The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-28

Q-Had he been in the back
yard?
A-No.
Q-Had you seen him anywhere
else?
A-No, sir.
QxWhat time do you believe that
you arrived there at the Pollard
home on this Sunday morning?
Alt must have been about a
quarter till IL.
Went Into House
Q-After the young folks went on a
little ride, what did you do and with
what other party did you go?
Ave stood there in the yard a
while and talked and then went
back into the house.
GLOW long did you stay there?
A-Probably five or ten minutes.
Q-Then what did you do?
Ave went in the house.
Q-By what entrance?
Although the rear door.
She described the return Of the
boys and girls and packing to go to
the picnic, and related how they
began to get sick
Q-After you took your position
east of the table, did you eat any
thing?
Ayes.
Q-What did you eat?
Al took two or three bites of
fruit salad and George came up and
said something about there being
something terrible bitter in his
sandwich.
Told to Throw 1t Away
Q-Go ahead and relate what was
said and done.
Al said 1 didn't know what it
could be, and said, If you don't
like it, throw it away About that
time he held it up, and on the side
next to me I saw white substance
that looked like a wad of flour in
the sandwich, and I took my fin
gers and pinched off some right
where the powder was and tasted
it, and it was terribly bitter.
Q-What did any one else do at
that time?
AT that time Dale came up and
wanted to know what was the mat
ter and I said Something is wrong
with the sandwiches, and about
that time George pulled a capsule
out of that sandwich.
Q-Did you look at it carefully or
not?
A-Well, looked at it enough to
know what it was.
Capsule Was Intact
Q-Describe it as you then OBJ
served it, Mrs. Simmons.
A-Well, it was a longer part of
a capsule, and it was practically
impact as would call it.
Q-What was done with it as you
observed at that time?
A-Dale put the powder out in
his hand and tasted it, and about
that time my husband came up to
us and said What on earth is the
natter and I said 1 didn't know,
but we just discovered something
wrong with the sandwiches.
Q-What took place then, as you
recall it?
A-As I remember it, my husband
turned and went to the seat that
his mother and Emma Pollard were
sitting on and he turned and went
to his mother and I started to fol-
low. Just then saw Virginia and
Jean standing out to my right and
little to the north and Jean was
making terrible face. 1 could see
the white powder on her teeth, and
1 walked up to her and said What
is the matter, Jean?' and she said
This is awful And Virginia said
her sandwich wasn't a bit good eth
er. walked over to the table to
get a glass of water to rinse their
mouths out with and the pan that
had the ice in wasn't very much
left and I dipped out a glass of
water. While 1 was doing that,
Horace jackson put his elbow on
the table and turned his from side
to side and said he believed he was
sick.
Heard Jackson's Statement
Q-Did you see and hear him
make that statement.
Al did.
Odd you look at him at that
time.
Al did. I took the glass of
water and went back to the girls
and had them rinse their mouths
and took q handkerchief and wiped
jeans face off and returned to the
table to get a glass of water to rinse
my own mouth, and when I re-
turned Mr.. Jackson was lying out
by a tree, hallowing, "Oh, my legSI
Oh, my legs!"
Odd you look at him then?
Al looked that way when 1 was
getting a glass of water.
CAT this time did you know
what was the matter with him?
Al did not. I had heard Joanna
Simmons say he was bothered with
rheumatism quite bit and thought
maybe that was it.
Q-What next did you do?
Al rinsed my mouth.
Had No Idea of Origin
Q-Then what?
A-John came around the table
and said he wondered where on
earth that could have come from
and said I didn't know and had
no idea.
Q-Had you heard John make any
announcement before that?
Al did. AS he turned to his
mother he said, Folks, don't eat.
those sandwiches, there's something
wrong with the meat" I walked
over toward the girls after that.
Q-Then what followed after you
rinsed your mouth?
A-John came around there and
talked to me.
Ooh, yes, you had this CONVEX
sation with John.
Ayes. Then 1 stood there and