The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-08

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soon as the capsule was found
in the sandwich held by Mrs.
w. H. Pollard, her mother,
Mrs. Simmons said:
'It couldn't have been put
in at our house, for there's
nothing like that around our
house"
A murmur spread in the court
room after her answer to the ques'
ton, and again when the teacher
was turned over to w. H. Parr Sr.
defense attorney and member of the
school board, for questioning.
Stirs Courtroom Uprising"
The state, it is known, considers
Miss Pollard's testimony one of it,
highlights against the Hancock
county farm mother.
The disturbance in the courtroom
reached such a height that Circui
Judge John w. Hornaday was forcei
to rap for order.
Miss Pollard followed Horac,
jackson to the stand after his hec
tic day of questioning Wednesday
when defense attorneys intimatet
he might have placed the poison il
the sandwiches that resulted in thu
children'S deaths.
The accusation hurled at jackson
made the courtroom the scene Of
trial within a trial.
Presence of a mystery" woman
who apparently was trying to see
Jackson at close range, in a series
of maneuvers as court adjourned
turned a new angle to the defense
case today.
Jackson Watched Closely
She had paced the corridor out
side the courtroom prior to close of
court at noon and had talked with
Charles Tindall, defense COUNSEL
AS the courtroom crowd dis
persed, she stood at the door watch
ing Jackson's movements. Jackson
was halted by the son of a defense
attorney while the woman peered
at him.
Previously she was overheard
telling Tindall that he won't look
me in the eye"
Questioned, Jackson said he never
had seen her before, and his wife
also denied knowing the woman.
Others said they thought she was
relative. Defense attorneys were
silent.
Simmons in Good HurnOr
Miss Pollard testified Jackson,
while at the Pollard home before
going to the picnic, had read part
of a newspaper she obtained for
him and that she had not seen him
near Simmons car.
Miss Pollard said while she was
looking after things" at the picnic
ground, that the defendants hus-
band was in high humor.
while we were making ice tea,
John Simmons called, Ice tea, ice
tea, 5 cents a drink she testified.
She said when she asked Mrs.
Simmons for the marshmallow tin,
in which the sandwiches had been
brought, to use for making the tea,
Mrs. Simmons told her:
There's no use using that one.
I have another here"
The second tin, Miss Pollard said.
had contained cake.
Capsule in Center
The teacher testified the capsule
in Mrs. Pollard's sandwich was
placed as near in the center of
the sandwich as if it had been
measured, and was imbedded in the
meat"
Although she admitted she was
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finding of the capsule, and Mrs.
Simmons denial that it came from
her house, Miss Pollard said she
took one of the poison containers
to DR.. E. A. Rainey.
'He told us it either was quinine
or strychnine. We didn't know that
until them" she said. Some one
said it was joke.
when l went back to the picnic
grounds, several women were work
ing on Mrs. Simmons. Jean didn't
look sick Simmons was sitting by
a tree and Jackson was screaming.
Sat Calmly in Car
"At the hospital I thought Mrs
Simmons did try to aid. But when
Virginia died. she sat calmly in the
car. John Simmons screamed and
Mrs. Charity Simmons (mother OF
the accused womans husband)
cried oh, my boy, my poor boy
ms. Carrie Simmons was very
calm all the way through"
The state LEANED fsDm Miss