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being found in the Marshall home
in addition to the one that Mrs.
Marshall used in shooting her hus-
band The four guns belonged to Mr..
Marshall.
Continuing her testimony Mrs.
Blair said:
Mrs. Marshall claimed she was
being poisoned and was going to
die and she dictated letter to me
addressed to Judge Pickett of Pima
county, and said that if she should
die that night it was to be given to
the judge. I gave it to Mrs. Ivan
Peters, a neighbor.
The letter read Tucson, April
90. To Judge of the Superior Court,
Tucson. In case of my death please
order an autopsy Immediately as I
have proof that two attempts by
arsenic poisoning have been made
on my Iife."
Mrs. Margaret Mclean, Tucson
school teacher, and old friend OF
Mrs. Marshall, testified that Mrs.
Marshall was woman OF super
judgement but that from December
or January at times she seemed to
be falling in health and her mind
was no. as active as it previously
had been. ST believe she was to-
tally insane al the time OF the
|. shooting, said Mrs. Mclean.
Yesterday vas the fifth day OF the
trial of Mrs. Marshall who is charg-
ed with killing her husband, Thom-
as K. Marshall, who was shot on
April 9th in Tucson and died a
short time later in Los Angeles
It is expected that the case will
reach the jury either Monday or
Tuesday.
Great crowds have been attending
the trial, particularly the past two
days and each day the crowd gets
larger.
FOURTH DAY
Fourth day of the trial Of Mrs.
Louise Foucar Marshall for murder
opened Thursday morning at 9:1O
o'clock with Doctor Joy Omer who
assisted at operations upon Mr..
Marshall Immediately following the
shooting on the morning of April
9th. last, and again some ten days
later. DR.. Omer qualified as bone
surgeon donversant with general
surgical and medical practice. His.
examination and testimony covered
the general condition of the deceas-
ed from the time of the shooting
until he was taken to Los Angeles
for treatment at the Good Samari-
tan Hosp tai, May 17th.
DR.. Omer testified at length re-
garding the operations performed
upon the deceased, May 7th, to re-
move a bullet which had fractured
the head of the thigh bone at the
Joint and was embedded in the bone,
stating emphatically that the oper-
alton was imperative to MarshalPs
recovery and that it was not an
elective operation as had been de-
scribed by previous medical testl-
mony. Upon cross examination by
Defense Counsel George Darnen the
doctor was subjected to a severe
questioning regarding his parSlcipa-
ton at the operations upon the de-
ceased husband of the defendant.
During the course Of the hour that
Omer was on the stand under cross
examination considerable a1imosity
was engendered between the physl-
clan and the examining defense
counsel.
Following a fifteen minute recess
H. II. D'Autremonf, vice president
of the Southern Arizona Bank ana
Trust Company, at Tucson. was call
ed to the witness stand. D'AutYe-
mont produced ledger sheets and
signature cards covering numerous
accounts carried by the Marshalls
in his bank. Testimony by the bank
er was confined to an explanation
of the accounts, which were for
various business enterprises, with
| ,.anard To Cienosits and withdrawals.