The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-29

! Q-You hadn't given them any
A-No, sir.
Q-Have any poison in the house
A-No, sir.
Q-Do you know anything about
poison known as bichloride o.
mercury?
Al don't even know what it is
Gave No Poison
Q-Had you administered any
such poison to them two or three
weeks before that day?
Al had not.
Q-Had they taken any such
poison, by mistake or accident?
| A-Not to my knowledge.
Off they had taken eny such
poison, you don't know how they
got it?
| defense objection SuStained).
Q-Do you know of their takinI
any such poison?
A-No, sir.
Q-Did you have a large numbel
Of chickens on the farm?
A-Probably 800, something like
that.
Although she denied losing any
chickens from disease of vermin
Mrs. Simmons said some baby
chickens had died during the
spring.
Q-On this day of the fatal pic.
mic, you arrived at the Pollard home
at about what time?
A-PoSSibly quarter to eleven.
Q-Did you have a watch at thai
time?
Just Remembers Time
GA wrist watch?
Ayes, sir.
Q-Did you consult it freuently?
Al did not.
GLOW do you fix the time as
a quarter Of eleven?
Al don't know, but as 7 remem-
Der it was about that time.
Q-You have heard the time dis
cussed considerably since that
time?
Ayes, but I have not judged it
by that.
GIN fact, you are agreeing with
the rest as a mere coincidence?
defense objection sustained,)
Q-Talked with your family about
that, haven't you?
A-No, sir.
Q-You have heard it discussed
though, haven't you?
Al have.
She told of the family car being
parked east of the Pollard home
and of seeing Lois Jackson, Horace
Jackson, Phyllis Staley and Lester
Carr. She said she spoke to Miss
Staley and Carr, "but ignored the
rest Of them"
Didn't See Jackson
Q-You were sitting on the porch
of the Pollard home?
Al was.
Q-With your back to the yard?
Ayes.
Q-Did you see jackson at that
time?
Al did not; never looked for
him.
Q-I don't care whether you
looked for him or not. Did you see
him?
Al never did.
Miss Joanna Simmons and Mrs.
Carrie Simmons were standing in
the back yard of their home by a
pear tree, she said Mrs. Cook, liv-
ing next door, who prior to that
time sat on the front porch of her
home and watched the Simmons
car at all times, has said no one
went near it.
Defense witness, Miss Joanna
Simmons, testified Mrs. Cook was
talking to woman whom she
thought was Mrs. Ona B. Gibson.
Mrs. Simmons testified she saw no
one talking to Mrs. Cook as she
emptied an ice pan in the rear of
her home.
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After questioning Mrs. Simmons
about activities at the Pollard home
and seeing Jackson, states attorneys
launched into her packing of the
sandwiches.
Q-And are you sure you put one
toothpick in each and every sand
Wich?
Ayes, sir.
Q-Any particular variety of
toothpick?
Aust the ordinary toothpickS.
Mrs. Simmons testified that to her
knowledge the sandwiches had not
been tempered with from the time
she had left her home and reached
the Pollard home, or from there
until they reached the park.
Q-They were not disturbed at
the park, were they?
Al can't say; I don't know.
She testified that Lou jackson
moved the sandwich can six feet
down the table.
Some One Had Tempered"
Q-Did Lora Jackson, so far as
you know, tamper with the sand
wiches during that time?
A-Not to my knowledge.
Q-Do you think that she did?
A-Well, there's was evidence that
some one had.
GIN what way?
A-Some of them had been taken
out by some one and put on a paper
plate.
Q-You objected to them being
taken out of the box, didn't you?
A-No, sir.
Q-Well, when you were asked if
the sandwich can could be used to
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