The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-02
BRAND DOCTOR
life JUGGLER'
FOR MILLIONS
Tried to Keep Wife Alive,
Rushed Mother -in-Law's
Death, Says Nurse.
WILL is CONTESTED
Step Daughter Cut Off With
$200,000 Takes Fight
to Court.
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BIZ United Press
GREENWICH, Conn, Feb. g.
Young DR.. James Mccarthy planned
today to get dispositions in Cleve-
land (O) to Offset stories that he
rooted for his mother -in-law to die
before his wife so he could benefit
to the tune of $7,000,OOO.
An adjournment was granted un-
til Wednesday for this purpose, after
day Of amazing testimony in the
contest over Mrs. McCarthy's will
which made him principal benefi-
ciary of her Standard Oil fortune
The mother-in-law, Mrs. Hunt
ington Smith, died last June. Her
millions went to Mrs. Mccarthy
Mrs Mccarthy died Jan. II, leaving
practically all to her 31-year-olo
husband and only 5000 900 to Mar.
garet Gowan, 18-year-old daughter
by a previous marriage.
Nurse Testifies
1t was Miss Elizabeth Conroy o-
New York, who painted Mccarthy
as a cheer leader In the race O.
| death. ,t.t.t-.,.t.
AS nurse to Mrs. Smith she grew
to resent McCarthy's visits, she said
because he seemed disappointed
every time there was Improvement
He ordered her to stop strychnins
doses that were doing. good, anc
ordered a coffin for Mrs. Smith +;
week before she died. she added.
AT the same time, Miss Conro7
testified, the doceor-husband uses
every means TO prevent his wife,
death until she. could inherit he,
mothers estate '.'-'t''
He appointed Miss Conroy to kee,
liquor away from his elderly spouse
the nurse testified, and to help he
into the bath tub SO. that when sh,
was tipsy she might not slip ant
receive a fatal injury
Liquor Struggled to Wife
But keeping liquor away from
Mrs. Mccarthy proved impossible
Miss Conroy said. Servants hoping
for return favors snuggled it K
her, and finally Mccarthy entered
the struggle himself.
He brought medicinal liquor, KEEP
It locked up and doled il out tC
his wife in small portions, accord,
ing to the nurse,
!. One day he let Mrs. Mccarthy
have all she wanted-and two
quarts disappeared.
This liquor testimony was import
ant because attorneys for Mis-
Gowan contend her mother ma,
have been somewhat intoxicate,
when she signed over her propert,
to her husband less than two day
before she died.
Miss Conroy described her employ
er as seking to estrange wife an,
daughter, When Margaret wrote he
mother a letter. Mccarthy read i
and said, Don't let Peggy soft soal
syou again" the witness said.
Quarreled at Funeral
Matters reached such a pass, sh,
CcSeA1Aeu' tLlaI Peggy and her mothe
quarreled at Mrs. Smiths funeral
The girl claimed a rope of pearl
her mother wore and stamped he
loot angrily and cried, she said.
Miss Conroy told, under carefu
questioning. that McCarth,
oroached to her a plan to take Mrs
smith to a New York ASYLUM unde-
pretense of moving her to a fanil,
hotel
This, Miss Gowan's attornev
brought out, was virtual kidnanine'
intended to permit Mccarthy t.
manage Mrs. Smiths estate.
Western Reserve university ex.
poets to call Homer johnson, Cleve.
land (O0 attorney to- the witnes,
stand. Wednesday. Western Resery,
wishes Mrs. McCarthy's will Sc
aside IN favor of an earlier one il
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