne wanted to know if the strands of
hair in the girls hand compared with
nine: He said the knife had been
found In my kitchen. 1 told them
never did 1t. My attorney. Mr.. Schan-
tSroeT' told them Go ahead then ard
arrest this girl - '''O
DID they arrest you?" Ricketts,
No, they did not"
DO you recall the exact words Of
Mr. Chester?" "a
No, do not"
The defense questioning was brief
State 0'e4 W tHe
Mrs. Shook, when you first came
GOWN Dr. John M. Thompson Was with
YOU wasn't hep" Chester asked in TAX
ing up the ,cross-examination. yes"
Il asked seidel to leave" Chester
continued. John F. SeideI, a defense
| Attorney e'''e
Yes. you did,
farber?" N " -e'"'N 0cflan-
Yes"
Il called Schumacher for Won before
you were questioned?" asked Chester
Yes"
asked her:
Did you know of the relations Of
: your husband and Theora Hix?"
reply.
Did you ever hear her name men
l NO, never did"
Shook Calm as Witness.
Max Seyfert of defense counsel took
: up the examination Of DR.. Snook.
I DR.. Shook related his early life and
education. He talked in an even, COM
posed voice and was as cool a witness
as has been in the chair since the start
OF the trial. There was not one trace
, OF excitement as he answered clearly
. and distinctly the preliminary cues
lions of his attorney.
Seyfert took the questioning through
DR.. Shocks study at Ohio State, his
entrance into the veterinary faculty
there, his war service in an aviation
. ground school and his trip to Europe
: | 1920 q no ~ he
olympic pistol team. DR.. Shook said
e he had held six or eight" national pis-
tol championships in slow and rapid
l f1re and -four or five" in rife shooting.
When We're you married?" Seyfert
asked
In September, 1922
Doctor, when was the first time you
ever met Miss Theora Hix?" Seyfert
asked
/ About three years ago. She came
TO the veterinary department as a ste
nographer."
r He said he did not remember whether
/ there was formal introduction.
DR.. Shook said he did not recall how
he was introduced to Miss Hix.
THE first time I held an extended
conversation with Miss Hix was a few
days after met her. About that time
/ offered to drive her to her room at
Mack Hall at the edge of the campus.
: 1t was raining as We were leaving our
offices. There was another girl with
her. Miss Xix got out at Mack Hall
and the other girl left the machine at
, the Neil avenue car stop. I am not
sure whether she knew then that I was
married
Discussed Companionate Marriage.
1T frequently had conversations with
her at certain times of the day when
I had tn 90 to her office to have some
Stenographic work done. At first We
t talked about how she happened TO cora
to the veterinary building to work. STe
said she did not have enough money
for her school work and consequently
was forced to accept employment part
of the time.
"In general our conversation was
discussion OF her affairs. She spoke of
being left alone then during the Sum-
mer of 1926 Most Of the students had
gone away and she mentioned that her
boy friend had gone also. She didn't
speak much about her boy friend at
that the friend was Marion T. Meyers.
who was employed in the horticultural
department at the university
During the first two weeks of our
acquaintance we talked about COM
panionate marriages. She said she
thought companionate marriage was
; alright but when you lost your COM
panion, it wasn't
This remark led us to discuss books
Of that nature"
DR.. Shook said that after the first
auto ride he proposed to drive the girl
out country road and she agreed